A Weird Review Of Show Me The Meaning
Since the video for SMTM came out, we decided that there was no need to make fun of it basically cuz there is nothing funny about it at all. Well, this person sent me an email on her thoughts on the video and she doesn't take it seriously at all. I really didn't find it funny at all. I wanted to share it with you guys so if you feel like emailing this person I will put her address as well. But know that WE DID NOT WRITE IT. But this is the type of thing that shouldn't be said about a video like this one.
From: howied_licious@yahoo.com
I waited to see the new BSB video for what seemed like
a millennium (HeeHee =) ). The verdict: I love it
even though it had nothing to do with the song. Our
Backstreet Boyfriends are great actors (along the
lines of Freddie Prinze Jr., and the great Macauly
Culkin himself!), and in the video they are lookin’ as
fine as my older brother (if only we weren’t related.
*sigh*)
We begin on a shot of Bri-Bri staring into a hospital
room. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see who
it was: A lost love? A pet? Justin Timberlake?
(HeeHee! J/K peeples!) Then we see it: It’s Brian
himself!!! My reaction? Shock. Denial. Bursting
into tears than running up to my room. Luckily, I
taped it.
Later on, while rewinding back to this part (and
brushing my long, blonde hair), I reflected on what my
big, blue eyes had just seen. I decided not to make
any conclusions until watching more. I pressed play
to see a shot of A.J. shedding a tear…I’ll come back
to that later. Next, we see Kev-O-La watching some
sort of film. Suddenly, it all made sense. Kevin is
watching videos of himself, when he’s older (and
HOTTER!) Brian’s looking back on his past (or his
surgery, to be exact!) Congrats to the Backstreet
Boys on another unique idea for a music video: Time
machines. By the way, they did a great job at making
Kevy-Kev look older.
Now, back to A.J. Here’s what we see: A.J. weeps as
he sees his love walk away (played by a very ugly
girl). By now I think it’s obvious to y’all what
happened and why our baby is crying. Here it is:
A.J.’s wishing he could have predicted this with the
time machine, but the other BSBs wouldn’t lend it to
him use it, hence the crying. A.J. and the rest of
the band apparently had a fight! Over what, we could
only guess. Tres sad!!!
Now on to Nicky Licky. I don’t know why everyone is
saying how confusing his part is. ITS SO OBVIOUS =)
The girl in this section represents the teen pop
trend. In the beginnning, years ago, it was all the
rage (NKOTB.) This is shown when the girl is walking
peacefully. But then, pop faded as grunge and rap
took over the music scene. This is shown when the girl
is almost hit by the bus (a sight upon which I nearly
cut the long, thin legs which I was shaving.) Y’all
followin’ me? But wait! Nick saves the girl, exactly
in the way the BSB revived teen pop!!! Brilliant!!!
Another nice touch is the way the BSB decided to show
how other types of music are still present in our
lives. Look closely at the bus driver: ITS KID ROCK!
INGENIOUS!!!
Now, on to every-ones favorite Latin-lover: Howie
D-Lightful. Howie is shown in a bar type thing,
drinking what I HOPE is Yoo-Hoo. I’m not sure why
he’s at a bar. Maybe he’s supposed to be on the show
Cheers? Oh well. He sees a girl who fades away
(Great special effects! Comparible to my favorite
movie Speed). Now, at first this confused me. But
now I understand it perfectly. Howie was using the
time machine. He was in his past, watching a girl he
loved, who is now gone. But, since he was drinking,
he forgot how to control the machine, so it goes
hay-wire and the girl fades away. Shame on you Howie!
Serves you right! Soon we see a candle blowing out.
I don’t think this was supposed to be shown in the
video. I think that this was supposed to be just a
shot of a candle, glowing its light, fueling the
machine. Clearly, someone accidentally sneezed it out
during filming, and the wrong shot was put into the
video. Oh well, no one’s perfect!
In the end, they walk together into the light. All’s
well that ends well! I think this was their best
video yet. The way they tied this one to the previous
video (LTL, where they’re in the future) is
incredible. Also, great job Fatima on the dancing!!!
I don’t know why everyone is reading so much into this
video (saying things about Howie’s dead sister,
Kevin’s Dad, etc.) when the answer is right there in
front of them: TIME MACHINES!!! This is the most
amazing and touching music video I’ve ever seen (and
that’s including Hanson’s MMMbop!!!) I haven’t cried
this much since my pet lizard (Lizzie) died when I was
three. Way to play with my emotions guys! We can
only hope for more!!!
Tell me that isn't just the craziest thing you ever heard? I mean some of it is ok but most of it is so insane!