Setting: Seated from right to left is Kevin in
black, Nick in a blue cap and top, Howie in a
long sleeved white top, Brian in green, and AJ
at the other end in red. The audience
appears to be divided to create an aisle where
there is a microphone on a stand with which
fans stand behind and ask their questions.
There's a lot of screaming in the background,
followed by a lot of talking as the host
attempts to quiet the crowd for the questions
to be heard.
First to arrive at the red-covered table is AJ,
Nick, and Kevin as they begin to take their
seats. Brian and Howie come thereafter.
Nick: What's up? (waves)
AJ: Hello
Kevin: Hi…Good afternoon (waves)
Boys greet each other
Brian: What's up you guys?
Nick: What's up dude? (to Brian)
AJ: I'm glad you got to make it in, man…good (to Brian)
Brian: No problem
Kevin: Hey guys…thanks for waiting.
Fan in the audience: This is on, right? This is on, right? Okay.
AJ: (singing) "…the power to move every mountain…"
(from the song, Let the Music Heal
Your Soul)
Kevin: Hi, what's your name?
Fan: Melanie.
Kevin: Melanie?
Brian: Hey, Lela…Lela
Fan (repeating): Melanie.
Host: You guys ready to start questions? (audience
answers "Yeah!") Okay…can everybody
be quiet so they can hear the questions? You
guys, simmer down, simmer down…Okay, you
ready? Girls, hey! Sit down, calm down…we'll
get to your questions in a minute, but let
these girls start first and then we'll get you,
okay?
Fan: I'm Melanie.
Howie/Kevin: Hello.
Fan: Hi. How do you feel about little kids mobbing you and asking you to marry them?
Kevin: Very flattered, very flattering.
Nick: Kind of weird (Brian laughs slightly).
Fan: Hi, my name is Denise.
Boys: Hello/Hi.
Fan: Um, I was wondering how do you prepare yourself to get ready to go on tour?
Nick: How do we…? (looks beside him to Howie)
Howie: This tour here, um, we prepared about a
month, actually, for it. Um, this is a
continuation of our world tour which we started
in Europe and, uh, back in May I think it
was last…? (AJ: May) of this year here we took
a whole month and did like two, two and a
half weeks of dance rehearsals and then a good
week and half of actual run-throughs up in
Nashville, TN…so about a month. This is actually
our longest preparation we've ever had for
the tour. Normally in the past we've had a week
if we were lucky, so…
Kevin: …just tie things up with our music and our band.
Fan: Hi, my name is Julianne (sp?) for KLUC radio,
Las Vegas. (Brian: Plug it!) My question
is for Brian, but also for the rest of you. I
know you were on your way to Bible College
before you joined Backstreet and, um, I'm just
curious how do you keep your relationship
with Christ grounded with all the women and all
the materialistic things around you and
how do you stay focused and humble?
Brian: Well, I think it has a lot to do, uh, with
who you choose to acquaint yourself with,
uh, how you act in public, how you deal with
all this. Uh, it's not really a big deal to me,
what we do, because we do something that we love
and that's make music. Um, a lot of
people that are outside of this business choose
to make it more than it seems.
Howie sneezes. Brian, then the audience and the
fan say "Bless You". The audience laughs
and Howie says "Thank you".
Brian: (laughs)…and the gallery says "Bless You"
(audience laughs). But um, I think it has
to do with your families as well. A lot of us
has very very strong backgrounds with families
and beliefs and uh, good relationships with people
that keep you grounded. We keep each
other grounded. So, ah, it's always…it's always
easy in this business to lose sight of
everything but uh, when you have experiences,
ups and downs, heart surgeries and things
to deal with, you're just a human being like
everybody else.
Kevin: One day at a time, one day at a time.
Fan: Yeah.
Brian (in a sing-song voice): That's all I'm saying (audience applauds)
Fan: Hi, I'm Tiffany. I'm with KLUC.
Kevin: KLUC.
Fan: Hi.
Kevin (singing like the beginning of the national anthem): Oh K-L-U-C (audience laughs)
Fan: (laughs slightly) O-kay…and, um (audience laughs some more)
Boys laugh.
Nick (repeating her): And o-kay…
Fan: Okay, I was wondering if you guys have done
anything in Las Vegas since you guys
have been here or since your last tour a year
ago? (slightly under her breath: I don't know,
I was there, but…) and if you guys did anything
and what?
Brian: Well, some of us have turned 21 since last time we were here.
AJ: Yeah (audience applauds and cheers "whoo")…that's a bad thing.
Nick: …and that's not me (Boys laugh)
Brian: …one of us…
AJ: We actually…last night we threw a little party
for our crew and our band and our
dancers over at Studio 54 and just…'cause we
don't really get a lot of opportunity to hang
with our crew because we have to keep breaking
the stage down and moving to the next
city, so we don't really get to share a lot of
time with them, and they're a great bunch of
guys and girls so we had a get-together last
night and then, um…(Kevin: …we're gonna play
golf) we're gonna play at a charity golf tournament
tomorrow for ah, VH1 so…(audience
applauds and crows "Whoo") Hopefully we do good.
Kevin: Hopefully we'll hit the ball…
Brian: Fore!
Howie simultaneously with Kevin: Hopefully we'll hit the ball and don't hit somebody…
Nick: I'm gonna be digging up some dirt (Kevin: Yeah…) so…(slight laugh)
Fan: Okay.
Nick: There'll be holes in the fairway 'cause of me.
Fan: Alright, thanks.
Kevin/Boys: Your welcome.
Fan: Hi, I'm Dolly. I don't know if you remember me off the internet?
AJ: Mmhmm
Fan: I met you last night at the McDonald's where
everyone was mobbing you (Kevin
laughing in the background) and my sister, she
ran up to you and she says "I'm Dolly" and
she kisses you!
AJ: I remember you from…
Fan (interrupts): so I'm Dolly, I'm Dolly
AJ: Okay
Fan: I always liked you…and hey (to Kevin), you're
my favorite. Sorry guys (audience
laughs, Kevin: Well, thank you…). I love you!
I named my cousin after you!
Kevin: You wha…?
Fan: I named my cousin after you.
Kevin: You named your…?
Fan: Named my cousin after you. He was born a week ago. His name is Kevin Scott.
Kevin: Oh, cool! (audience goes "awwww") Thank you! Cool!
Howie or Nick: Wow.
Fan: I love you guys and I'm happy you guys came
back here. I'm so nervous (starts to
break down, emotional and speechless)
Kevin: (soothingly) It's all good, take your time.
Brian: (soothingly) It's alright.
Fan: I'm so happy you guys came back to Vegas. I'm crying, I don't know why.
AJ/Boys: (soothingly) It's okay.
Fan: (really emotional, barely understood) …so happy…
Kevin (slight laugh): That's like me when we introduced Perfect Fan the other night…
Fan: (still emotional) …so happy you're in Vegas…(emotional
again here)…my question was
if you guys was to do a duet with a female artist,
who would it be and why?
Kevin: That's something we wanted to do. We actually
kinda did that with Shania when we
did our TV special.
