Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of Page #2

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IT WAS SOMETHING THA WE HAD TO, KIND OF, FIND.

I REMEMBER HOWIE

IN THE VERY BEGINNING.

HE WAS PRETTY MUCH

THE LEAD SINGER.

AND THEN BRIAN CAME IN.

HE HAD A GREAT VOICE.

WITHOUT HIM, YOU KNOW,

THE BLEND WOULDN'T BE THE SAME.

THE VOICES ARE FIVE.

THEY CREATE A CHEMISTRY,

A SOUND:

THAT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER.

YOU JUST KNEW IT,

LIKE THIS MAKES SENSE.

THIS WORKS.

OUR VOICES BLEND PERFECTLY.

I THINK:

I'M GETTING STRONGER.

YOU KNOW,

I THINK I'M GETTING BETTER.

YOU KNOW, I THINK

YOU'VE HELPED ME A LO WHICH HAS BEEN GOOD.

YOU GET THIS JAW WORKING

A LITTLE BIT.

AND YOU LET YOUR JAW

HANG DOWN AND BACK.

THE BLESSING THA WE'RE GEARING UP FOR A TOUR,

AND, YOU KNOW,

THE BACKSTREET BOYS' WORLD

IS, YOU KNOW,

ABOUT TO EXPLODE AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, BUT YE IT'S STILL PRESSURE.

- YOU KNOW BECAUSE IT'S

THIS ANTICIPATION OF...

- RIGHT.

YOU KNOW,

BRIAN'S GOT TO BE BRIAN.

YOU KNOW, I WISH THERE

WAS A MAGIC WAND

THAT JUST COULD--

NOT WITH THESE MIND/BODY--

NOT WITH THESE:

MIND/BODY CONNECTIONS

WHICH IS RIGHT WHERE, YOU KNOW,

RIGHT WHERE THE PROBLEM LIVES

IS RIGHT IN BETWEEN

THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

AND THE MIND.

JUST BREATHE.

LA LA LA...

UH-HUH. LET IT GO.

YOU KNOW MY VOICE IS,

YOU KNOW, IT'S MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW,

WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED,

- BECAUSE IT'S JUS SOMETHING THAT'S GIVEN.

- RIGHT.

AND...

AND FOR ME IT'S, UM,

IT'S NOT A GIVEN RIGHT NOW.

IT COMES AND GOES.

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TALK ABOU TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

UM... I TRY TO...

I TRY REALLY HARD

TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT,

UM, BUT I'M FACED

WITH IT EVERY DAY.

UM, THE DOCTOR

MENTIONED:

VOCAL TENSION DYSPHONIA,

WHICH IS THE TIGHTENING

OF THE MUSCLES:

AROUND THE VOCAL CHORDS

WHICH 'CAUSES THE VOCAL CHORDS

NOT TO WORK CORRECTLY.

IT'S FRUSTRATING.

IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

BECAUSE I WANT TO YOU KNOW,

I JUST WANT TO BE ME.

I WANT IT TO BE EASY.

AND I WANT TO HAVE

THE CAREFREE ATTITUDE,

YOU KNOW, THAT I HAD

YEARS AGO.

HERE WE ARE:

WITH THE BACKSTREET BOYS.

- HOW OLD ARE YOU ANYWAY?

- I'M 16.

- AND HOW OLD ARE YOU?

- 19.

- AND?

- 20.

- 20.

- AND?

- 14.

- OOH!

LOU PULLED EVERY RESOURCE

HE COULD WITH THIS

AND PULLED AS MANY STRINGS

AS HE COULD:

TO GET US TO BE AS BIG

AS WE COULD BE.

HE HAD ALL THESE THINGS

THAT A RICH BILLIONAIRE

ENTREPRENEUR SHOULD HAVE.

WE'RE A BUNCH OF YOUNG GUYS

THAT'S LIKE,

GOING INTO A FRICKIN',

LIKE DISNEY WORLD.

I MEAN, EVERY TIME WE ALL WOULD

HANG AT LOU'S HOUSE,

IT WAS A DIFFERENT ADVENTURE.

HE HAD THIS UNBELIEVABLE,

LIKE, ARCADE/MOVIE ROOM.

THAT HAD A COOL POOL TABLE,

ONE OF THOSE OLD-FASHIONED

COKE MACHINES.

IT WAS THE BEST DAMN TASTING

COKE YOU'VE EVER HAD LIFE

IN YOUR LIFE.

IT WAS SO GOOD,

IN THESE GLASS BOTTLES,

BUT IT WAS LIKE,

AN OLD-FASHIONED ONE.

AND THEN HE HAD THIS--

THE ORIGINAL DARTH VADER MASK.

AT THE END OF THE NIGHT,

WE'D PULL OUT ONE

OF LOU'S PORNS AND WE ALL

WATCHED THOSE EVERY SO OFTEN.

THE FIRST TIME I'D SEEN TWO

GIRLS EVEN KISSING EACH OTHER

WAS ON ONE:

OF LOU'S VIDEOTAPES.

AND I WAS LIKE,

"WHAT IS THIS?"

I'M LIKE,

"MY EYES ARE GONNA BURN."

I CAN'T EVEN TELL MY MOM

ABOUT THIS.

HI, LOU.

- WOW! I'M ON CANDID CAMERA.

HELLO.

HI.

LOU WAS BIG PAPA.

HE WAS LIKE ANOTHER FATHER

TO A LOT OF US,

LIKE KEVIN, ESPECIALLY.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE KEVIN

WAS THE ONLY ONE, AT THAT TIME,

THAT DIDN'T HAVE A FATHER.

