Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of Page #4

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YOU WALK INTO THE STUDIO

AND YOU LOOK AT THE WALL

AND YOU SEE PLATINUM RECORDS

WITH ACE OF BASE,

AND ROBIN, ABBA

AND ALL THIS STUFF,

AND YOU'RE LIKE,

"OH, SH*T.

THIS IS LIKE THE REAL THING."

LOU ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT IT.

JOHNNY TALKED ABOUT IT.

NEVER DID I THINK

THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN,

AND THEN IT F***ING HAPPENED.

HERE WE ARE.

WE'RE IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

WE'RE ACTUALLY, LIKE--

WE'RE MAKING A RECORD.

FROM THE STUDIO:

EXPERIENCES IN FLORIDA,

IT WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

BECAUSE MAX AND DENNIZ

HAD THIS SOUND:

WHERE IT WAS LIKE,

A EH EH SOUND.

JUST THIS LIKE:

EH... EH EH.

HIS DRUMS AND HIS BASELINE,

I MEAN,

THAT SH*T WAS FUNKY.

ALMOST OLD SCHOOL LIKE

PARLIAMENT FUNK TYPE SOUND.

I DUG IT.

I WAS EXCITED.

IT HAD EDGE.

IT HAD BALLS, YOU KNOW.

I WAS LIKE,

"JUST PUT ME ON A SONG.

I JUST WANT TO SING ON SOMETHING

AND I'LL DANCE TO IT."

THAT WAS MY TAKE

ON THINGS.

HE HAD A SOUND:

THAT WAS DEFINITELY,

UM, I CAN BE HONEST, NOT EXACTLY

THE HOWIE D SOUND ANYMORE.

NOTHING LIKE ANYTHING

WE HAD EVER DONE BEFORE.

RELEASED:

"WE GOT IT GOIN' ON"

IN THE U.S.

I THINK IT PEAKED AT LIKE,

I DON'T KNOW, 60-SOMETHING,

BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY

MAKE A DENT.

AHHH!

ALL RIGHT, GIVE IT UP

FOR THE BACKSTREET BOYS.

FIVE YOUNG FLY:

F-TO-THE-L-TO-THE-Y GUYS.

THEY'RE FROM FLORIDA.

CHECK 'EM OUT.

YOU GUYS:

ARE DEFINITELY DESTINED

FOR SOME BIG-TIME STARDOM.

THANKS A LOT.

AT THAT TIME,

RADIO WAS PLAYING NIRVANA

AND SNOOP DOGG, AND DRE.

SO THERE WAS NO ROOM

FOR BOYS LIKE US.

JOHNNY WRIGHT SAID,

"I THINK YOU GUYS

SHOULD GO TO EUROPE.

THERE'S THIS BOY BAND KIND

OF MOVEMEN THAT'S GOING OVER THERE."

WE SHOW UP IN USA HOCKEY

JERSEYS LIKE,

"WE'RE FROM AMERICA.

WE CAN SAVE YOU."

AND IT'S LIKE

THIS HUGE ARENA.

THAT'S... PACKED.

OUR TAKE WAS THESE BANDS

ARE ALL LIP SYNCHING.

EVERYONE IS LIP SYNCHING.

LET'S GO ON STAGE,

SING FOR REAL,

LET'S SHOW THEM SOMETHING

THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

WE HIT THAT STAGE

AND THEY WENT NUTS.

WE WERE LIKE,

"OH, YEAH, HERE WE GO, BOYS."

PUT YOUR HANDS UP

AND SING!

IT WAS JUST A FULL-ON

HEAD SPIN.

IT JUST BECAME LIKE

THIS WHIRLWIND.

WE WOULD GET ON A PLANE

GO TO A COUNTRY,

DO A PERFORMANCE, THAT SAME DAY

HOP ON A PLANE,

GO BACK TO ANOTHER COUNTRY

DO A PERFORMANCE THERE,

GET MAYBE LIKE FOUR HOURS

OF SLEEP,

WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING,

DO A MORNING SHOW.

