Goosebumps every single time I watch this video.. Do they realize the truth in their own lyrics? "Every time we're down, they can make it right.." I'm 43 and still come back here to cheer myself up. Thank you BSB for making such good music all these years! Endless respect!
💯% with you in this, I’m 39 and they stuck with me since I heard “Quit playing games” when I was 10, I didn’t know a word in English, but their music was a magnet to me. #BSBforever #BSB
@@user-cq1ek3px9jsadly that generation was about talent...not saying the artists today aren't talented but let's face it back then everyone was dropping hits an they were all popular witch is why we can remember a song after years of not hearing it.
+welcome2myhappyworld that's cool how did you learn it? My sister always wanted to learn it she loves BSB just as much as I do since I grew up with their music. I love doing their dance routines it's so fun and not so complicated it's just plain and simple.
Lyrics: I may run and hide When you're screamin' my name, alright But let me tell you now There are prices to fame, alright All of our time spent in flashes of light All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down You can make it right And that makes you larger than life Looking at the crowd And I see your body sway, c'mon Wishin' I could thank you in a different way, c'mon 'Cause all of your time spent keeps us alive All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down You can make it right And that makes you larger than life All of your time spent keeps us alive All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down You can make it right And that makes you larger than life Yeah, every time we're down Yeah, you can make it right Yeah, and that's what makes you larger than life All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down You can make it right And that makes you larger That makes you larger That makes you larger than life
Anyone realise this Song actually has some the most unreal lyrics ever. Songs about them paying tribute to all their fans for their love literally saying all your time spent has kept us alive’ unbelievable. Not sure if another song like that has ever been written.
28, and I still remember when this song/album came out when I was in kindergarten and loved the style of the music; never saw the video till now and if I did my little brain would love it with so much love to sci-fi, video games and anime
I was like 8 or 9 years old playing with my friends all day outside and we would share CD's our parents got us and use our walkmans. The music was better and more fun.
Actually were just beginning the 1940s when technology was the height of the era!Fiber optics, transmission of radio,the new era where satellites would circumnavigate the globe.And now idea of transmitting imaging by thought.I would say the future is a phase1.
I'm a rocker and metalhead/blueshead, but I can't deny it: The Backstreet Boys are pretty awesome. They seem sincere when they perform. Plus they have some damn catchy songs.
Kids today will NEVER understand how big of an era this was in music!! Coming home from school and watching TRL - hoping that your favorite band's video was on it.
Born in 1986. Kids today will never know this era of music and how special being apart of it was Up until the early 2000s. It was a special time to be growing up. Irreplaceable. To live during this time is an absolute experience. Rushing home from school to watch these videos on TRL when they originally came out. Recording mix tapes directly from the radio (trying not to get the DJ or commercials) and then graduating to mixing CDs. THESE were the golden years. If what I described was your experience you are either close to 40 or older!
37 here (born 1985)..and it is true of what you said..this generation of kids will never know this era of music...this was our golden years of fun and being a teenager!
I'm 33 and I had the chance to experience as a kid the 90s and as a teenager the early 2000s. I miss so much those times but thanks youtube for taking me back in time through this songs 🤗❤️
His song is a love letter to their fans telling us how a big affect we have on them, it we who make them so popular. How many bands actually do that for their fans.
Fuckin' hell...I'm a 25 year old dude, born in 1990, I was 9 when this came out, totally remember bugging my parents for this CD and Nsync's NSA, listening to it in my room on my boombox or walkman CD player, reading magazines, playing Pokemon on my Gameboy Color, I cannot absolutely cannot believe this was 15-16 years ago, I cannot comprehend how it has been so many years yet I remember it like it was yesterday, it brings tears to my eyes. No smartphones, no myspace, facebook, youtube, wikipedia, nada. 1997-September 10, 2001 were just amazing years in my life. Everything changed after 9/11, everything, we all had to grow up real damn quick. I lived on a military base in NJ at the time. Just fuck man.
+metal pillow Yep, I was in 4th grade in 1999, and I was one of those dudes who proudly blasted Nsync and Backstreet boys from my walkman or boombox lol. aqgreed, 1997-2001 best years of my life by so fucking so motherfucking far, i would give anhthing to relive that innocence, that excitement, that carefree life..compared to being an adult...which fucking sucks...everything changed after 9/11.
