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Article: Grown-up New Kids on the Block add mature music to bubblegum '80s repertoire
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- June 10, 2009
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Say what you will about the idea of New Kids on the Block -- the
group that essentially paved the way for the current teen pop
phenomenon -- reuniting when its members are all 40 or nearing that
age.
But at least in reuniting, the group made a new CD, "The Block,"
and it reflects the fact that these guys aren't so new and
definitely not kids anymore.
"Click Click Click," the opening song on the CD, immediately
sends the message that these aren't the innocent New Kids, as the
guys playfully sing about inviting a girl to take off her clothes
and pose for photos.
"It's just natural," Joey McIntyre says of the more adult-themed
material on "The Block." "That's what music is about, is exploring ...