Fan: I have it recorded.
Audience laughs
Kevin: Um, but I think when the right song comes
along and uh, the right opportunity, I
think it will happen, but there's tons of we'd
love to do. There's so many talented female
artists out there, so…
Fan: My personal favorite would be Mariah
Kevin: Mariah? You think so?
Fan: You guys with Mariah
Audience applauds slightly, someone in the audience could be heard saying, "Yeah!"
Kevin: Thank you.
Fan: Hi. My name is Jessica.
Boys: Hi.
Fan: Um, my sister met you in Jamaica…Amanda…?
Kevin/Howie simultaneously: Cool, wow!
Howie/AJ simultaneously: MTV Spring Break
Kevin: Wow. That was a year, two years ago
Fan: My question is what do you think of NSync joining Jive Records?
Brian and AJ: Ooh, that's a good one!
Audience applauds and shouts, Boys laugh slightly
Nick: Well, now that we have the cameras on.
Brian: (jokes) I don't know that we have enough time.
Audience laughs
Kevin: What do you think?
Brian: Yeah, let's see what you think (with Kevin: …you think…)
Fan: Um, I think you guys are gonna be mad?
Boys laugh
Brian: Does it upset you in any kind of way?
Fan: Yeah.
Brian: Why? Why does it upset you?
Fan: 'Cause NSync sucks!
BIG laugh, shout, and cheers from the audience
here. Brian bends forward laughing, his
head down against the table as AJ looks at him.
He lifts himself up again.
AJ (laughing): Yeah…yeah...
Brian: (laughs) Yeah what you said!
Nick in the background: Naw, I didn't say it.
Kevin: We, ah, for obvious reasons, we kinda definitely
have a problem with some of the
decisions our record company has made. Uh, and
as you know, we're kinda in a little
discussion with our record company right now
but hopefully we can resolve things without
fighting. Uh, it's frustrating when we work so
hard to…to open doors and be individuals and
try to get our careers started and then our record
company makes decisions that just
makes you really frustrated with the business
because there are a lot of things that go on
in this industry that are frustrating when we're
trying to create and make good music and
then all the business decisions, all the business
kinda…kinda drags it down and takes away
from how fun it is. So sometimes, the business…sucks.
But the music is great.
Fan: Got a point there
Nick: Good question, though.
Fan: Hi, my name is Summer, and my question is for AJ. I wanna see your angel wings.
AJ: Ooh, I don't have those yet. I don't actually have the nerve to do it. I, um…
Brian: He's working on it.
AJ: I'm working on it 'cause, ah…
Fan: Well, then, show me your 69.
AJ: That I can do. (AJ stands up and shows his
69. He is wearing a white wife beater
underneath his red top.)
Audience screams.
Kevin (jokingly): Is that a 69 or is that a hurricane?
AJ (joining in): It's a hurricane thing
Brian: It's a hurricane doppler
Fan: Thank you for showing me.
Fan: …and Nick, my little sister won't come to
you. She's embarrassed to come to you,
Nick.
Nick: Well, what'd I do?
Fan: She's embarrassed!
Someone in the audience says out loud, "She loves you too much!"
Nick: Well, sh… (? Broken, inaudible)
Fan: Well, my question to you is my daddy listens
to your music. My grandparents said
you're so talented. You guys' music is not just
for young kids. It's for adults. I went to your
concert last night and it was more adults singing
along to your songs and you guys perform
great.
Audience applauds
Boys: Thank you, thank you very much
Fan: (softly) I love you guys.
Light applause
Fan: Hi, I'm Shelly.
Boys: Hi
Fan: Hi, and um, I was wondering how does it feel
to go to Las Vegas and not be able to
go around the casinos without like everyone mobbing
you (slightly laughs)
Kevin: (slightly laughs)
Howie: I went last night.
Kevin: We sneak around.
Nick: I can't.
Howie: I'm living la vida broka today (audience laughs)
Boys also laugh slightly, Brian sings, "Livin' la vida broka…"
Howie: Nah, we can still enjoy ourselves. We just
take, uh, extra, uh, means of protection,
I guess, but you gotta still be able to live
your life.
Fan: Does it sometimes get like, annoying when you can't do stuff, though?
Kevin: Sometimes you just wanna be by yourself.
Sometimes you just wanna get off in a
corner and hide somewhere, be alone, be able
to walk around and, you know. But, I mean,
there are a lot of sacrifices, you know, with
everything in life and just…whenever we go out
now we just have to plan ahead, you know, like
an hour ahead, we have to…
Brian: Sometimes you feel like a zoo animal, you
know, people going (frozen frames at this
point, video did not capture what facial gesture
Brian made, if any. Some in the audience
going, "awww"). Like when you're eatin', you
know like you're gonna flip your food off the
table or somethin' (jokes)…naw…(slight laugh
from the audience)
Fan: Thank you.
AJ/Kevin simulaneously: Your welcome
Fan: Hey, fellas. My name is Jamie. I'm 20-years-old. I've loved you guys since '95
Boys: Oh, Wow!
Fan: I've loved the Spanish version of the song,
and I wanted to know if I can sing a little
for you? Is that okay?
Boys: Sure, sure
Kevin: What are you going to do?
Fan: Donde quieres…?
AJ/Howie: I'd Go Anywhere for You
Fan (sings): Donde quieres yo ire… (Boys slowly begin to softly sing along with her)
Fan: Howie, I love you!
Nick: She started on the right key, too!
AJ: We can't even get that right.
Howie: That's really good!
Nick: She's on the right key!
AJ: And we couldn't get it right.
Nick: She's on the right key!
Fan: Hi.
Boys: Hi
Fan: I'm Molly…
Kevin: Hi Molly.
Fan: My question is, Is it hard for you, with
your families and all…is it hard for you, to like,
go away and, are you, like…do you miss your families?
Kevin: Definitely
AJ: Mmhmm…
Kevin: …miss our families, friends, and our own beds…
Howie: Mama's cooking
Kevin: Mom, yeah, definitely
Howie: Spicy stuff
Kevin: …but we bring our friends and families
out on the road to visit us. They come and
hang with us on the road a little bit, ride on
the tour bus with us so it's not too bad.
Nick: At the same time, too, I think we…we, over
the years, we've kind of developed into a
family ourselves, so I think it kind of compensates…
Kevin: Definitely
Audio captures Brian pretending to be emotional and faking a cry
Fan: Thank you
Boys: Thank you
Fan: My question was….
Brian (jokes): Didn't you just ask a question?
Audience laughs
Fan: No (laughs)
Brian: (laughs slightly)
Kevin (jokes): Wait a minute, what's going on here?
Howie: Double mint
Fan: How'd you get started with music and why?
Nick (under his breath to other guys, repeating): How'd we get started…?
AJ: Hmmm…
Kevin: I was always in the room with my radio
on, always, when I came home from school.
After football practice, I always had the radio
on, always listening to music
Nick: Had his brush…
Kevin: My family…
AJ (following Nick): …and his brush…
Kevin: …singing in church, singing gospel in church,
me and Brian's families and…music's
just been a part of all of our lives since we
can pretty much talk, I guess. We've all been
singing.