Dude, DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED!!!!!!!! I remember all the girls in my 1st grade class jammin out to two things, for the boys it was BSB/NSync for the girls it was Britney Spears or Spice Girls. Man if you didnt have one of their CDs you werent in considered not one of us. I remember the days of battling my friends with our Pokemon. Christmas morning and I get my first gameboy color (lime green) and Pokemon Yellow version. That started a love affair with pokemon games that continues for me to this day, even though im 23. I was also a huge Digimon fan, so much so that I wore gloves to school like they did on the show, needless to say people thought I was weird but I was so obsessed I didnt care. I was sort of a tomboy back then everything from Power Rangers to pokemon/digimon, Ninja Turtles, Action figures, Star Wars I was into. But I was also a huge fan of girl stuff like sailor moon and the Spice Girls (I made it abundantly clear to my friends that whenever we would role play I was always scary spice). Yea technology sucked back then but it didnt matter you know why? Because between music and television we had more than enough to keep ourselves entertained, my house didnt even have cable and television was stil god back then, thanks mainly in part to Kids WB and ABC One Saturday Morning, Disney was the shit....I mean THE SHIT in the 90, hell even politics were less insane back the (excluding the lewinsky scandal). Now this was just in America obviously Rwandans,Eastern Europeans and the British Royal family dont look back on the 90s with such fondness. Despite that times were still good on this side of the atlantic, hell we even had an economic surplus. But then Bush got elected, 9/11 happened and starting in the late 2000s the quality of music and television just went downhill. See man you almost got me on the verge of tears. I mean dont get me wrong I love the high quality tech we have now but I cant help but feel all this immense progress came at a great cost. It not just our childhood, everyone longs for the days of their youth to a certain extent but it was the world we live in that made our childhood great. The 90s wasnt just the last decade of the 20th century/2nd millenium but it truly was the last GREAT decade. Ok im done
Ahhh born 90 also!! Can't believe we're 25 now! Ya those were days, I listened to bsb nsync Britney every day and avril too!! I think that was the cutoff of good pop music, now it's taken a turn and it's never going back to what it once was. High 5 to the 90s 200s crowd!
I remember FINALLY getting cable as a kid, and my mom blasting this on the TV the next morning ❤️. Back when MTV actually played music lol. Take me back to the 90s/ early 2000s 💔
dna world tour was epic. it wasn’t necessarily nostalgic for me (i’m 12), but i swear it was one of the best experiences i’ve ever had. never thought i’d be screaming the lyrics to “get down” at midnight before school! i was pretty much a zombie the next day (i had a test due so i had to go to school), but i wouldn’t have it any other way. they’ve still got it goin on! edit: when i tell you kevin has not aged at all-
Grown man here, 36, and the Backstreet Boys were the shit!!! It was my first concert with my big sister! Good times we don’t talk anymore but this reminds of the love she exposed me to and great music and that music knew no gender.
I remember watching the music video when I was 7 years old and was inspired to become a digital artist. And here I am today as a pro concept artist. Love backstreet boys forever.
Whats more great is that it gives us courage.. make us larger than life..everytime were down u can make it right..how your love affecting our reality..😉
@@hazemnasri5118 Westlife is one of the best Boybands but they failed to get famous in the US, but they were bigger outside it. Asia and Europe and some parts of America.
Man not being a native English speaker as a child I was here for the song and vibe but now that I am an adult and understand the lyrics....THIS IS THE SWEETEST THING EVER! A love letter to their fans. ❤❤❤
Please dont say classic or vintage like some ancient relic 🤣. Seen gen z say it and want to smack them told them wait until someone little brat calls your shit had as a kid and teen years 😄
Became a fan in my early 30's then yes I'm old. Love there music then and now with there DNA album. WHAT how awesome is that. So happy that have stayed humble and true to themselves .keep bring the music.
My Dad is in his 60's and I remember him listening to this. I am actually downloading all his favorite backstreet boys songs right now, because his cd's got stolen
full lyrics here: Lyrics I may run and hide When you're screamin' my name, alright But let me tell you now There are prices to fame, alright All of our time spent in flashes of light All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down You can make it right And that makes you larger than life Looking at the crowd And I see your body sway, c'mon Wishin' I could thank you in a different way, c'mon 'Cause all of your time spent keeps us alive All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down You can make it right And that makes you larger than life All of your time spent keeps us alive All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down You can make it right And that makes you larger than life Yeah, every time we're down Yeah, you can make it right Yeah, and that's what makes you larger than life All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down You can make it right And that makes you larger That makes you larger That makes you larger than life
Never forget the true epitome of boy bands. So good that even boys liked it as much as girls. I still love the Star Wars element such as the droid dancers and laser fire. Yet the modern dance and characterization of the band members still holds good to today as far as I'm concerned.
