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NKOTB是我们那个年代的偶像团体，如果硬要装嫩，我当年也可以算是幼齿吧

翻看着五角丛书系列中的《这就是美国》，听着NKOTB，隔岸看花，感觉似乎一切都遥不可及

记得当时书里说，通用的家用型轿车是6000美圆一部，所以很多美国家庭都有好几部车

走在大街上，有时在自家的花园里，随时会有流浪汉钻出来，please give me one quarter，这是他们的标志语言

恩，两角五分的硬币，和中国真是不同，我暗暗想

当时人民币的官方牌价是1美圆可以兑换5元人民币，但黑市上1美圆最少可以兑换到10元以上的人民币

两角五分的美元，至少就是2.5元人民币啊，真是有钱，不如以后去美国做流浪汉也不错

美国最好的大学是哈佛和伯克莱，麻省理工当然也不错，公立学校比私立学校便宜很多，可好大学都是私立的

后来才知道，这些...离我的距离远比太平洋还要辽阔

高中毕业的时候，人人都要参加毕业舞会，每个人都要正装出席，燕尾服、晚装，都必须有伴

实在约不到，那就只能让父母兄弟姐妹来凑

那个年代的每个人，心里都有一个美国梦吧，或色彩斑斓，或灰暗苦涩

Toefl考试现场，争先恐后如过江之鲫，550分只是一般般，600分以上才算还可以

昨天走在四达路附近，那个街区还是完全过去的模样，夹竹桃正开得红艳，梧桐也正生得茂密

从溧阳路-宝安路-四达路-山阴路-甜爱支路，是童年居所前往虹口公园的标准路线，二楼依然飘下流水般的琴声

有些人老了，但永远年轻；有些人年轻，却早已老了

2 In The Morning
Singer：New Kids On The Block
Music & Words：Bey, Zukhan, Kiriakou, Eman, Livingston, Kasia
2008 New Kids On The Block《The Block》Album

Tick, tick, tock, tock
Tick, tick, tock, tock, tick, tick
Wake up, wake up
Wake up, wake up

I know you must have had a long day
Cause at six o'clock I heard you say,
There was something that was on your mind
But you ain't told me and it's almost nine

Now it's nine o'clock and I thought we could talk
But you ain't givin' it, girl
Will this ever end? Girl, it's almost ten
Gotta know if you're mad at me before Grey's Anatomy
Cause we could drag this out all night, until...

It's 2 in the morning
Girl, what do you wanna do?
Do you wanna fight? Wanna say goodnight?
If you tell me you want it, this could be over...

Cause it's 2 in the mourning
Girl, what do you wanna do?
Do you wanna fight? Wanna say goodnight?
If you tell me you want it, this could be over...

Lights are out, don't wanna wake you so, I'm creepin' in
I know you're hurt cause baby, I'm not sleepin' in
My favorite pair of boxers that you make look so hot, girl
Girl, you look asleep but I know that you're not, girl

And now it's 12 o'clock and I thought I should talk
But girl, you're not listening
Here we go again, you know I like it when...

You got your back to me,
But now when you're mad at me
Please look at me and say goodnight

It's 2 in the morning
Girl, what do you wanna do?
Do you wanna fight? Wanna say goodnight?
If you tell me you want it, this could be over...

It's 2 in the morning
Girl, what do you wanna do?
Do you wanna fight? Wanna say goodnight?
If you tell me you want it, this could be over...

I wanna come over, baby, turn over
Girl, I've been laying up all night,
Just waiting for your kiss goodnight
Even if you're mad at me,
You know we shouldn't go to bed angry

It's 2 in the morning
Girl, what do you wanna do?
Do you wanna fight? Wanna say goodnight?
If you tell me you want it, this could be over...

It's 2 in the morning
Girl, what do you wanna do?
Do you wanna fight? Wanna say goodnight?
If you tell me you want it, this could be over...

We could work it out, We could work it out
We could work it out, I wanna come over...
We could work it out, We could work it out
We could work it out, I wanna come over... 

01.Click Click Click
02.Single
03.Big Girl Now
04.Summertime
05.2 in the Morning
06.Grown Man
07.Dirty Dancing
08.Sexify My Love
09.Twisted
10.Full Service
11.Lights, Camera, Action
12.Put It on My Tab
13.Stare at You
14.One Song
15.Don't Cry
16.Officially Over
17.Looking Like Danger

These Boys From Yesterday...