THAT WAS THE SCHEDULE

FOR YEARS.

WE'RE NOW IN HAMBURG.

THIS IS MUNICH BY NIGHT.

BERLIN BY NIGHT.

THE FIRST THREE YEARS

WE WERE THERE SO MUCH

THAT AFTER A WHILE, WE ENDED UP

HAVING GERMAN GIRLFRIENDS.

THAT MEANS:

"IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU."

HOWIE B.

THAT'S ME, THAT'S ME.

IF WE WANTED TO COMMUNICATE

THE INTERNATIONAL

LANGUAGE OF LOVE,

WE HAD TO LEARN SOME WORDS

REALLY FAST.

THAT'S "WILL YOU GIVE ME

A BLOW-JOB?"

WE COULD NOT GO ANYWHERE,

COULD NOT GO OU BY YOURSELF.

POLICE ESCORTS EVERYWHERE,

EVEN IF YOU JUS WANT TO GO OUT TO DINNER.

YES, CAN WE HAVE

A TABLE FOR 400, PLEASE?

I MEAN, IT WAS--

IT WAS CHAOS.

OH NO, SHE'S ON TOP

OF THE ROOF.

NO, NO!

MY CAR!

OH, MY GOD!

UH, I GUESS WE'RE TAKING

HER WITH US TO MUNICH.

UH, FIVE HOUR DRIVE.

DON'T DO THAT, MAN.

HEY, THIS IS GONNA

HAPPEN IN THE STATES, TOO.

IN EUROPE, WE SOLD 14 MILLION

ALBUMS OFF OF OUR FIRST CD,

AND IT NEVER CAME OU IN AMERICA.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TELLING

YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

"YEAH, WE'RE HUGE IN EUROPE."

REALLY?

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN IN THIS

BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

I GREW UP DOING MODELING

AND ACTING AND STUFF.

I JUST WANTED TO PERFORM

ON STAGE FOR PEOPLE,

ANY WAY I COULD.

THIS HAS BEEN A LIFELONG DREAM,

AND HERE I AM:

STILL MAKING MUSIC

WITH THE BACKSTREET BOYS.

YOU KNOW,

EVERYTHING STARTS SOMEWHERE.

I WOULD SAY EVERYTHING FOR ME

STARTED RIGHT HERE.

- HEY!

- OH, HOW ARE YA?

I'M GOOD.

HOW ARE YOU?

I'M GOOD.

MY VERY FIRST ACTING JOB

WHEN I WAS STILL GOING HERE

WAS AT LITTLE PALM.

I DID SNOW WHITE,

BUT THEY PICKED ME TO BE DOPEY,

BECAUSE I HAD TWO

SPEECH IMPEDIMENTS

AND DOPEY'S-- AND DOPEY

WAS AN ACTUAL MUTE.

SO I JUST HAD TO LEARN

LIKE LITTLE LIKE RAIN AND COLD,

BUT I COULDN'T TALK,

'CAUSE I HAD A STUTTER

AND I HAD A STUPID LISP,

BUT, YOU KNOW,

I FINALLY GOT RID OF IT.

I STILL HAVE THE STUTTER

EVERY SO OFTEN.

- WHEN YOU GET NERVOUS?

- NERVOUS OR IF I'M TELLING

A LIE, USUALLY.

OH, YEAH.

BOTH OF YOU.

- MWAH.

- I LOVE YOU.

THESE ARE MY TWO OTHER MOTHERS,

LITERALLY, LITERALLY,

GROWING UP, I MEAN,

YEAH.

YOU STILL REMEMBER

YOUR MONOLOGUES?

- I STILL REMEMBER--

DO ONE FOR US, A.J.

WITH THE ACCENT? OKAY.

"MANY MOONS

AGO IN A FAR OFF PLACE,

LIVED A HANDSOME PRINCE

WITH A GLOOMY FACE,

WE DID NOT HAVE A BRIDE.