I saw this video once when i was 5. The only thing I remembered from it was the robot's heads spinning at about 2:35. I'm glad to have found it. It's a reminder of better times that i could sorely use these days.
I feel blessed to be a kid during the 90s. So lucky I got to experience the world before the internet happened, enjoyed 90s music of the BSB, Nsync, Spice Girls, etc. My sister and I Only ever owned 3 albums together and one of them was Millennium. I’m now 31 and I can definitely say that no other boy band ever came close to BSB except Nsync but even then they never attained BSBs worldwide popularit and the fact that they’re still together and still making music is amazing.
It’s 2023 this song is not getting old I never get tired to play even for how many years or decade will passed such a great masterpiece during my childhood days ❤
I wonder what the girl who played Summer from Napoleon Dynamite look likes now because God forbid she is a lot older now because Napoleon Dynamite was filmed in 2003 and the story is from 2002.
I miss the 90s too, although I lost both my parents, but my daughter was born in 1995. And I STILL LOVE THE Backstreet Boys and STILL listen to them as does my daughter
I remember rewinding the cassette tape just to hear a song again or repeat it. Now, you just have to click on the screen to listen to it or watch it again. Old but gold. BSB forever!
The pencil was the fix it tool when the cassette would jam and you had to wind it by hand to make sure the tape went in straight I was so happy when CDs started coming out and they had portable CD players my goodness the good old times 😆
Its not just the music, choreography, filmography that is amazing... but the message behind it is what make this song so special and meaningful. Overall, I think this is far the most memorable music I have ever listened to. I also love other BSB songs (I want it that way, Show me the meaning of being lonely, Shape of my heart)
This, a song dedicated to fans, was quite unusual back then and still is, in Western music. However, they do it quite often in kpop. I really like these kind of songs, and remember liking this too. It makes you thankful and proud as a fan 😊
Yep. BSB is known to always put out a fan's song. Brian help co-wrote "Larger than Life". 😍💖 BSB have so many fan's song for example, "Permanent Stain" (co-wrote by Nick), "Feels Like Home" (co-wrote by Howie, Nick, and Kevin), "The One" (co-wrote by Brian), "The Perfect Fan" (aka Mother's day song co-wrote by Brian for his mother and brought in his HS choir into the song), "Soldier" (co-wrote by Howie and Nick), "I Want It That Way" (they didn't wrote it but they brought their fans into their MV), "OK", "Bigger", "In A World Like This", "Everyone", "Shape of My Heart", etc...some songs they didn't wrote it but ignite the idea that they wanted a fan's song for their long time fans. Two songs that all 5 BSB members wrote complete by themselves without help were *"The Answers to Our Lives"* and *"Time"* from their Black and Blue album (2000). I see those two songs as an autobiography songs. Very few of the BSB fan's songs like *"Everyone"* (didn't wrote this song but had two longtime writers who work with BSB since the beginning) show subtle hints they were struggling behind the curtains but thanking their fans....this was amidst ponzi scheme started by their creator/manager taking majority of their money it was in the media/magazine/newspaper for a bit and had great fan supporting them from around the globe...before social media. The internet was starting to become a household thing.
im currently downloading songs like this that i know most people seem to enjoy for something to listen to in the car because most of my friends and all the girls i know cant stand my metal hahaha
@@sabrinastratton1991 Are you a seattlelİte or else live İn close proximİty to seattle like İ do ? iF so, greetİngs from a fello ashingtonİan! (sorry, my keyboard is mİnus a "Double U" lol .. ＼（〇_ｏ）／
Listening to this throughout my childhood & just realizing at 35 years old that they wrote this song describing how their fans basically give them life....HITS DIFFERENT. Love them even more now. Special group of guys right there. ❤
Chandros Evans Patricialynette it came out in 1999 * wikipedia says 3 sep 1999 was the exact date of release, i remembered it was 1999, i was in year 8 at the time.
I'm a grown ass woman and here I am jumping up and down on my bed pointing to an IMAGINARY crowd singing 'THAT MAKES YOU LARGER THAN LIFE!!!' lmao... no shame... been loving them more than 20 years 😙😍😍😍😍😚😎😈😂
Ya know.... All you people saying that you guys were brought back to the song could have just never stopped listening to it like the rest of us You didn't need some stupid trailer to bring you back to it You could have just listened to it
0:52 - Início 1:15 I may run and hide When you're screaming my name, alright But let me tell you now There are prices to fame, alright All of our time spent in flashes of light All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down, you can make it right And that makes you larger than life Alright! Looking at the crowd And I see your body sway, c'mon! Wishing I could thank you in a different way, c'mon! 'Cause all of your time spent keeps us alive! All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down, you can make it right And that makes you larger than life Larger than life! Yeah, that's right... All of your time spent keeps us alive Yeah! 3:55 All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down, you can make it right And that makes you larger than life Yeah, every time we're down Yeah, you can make it right Yeah, and that's makes you larger than life Yeah, yeah! All you people can't you see, can't you see How your love's affecting our reality Every time we're down, you can make it right And that makes you larger... (That makes you larger than life) That makes you larger... That makes you larger...THAN LIFE!!!
