Backstreet Boys: The Official Book
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Photographer: Andre CsillagEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-07-05
ISBN: 0385328001
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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Book Review: A 'must' for any true BSB fan!
Summary: 5 Stars
This has got to be the best book ever written about the Backstreet Boys...maybe it's because the Boys helped out with the book, too! BACKSTREET BOYS: THE OFFICIAL BOOK, is so much better and much more accurate than any of those other "unofficial" and "unauthorized" scrapbooks and biographies. I've read a ton of those before and believe me, they're not as good because they have all the same 'ol info and pictures of the Boys. Also, those authors always write at the beginnings of those books that they, "...Didn't actually get a chance to meet the Backstreet Boys or interview them or anything but, here's what I found out from all those 'teen magazines and stuff...", but Andre Csillag actually talked with the Backstreet Boys and got the real dish on them. So this book is real. It's a real treat for the Backstreet Boys' fans. But in fact, you don't even really have to like the Backstreet Boys in order to enjoy this book. (It helps, though). Another good thing about this book is that all the photos are brand-new, never-been-seen photos...not the same 'ol photos you can find in just about every other 'teen magazine and Backstreet Boys biography. This book is made for every-aged Backstreet Boys fan, not just for little kids like most of their biographies are. Even the Backstreet Boys' adult fans can enjoy reading this book! (And the Backstreet Boys DO have adult fans, by the way!!) If you're a Backstreet Boys fan...then you HAVE to go out and buy this book!!
Summary of Backstreet Boys: The Official Book
"Backstreet Boys: The Official Book is the official book, from our perspective with our input," says Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean. "I think it is high time that we give back to our fans what they honestly deserve-which is to be closer to us and to be a part of our lives as much as we are a part of theirs."Presenting, by popular demand, the first and only authorized book!
The first official book on the biggest pop band in the world contains over 275 full-color photos not found anywhere else -- complete with captions in the band's own words!
Meet Howie, AJ, Kevin, Brian and Nick through exclusive, intimate photos taken by the only photographer to have unlimited access to the band for the last three years. For fans who have been anxiously awaiting a candid look at their favorite group, the wait is over....
Why has this collection of scads of photographs of the Backstreet Boys proved so insanely popular? It is filled with intimate revelations about the band, but then, so is What You Wanna Know: Backstreet Boys Secrets Only a Girlfriend Can Tell, by Brian Littrell's first love, Samantha Stonebraker, and this is clearly the book that fans prefer. My theory is that the official book replicates the experience of reading your high school yearbook. The format resembles a yearbook, and it basically consists of excellent, colorful photos of the Boys at play (Nick putting chopsticks in Brian's hair in Tokyo, Brian demonstrating Nick's ticklishness on a tour plane), at work onstage, or hanging with diverse celebs (Tiger Woods and Prince Andrew, the Fonz, Hulk Hogan, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Baby Spice, Metallica, and many more). Each picture has a caption with one of the Boys' reminiscences, as if he had inscribed a photo of himself in your yearbook. The book also gives fans a Hard Day's Night-like sense of what it's like to be a small-town kid conquering the world overnight. The Boys' shrieking fans shut down Times Square during their MTV appearance for Millennium--the photo puts you on the scene, and the caption puts you in their heads. Such nice Boys, too, not like that Eminem. Brian poses with his mom onstage while singing "Perfect Fan," and confesses, "I wrote the song for her." Kevin captions one photo, "With my mother onstage in Lexington, Kentucky. I am trying not to cry too much." One photo shows AJ holding a large plastic bone and shaking fans' hands while seated on the shoulders of his "close personal friend Big Bob. I usually hop on his back. This way, I can get near the fans without getting maimed." But with this book, there is no Big Bob standing between you and the Boys of your dreams. --Tim Appelo
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