Getting down to brass tacks

[BSBGeezerFan]

When Backstreet first hit me, I was just knocked for a loop. I didn't know whether to.........first, well you know, just fill in the dots. I hadn't liked pop music, I pretty much wasn't involved in any kind of contemporary music except gospel and yada yada yada. They, their music and them reached down inside of me and changed me in some profound and permanent way and while I'm not exactly eternally grateful since I didn't want to be fixed or changed, they did and that's that. Now, what can I do for people who have altered my life like that? I can buy their music, go to their concerts and follow their careers and just love them and what they mean to me. I was in darkness and pain and they gave me light and color and laughter. So I don't care if they never sell another record, I don't care if they're popular or not, I don't care what critics, the press, dics jockeys or encyclopedia salesmen wearing footie pajamas have to say about them, I don't care if they can't outsell The Lightnin' Bug Song, I don't care if the board blows up in a massive verbal war, I don't care if they all marry gerbils or if they all marry each other, I don't care if they all gain 100 pounds and let their hygeine go, I don't care if I ever get to go to another concert, I don't care if any and everybody on this board calls me a ring-tailed baboon, cusses me and talks about my mama, I don't care what they look like, what you call them, how you feel about them, or whether you want to run over them with your car, I don't even care how I feel. WhatEVER happens, they'll ALL have at least one fan: me.

I'm just sayin'.

[sports widow]

Geeze, you hit the nail on the head with what you said. All I wanna do is enjoy the music - the rest is just icing on the cake! What is it about them that does that to a person??! Thanks for putting into words what I feel, but can't express as well as you do. And I, too, will always be a fan!

[daydreambeliever]

um, yeah what Geeze said with uh maybe an exception to the uh *whew phew* hygeine thing.... oh yeah and the uh "loud and proud" http://www.jmanx.com/~cwms/contrib/legionxs/fart.gif thing Howie was talking about in the RS article eww, men can be so gross sometimes!

[Edited by daydreambeliever on July 1st, 2001 at 06:50 PM]

[Galadriel]

I could have written that, Geeze. I got hit hard by the whole Backstreet thing not too long ago. I don't know how it happened, but now I'm hooked and yes, my life has changed too. I will ALWAYS be a fan, and I'm so glad I opened my eyes to them.

[Edited by Galadriel on March 27th, 2001 at 11:47 AM]

[bubblelicious]

Thanks, Geeze. You put it so well. I think at the end of the day, that is what a lot of us will take with us :

they gave me so much happiness and joy in my life

This is something you can't explain to them, and they can't really understand. It just is.

[Ashley's Angel]

Well we all No AJ is not a virgin.
This is what AJ said in Feb. YM, they ask the boys whats there fav. body part.
"AJ: A girl with long fingernails drives me crazy, because they feel so nice when shes rubbing your back. I also like lips, beacuse I'm really into kissing. Kissing's alot nicer and more romantic than sex-and it lasts a whole lot longer"

Uh.... How does he no??? Def. not a virgin. I wouldn't expect him to be one anyway.

[Ashley's Angel]

Oops wrong post. Stupied Stupied Stupied. Man I feel like an idiot. :o

[garnet5]

Make that 2 Geeze that is basically how I feel in a Nutshell (look me in a nutshell, uhhh yeah A breath of Austin Powers sorry LOL)

['n sync hater]

I know exactly what you mean Geeze. I wouldn't care if I was the last fan of there's on Earth.. I would still be their biggest fan. I love their music so much. You could probably say it changed my life.
It's like when you turn on their music, all your troubles just go away for a little while.. nothing matters when you listen to their music. do any of you know what i mean?

[unobsbr4me2]

WHAT!!!!! AJ is NOT a virgin!!!! *GASP!!!!!!* Oh, sorry....just had to throw that in! ;) BSB all the way....I hope they know what they bring to our lives.....they say that is the reason they keep doing what they do. FEEL THE LUVVVVVVVVVVV!!!!!

[BSBGeezerFan]

Time to bump this puppy up.

[jacketbeater]

Geeze, if I had one iota of where some cute little icon was that hands you roses, I'd post it.
Well said :)

[Kev's Speedo]

This post came along at exactly the right time. We're all with you Geeze. I'm not very eloquent, so it's impossible to put exactly what they mean to me into words. All I know is that the feeling of Backstreet Love is the most powerful, overwhelming force on the planet. It makes me want to laugh, cry, dance, and be still all at the same time. I'm not even going to try to unravel the mystery. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Kevin, Brian, AJ, Howie, and Nick: I am here for you. Always.