OH, HE SIGHED, ALAS,

AND HE PINED, ALAS,

BUT ALAS, THE PRINCE

COULDN'T FIND A LASS

WHO WOULD SUI HIS MOTHER'S PRIDE.

FOR A PRINCESS:

IS A DELICATE THING,

DELICATE AND DAINTY

AS A DRAGON FLY'S WING.

YOU CAN RECOGNIZE A LADY

BY HER ELEGANT AIR

BUT A GENUINE PRINCESS

IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE."

BRAVO, BRAVO!

BRAVO!

I LOOK VERY MUCH FORWARD

TO WORKING WITH YOU

IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THANK YOU.

I SWEAR, HE IS-- YOU'VE USED

THAT TO HIT ON GIRLS.

YES! I WAS JUST GONNA SAY

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY GIRLS...

YOUR WHOLE LIFE!

HOW MANY GIRLS:

I'VE USED THAT WITH

I WOULD LITERALLY HANG OU WITH A BUNCH OF GIRLS

AND I'D BE LIKE,

"HEY, DO YOU GUYS

WANT TO SEE SOMETHING?"

AND I WOULD STAND UP

ON THE BED OR ON A CHAIR,

NO WONDER YOU REMEMBER

IT SO GOOD.

YOU'RE BUSTED.

I'M LIKE, NO,

I WAS GONNA CALL MYSELF OUT.

THE DAINTY THING.

I TOTALLY REMEMBERED THAT NOW.

IT'S NEVER GONNA GO

ANYWHERE.

HE STILL SAYS I TO THIS DAY.

HOW DO YOU THINK

I GOT MY WIFE?

BY '97,

"WE GOT IT GOING ON,"

"QUIT PLAYING GAMES"

ALL BECAME HUGELY SUCCESSFUL

IN CANADA.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,

IT JUST KIND OF RAINED

BACKSTREET BOYS ON THE U.S.

FANS CALL IN,

"PLAY BACKSTREET BOYS,

PLAY BACKSTREET BOYS."

IT WENT FROM LIKE ZERO

TO 60,

I WOULDN'T SAY OVERNIGHT,

BUT DAMN NEAR CLOSE.

WE WERE COMING OU OF THE GULF WAR,

AMERICA KIND OF:

NEEDED SOMETHING

THAT WAS A LITTLE

BIT MORE UPLIFTING.

I THINK PEOPLE JUS WANTED TO FEEL GOOD AGAIN.

AMERICA, AT THAT TIME,

WAS OPEN TO THE IDEA

OF FRESH-FACED YOUNG BOYS

WHO COULD DANCE AND SING.

THEY WERE OKAY:

WITH TURNING THE RADIO ON

AND JUST LISTENING TO I WITHOUT A CARE.

THAT VIDEO, WE LOOKED

LIKE A BUNCH OF BEEFCAKES.

WE WERE WET AND HAD OUR SHIRTS

OPEN AND EVERYTHING.

I'M LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW--

NOT I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE FIRS IMPRESSION I WANT TO MAKE

IN THE U.S.

BUT IT WORKED OUT.

SOME OF US BOUGH THEIR FIRST HOUSES,

SOME OF US CHANGED CARS

FROM HONDA CIVICS TO MERCEDES.

YOU BECAME A ROCK STAR.

YOU WERE LIVING THA ROCK STAR LIFESTYLE, YOU KNOW.

I'M STILL A TEENAGER 18, 19,

LIKE LIVING THE DREAM, DUDE.

I'M HAVING A F***ING BLAST!

DON'T BLOCK THE DOOR,

PLEASE.

I WAS GONNA MAKE ME

A CUP OF COFFEE.

WHAT IF YOU-- WHAT IF YOU

DID THAT AS A TAG,

LIKE AFTER THE CHORUS?

THAT'S COOL.

PUT THAT DOWN:

'CAUSE THAT'S--

THAT'S A BETTER SECOND LINE,

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