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The new New Kids On The Block single: it's terrible

  • May 6, 2008
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Paging pen­sion­ers! Paging pen­sion­ers! Your old favourite band, New Kids On The Block, are releasing their first new single in 800 years in one week. It's called 'Summertime' and it's basically a synthR&B rewrite of LFO's 'Summer Girls' nos­tal­ga­thon with the lost-love wist­ful­ness of 'Summer Nights'.

Click here to listen to a clip courtesy of People.com.

Starts off being far better than you might have expected, ends up being far worse than you could ever have feared.

"Do you remember or should I rewind"
"Walking on the beach so pretty"
"You wasn't looking for a man when you saw me in the sand
"I was like hey girl can I get your number"

Absolute shit. Let's have a look at LFO's 'Summer Girls' video instead.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHuGG_FsC20

"New Kids On The Block had a bunch of hits." Amazing. 

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