[Kevieluvr1]

Geeze you never cease to amaze me with your insight. Well said. I have tried to explain my love for them to non-fans, but I just can't find the words to make them understand it. I will try to explain it you all, since you know where I am coming from. My life was dark and unhappy until I heard "As long as you love me" on my local radio station. I danced like I hadn't danced in years. They make me smile, laugh, dance, cry and behave like a teenager (HALLELUJAH! I MAY BE 33,BUT IM STILL YOUNG!!)everytime I hear their music. I dont care if I embarass myself, my BSB love shines through. So if you see a crazy lady dancing in the aisle of the grocery store while the BSB song plays on the muzak, or sobbing uncontrollably at one of their concerts, just dance and cry with me......share the bsb love!! I love the five of them, and will forever be grateful for the joy they have brought to my soul!! So even if they quit tomorrow, I will be a fan for always.

[TRUEBSBFAN]

LOL! I was about to bawl after reading Geeze's post, then I read Ashley Anne's! I was like "???""!! Now I'm laughing! Too many emotions in one night...

[GodBlessBrian]

I couldn't agree with you more if you were my twin.

I wonder if anyone knows the answer to this:
Why has BSB had such a profound effect on so many people?
i.e. This happened to me too, but I always hear "BSB came and pulled me out of a terrible depression/feeling etc..." Especially for the adult fans.

Why were our lives so bad? How come they changed our lives for the better (which they did!) How did they know to show up at the right place and the right time?

The guys did just that. They appeared one day on their prodigal white horse and whisked me away. I was at the lowest of my low, and they picked me up out of my dungeon.

Tell me why?

GBB

[yikes]

Geeze, you wise woman. For me, BSB got me interested into music again. My teen years just had to happen when grunge was big, and I couldn't STAND it. Hearing all this anger in song wasn't for me at all. So who cares there's no 'message' in BSB music? They made me turn on the radio again and for that I'm grateful for.

[LenaLovesSuede]

Geezer, thanks for saying once again what so many of us feel. I have just given up trying to explain to other people that being a Backstreet fan is unlike anything I have ever experienced before. Even when I was a teenager, I never had this kind of devotion to any individual or group. They bring an excitement and emotion to my life that I never really thought I would feel at my age, and I love every second of it, and, you know what, I love the Boys too. I worry about them and pray for them and generally feel as though they are part of my everyday life. That may seem crazy, but that's just the way it is.

[ajsyoyo]

****AMEN****

Geeze YOU ARE ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS!

I am another of those adults who was tooling along thinking my life was going ok, until I heard BSB. I realized that there were so many things I was leaving out and I was missing it all. I had an awful teen years. I was the outcast, the person to make fun of and I missed out on being ME. I put myself into a hiding place, never letting anyone in and not letting myself out. I got married during that time and that was a mistake. Whoever said that you can't love others and not love yourself is a genius. It took me a good 10 years before I found myself and realized that what others think and say are not neccessarily true. I am now one of the popular ones at work, chruch, social scenes, etc. I got out of a bad emotional marriage and I am now happier than I have ever been. I have not dated in years and I am ok with that. I credit BSB with alot of this because whenever I get depressed, I put on their music and suddenly I am transported to a world where there are so many fans like me and I am not alone. BSB has the ability to join so many lives together. My only wish is that BSB would have been there during my teen years. I have met some of my best friends because of them...friendship, love, laughter, fun---they are all in the BSB PACKAGE (not to mention their packages..hee hee had to lighten the mood)

I am rambling, but I know that whatever I say, there are fans out there who feel the same way..they just haven't voiced it yet.

[maturebsbfan]

WOW!!!! Positive postings - haven't seen too many of these around here lately :D.

Friendship, love, laughter, fun---they are all in the BSB PACKAGE

This says it all for me! Thank you BSB :D.

[bsbchat]

You go girl!
Those were EXACTLY the words I was looking for!

[cloud9]

BRAVO yet again Geeze - so well said. I hope when the chips are down, and the boys are contemplating their futures, someone will show them a post like this so they will know what they truly mean to a whole lot of people. This should be on the first page of their official site in my opinion (and with your permission, of course) - any BSB representative lurkers out there??? ;)

[HB&BSB]

Geeze I agree 100%. I could care less what anyone else thinks or how popular they are. I like it when they aren't publicized cause that makes them more special for the fans. So I'll just keep rocking in my corner holding my cherished DVD's and Cd's surrounded by my posters and calendars...aahhhh...all is well in MY world :)
harmonie

[BSBGeezerFan]

yoyo, I was looking for something else when I came across what you said. Thank you because that puts some more of the BSB picture into focus for me. You are some of me? I am some of you? Very similar experience. DUDE!