Fan: Thank you
Boys: Your welcome
Fan: Hello. How are you guys? I wanna ask, I'm
from Monterey, Mexico, and I wanna ask if
you have plans to go to Mexico because there
is telling that they're going, and then, no,
yes, no…? And I wanna hear from you that, are
you going to Mexico or Monterey?
Howie: Actually, I went to Mexico on behalf of the group about a year and a half ago…
Fan: …to sing or something?
Howie: I was just representing the group. It was
during our time off and I went down to
South America, to Brazil, Mexico, to…ah, (Kevin:
to do press…)…yeah, just to do some
press on behalf of the group but we're trying
to get down to Central & South America on
this world tour here. We haven't exactly been
able to figure out exactly our schedule when,
but it'll most likely will be sometime next year
for sure.
Kevin: Yeah, we're putting, ah, our Spring leg
of the tour together for next year so Mexico
might be in there.
Fan: Okay, thanks, and a kiss for all!
In the background, someone, sounds like press representing Mexico is also present
Kevin and Howie: Hola, Me-hi-co!
Nick: What's up, Mexico? (slight laugh)
Same person in the background says something, inaudible
Boys: No problem
Fan: Um, my question was, since you guys have
accomplished so much, what do you feel
that you haven't accomplished yet?
Kevin: Wow. I mean, a lot of things that we could
do better, I mean, you always want to
grow, I think, with our singing, our writing,
producing. I think that's the areas we wanna
grow in more now as the writing and producing
aspects for our next albums. Uh, but there's
always room for improvement, always.
Fan: Okay, thanks
Nick: We've got cool ideas coming up for the future.
Fan: Hi.
Boys: Hello.
Fan: Uh, real quick. I just wanna know, Kevin
did you see my father last night at 54 last
night?
Audience and Boys laugh
Kevin: I met a lot of people last night, ah…
Fan: He said something about being a fashion designer or something
Kevin: What's his name?
Fan: His name was Rocky or he might have said Danny, too.
Brian breaks out singing the theme to the classic
Rocky movie. Audience laughs at his
silliness.
Kevin: I don't think I met him
Fan: Okay…well, anyway I wanted to interview you
guys and I was real nervous about doing
it, so thanks for doing it and I want to thank
to 98.5 KLUC, too, 'cause they did this
Audience applauds
Kevin: Yeah
Fan: But since I want to interview you guys really
badly, and I got the chance, who would
you want to interview and why…anyone in the world,
dead or alive?
Nick: C'mon, say it, Howie. Say, it Howie.
Howie: I'd like to interview the Pope.
Nick: I knew it! (audience laughs)…the Pope-a
Howie: …the Pope-a
AJ: Who'd you want to interview, Rok?
Brian: Uh…
Fan: They could be dead or alive…
Brian: Uh, James Taylor or Frank Sinatra probably
AJ: I'd like to interview the whole…the whole
Rat Pack-Sammy Davis, Jr., all of 'em. That'd
be real cool.
Fan: Okay
Brian: Elvis
Other guys slightly laugh, repeating: Elvis
Kevin: I'd like to interview Prince, the Artist
formerly known as. (applause and cheers from
the audience)
Fan: Thanks for answering my question…oh you didn't answer yet…?
Howie: That's cool (on Kevin's reply).
Kevin: C'mon Nick (audience joins in)
Nick: Well, alrighty. Um, the President
Fan: The President?
Nick: Wanna see what's on his mind
Audience and Boys laugh
Fan: Really?
Nick: What he thinks about.
Fan laughs slightly
Fan: Alright, well, I'm gonna go
Kevin: Okay, thank you
Fan: Thanks for answering it. You guys look good
and everything, bye (says the last part
rather hurriedly, a slight reflection of her
lingering nervousness)
Audience loudly voices their agreement
Fan: Hi, my name is Brittany
Boys: Hi Brittany
Fan: I wanna know is do you guys have any girlfriends?
Brian: Everybody knows already
AJ: No
Audience cheers
Nick: No
Fan: What is you guys' favorite song out of the Millennium?
AJ: Off the Millennium album?
Howie: My favorite song is Spanish Eyes (audience cheers)
Nick: One simple reason, huh?
Howie: I'm a little biased.
Fan: AJ is so cute
AJ: Thank you
Fan: Hi my name is Lauren.
Boys: Hi Lauren
Fan: I'm with KLUC. Um, and I went to your concert
last night and it was great, but my
question is mostly for Howie and I wanna know
how he learned to rap so good?
Audience and Boys laugh
Kevin and AJ: Hahaha
Howie: That was actually just a spoof. We were
playing around in Europe (AJ in the
background: C'mon, Howie…freestyle) and uh, we
were all introducing our different people
up there up on stage and…originally it was just
for…we originally had the, uh, the
breakdowns. We were just introducing the dancers
separately and the instrumentals
separately and, uh, so I was introducing Bubba,
and he used to always do this little funky
thing. (Brian is taking a drink of water in the
background as the camera closes up on
Howie)
Fan: Can you rap for us one more time?
Audience cheers Howie on
AJ: C'mon, D, freestyle…freestyle! Freestyle, D! Freestyle, baby!
Nick: Let's do it
AJ: Freestyle!
Howie: Give me the beat, give me the beat! Ready?
Freezed frames capture Howie looking toward AJ
as Brian is smiles in the background
watching Howie.
AJ: Give him a beat, Kev
Howie: Give us a beat, Kevvie
Kevin breaks a beat
Brian: That's like a club, man!
Kevin: Uh…
Nick: (makes a sound like a big blowhorn into the microphone) EH-UH!
Audience laughs
AJ: Just do what you do in the show, Howie…what you do in the show, D.
Nick is captured with his hands closed over his
mouth. It appears that he is showing Kevin
the right beat, which is heard to a more "old
school"-style a la '80s. In the background,
audio captures what sounds like Brian starting
to rap, "Right about now…" then drifts off.
Kevin: Oh yeah. Let's go…
Howie: Alright, here we go…
Howie has microphone in his hand as he begins and Kevin sets the beat…
Howie: "Right about now, it's time for you to
listen up. I'm gonna introduce you to, the trio
in front of us. They go by the name of Sleepy,
Baby, Bubba Brown. So give it up one time
for the freaky, dinky Trio!"
AJ: Huh huh huh!
Audience CHEERS. Camera captures Howie with his
head down against his right arm that is
raised on top of the table, half-covering his
face in seemingly slight embarrassment.
Kevin: You heard? He's gonna drop a solo joint doing some rap
Howie: It's called MC D Record
Brian: You heard? (Fan: Thank you) Word!
Howie: Kevin's gonna back me up
Kevin: I'm gonna produce it.
Howie: You heard?
Fan: I love you, Nick
Nick: (laughs) Thank you
Audience cheers "whoo!" Fan laughs
Fan: Thank you
Brian: Hey did that tattoo hurt on your arm?
Fan in the audience (sounding distant, probably
away from the microphone at this time):
Just a little bit…
AJ/Kevin: I like the shirts…shirts are cool!
