A Nostalgia of Boybands Music

Written By : Riri Oktriani

It doesn’t take long time to remember my favourite music when I was teenager. Boybands. I love them. Its proof with their posters that fill my room’s wall. I’m madly in love with them. It looks with my tabloids collection, all of their edition. I’m a big fan of those good looking boy. Usually, they be composed of five boys in one group. Don’t ask, I completely know all of their song lyrics in one album. Eventhough I don’t get what it means. But, which important to me is I know it and completely can singing their song. Of course, this is a pride.

Yap, I fall in love with Westlife. This boyband come from Irlandia and so enticing me. They become one of my identity when I was teenager. It’s so important to talk about them with all of my classmates. The conversation running with many questions and also a statements, like “Ooh, I ike Mark very much,” with crack smiling its come from my lips. Ouch, it riddicoulus if I remember again that time. But, that’s me when still teenager. That’s the music which I love. But its not the riddicoulus thing, actually. Its just..., funny.

But this time, I don’t wanna talk about Westlife which members just four now (OMG! I Still know about them! Hehehe). Because these days, my memory come to another boyband. They early coming than Westlife. They’re Backstreet Boys. I knew about them—their song—in my last year in Elementary School. In fact, this time, I miss their song.

Alone, writing about this, just no big deal for me. Because Backstreet Boys’ song accompanying me. Their song just playing in my Winamp, and those accross so many albums which their released. Eventhough they completely don’t know me, but their song have meaning for me, even now. All of those thing, their song, just because I miss with memories and nostalgia with my teenager time. I don’t need compromise with that.

If I think back, at that time I already drowning with their love songs. Just like Drowning.

'Cause everytime I breathe, I take you in, and my heart beats again, baby I can't help it, you keep me, drowning in your love...

This love song lyric, just took me drowning. Generally, I think this song tell about broken heart. In fact, beside romantic, are these boy could feel broken heart that so deep like this song? Perhaps. It’s not only broken heart songs. When fall in love, Backstreet Boys’ lyric so touching—eventhough sounds lying. Just try to listen their song, As Long As You Love Me in 90es.

People say I'm crazy and that I am blind..., I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me...

But maybe there’s someone feel about this with their lover. So sweet, just like an orange that ripe from the trees. Isn’t artificial. Try little bit closet, this song so relevan with All I Have To Give.

After long enough vaccum in music, they back with an album title “Never Gone” that released in 2005. Yap, with this album they really proof that they never gone from music. Incomplete song which become their hits attract me when the first time see their video clip. They look elegan and have strong character. The pop music still taste in this album. It’s not only in Incomplete but also in Never Gone and I Still.