Submitted by Terri from Johnstown PA US
Date: Thu Jan 13 19:32:27 2000
OK, so here goes my idea of what this video is. Brian's is obvious. It's about his heart surgery...AJ's confused me. It could be about the girl that died in the car accident, but she looks awful grown up to me, so why not use a kid's picture?! It would've been equally as sad. Either way, nothin' like contact solution to look like ONE fake tear.
Kevin's is also obvious. It's about him and his dad. What I wanna know is if that's real film of him and his dad?!
Nick's is pretty stupid and pointless. And I hate the hat. But, no matter how stupid it is, I think it's about him being a guardian angel. Well, I don't REALLY think so, but I don't know what else it could be, either.
Howie's is about his sister, I read a good one before (about him not being with her when she died..VERY good, I never woulda thought of that! I thought it was just an idea they needed to come up w/ quick.)
Then there's the whole Denniz Street thing, which doesn't take a brainiac to figure out.
So here's the big one that I wanted to type this whole thing for...as painful as it will be for you to read this...The end of the video, my best friend and I think it's like the greener pasteurs. Heaven. Like subtley hinting the end of their careers. Maybe. Although the better things are ahead thing is good, too.
Submitted by Readawn saturnio from Santa Rosa CA USA
Date: Thu Jan 13 18:40:08 2000
PLEASE READ THIS ENTRY BECAUSE I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT I KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!O.K I personally love the video and all the boys look especially great! O.K. here's what I think....Brian: Obviously he is very afraid of dieing of his heart surgery, and he is watching himself out of his body after he died.
A.J: I think since he is on a bus it symbloizes his girlfriend that died when he was 13 in a car accident, and he has a picture of her and he sees her on the bus because her memory is still with him.
Kevin: He was watching footage of him and his Dad playing football because his Dad always encouraged him to do what he wanted and he was very supportive of Kevin. And Kevin loves to play football so that fits. I just wish he wouldn't have covered the boys face in the footage.
Nick: I think he is alone because he feels alone since he broke up with Mandy. Then the girl it shows symbolizes his relationship with Mandy, like when he saved her from the bus it was showing how he is trying to save their relationship. Then with the shot where it shows her yelling at someone I think the significance in that is because maybe they were always argueing. Then when they just look at eachother it's like he knows it's over almost.
Howie: At first I didn't understand this part but then I was thinking and I think it symbolizes his sister. Like he's alone at a cafe and then this figure starts running toward him and you can tell it's a woman. And as it gets closer to him it fades more, so I think it's because he wasn't there when she died, and it was so unexpected. So when he turns around she is just gone like unexpectedly. So she is running toward him because Howie probably felt like she needed him but it was like his back was turned to her and when he actually gave her time she was gone already.
Kevin at the cafe with Howie: I think the significance of this was because Kevin was there for Howie because he knew what it felt like to lose someone so close to him. So Kevin was probably there for him the most, and the shot where Kevin nods and is kinda smiling shows that he is telling Howie it's ok.
Denniz Pop bus: I loved how they encorporated this into the video and I think his name is on the bus because he might have been the driving force in their lives and a big part of it, therefore symbolizing the bus. Oh and look at the driver I am oretty sure it's Max Martin, and I love how A.J puts his hat on his heart to salute Denniz Pop.
Well that's all I have to say about the video, it's my favorite video that they have ever done! And they really need to stick with this director!! I also like Quit playing games with my heart(yummy) and I'll never break your heart!!
Submitted by Fawn from B-burg Ky U.S.A.
Date: Thu Jan 13 18:09:56 2000
I've read many of the reviews on SMTMOBL but I thought I'd just add in my 2 cents. Brian: The most obvious, his fear of dying with his Heart surgery
A.J.: I think that this is about his g/f that died when he was 13 and her ghost still haunts his memories. But it's only a memory so that's why the girl slowly fades instead of just blinking out of existence. And when he gets off the bus and touches his hat to his chest signifies giving tribute to Deniz PoP. I also thought that the bus driver looked like Max Martin. My first impression was that it was him but I'm not sure.
Kevin: Kevin's is also obvious. It's about his dad that died. And think the part where he's harmonizing with Nick in the line "Are you with me now?" and he looks up to the sky with a picture of his dad in the background was pure genius. I've never thought that Kevin had much acting ability until this video but I have to say, he really does look sad and lost. Or maybe that's just the memory of his dad.