1985年，来自波士顿的5个稚气未脱，清新帅气的男孩组成了一支叫“New Kids On The Block（新街边男孩）”的流行乐团，他们活力十足、外貌讨喜，乐团当中年纪最小的Joey McIntyre刚刚14岁，而年纪最长的Jonathan Knight也才18岁，他们不象前辈那样愤世嫉俗，也不追求另类嘻皮、朋克，不以新奇异怪的造型来吸引人的眼球，他们就凭着他们满身的稚气，稚气的形象，稚气的嗓音来打动人，感染人。仅仅出道一年，他们的音乐就象一阵龙卷风，席卷了全美每一个角落，他们健康纯真的形象，甜美无邪的歌声也走进了每一个10-20岁年轻人的心田，同时也向世界宣布，少男少女们有了只属于自己的音乐，只属于自己的流行团体。他们的出现和成功也定义了随后10多年中欧美层出不穷的男孩组合的模式：5名成员、彼此年龄跨度在5年以内、中性的外形设计、只演唱他人创作的歌曲、擅长舞蹈，也许你没想到，NKOTB就是当代Teenage Pop Group的老祖宗。

“新街边仔”乐队于1985年在波士顿成立，其成员有：Jordan Knight, Joe McIntyre, Danny Wood, Jonathen Knight, Dannie Wahlbery。他们是被制作人发掘的，先前曾经铸造过 New Edition的音乐生涯。“新街边仔”熔合了rap 和pop 的歌唱风格，很快赢得青年人的青睐。1988年，他们凭着“Please Don't Go Girl”闯入美国排行榜。到1989年“新街边仔”已经成为美国炙手可热的歌唱组合，其作品《You Go It The Right Stuff》、《I'll Be Loving You Forever》、《Cover Girl and Didn't I》深受乐迷喜爱。在《I'll Be Loving You Forever》中，五个街边仔情深款款一齐唱出“I'll be loving you forever”，指天戟地，海誓山盟，“地老天荒，此心不易”，此曲是他们为数不多的ballat之一，教人痴痴呆呆。

就在一切顺风顺水，大红大紫的情况下，NKOTB的成员已预感到“作茧自缚”的危机，或许是成就来得太快太早，使他们对彼此的要求愈来愈高，压力也随之产生，灵感枯竭，影响力下降。在此情况下，NKOTB 明智地作出了抉择，暂停一切音乐创作及表演，乐队成员重新摸索新的音乐路向。三载寒暑，NKOTB 终于收拾心情再战江湖，1994年的NKOTB表现出各人心境和生活明显的成熟和改观，新专辑《Face The Music》体现出一种成熟的音乐风格。有Hip-Hop, Street Beats, Pop Dance, House, Ballads等多重面貌，少了以往跟风的公式化，词意更深刻，题材更宽阔，体现出自己的独特风格。

《New Kids On The Block》是他们第一张专辑，发行与1986年，一经推出就以他们优美的曲风，健康的形象，稚气的嗓音，给当时80年代颓废中的美国乐界吹入一股清新之风，他们歌声纯真而又甜美无邪，迅速痛闯入年轻人的心田，俘获了少男少女们的心，他们的第一张专辑大热.

他们真正意义上的走红是在1988年发行的专辑《Hangin'' Tough》后，早期的NKOTB的形象是非常健康的，无论从演唱风格还是从歌词当中，就算是一些情歌，也是表达的非常含蓄和唯美。

现在的音乐圈里，Take That和Boyzone都回来了，NKOTB也只能不例外。时隔14年，全新studio album《The Block》于2008年9月发行，首发当周即空降美国公告牌流行大碟榜No.1和公告牌Top 200榜的No.2。大碟制作群相当强大，除Ne-Yo, Pussycat Dolls, Teddy Riley, New Edition, Akon等人献声配唱之外，制作人还包括RedOne, Polow da Don, Timbaland, Nasri, Hakim Abdulsamad, Adam Messinger, Emanuel Kiriakou, Fernando Garibay等。乐评大多比较一般，但也还是有诸如洛杉矶时报、维京娱乐等等传媒打出了很高的分数。

New Kids On The Block已经成立了20多年，如今，New Kids On The Block组合的几位成员都已经步入了中年，他们早已不是当年的“男孩”了，而对如今的歌迷来说，New Kids On The Block既毫无新意，又不算熟悉，也许只有四十岁左右或者更年长的一些歌迷才会对他们有那么些感情。

1986 New Kids On The Block

01.Stop It Girl
02.Popsicle
03.Angel
04.Be My Girl
05.New Kids On The Block
06.Are You Down
07.I Wanna Be Loved By You
08.Don't Give Up On Me

1988 Hangin' Tough

01.You Got It
02.Please Don't Go Girl
03.I'll Be Loving You
04.Cover Girl
05.I Need You
06.Hanin' Tough
07.I Remember When
08.What'Cha Gonna Du
09.My Favorite Girl
10.Hold On

1990 Step By Step

01.Step By Step
02.Tonight
03.Baby I Believe In You
04.Call It What You Want
05.Let's Try It Again
06.Happy Birthday
07.Games
08.Time Is On Our Sides
09.Where I Go From Here?
10.Stay With Me Baby
11.Funny Feeling
12.Never Gonna Fall In Love Again

1994 Face The Music

01.Face The Music
02.You Got The Flavor
03.Dirty Dawg
04.Girls
05.If You Go Away
06.Keep On Smilin'
07.Never Let You Go
08.Keepin' My Fingers Crossed
09.Mrs. Right
10.Since You Walked Into My Life
11.Let's Play House
12.I Can't Believe It's Over
13.I'll Still Be Loving You
14.I'll Be Waitin'
15.Dawgappella