Kevin: 2000…
Howie: …commercial
Fan: Hi guys
Boys: Hello
Fan: Um, we went to 54 last night and we saw you
guys, Howie and AJ especially, thanks
for being nice to us. You guys are wonderful…
AJ/Howie: Thank you
Fan: Um, and I'll be blunt: where are you guys going tonight?
Boys laugh, talking almost simultaneously
Howie: I don't know
Brian: I'm going to bed!
Kevin: Tonight's probably gotta be…
Nick: …big ol' tournament tomorrow…
AJ: Yeah, tonight's gonna be early tonight 'cause we gotta get up and play golf
Fan: This is party city, we got a lot of clubs! (trying to coax the guys to stay up and go out)
Kevin: Oh man
Nick: Wrong golf cart
Fan: Wrong jingle? (laughs slightly)
Kevin: We gotta get some rest tonight (Boys talk
simultaneously) Yeah, we're playing golf,
we gotta be on the point
AJ: We don't wanna look bad on national television
Fan: Well, thank you
Boys: Your welcome
Brian: Can't burn the candle at both ends too long
Fan: Hi my name is Crystal (Kevin: Hi Crystal).
I was just wondering, um, what is going to
be the next single off your album?
Howie: I think we're gonna do Show Me the Meaning
(Kevin joins him at the same time:
Show Me the Meaning)
Audience cheers
Kevin in low voice sings, "Show Me the Meaning…"
Howie: It's not official yet, but we think that's
probably gonna be the next release for
Christmas time.
Fan: Thank you
Kevin: Your welcome
AJ in the background can be heard saying something
to the effect of (softly), "I want Don't
Want You Back…"
Kevin (commenting on what the next fan is wearing): Backstreet Girl.
Fan: Hi, I just wanna say AJ, my cousin…right
there…likes you (under her breath, barely
audible)
AJ: Oh, hi
Fan: …she loves you
AJ: Thank you
Fan: …and Nick, I love you.
Nick: Oh…Thank you
Fan: Oh and Kevin, I saw you as Aladdin. You were really cute…a long time ago
Kevin (laughs slightly): Oh, thanks
Fan: And um, but my question is for Brian. I have
a heart problem, kinda like yours, (Brian:
Mmhmm…) and I've had, I think, like 8 surgeries
by the time I was 5 and I'm-I'm good now,
but, like, it was hard, so what I wanted to know
what was the hardest-scariest thing about
surgery?
Brian: Wow, you had 8 surgeries before you were
5? What did you actually have done? Do
you know specifically?
Fan: I don't know specifically but I have a pacemaker
Brian: You have a pacemaker? Well, fortunately,
uh…well, let me just answer your
question. One of the hardest things for me to
deal with was, uh, the physical aspect and
the emotional aspect because we were just coming
off of a tour, um, and I had known for
like 6 months that I had to have surgery. Um,
our schedule was so grueling that I had to
back up my surgery and reschedule it twice because
of the fact that I couldn't get off a
tour. Um, so knowing that we were on tour and
singing and doing all of this stuff and I was
in great physical condition to know in my mind,
uh, emotionally that I had to go and have
surgery, that was one of the hardest things to
deal with. Um, I try to just block it out and
not deal with it until the night before the surgery
when I checked into the hospital, so I
told them to…take care of me with a medicine
'cause I didn't want to remember anything,
so (laughs slightly)
Fan: Thank you
Brian: (smiling) But congratulations with you. I'm glad that you're feeling better.
Audience applauds.
Fan: I love you
Another fan: My name is Raven (clears her throat)
and I went to your Anaheim show, too,
on Thursday, and I lost my voice. (Boys laugh;
she SOUNDS like she lost her voice!) Do you
guys have any, like, weird hidden talents?
Brian laughs
AJ: Weird?
Nick: We've got Howie. He's got rapping
Kevin: Weird…hidden…talents…
Howie: Mmm (clears his voice)…Well, uh…not that I know of
Nick: (laughs)
AJ: I wish I did, ah…
Brian: AJ, you got some impressions, man (AJ: What?) You do like Bullwinkle
AJ: All I can do is Bullwinkle
Fan: Could you do it for us?
AJ: Bullwinkle? (laughs)
Howie: C'mon AJ
AJ: (jokes and points toward the audience) "Marcus
says you"-naw. Um, the dumb parts I
gotta do this with my hands 'cause that's how
I do it
Slow motion and frozen frames only show AJ retracting
his outstretched arm from pointing
but audio captures his Bullwinkle impression
[personal note: He's good!]
Audience cheers "whoo!" and applauds
Fan: Hi. My name is Marissa. I was just wondering
when you guys' gonna come out with
your next album?
Brian: (laughs and sighs slightly) We get that a lot…
Nick: We…
Brian (interrupts): Don't give too much
Nick: I'm not gonna give too much. We were just
coming up with some cool ideas. We were
just actually the other day talking about when
we're gonna come out with it. I don't
know…it's gonna probably be late late next year.
I don't know…
Kevin: Yeah, we still got a ways to go with this
album. Got a couple more singles on this
album and then we're gonna take a little break,
start recording and writing for the next
album, so…
Fan: Thank you
Nick: It'll be really cool, though
Fan: Thank you
Fan: Hi, I'm Cathy. How, Nick, since you're always
on tour and your brother Aaron's always
on tour, how do you guys keep in touch and keep
a great relationship?
Nick: Phone. The phone's really helpful (slightly
laughs), especially when I'm in Europe and
he's in America. Um, just recently I came to
surprise him. He was doing a show in, uh, in
Canada and I went to surprise him. It's just-just
making a conscious effort to, you know, to
see him, and-and just, you know, knowing that,
you know, he's my family and I love him
and you gotta sometimes make sacrifices and you
can't always be with them, but you
know, know that I'm there for him at heart and
he's there for me…so it's cool.
Audience: Awwww (slight applause)
Fan: Hi, I'm Brittany. (Boys: Hello). Um, my dad's
a singer also, and I used to travel a lot
with him. So, I was just wondering where you
guys like to travel?
Kevin: (repeats for clarification) Where have we gotten to travel?
Fan: Yeah, where do you LIKE to travel…
Kevin: Oh where we LIKE to travel.
Howie: Hmm…
AJ: I like traveling in the U.S. better than traveling
in Europe because, I mean, it's a lot of
long drives in Europe and it's always just cool
to be in the States, 'cause, you know…
Brian as he watches AJ: …we could speak English
AJ: …we can speak English, and you know, there's
REAL McDonald's here (fan and audience
laughs slightly) and it's just…you know, traveling
here is, is lots of fun. You can go see
American movies, you know, everything's up to
date, it's just good to be home, and you
know you're always, uh, no more than a 6, 5-6
hour flight from home, so, you know, instead
of a 20-hour flight…or something like that, so…
Fan: M'kay
AJ: I like touring here the best
Fan: M'kay
Howie: Is that your hat?