+Emelina Verdonck 90s song has a weird yet perfect syncing with time. Nowadays whenever any modern music pops up we can say right away that it's from the current times , just by hearing a little. With the 90s music or in this case , the BSBs's music , never feel old. No matter how many times you'll hear their music , it'll always feel it came out just recently. BSBs music never get old. Not only have they become one of the most legendary bands to come after world modernization. But they've also created never aging music as well. And the best part is , that they all pulled this shit at mostly their teens which is an awesome feat at itself.
i totally agree and theyre stil performing so i think its amazing what they pulled of at the age they started to now im in the bsb army as they say i even have a tatoo of them i just love them again sorry for the bad english im from belgium
When I was 13 years old, my grandma gave me a Backstreet Boys CD for Christmas. I couldn’t believe she thought I would ever listen to a boyband. The CD sat on the shelf next to my stereo for about 6 months until one day I decided to put it on to see what their music was about. I’ve never stopped listening since. They truly are Larger Than Life!
best movies , tv shows and music were back in the 70s through the 90s and very few in early 00s now it all sucks for exception of a handful in all listed
i miss the 90's music scene when artists actually cared about their videos and MTV was actually about playing music. Even the fan culture was so much more intense.
Can we talk about how this is one of the only songs I can remember by any artist basically thanking their fans and saying that the fans are the ones that are "larger than life?" Even back in the 90's I thought that was amazing
Amazing vocals, perfect choreography, futuristic setting and a love letter to the fans.
Best boy band video ever
The backstreet boys didn't need autotune man their vocals were like velvet with or without the instruments.
It is good choreography.
@@mizzhllywd I agree with you everyone is in tune with each
other
I agree with you
yes my childhood memories love it ❤️
One of the only boy bands that have acknowledged their fan base. And I love the fact that Brian is the original writer. We love you guys.
Couldn’t agree me more. My younger sister loves the boy bands from the turn of the millennium!
Take That. Gary Barlow.
@@lavinder11 no he is part of take that
And they are a boyband
😇😇😇😇😇
@@robertcarldecker Yessss 🫶🏻
After 20 something years I never realized that they wrote this song thanking their fans. That’s so sweet
What This song is 20 years old
@@Skyward_flux3 it’s actually 22 years old I think it was released in 1999
Oh really
t just sang along most of the times..didnt even knew the actual lyrics, so after singing while looking at them, wow for the lyrics though...
There oughta be a WatchMojo list for Top 10 Love Songs That Are Actually About the Fans!
Goosebumps every single time I watch this video.. Do they realize the truth in their own lyrics? "Every time we're down, they can make it right.." I'm 43 and still come back here to cheer myself up. Thank you BSB for making such good music all these years! Endless respect!
💯% with you in this, I’m 39 and they stuck with me since I heard “Quit playing games” when I was 10, I didn’t know a word in English, but their music was a magnet to me. #BSBforever #BSB
Their the only ones that can get me through sadness, depression and anxiety and feeling overwhelmed. Listening to their songs just feels right.
This song gets even more special once you realize it's a love letter to their fans ♡
I wish more artists were this grateful. They put this out when they were sizzling hot!
It is one of the coolest songs ever as such.. for sure. Root of all true success is GRATITUDE & they showed it here
This is so cute i cannot
they seem to include one in every album since millennium and larger then life
in black and blue its everyone
@@user-cq1ek3px9jsadly that generation was about talent...not saying the artists today aren't talented but let's face it back then everyone was dropping hits an they were all popular witch is why we can remember a song after years of not hearing it.
Best song, best video and best choreography... I want to learn it.
It's not too hard to learn. I did. It's great being able to dance along.
+welcome2myhappyworld that's cool how did you learn it? My sister always wanted to learn it she loves BSB just as much as I do since I grew up with their music. I love doing their dance routines it's so fun and not so complicated it's just plain and simple.
