Being A Backstreet Boy

First Page - Previous - Next - Last - Add Entry - Other Topics - Message Boards - Exit Page 36 of 50 Submitted by Allison Hawkins from Atlanta USA Date: Wed Jan 5 13:04:02 2000 I agree with what she said. I am 28 and I am known to go crazy over pop stars. I am from Fl(Tampa) 5 miles where Nick lived as a kid. I have run across him on the beach a few times back then so I know that he is human just like us. So are the rest of the guys. So try to treat them as such and they will come back to your cities and perform for you. They all live a hard live growing up their parents did all they could do to suport them in achieving their goals. Now that they have meet most of their gaols they do apreicate us for supporting them in achieving it. Most of all they do want to have a personal life with their family and mostly with their girlfriends. Now that is another issue this is from me "treat them nice, don't throw things at them or try to hit them, the guys will treat you nice back". Submitted by Mary from Norco CA USA Date: Wed Jan 5 13:01:24 2000 I totally agree with Lisa. I realize that life is pretty hard for the "normal" teen and young adult, but put that with celebrity status and you lose all your "normalness". Gone are the days you can go to a movie, a mall or even out for a hamburger and not be able to really enjoy yourself for fear you will be mobbed. I realize that is part of being a celebrity, but we must also respect their privacy as well. My 12 year old daughter and I are big BSB fans and were able to see them in concert in October, me once and my daughter twice. We were so in awe of the concert that we cannot wait to see them again. I would have loved to have met them, but the chance never came. We were at a before show party, but the boys were running late so hey were unable to come up to the party. Oh well,maybe next time. I, too am a member of MFC and have met many nice people since joining the club. The memebers have done so much for the boys and their favorite charities and I am proud to be a part of this great club. I have only been a member for about 3 month but I have had great fun talking with other members about the boys and members experiences. Lisa, you put everything I have thought about in words I could not have expressed. Thank you. Mary (aka KFKMom) Submitted by carla from manila philippines Date: Wed Jan 5 12:51:04 2000 Major props to the writer of this wonderful piece. I do believe that as fans, most of us tend to get overzealous and just grab the perfect photo op if presented to us (although, personally, I haven't had the pleasure :() But, when you think about it those guys have just about done everything to please us, from doing a fantastic album (millennium), dedicating a song to us and doing a world tour to be closer to their fans to practically laying down their private lives for our eyes to see and scrutinize. I admire their patience and their ability to keep everything real...the least we could do is respect the little privacy they do have and be happy that they're here to make music for us. :) Submitted by Marta from Vicenza Vicenza Italy Date: Wed Jan 5 12:50:11 2000 I agree with you!!! You're right! Submitted by Stephanie from Denver Colorado USA Date: Wed Jan 5 12:48:02 2000 I think Lori is right on target. She wrote a great article here, covering every point, getting her message across in a polite way without insulting anyone. She's absolutely right - we need to thank them as much as they thank us. Submitted by KK from Edmonton Alberta CANADA Date: Wed Jan 5 12:37:03 2000 I forgot to add something!! This has to do with the Backstreet Girlfriends!! I completely admire them!! Brian's g/f, Leigh-Anne, has put up with so much of our cr@p over the past year and a half!! The Boys aren't monks, they DO need personal lives!! I mean, I personally, wouldn't really mind if there were little Brian's, or little Kevin's, or little AJ's running around! It's their lives, they can do what they want, with who they want, when they want to do it!! They could just quit and leave us high and dry if they wanted to!! We aren't 'larger than life' yet!! And at this rate (no offence to anybody), I'm not sure if we'll ever be!! Give the Boys their privacy, their personal lives back, and stop stealing their mail just because it belongs to them!!!! You could get arrested for that!!! The guys deserve to have our love and most of all, our RESPECT!!! And we need theirs before they can even come close to taking us seriously. And when we bash their g/f's, we are getting further and further away from that goal!! Thanx, KK Submitted by Tiff from Detroit Michigan USA Date: Wed