AJ: I like your hat, by the way. It's cool
Fan: (sounding distant, probably away from the
microphone at this point) Oh thank you…we
can trade if you want it
AJ: I don't have anything to trade, but I
Howie: He'll take it, in other words
Audience laughs/stirs slightly
Kevin: Oh he'll take it, definitely
AJ: I'll just get that…
Audio captures AJ and the audience making sound
as if the hat has been thrown and he
tried to catch it
AJ: Ooh, Oof, I got it
Fan: Got it?
AJ: Thank you, by the way
Video and frozen frames capture AJ bending toward
the floor at the end of the table to pick
up the fallen item.
Fan: Um, my name is Melinda…hello? (slightly under
her breath, as if trying to get their
attention)
Frozen frames as she said this capture the Boys
looking toward AJ as he is still picking up
the hat off the floor. Fan laughs slightly as
if from watching the Boys
Howie: (attention back to fan) Hi!
Audio captures AJ barely audible saying something
to the effect of, "Looks good on me."
Howie laughs.
Fan: (repeating) My name is Melinda and Nick…
Boys: Nick? Cool…
Fan: My name is Melinda and Nick, can I see your tattoo?
Nick: (sounding slightly hesitant) You wanna see my tattoo?
Audience yells out, "Yeah!"
AJ: Hey, I showed mine, Nick. You gotta show yours…I
showed mine. You gotta show
yours.
Nick: I'll show you one of 'em…'cause the other
one is harder and…have to take whole shirt
off…
Fan: Okay…that's fine.
Audience cheers. Nick appears to be pulling the
collar of his top down enough to reveal his
shark tattoo on his upper arm. As he does this…
Fan in the audience: (sounding distant) wait, wait…Yeah!
More cheers from the audience
AJ: (sings) Shark boy!
Brian: (sings)…"You hit me faster than a…"
Fan: Thank you!
Fan in the audience: (sounding distant) Again!
Slow motion and freezed frames capture a slightly side close-up of Nick, smiling
Nick: Again?! I'll show you after photo op.
Fan: Hi, I'm Samantha. I was just wondering, is
it scary knowing the hurricane's down in
Florida?
Kevin: It was a little bit but now I think it's safely through and nothing got tore up…
Howie: There's another one down there now
Brian: Which one are you talkin' about? You talkin' about current or you talkin' about Floyd?
AJ/Howie/Brian/Kevin: (talking simultaneously) Irene
Fan: Irene.
Brian: Oh Irene.
AJ: Irene's down there now
Kevin: She just went, through. She's cleared Florida
Brian: She's headed toward Charlotte again
Nick: Well, we've lived in Florida all of our
lives, and, you know, hurricanes' just one of
those things we deal with and…
At this point, the statements below were made
kind of simultaneously, interweaving, as
the Boys became more animated discussing the
Anaheim earthquake.
Nick: I like…
Kevin: At least it's a hurricane. You can't run from an earthquake.
Nick: Yeah! (talking lively now) We were in an earthquake in Anaheim…it was scary!
AJ: Scared the heck out of me the other day…I
didn't feel it. I was in a car. (laughs) I was
in a car. I didn't feel it
Kevin: I was ready to jump off my balcony into a palm tree!
Nick: (in a laughing tone) We were gonna jump
off and hang on a palm tree! (laughs
slightly)
Howie: It was scary
Fan: Thank you
Nick: You wanna ask a question, miss? (coaxing) Go ahead…
Fan: (in a slightly quivering voice, emotional)
My name is Brittany and I came all the way
from New Jersey. Um, I've wanted to say this
for a long time. Because of you I didn't kill
myself. Um, I'm a junior in high school right
now, but freshman year, I had a lot of
problems. Um, I was sexually harassed and frightened
and called everything you can think
of and it hurt a real lot. But your music inspired
me to keep on living and with you, I made
a lot more friends. Um, it helped me so much
and I'm so happy you guys came out and I
have a lot of friends because of your music and
every day, I'm happy because I can sit
there and put on my CD player and listen to you
and even my chemistry teacher is going to
let me listen to you in chemistry because he
knew it would make me happy and I can't do
without it in school and because of you, in my
locker I have a photo with me everywhere I
go because I can't get through a day without
seeing you because I get so scared they hurt
me so much. I want to thank you guys, because…
Brian: Tell them we said to leave you alone or we'll come and get them
Slight laughter and applause from the audience
Howie: …or we'll come out after 'em
Nick: And another important thing also is that
this-this is the type of reason why we love
to do what we do…to help people
Audience applauds
Fan: Thank you guys so much
Kevin: You're very welcome. God bless you
Fan: Oh my God, I don't know what to say-she asked
my question. (laughs slightly) Um,
she asked my question about your tattoo so I
don't know what to ask, but…
Brian laughs slightly, smiling
Nick: Think of somethin' (barely understood)
Fan: …I just wanna say I love you, Nick, so much (slight "awww" from the audience)
Nick: Thank you
Fan: …but my friend is going to totally kill me because she's not here with me
Another fan: We got tickets for her, too (first fan: yes…), and she's in Colorado.
Nick: Really?
Other fan: We went through so much to get here. We got so grounded.
Audience and Boys laugh
Brian I think: Oh oh
Other fan: We were supposed to order tickets in
Colorado and we ordered them here in Las
Vegas…
AJ: We don't want anyone to get grounded
Other fan: …and…kinda…got…in…trouble
Kevin: You guys are from Colorado?
Other fan: Yeah
Kevin: Ah…
Nick: Having fun?
Kevin: Did you come here by yourselves or you got family with you or…
Other fan: My mom's here
Kevin: Kind of get in town?
Other fan: Drove in a car
First fan: We all came in one car
Kevin: Okay, so you won't get in trouble for being here, okay
Other fan: Sorry
First fan: No, I just wanna say I love you, Nick, so much
Other fan: We love you
Nick: Thank you
Kevin: Thank you.
AJ: (barely audible) Thank you.
Kevin: Be careful driving back home
AJ: Don't get in trouble
Fan: Hi, my name is ~ (can NOT understand; somewhat
muttering quickly under her
breath). AJ, your mom is so nice.
AJ: Thank you
Fan: 'Kay, I got these key chains (somewhat muttering
quickly under her breath) Those
were pretty nice. Okay, you know your song, Who
Do You Love? It's like, my whole family
fell in love with that song and they were, like,
so disappointed it wasn't on your album. It's
like, do you plan on making it a single or something?
Nick: Who Do You Love…
Kevin: It might be on the next…
Nick: There might be a lot of songs…
Kevin: It might be on the next one. We love that song, too.
Fan: Can you sing a little please?
Kevin: What's that…?
Fan: Can you sing a little? (Kevin: sing a little?) Yeah
AJ: We can do the chorus (freezed frames still
has Kevin captured looking toward AJ).
Haven't done it in awhile.
A few seconds of vocal tuning from AJ and Brian and…
Boys: "Who do you…"
They break off.
Brian: (to AJ) You and me sing the same part?
Audience laughs slightly
AJ: No…
Boys are all tuning their vocals. They are sound
like an orchestra before the main show
tuning their musical instruments.
