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Respect Due: New Edition, “The O.G.s from O.P.”
I’ll let New Kids on the Block, tell it-via the liner notes to their new CD “The Block”.
Donnie Wahlberg: We were not the first, you were. My respect always.
Joey McIntyre: Like a young basketball player growing up in Boston looked to Larry Bird, so I looked to you. You are pure class. Without you, there is no us.
The gentlemen Donnie and Joey are referring to?: Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill […]
New Video – “Single” by the New Kids On The Block and Ne-Yo
When I first heard this song earlier in the summer, I wasn’t convinced that “Single” was going to be a good “single” for the boys from Boston. It sounded very much like Ne-Yo featuring the New Kids, instead of the other way around. But soon enough, I was able to download it, and I loved it. Ne-Yo knows how to create hits and he uses all of his tricks with this one. And Jordan and […]
“Out There!”: “Reunited” by The Greg Kihn Band
(This is the first of my weekly blog posts spotlighting great tunes that are tough to find on compilation CDs, on itunes, etc. As a music aficionado with a weird taste in obscure music hits from the 70’s and 80’s as well as movies and TV themes, I’m always searching for these hidden gems that bring me back to my childhood. I got Mike Heyliger beat at the moment with 21,776 tunes (Editor’s note: showoff!!). I’d say there are about 800-1,000 of these nuggets in my collection which I plan to write about each week. Enjoy!)
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