HE ALLOWED ME TO QUI MY TWO JOBS AND PURSUE MY DREAM,

AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE

OF THAT.

WE ALL CLAIM TO KNOW

EVERYTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER,

BUT THERE'S STILL

SO MUCH LEFT UNSAID,

SO MUCH LEFT UNLEARNED

SO WHILE WE WERE IN LONDON

MAKING THE RECORD,

WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THESE

LITTLE HOMETOWN TRIPS

TO REALLY KIND OF GO BACK

TO OUR GRASS ROOTS

TO KIND OF SEE WHERE EVERYBODY

REALLY CAME FROM.

SEE THESE PLACES,

EXPERIENCE IT TOGETHER,

AND GET THAT BOND TIGHT AGAIN.

WE GONNA PARTY TONIGHT!

COME ON, Y'ALL SHOULD STAY!

THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.

AND THEY'RE HAULING BUT IN THAT THING.

I'LL DO IT.

ALL RIGHT,

THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP.

MY FATHER:

WAS THE MANAGER OF THIS CAMP,

AND WE LIVED ON:

THE PROPERTY YEAR-ROUND.

I WOULD LOOK OU AT THIS GRASS RIGHT HERE

AND UP AT THOSE TREES

AND ENVISION A CROWD,

LIKE AN ARENA,

AND LIKE I WAS A ROCK STAR,

AND I'D HAVE A BROOM

IN MY HAND:

AND PLAY AIR GUITAR AND JUS IMAGINE LIKE THE TREES

AND THE GRASS IS LIKE--

YEA-EA-EA-EA-H, OOH!

I LIVED HERE UNTIL

I LEFT FOR FLORIDA IN 1990.

WE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE

RIGHT OVER HERE.

THIS IS LIKE WHERE MY DAD,

YOU KNOW,

KIND OF SPENT HIS FINAL DAYS.

WHEN I WAS LIVING IN FLORIDA,

MY FATHER HAD HAD A--

WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER,

BUT THEY DIDN'T TELL ME

AND THEY SAID:

HE JUST HAD A LITTLE SURGERY,

SOMETHING WAS UP

WITH HIS STOMACH.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WORRY ME.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THA MY MOM CALLED ME

AND SAID THAT, "YOU KNOW

THAT THING THAT WE TOLD YOU

YOUR DAD HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM

WITH HIS STOMACH?

WELL, WE DIDN'T WAN TO WORRY YOU,

WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW,

WANT YOU TO WORRY,

BUT IT WAS CANCER,

AND IT'S COME BACK

AND IT'S NOT DOING VERY--"

I KNOW WHAT YOU:

WENT THROUGH, BRO.

SO I CAME BACK HOME

AND MY FATHER HAD BEEN

IN THAT BED FOR,

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WEEKS,

AND I PULLED UP...

PULLED UP IN MY CAR

AND HE HADN'T BEEN

OUT OF BED IN WEEKS,

AND HE DIDN'T WANT ME

TO KNOW HOW BAD HE WAS DOING

SO HE MET ME:

AT THE FRONT DOOR.

YEAH, SO ANYWAY,

THAT'S JUST MY DAD,

YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T WAN ANYBODY TO WORRY ABOUT HIM.

HE WANTED ME TO GO BACK

TO FLORIDA:

AND DO WHAT I WAS DOING.

HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO STAY

UP HERE TO WATCH HIM DIE.

UH... SO ANYWAY,

I SPENT SOME TIME WITH HIM

WENT BACK HOME, GOT MY STUFF,

MOVED BACK UP HERE

AND SHORTLY AFTER

HE PASSED AWAY,

BUT MY FATHER'S

ALL OVER THIS PLACE.

UH, GREAT MEMORIES

LIVING HERE.

COME ON DOWN THIS WAY.

I USED TO COME IN HERE

AND SING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A TON

OF DRAMA IN OUR HOUSEHOLD.

MOM AND DAD, THEY SUPPORTED US

IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DID.

SO NOT A WHOLE LO OF TURMOIL IN THE HOME,

JUST A LOT OF LOVE.

THIS IS PRETTY ISOLATED,

RIGHT?

SO IT WAS ME AND MY TWO

BROTHERS.

IN THE WINTER, IT CAN GE A LITTLE DARK AND GRAY UP HERE

AND GET A LITTLE DEPRESSED,

BUT MUSIC, YOU KNOW,

I WOULD HOLE MYSELF

UP IN THE HOUSE,

AND IT'S SO COLD

YOU CAN'T GO OU AND PLAY MUSIC AND THA WAS MY WINDOW TO THE WORLD,

AND I COULDN'T WAIT TO LEAVE

THIS PLACE.

I WAS LIKE,

GOD, I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE

AND TRAVEL AND SEE

WHAT'S OUT THERE

AND EXPERIENCE OTHER PLACES

AND NOW THAT I'VE DONE THAT,

AND I COME BACK HERE,

AND I SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS

AND I REALIZE WHA A SPECIAL PLACE

AND WHAT A SPECIAL,

UNIQUE SITUATION IT WAS FOR ME

TO GROW UP IN:

A PLACE LIKE THIS.

A LOT OF IT REALLY

CAME INTO PLACE:

WHEN LOU BROUGH IN JOHNNY WRIGHT.

AND JOHNNY WRIGH WAS A ROAD MANAGER

FOR THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK.

SO HERE'S SOMEBODY

THAT HAS EXPERIENCE.

AND SAID,

"I GOT THIS THING

THAT I WANT YOU GUYS

TO GO OUT ON--

ESM HIGH SCHOOL TOURS."

HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS

ALL ACROSS AMERICA.

WE HOPPED ON A WINNEBAGO

WITH NOBODY KNOWING

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