Nick: Just do the chorus (looking toward AJ and Brian). Just do the chorus…
Kevin: Wow, we haven't done this in awhile. Hold
up, let's work it out (looking across the
table toward the other guys)
More vocal tuning from the Boys
Brian: No, I sing a different one!
Audience laughs at Brian's sudden outburst amidst
the vocal tuning. Freezed frames
capture Nick and Kevin at the right side of the
table looking at AJ and Brian at the other
end.
Vocal tuning continues. Boys say, "We got it." AJ and Brian are elbow nudging each other.
Nick: We haven't done the song in like, 2 years
Howie: …a long time
Nick: …three years
Boys look at each other, saying, "Ready?"
Brian: One, two, three, four…
Boys: "Who do you love?" [Personal note: WOW! Incredible harmony!]
Brian: "Tell me, who do you love?"
Boys: "Who do you love?"
Brian: "Girl I know you are torn between what
was and what could be…" (Boys in
background harmonizing, "ahhhh…")
Boys: "I wanna know, gotta know, wanna know, gotta kno-oh-w…"
Brian: "Who do you love?"
Boys: "Da dum, da dum, (Nick: "uh") da dum, da
dum…" (Brian is slightly rocking back and
forth, his head bobbing up and down.)
At the end of the song, Kevin (in low voice): Huh huh huh
Audience CHEERS.
[Personal note: This was the section that got
me stalled on finishing the transcript sooner.
They were so good, I was constantly rewinding
to hear it again! It was incredible. As
slightly blurry the video was, it could not hide
Brian's face classically masked in emotion
with his eyes shut as he sang. From watching
and listening to them tuning their vocals in
varying scales like orchestral instruments to
suddenly hearing the stark difference in their
polished harmony, it was simply amazing to be
that "on" at a drop of a request.]
AJ: "I always drive in…" (Brian beside him outstretches his hand, pretending he is driving)
Nick: This is how we got started, how we got our record deal
Kevin: …haven't done in a while
Nick: …a cappella, so…haven't done in awhile
Kevin (in a really low voice): I've got a bass today, boy…hummm…
Fan: Hi, my name is Chelsea
Boys: Hi Chelsea
Howie: That's a pretty name
Fan: My question: when you first started the band, were you ever homesick?
Boys: Oh yeah
Nick: I was particularly homesick 'cause I was,
like, 12 years old when we had the group,
so…
Howie: At least when we toured around, like, high
schools and middle schools back in the
early days and um, I remember it was, I think
it was hard to get adjusted to it. You know,
thank God we had each other. That's when we got
to know each other the best because we
were actually sleeping together in the same rooms,
you know…
Brian straightens up in his chair, turns to Howie,
and gives him this odd look. Audience
laughs at what his last statement implies. Nick
takes a sip from his glass of water. Howie
gestures with his arms as if trying to calm down
the audience, bobbing them up and down…
Howie: You know what I'm talking about…we had double beds…(Kevin laughs)
Brian: (jokes) Howie, man, roll over! You're taking all the covers! (pats Howie's arm)
Audience laughs slightly
Howie: (jokes) You're snoring too loud (Brian fakes a snore)
Nick: …talking, too
Fan: M'kay. Thank you
Howie/Brian/Kevin: Your welcome
Fan: Hi, my name is Lovely
Kevin: "Lovely!" Cool…
Fan: (laughs slightly) I wanna ask you some questions.
Um, I'm with the KLUC. Brian, my
sister loves you so much. When I was coming here,
she was like, "Ate"-'cause it means
"Ate" means older-older sister-she was like,
"Ate, you gotta kiss Brian for me!" I was like,
"No, that's alright"…I mean, I would, I would…
Brian: Naw, that's okay…ain't gon' do that
Fan: I know. Anyways, you guys are great! A lot
better than anybody! I mean, NSync…I
mean, 98 degrees…'cause you know, I used to love
NSync. I used to be like, "Oh my gosh,
they're so fine" you know but my best friend
started liking you guys and she would always,
like, watch the tape and whatever and I was like,
"Wow, they're pretty good! They're a lot
better than NSync! So I should, you know…" Anyways,
I got a question for Nick Carter and
um…(laughs slightly)
Nick: Oh oh…
Fan: Um, you know on you guys' Millennium album
CD, you guys' um, on your
thank-you-letter section, you wrote, "I personally
wanna say…" and then that's been
bothering me for, like, months and you said "5-4-8-3
5-4-3-3" and I tried to figure it out…I
don't know
Nick: That was just-It was like a little code
thing that I wrote. Um, some people, some
people actually…it's like, it's like…a phone
decoding thing. (Fan: Mhmm…)…Um, some
people, some fans actually decoded it a couple
times and…
Fan: But what is it?
Nick: It-it says, I said, "Live life to the fullest
for the future is scarce.", you know, and
what I mean by that is you live your life to
day by day and you, and you, have fun, because
you never know.
Fan: So why do you have to code it? When, you know…
Nick: …you know, just havin' fun
Fan: It's a good message, and um, what kind of coding is that? Is it like a pager?
Nick: Naw, like a phone, like a phone…
Kevin: Yeah, like a pager
AJ/Brian almost simultaneously: Yeah, like if you get a page…
Kevin: …someone pages you, and you leave, like, 1-2-2-5
Fan: Yeah, like I love you, 1-4-4-3…
AJ: 1-4-3, I love you and like that
Fan: AJ, my friend, my best friend loves you so
much. She has like, I mean, your pictures
are everywhere…she's, oh my gosh, she's crazy
about you. She just wanted me to mention
you. I mean, I have a question: Are you still
with Amanda?
AJ: No
Fan: Why not?
AJ: We still talk. We're still friends. Um, she's
got a career that she's getting ready to start
with and doing acting and she hopefully will
do a solo album eventually. Hopefully I'll be
able to help her with that, but schedules just
too hard, you know, just really hard to…
maintain a good relationship. So…
Fan: I have one more question for…okay, for Brian.
Um, (Brian: Uh huh…) So, I heard you
are living with your girlfriend now, right?
Brian: Uh, she stays with me occasionally, sometimes
Fan: Yeah, and are you guys planning to get married someday?
Brian: Possibly, possibly. Who knows?
Audience: Awww. [personal note: Actually, they
sounded more like they're moaning "ohhh".
LOL] Brian laughs slightly at the response.
Fan: That's cool. Thank you
AJ: (to Brian) You're getting old, man
Brian: (in a funny voice sounding like an old man) I'm getting old! I turn 25!
Nick clears this throat.
Fan: Hi. I'm Rachel. I was wondering if you guys
are even going to be doing any solos in
your concert?
Kevin: You mean during our show tonight?
Nick: (almost simultaneously) This your first show you're seeing?
Fan: Uh huh
Nick: You gonna see us tonight? We don't do that in the shows right now.
Kevin: In our past tours, we've like, we've like…stepped
out and each done a little
something and we might include it in the future
tours, but on this tour, we're not doing it.
Howie: We got too much material…knock on wood (Howie knocks on the table)
Kevin: Yeah, we got too much material to do that.