Nick: I heard
Submitted by Angie from Omaha NE USA
Date: Thu Jan 13 18:02:41 2000
OK! Here's what I think. I think its an awsome video, i really didnt like it when i first saw it, maybe cus i didnt understand it all that well. When i watched it again, I understood it better. i had talked to my friend about it and she sent me an email describing the whole video. here's what it saidNick- Since he hasent had any losses, that we know of, he plays a guardian angel in this video and saves the girl.
when i read that it made sense
AJ- It said that the girl was s his long lost twin sister and i wasent sure of that because i never knew he had/has a twin sister, i always thought he was the only child
Kev- his dad, obviously
Brian- Heart surery
Howie- his sister
all of them made sense to me except for A.J.
but i think the video is really great! and being a person who can understand loss, i think its amazing and it helps me. ok ill shut up now! KtBsPaFOREVER!
Submitted by Linn from Rokworld USA
Date: Thu Jan 13 16:23:12 2000
I got to watch "Show Me The Meaning" *Linn refuses to type the whole name...She knows they only released it as a test to see if we would type the full title when requesting it on TRL...And she will not submit!* at 1:23 a.m. on January 1st...The second after I got back from partying!*Brian: Obviously his was about how seriously the operation affected him. The fear of dying was very real for him, as well as for the other Boys and his loved ones. But notice how he's not got any family around him, or friends. HE's just standing there, watching himself die, alone. Wonder if it's because he felt so alienated from everyone, even his parents and girlfriend. That said...How in the HELL did his mother and Leighanne allow him to do that? I nearly died seeing him laying there in that bed (no pun intended), it was my worst fears confirmed as well. Hey, but good acting.
*AJ: I didn't really get what he was aiming for, but I do remember once a long time ago AJ said he had a lady-friend of his that died. I imagined that was her on the bus with him (this was A LONG time ago). The girl on the tower looking up was supposed to be part of AJ's thing too...SO I guess his idea got lost in the editing process. I think AJ's acting getting off the bus could have been better, but the tear was GREAT! Nice to see a soft side of Bone, even if it was fake.
*Kevin: Once again, how could he do that? To himself?! Kevin's is probably my favourite part of all the Boys, there wasn't much to it but that brought tears to my eyes, especially "Are you with me now?" Nice resemblance between father and son.
*Nick: Okay...Did Nick's have a point at all? I couldn't find one. Symbolic thinking of how he saved that chick from almost killing herself after a fight with her boyfriend might be like, he was there for her in her time of need when she lost her boyfriend. I liked the little pause, staring at each other thing. Very cute. Of course we had to have SOMEONE get wet...Didn't we?! Nick didn't get the concept of the video there at the end, when he busted out "BEING LONELY!" and threw his head back. No Nick, we are SAD here.
*Howie: His sister. I don't get the coffee shop location. I figure the girl sitting next to him could be his other sister, PollyAnna because Howie had been spending so much time with her, and not his other siblings. THen Caroline died. Kevin being in the background was saying that Kevin's experienced the loss of an imediate family member, so he and Howie understand each other.
**I also realized that the entire video ties in with everything. THe girl Nick saved was one of the nurses working on Brian at the beginning. She lived in Kevin's appartment. Kevin walked in during Howie's scene. The bus the girl almost got hit by was AJ's bus. And finally the street they were on was "Denniz" (I was in Sweden when he died...That's what I call a nation mourning together.) Street, so it was a pain they were all experiencing as they were all in their separate lives, yet all on the same street. And they come together at the end, but if you'll notice they don't look at each other or anything, so they're still separated, yet joined by their comon sorrows.
Personally I thought they could have done better, it seemed like they took a day to film it and said "That's good enough" cause they wanted to get it out on time. I think the effects could have been better. The ideas they had were so great, and so personal, they owed it to the ideas to make the best out of it that they possibly could. On the other hand, it seems to be growing on me. I have to wonder, for those who don't know these secret heartaches of our Boys, how they find it to be a good enough video to be number one day after day. I also think this TRL thing might be a little biased...It's not about the video, it's about the group.