Jan 5 12:28:19 2000 I agree with this letter so much, that it actually brought tears to my eyes. The part about thanking them actually made me think real hard. I'm 23 years old, and my sister and my niece just moved back to Detroit about 2 years ago. And my little 12 year old niece, is the one that introduced me to the music of the BSB. And I feel I need to thank the Backstreet Boys, because of them I have actually been able to spend alot more quality time with my niece. The Backstreet boys have been here approx 10 times in 2 years. And me and my niece have been to every single show. I've watched the boys go from playing at the "tiny" Royal Oak Music Theatre in 1997 (seats approx 100 people) to playing at The Palace of Auburn Hills (seats approx 30,000 people) at which they sold out 3 shows in only 30 minutes. Me and my niece have attended every single appearance and we jammed and sang their songs all the way. My niece adores AJ and I wanted her to be able to meet him. So I did some investigating and found their hotel. We went there and waited outside with the (less than 100) other fans. Unfortunalty AJ was coming down with broncitous and was told by to rest up. Therefore he could not come out. At that time my niece looked at me and said, I don't feel right being here. I feel guilty because AJ is sick and here we are barging in on them. At that exact moment I realized that I had to agree. Not simply because of the fact that we were probably the only 2 people that were not screaming or knocking over barracades or smooshing our faces to the bus window. Because that is not the impression that I wanted them to think of me and my niece. And to this day I still down know why I wanted to leave, but I'm glad that I did. We went to the show that night, and my niece was happy to see AJ was there, even though it was obvious he felt sick. Nick also was coughing a few times now and then. I admire them for their "the show must go on" attitude. So if I ever get the chance to meet them again, not by stalking them down. I'm definalty going to thank them for bringing me and my niece closer together through there music. Submitted by Kelly Adamski from Omaha Nebraska US Date: Wed Jan 5 12:17:29 2000 I am 29 and enjoy their music very much, but, I also know the limits on being a fan. I completely agree with everything you mentioned in your article. I feel that it is something that should have been said a long time ago. Submitted by KK from Edmonton Alberta CANADA Date: Wed Jan 5 12:17:01 2000 I totally agree with this article!! I mean, the Boys put up with our cr@p day-in, day-out, day after day!! They give so much time and patience to us, why not give them the same courtesy and leave them alone when (or if!) you see them walking down the street. Maybe go up to them and introduce yourself, thank them, and just leave them alone!! I know I'd probably leave them with my phone # or e-mail addy, but the bottom line is, just treat them like ordinary people that you just happened to run into on the street. I'm sure they'd apreciate it more than running up and screaming in their ears! The Backstreet Boys are normal reagular people and we shouldn't get a pat on the back when we treat them humanely!! It should be expected of all of us!! I'm only 15 and I'd love to meet them, but I'm not going to track them down and hunt them like dogs!! Keeping The Backstreet Pride Alive also means treating them like regular human beings and not like gods or sex objects!! Thank you, KK Submitted by ~Mimi~ from Doha Qatar Date: Wed Jan 5 10:58:11 2000 I just want to add in, I've been reading some of these other comments and some people have been talking about the Boys' girlfriends. That's a pretty good point to add in. Come on, their girlfriends are people, too, ya know. I've heard stories from fans who have met them and it tears me apart when they tell me that the Boys' girlfriends mention something like 'oh I'm so glad you aren't gonna throw anything at me' or 'I'm so glad you're not gonna cuss me out'. People, why do you do this to them? I'm not pointing my finger, but you know who you are. BSB is all about enjoying the music & having fun. They have given us so much, so why do we have to ask them for more? The Boys are like angels to me; sometimes I worry about how much more they can really take. They told us we were "larger than life"...but we're not. At least not yet. We can prove to them that we ARE, if we can learn to quit the crap and have fun with them instead of pressure them all the time. Okay, lol, I'm done with my lecturing. KTBSPA! :D First Page - Previous - Next - Last - Add Entry - Other Topics - Message Boards - Exit Page 36 of 50