Brian: We do 20 songs in the whole show. So it's a lot to…
Fan: Thank you
Brian: Your welcome
Kevin: We used to do that, like, to give each
other a break during the show. To give each
other a rest, we would each do a solo thing so
each of us could be backstage going
(motions like he is tired, breathes heavily into
the microphone)
Nick: (slightly laughs) Now it's non-stop doing that stuff
Fan: Hi
Kevin: Hello
Fan: My name is Dezi and I'm originally from Europe
and I've been, like, following you guys
around for, like, 4 years. I've been in love
with you guys
Kevin: Cool
Fan: And I was wondering if you could say to my
friend in Europe in Germany, Yvonne? Can
you say "hi" to her, 'cause she's in love with
you. She's been to, like…
Howie and Kevin greet her in German
Fan: (laughs slightly) Yeah, (German greeting)…because
she's been, like, to 4-5 of your
concerts. She loves you guys, and…okay, they
asked two of my questions. I don't know
what else to ask except, how do you guys, like,
find girls…just on behalf of all the fans?
How do you, like, find girlfriends? Where do
you meet these girls, you know? Would you
ever date a fan or anything?
Howie: I think, yeah, people are people.
Brian: (raising his right hand straight up in
the air, his other hand holding up his arm. He
waves his hand excitedly) Pick me!
Audience laughs
Howie: I mean, I think we're constantly looking
for people that are supportive of our
careers, which is not very hard to be…
Fan: How about me? (laughs slightly)
Brian laughs slightly and smiles
Howie: …you know, who has a career of their own
as well, have a mind of their own, have
ambitions and dreams, and goals. Um, and just
somebody who can be there for us,
because on the road, sometimes it is lonely and
you know, you just wanna be able to have
someone to talk to (AJ: and trust…) …Exactly,
trust.
AJ: …trust. Try to find someone that can care
about you, like, you know, care about, for me,
for Alex instead of AJ, somebody outside of being
a Backstreet Boy, that cares for you as
you, not the person that they see on stage. It's
just…it's really hard, 'cause you know, you
gotta put your trust in somebody and you're always
gonna be taking a chance, but…
Fan: Nick, what's your opinion on this?
Nick: My opinion?
Fan: Yeah, you're always so quiet
Nick: Ah…
AJ: No he's not. Really. He's not.
Nick (slightly waves his hand): Not…never
Fan laughs slightly
Kevin: He's really not quiet
AJ/Brian: He's not. He's just like that right now.
Nick: Nah. I just…I agree pretty much with them what they say.
Fan: Um, my friend Leah wants to know how do girls
get in your video because she's major
shy and she can't want to come up here. She's
the one in the red shirt with her hand on her
face
AJ: Hi
Fan: And she wants to know can people audition
for your video, 'cause she wants to be a
singer and she sings good.
Brian: Well, we have, when we do specific videos,
dance videos and stuff…when we deal
with dancers, um, our choreographer, Fatima Robinson-she
picks the dancers and goes
through them for us. Um, when we're dealing with
actors and actresses, uh, sometimes we
have a casting director who comes in from Los
Angeles or something and picks people. You
look at head shots. You see the people before
you actually choose them, so… actually,
other people do that, you know, for us…kinda
to make it easier for us to focus on what we
have to do.
Fan: And are you guys ever planning on doing a
duet with Peter James Andre, the European
singer? He's from England…
Fan: (tries to clarify) Peter James Andre…
Nick: Peter Andre?
Fan: Yeah, yeah! Oh!
Brian: Peter Andre…we haven't heard his name for a long time
Fan: Well that's his middle name
Nick: We haven't talked to him in, like, a year
Fan: You don't talk to him anymore?
Kevin: We used to tour with him…
Brian (other guys join in): We haven't talked to him in awhile…
Fan: 'Cause I heard you guys were friends, okay…
Kevin/Brian: Oh, we ARE…yeah.
Fan: Okay, well, I wasn't worried. I was just
saying…(kind of incoherent, muttering
quickly)…O-kay, alright and…(as if not sure what
else to say, reflects slight nervousness)
Kevin: Bye
Fan: Oh, okay! (sounds confused)
Kevin: No, I thought you were getting ready to
turn around…I was just gonna say
goodbye…you got another question?
Fan: Oh I remember now, I remember. Did you get
my note? It was written on a tissue
paper from Ron Coach? I gave him a big note to
give to you guys
Kevin: Who'd you give it to?
Fan: Your photographer, Ron Coach
Kevin: Ron…
Fan: Ron…(?) photographer?
Kevin: Oh…
Brian: Haven't met him
Howie: …don't know
Fan: I can write another one, that's okay.
AJ: We'll find him
Fan: And Nick, you are so beautiful, I mean, really good looking. (Audience cheers)
Nick bends his head. He brings his cap further
down over his face in a gesture of slight
shyness. Camera pans out to audience. Audience
member yells out, "Take off your hat!"
Others in the audience join in, calling out,
"Take it off!" and "What's the matter with you,
Nick?"
Nick: I can't let my banana come out! [personal
note: Yes, this is what I think I heard. I
have rewinded this time and again thinking it's
bandana, and I swear that's what he said!
I'll leave this up to your own interpretations,
and if I am right and you know what the heck
a banana is as it refers to this instance, let
me know so I don't feel totally clueless or
begin thinking that my hearing is starting to
go. LOL:o)]
Audience cheers. Camera is still panned out to
audience for the next fan, but cheers from
the audience suggests that he obliged, though
probably quickly and temporarily.
Fan (older teenager): Hi, my name is Stephanie.
Kevin: Hi Stephanie. How're you doing, Stephanie?
Fan beside Stephanie (young girl): Hi my name is Courtney
Kevin: Hi Courtney
Stephanie: And we came out all the way out from New Jersey
Boys playfully mock local NJ accent, saying, "New Joi-see"
Courtney (in small voice): We love you all, and we especially love you Brian
Brian: Aw, why, thank ye' (in lingering Southern accent)
Audience goes "awww"
Stephanie: And we wanna know how you feel about the Blink 182 video?
Kevin: I think it's absolutely hilarous
Brian: You know, I haven't seen that. My 4 other
brothers have told me about it, but I
haven't seen it. [personal note: Awww- "4 other
brothers" LOL. I think "Aww" needs to be
redefined as a legitimate word in the Backstreet
dictionary. We fans say this often enough.
LOL]
Nick: I think it's…
Kevin: It's funny
AJ: I think it's funny
Nick: …I think it's cool to be able to… I mean,
I guess it's a compliment that they're doing
this in the first place…in a way…kind of a compliment
(shrugs his shoulders, looks to Kevin)
Kevin: I guess, you know…you know you've made it when people start making fun of you
Nick: (smiling) Exactly.
Kevin: I like the little dog in the video.
Nick: We're waiting for Weird Al…
Kevin: We're waiting for Weird Al to come out with…(drifts off)
AJ: (in reference to the dog in the video) …the
little thing around his neck? Yeah, I like the
little dog in the video
Howie: …to be able to be light-hearted about it
Nick: It's funny
Stephanie: Thank you
AJ: Your welcome
Fan: Hi, my name is Chris (sp?) and this is Brenna,
and us and Samantha and Shelly
wanted to know if you'd go to McDonald's with
us after the concert?
Nick: AJ just might (points to AJ)
Kevin (repeating): AJ might. He likes to…
Nick: He's always crazy about McDonald's
Fan: We'll pay for it
Audience laughs
AJ: Don't worry about it
Nick: (looking across to AJ) Hey you got a date, bud? (laughs)
AJ: What? No, I'll keep that in mind.
Brian: Hey we'll tip you on some information.
We're talking to McDonald's so come the
millennium year, uh, you might see the Backstreet
Boys on a little lunch…what do you call
it?
AJ: Happy meal
Brian: …happy meal box
Audience cheers
Brian: (gestures toward AJ) …'cause of AJ
Kevin: We might be singing a…McDonald's jingle
or somethin'. We don't know. We might
write one.
Nick raises his arms in front of him, and rocks
side to side playfully. Audience and fan
laugh.
Nick: …probably what we'll do, too. [personal
note: whether he's referring to that silly thing
he just did or writing a jingle, not sure, but
I wouldn't put it past them. LOL]
Fan: Okay, thanks guys
AJ: You're welcome
Fan: Nick, how many tattoos do you have?
Nick: (shows a peace sign) I just have two.
Fan: Good.
Nick: (slightly laughs, looking briefly aside to Howie): she's like, "good".
Fan: Hi
Kevin: Hello
Boys: Hi
Fan: I'm with KLUC and my name is ? Garcia and
I was just wondering what you guys
thought of the millennium and computers, with
the Y2K thing?
AJ: Y2K. Hm…
Brian: I don't wanna be in an airplane
AJ: I think it's, I, I, I think it's kind of…getting blown out of…
Fan: You think it's true or false?
AJ: I think it's false. I think it's getting all
blown out of proportion and everybody's just
freaking out (Nick: I don't) 'cause it's the
year 2000, it's a brand new century, but
Fan: You guys are not gonna prepare for it?
AJ: Oh, no! I mean…
Howie: If a couple computers shut down…
Kevin: Yeah, we've got a bomb shelter. We've got
canned food (Brian smiles like a lighted
Christmas tree at Kevin's reply)
AJ: Yeah, we've got canned food…
Nick: As long as my Sega Dreamcast don't fall
out, I'm fine [personal note: there's
something endearing about Nick and his obsession
with video games. LOL]
Boys and audience laugh
Kevin: Naw, we think that it's been blown out of proportion a little bit, but you know…
Nick: I don't…
Kevin: We're gonna be careful and
Fan: Okay, thank you…thank you
Kevin: …be home (slightly laughs)
Nick: I'll be in the mountains somewhere
Fan: Hi, my name is Natalie. I just wanted to
know if you guys, like, ever, like, I mean, if
you guys get along while you're on tour or if
you, like, fight or anything?
Camera shows slow motion of AJ appearing to pretend
to flick his fingers playfully against
Brian's head. Brian tosses his head to the left
in reaction. Audience laughs
Kevin: Sure we fight.
Howie: …like brothers
Kevin: We fight all the time, just like brothers,
just like best friends have fights, you know.
Not always perfect. You gotta quarrel, you gotta
argue, you gotta get those things out in
the open and talk about it, so…
Fan: I just wanted to say that, um, my sister
loves you guys and she was the one that got
me into you guys' music when I, like, didn't
like you guys at first so I started loving you. I
started loving you and she plays your songs every
day and I know all the words to your
music and everything and it's just like, it's
right here inside of me …I'm gonna cry (gets
emotional)
Howie: Thank you
Kevin: (laughs slightly) Aw, thank you
AJ: Thank you, Sweetheart
Nick: Thank you
Fan: Thank you
AJ: Your welcome
Fan: My name is Sarah and I was just wondering,
um, like, you guys like, like being in the
public's eye all the time because I've seen AJ
last night.
Nick: He likes to be in the public eye!
AJ: I, I don't mind it. I mean, it's weird for
me, like, for me personally, when I was in high
school. I was, and I'm not saying I'm not now,
but I was a real nerd back in high school
Howie: you had no life, AJ (laughs slightly)
AJ: I know, that's why I'm not saying I'm not
now, but um, it's just, you know, I like the
attention because to me it shows how much people
care about us and how much we've
affect people and that means a lot to me, personally,
that we can affect people in a
positive way and not a negative way and any opportunities
that we get to sign autographs,
take pictures, whether it's a day off or not,
I would love to do it, you know. You know,
there is days, like we said earlier, where we
just wanna be by ourselves, but if we can't, I
don't mind it, you know. I mean then again, I'm
working out my taxes so I'm kind of, you
know, a target for tracking so (laughs slightly)
but, I don't mind it. I think it's cool.
Kevin: Sometimes, though, it's like, when you
walk out of your hotel room or when we
come off stage, sometimes for us, it's like,
we're never really off stage. Sometimes you
need a break 'cause when you're walking, like,
from the bus into the hotel, you know and
we have a lot of fans that want to meet us and
talk to us, when we go out to a restaurant,
or just when we go, just, out to a movie or somethin'
and people want to talk to you.
People, you know, they see us all the time and
they think that they know us and a lot of
people around the world know more about us almost
than we know about ourselves so it's
like, everybody kind of wants to talk to you
and sometimes it can wear you out. Sometimes
I'll just get back to my room. I'll be like,
"Whew! Wow, I talked to everybody!", you know.
So…sometimes you need to make time for yourself
and just…
Howie: It's the hardest when you're getting off the bus at 5 o'clock in the morning…
Brian: (being silly in a high-pitched voice) Howie!
Audience laughs
Howie: …my hair's like Medusa, hangin' all over the place, and trying to…
Nick: (laughs slightly) …Medusa.
Howie: …trying to be on camera…
Kevin: "Uh, I just woke up…"
Fan: Okay, I'm just gonna see you guys tonight, and I love you Brian
Brian: Thank you. I like your sandals
Fan: Thank you (laughs slightly)
AJ: Yeah, same ones Rok's got
Kevin: Yeah, we're gonna be standin' up now and
ya'll can snap away (take pictures). Thank
you guys so much. Enjoy the show tonight. God
bless!
AJ: Have fun you guys…have fun, Sweetheart
Audience calls out to the Boys and people begin
taking pictures as the Boys rise and
stretch. The Boys stand behind the table, arms
on each other's shoulders, posing together
for the audience. During this session, audience
members are yelling:
"Nick, take off your hat!"
"Nick, will you take off your hat?!"
"Please take it off!"
Nick: I'm not crazy. I woke up, put my hat on this morning. I look like Medusa
Nick takes his hat off briefly, and the audience cheers.
Nick: Like Howie said, "Medusa"
Kevin: Medusa
Audience member asks, "Hey, Nick! What's your screenname?"
Kevin: Thank you guys
Brian: So whose coming to the golf tournament tomorrow?
Audience screams, "ME!"
AJ: Thank you guys. Hopefully we don't do bad
Boys finally exit right, the audience still calling out their names.