![]() What once seemed like a breakup song is now just a mushy, lovey-dovey ballad. Tell me why, Ain't nothin' but a heartache, Tell me why, Ain't nothin' but a mistake, Tell me why, I never wanna hear you say, I want it that way Am I, your fire Your one, desire, Yes I know, it's too late, But I want it that way Tell me why, Ain't nothin' but a heartache, Tell me why, Ain't nothin' but a mistake, Tell me why, I never wanna. They change the meaning of the song entirely. Here are the lyrics for that version, side by side with the original ones for an easy comparison. You can listen to the alternate version of "I Want It That Way" here. In 2016, the band spoke with HuffPost and band mate Nick Carter said the then-president of JIVE records (among others involved) wanted to change the lyrics to have the song make more sense. ![]() "On the other hand, I like the original version. That's why they recorded the other version of the song with different words," Smith answered a fan on an archived site he ran on the band until 2001. According to the band's former keyboardist Tommy Smith, it's an alternate version that was recorded when many noticed the chorus for the Martin-written song didn't make sense. The band recorded a more romantic version of "I Want It That Way." It isn't the original version of the song. "We don't want you to want 'it' that way - that's the way we want it… for you to not want it that way."Ī screenshot from the music video for "I Want It That Way." It's an old video, so forgive the blurriness. "Don't wanna hear you say that you want heartaches and mistakes… or to be 2 worlds apart," the official BSB account tweeted. The Backstreet Boys gave Teigen an answer that made everything more confusing for many. "He wants to be the one to say it? Also what is 'it'"? "He doesn't wanna hear it because he is the one that wants it that way?" Chrissy Teigen tweeted in 2018, puzzled about the lyric's meanings. Then we get to the chorus, and we're completely lost. Cool.Ī little more muddy, but perhaps the girlfriend is suggesting in this situation the guy actually wants them to be "two worlds apart." Or maybe the girl is saying she wants to break things off. Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way (Lyrics)'Tell me whyAint nothing but a heartacheTell me whyAint nothing but a mistakeTell me whyI never wanna hear you. (You can listen along to the full song here.)Īt this point, they're singing about wanting to be in a relationship with someone who sets their heart aflame. Quirk might be a good writer but he fails in capturing the essence of the hair metal movement.Take a look. When it comes to music and art in general, you have to be a fan of the genre and have a close bond with it so as to depict perfectly the…who, when, where and why of a musical movement. Some will say that this kind of writing is the perfect vehicle for an objective look on things. He chooses to include only the…usual suspects, the most famous bands and albums but even then he still has that underestimating view on some classic releases of the genre. Nevertheless, Quirk has done his homework and he is pretty accurate when it comes down to dates and facts but this…google approach only shows that the writer is not really a fan of the genre and naturally he doesn’t have a close and tight bond with the hard rock sound…at least not the commercial hard rock sound of the 80s. Also, some trivia info is surely welcome but only when it serves its purpose and not to further underline the aforementioned snobby outlook on things. In addition, Quirk surely follows the traditional horizontal timeline style of writing but in doing so he includes many unnecessary bands that have absolutely nothing to do with the Hair Metal movement. Unfortunately, Quirk’s effort is a rather uninspired one and the final result leaves you under the impression that the writer has only a superficial relationship and grasp of the genre while throughout the book you can’t help but noticing a disturbing “snobby” view on the US hard rock music. So, after the sensational “Nothing But A Good Time” (Beaujour & Biestock) and the really good “The Rise, Fall and the Rebirth of Hair Metal” (Christopher Hilton) (both of which have been reviewed on Rockpages), we bought Quirk’s book that bears the same name as the one by Beaujour & Biestock although it should be noted that it was printed and released before the latter book. Quite impressive, ain’t it? The birth, rise and commercial decline of a genre that first entered the lives of the unsuspecting US citizens 40 years ago and reigned supreme for a whole decade. Original Lyrics: But we are two worlds apart. Within a 12-month timeframe, there were releases not one, not even two but three books about the Hair Metal movement and the Hard Rock sound.
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