[Kattime66]

geeze did it again. http://www.3dpcgames.com/cwm/s/otn/realhappy/luxhello.gif http://www.3dpcgames.com/cwm/s/otn/realhappy/luxhello.gif thx. u.

[AJsSweetLady]

Aww I'm really feeling the BSB Love right now!

Geeze that was awesome! You definitely have a way w/ words. All I can say is that like alot of you, I'll always be a fan. No matter what their up's and downs are, I'll be there supporting them. What can I say? Their "my boys". They make me happy, they give a reason to smile plus their music & voices have touched me in a way that no one or nothing has ever done before.

For all of that, I Thank them. :D

~Julie

[Edited by AJsSweetLady on July 1st, 2001 at 06:24 PM]

[Angelstar28]

We should publish a book entitled "For the Boys" with all of our stories about how they've changed our lives, etc. Like a scrapbook of THE FANS experiences. (lord knows there's TONS of scrapbooks made about the boys...what about the fans?) wouldn't that be something special for the boys to have.

Geeze could be the editor-in-chief :)

[RoksfallenangeL 775]

Ahhh tears. *sniff*

Thanks Geeze, you've always expressed it best. I'm proud to know you as a fellow fan. :)

[ajsyoyo]

When I got an e-mail notice that there was a post on this thread, I thought it was a mistake..this is an older post!

You are sooooo right Geeze. I think so many of us BSB fans have a very similar story and life, and because of BSB, we are able to relate and connect with so many people that we would have never known existed, let alone find out that they felt the same way we all have at one time or another.

My awe of the guys grows by leaps and bound every single day. I am so sick of "everyday" people thinking this is just a silly notion to become so attached to a "boyband". My friends, my family, my co-workers...they just don't get it. This is so much more than me trying to recapture my youth. Recapture? NO! This IS my youth..I didn't have one when I was young in actual age..so this is mine now---and why the heck can't I have a facination and Love (if you will) for 5 men that are talented, giving, and down right HOT! just because I happen to be over 30 and the target audience is half my age? And people say I am crazy? To me, the rest of the world has the problem..NOT ME!!!

Geeze--what is it about your posts that get me all open, honest and foot-stomping mad? LOL Thanks--I needed that!!!!!
YOYO

[BSBGeezerFan]

Takin' this another way. Maybe that's the common thread. We've hashed this before and for the geri's maybe that's it. That sense of something missing from your life although in my case I really wasn't aware of anything missing. The fact that I was insular and inhibited was all right with me because that was what was comfortable and I wanted it that way (drum riff). The fact that they blindsided and opened me up to this extra dimension of feeling and perception has got to do with I guess never having had that joyful youth thing or at least it being under-experienced in some way. Ah, I have it--or not having allowed enough healthy emotionalism in your life and so that part of you is having its say now. Will you, nil you, lol. They triggered this, it's not going away as you are now a more complete person and you don't go from more complete to less complete short of a lobotomy, you know? So that Backstreet thing? It's big, it's bad and it's not only taken up residence in your soul, it's inviting friends. Ya might as well lay back and enjoy it because it's HERE.

Ooh, more. Whatever they are or aren't; whatever they represent themselves to be or keep hidden; whatever they want or they don't want to put across------they ARE emotional TRUTH in its purest form and there's no getting away from that. That's what hits you. They project it. You GET it. That's it.

Okay, and the universe makes a little more sense.

[Edited by BSBGeezerFan on July 2nd, 2001 at 07:25 AM]

[ajsyoyo]

*sniff* *wipes away tears, but smiling joyfully* *stands for ovation*

RESOUNDING APPLAUSE!!!!!

The sound of hands clapping across the world is deafening, but a beautiful sound to say the least!!!!!!

If I never say it (which I probably don't) You guys are the best and I am so glad that I stumbled onto LD by "mistake"..but of course, nothing is a mistake--it is all planned in the grand scheme of things.

CAN YA FEEL THE LOVE IN THIS THREAD?! *sniff*

[Bubbaloo]

Big fat hugz all round :D

awwwww AJ'syoyo... It's all fate's plans ;)

Geeze the reason I didn't reply earlier is because I had nothing to add but I want to say this is a kick ass thread and has continued to entertain me and make the world a better place for Backstreet Kind.