Submitted by Susie from Florence Italy
Date: Thu Jan 13 16:11:17 2000
Kev needs a hug! he needs me! I feel like crying watching his sweet sweet eyes! Kev I love you!!!
Submitted by Abby from Backstreet Land :o) U.S.A.
Date: Thu Jan 13 16:10:33 2000
This has to be the best video that the BSB have ever done. I found myself crying because of it, because it reminds me of all the rough times that the BSB have been through. It is such a beautiful video, even my older brother who cannot stand BSB (He's messed up in the head I tell ya! :) ) says it it a very good and emotional video. BSB deserve a lot for this, it is (in my opinion) is there best video they have ever done. It truly shows a great side to BSB! :o)If you wanna talk about BSB or the video, feel free to e-mail me. :o)
~*~Abby~*~ (Brian's future wife, he just doesn't realize it! :o) )
Submitted by Brandy from Loranger Louisiana USA
Date: Thu Jan 13 16:08:10 2000
Hello, I am Brandy and I am seventeen years old. The BSB's are my fav group. I haven't seen the vidoe yet, because I having acting classes right after school, but I have read every one of the entries and I 've gathered that not only are tehy showing that they've had hard times in there life , but that they made it through them. It's a message to all the people in the world who think that life is not ever going to get better, it is there for comfort to those people. I believe that they are setting a good example to the world. THese guys have hearts that go out to every fan in the world.GODSPEED
e-mail me!!!!!!
Submitted by Nick Carter from private USA
Date: Thu Jan 13 16:02:14 2000
I actually liked doing this video. It really did show the fans what the meaning is that makes us lonely. LOL! I wanted to say hi to my friends and family and I love you,and i want to say I love you to all my fans. :)
Submitted by KRYSTAL from TAMPA FL USA
Date: Thu Jan 13 15:06:43 2000
I KNOW THE GUYS, SO THEY TOLD WHAT THEIR PARTS MEANBRIAN:HIS PART IS ABOUT WHEN HE HAD THE SURYERY 2 YEARS AGO, AND HE'S LOOKING AT HIMSELF BECAUSE BECAUSE THE DOCTORS DIDN'T THIK HE WOULD SURVIVE, THAT'S WHY THELIGHT COMES ON HIS FACE WHEN HE WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR.
AJ: HIS PART IS ABOUT WHEN HIS GIRLFRIEND DIED IN A CAR CRASH WHEN H WAS YOUNGER
KEVIN: HIS PART IS ABOUT WHEN HIS DAD DIED AND THOSE PICTURES ARE ACTUAL PICTURES OF KEVIN WITH HIS DAD WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER
NICK; ALOT OF PEOPLE GET CONFUSED ABOUT THIS PART, NICK'S PART, WHEN HE'S WALKIG DOWN THE STREET BY HIMSELF IS ABOUT WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, AND HE FELT ALONE WHEN HE FISRT JOINED THE GROUP, BECASUE HE WAS AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY AND FRIIENDS, HE HAD THE BOYS,,BUT YOU KNOW HE WANTED HIS FAMILY WITH HIM, AND ALSO HE MISSED OUT ON HIGH SCHOOL,TOO, THE PART ABOUT SAVING THE GIRL, THAT WAS ADDED IN, HE DIDN'T HAVE AFRIEND WHO GOT HIT BY A CAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT WAS ADDED IN TO PROLONG HIS PART
HOWIE: HIS PART IS ABOUT WHEN HSI SISTER,CROLINE DIED LAST YEAR OF LUPUS, AND SHE DISSAPPEARS BECAUSE HOWIE REALIZED THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
AND YOU ALSO KNOW ABOUT THE 'DENNISPOP' PART, THAT ABOUT THEIR OLD PROUDER WHO DIED LAST YEAR ALSO.. THE LAST PART WHEN THE GIRL LIGHTS THE CANLDE AND THEY BLOW OUT, AND YOU SEE THE GUYS WALKING TOWARDS A BRIGHTER PLACE, THAT REPRESENTS, THAT EVEN THOUGHT THEY BEEN THRUOGH ALL OF THAT, THAT BETTER THING WILL COME, AND THAT THEY WILL SEE THEIR LOVED ONES, WHO DIED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE
