For my Birthday, Kathleen wrote me and asked if I wanted to go to the New Kids On The Block Mixtape Tour show that was coming this weekend.
I was like YES!!!
Then I realized we had other things going, but blessedly, my family and Kathleen were flexible, and we were able to make it all happen.
So she kidnapped me and we went downtown for my Ultimate Youth Extravaganza!
Picture it - NKOTB, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Salt -n-Pepa, and Naughty by Nature.
It was Cathy of 1991's Ultimate Dream Come True!
There was so much Awesome stuff!
It was Vintage Awesome.
Going in, I decided I wanted a Concert T-shirt.
I had never seen any of these performers live before. We had always been too broke to ever see NKOTB in concert, ever. Nor get a fancy Tshirt if I was privileged to go to a Concert.
So Kathleen and I waited in the world's longest line to get a T-shirt.
We got matching T-shirts. Because we haven't done that in a while. Also, waiting in line wasn't too terrible because I had so much fun people watching. #GeekingOut
Would it be terrible to hunt them down at a different concert and go again?!
Oh yes, we're ready now!
And yes, I'm totally sporting my vintage hypercolor t-shirt that I pulled out of the bag of stuff I want to make into a quilt, but haven't yet. Don't think I will with this one. <3
Beautiful lights.
So, there was this app that NKOTB recommended. It didn't want to cooperate on my phone, but in theory, it turned on the flashlight for all participants. It worked for Kathleen. I just opted to take a photo of everyone else's.
They gussied up the Stage so it looked like a Mix Tape.
Brilliant!
The lights and confetti, how fun is this?!
It really was the most amazing concert.
Debbie Gibson sat down at the piano for her second performance, and started playing Lost in your eyes. At which point, Joey McIntyre came out and began singing with her.
And I cried.
It was the most awesome duet ever.
Even though I couldn't really hear it well, I still cried.
So truthfully, the sound kind of sucked. Can you even tell which songs these are?
I don't know if you can, or if not. I could, because they've been driven into my bones.
That's what growing up in the 80s and 90s was.
True great music driven into our bones.
And half of them came back to town on this night.
So freaking awesome.
I didn't go to any concerts between Weird Al and the Monkees in 1987, and John Denver in 1993.
I was never cool, I never got invited, and we were broke.
That's a crucial thing for a teenager to miss. I don't doubt I missed out.
But this event, this amazing gift, I made up for it all one night.
For once, I got to be one of the cool kids.
And it was Awesome.
Thank You Kathleen. <3