Lyrics:
I may run and hide
When you're screamin' my name, alright
But let me tell you now
There are prices to fame, alright
All of our time spent in flashes of light
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
Looking at the crowd
And I see your body sway, c'mon
Wishin' I could thank you in a different way, c'mon
'Cause all of your time spent keeps us alive
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
All of your time spent keeps us alive
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
Yeah, every time we're down
Yeah, you can make it right
Yeah, and that's what makes you larger than life
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger
That makes you larger
That makes you larger than life
Thank you, legend ❤
Anyone realise this Song actually has some the most unreal lyrics ever. Songs about them paying tribute to all their fans for their love literally saying all your time spent has kept us alive’ unbelievable. Not sure if another song like that has ever been written.
The fact that they made this song as a thanks for the fans is so cute!
And the lyrics tell the harsh reality of fame as well.When I listen to the lyrics,I felt so BAD for them.Amazing,talented guys
They are really amazing and they are still pretty successful which is really cool
*Written to manipulate fans into continuing to support them
@@Khloe_dancer_model 990
@@tatertotter808 that's YOU alright
"all of your time spent keeps us alive" : their gratitude is so beautifully expressed in this lyrics with a twist in the music video. Ahh the '90s! 🙏
Swear to God I'm a grown 30 year old man and this shit still jams just as hard as when I was a child. More meaning to listening to it now.
Count me in bro m 34 still hoping on my bed..... judge me all they or anyone can but I forbid myself to grow old
88 babies stand up! 🎉
37 here and still loving this stuff! Haha
28, and I still remember when this song/album came out when I was in kindergarten and loved the style of the music; never saw the video till now and if I did my little brain would love it with so much love to sci-fi, video games and anime
I'm 36 and I can still remember the choreography!!! BSB FOREVER!!!
I swear 1999 was a time to be alive
the 80s-90s all the way
I was like 8 or 9 years old playing with my friends all day outside and we would share CD's our parents got us and use our walkmans. The music was better and more fun.
i was 11 in '99, so grateful i was there for all of it.
@@taradois I was 8 in '99 lol
Best time ever
nostalgia overload!!! MTV used to play this shit 30 times a day. man the 90s were the best..bring it back please!!!😧😢😣
Joey Davis MTV or the 90's?
Yea bro.
I hear you. Much older, I've been nostalgic for the 80's for quite a while now ! Adding some 90's gems like this one to the bunch ;)
It's never coming back my friend!
Actually were just beginning the 1940s when technology was the height of the era!Fiber optics, transmission of radio,the new era where satellites would circumnavigate the globe.And now idea of transmitting imaging by thought.I would say the future is a phase1.
I am 34 yrs old and I will always and forever be a huge BSB fan. Love you guys!! You made my childhood/teenage years better.
True
@@jessicasalminen6060 suomalainen? 👍🏻
Same age and sentiments!
28 and same
29 here and the feeling is mutual. ❤
I'm a rocker and metalhead/blueshead, but I can't deny it: The Backstreet Boys are pretty awesome. They seem sincere when they perform. Plus they have some damn catchy songs.
My friend laughs because one minute im air guitaring to Metallica and then my backstreet boys pop up lmao BSB❤
Right?!
Mi too
I feel ya...
I'm also guilty 😏🤣
The fact that they wrote this song about their fans IS SO SWEET!
❤
Backstreet Boys will forever be the greatest boyband ever!
Bareback boys
Agreed!
Agree
Totally agreed
One of the greatest...
90s boy bands changed the music industry. So much soul passion and heart. The choreography was spot on. Glad i grew up in this time.
not, that's ❤Michael Jackson❤ who did that 😁
90s was best decade. No inflation. Affordable homes. Affordable prices. Since 9/11 everything never been same since.
Yeah Man! I definitely 100% AGREE with you 👍🏻
No it didn't... 70's and 80's boy bands changed the music industry forever... They are the reason 90's boy bands exist
If UA-cam was there back then, this video would have crossed few Billion views.. BSB ruled our hearts!
Kids today will NEVER understand how big of an era this was in music!! Coming home from school and watching TRL - hoping that your favorite band's video was on it.
amen
Hoping they can thank you in a different way? Come on
Amen
Yes Backstreet and Britney Spears
I can't imagine kids being into this band lol
Born in 1986. Kids today will never know this era of music and how special being apart of it was Up until the early 2000s. It was a special time to be growing up. Irreplaceable. To live during this time is an absolute experience. Rushing home from school to watch these videos on TRL when they originally came out. Recording mix tapes directly from the radio (trying not to get the DJ or commercials) and then graduating to mixing CDs. THESE were the golden years. If what I described was your experience you are either close to 40 or older!
Fun and games! Dotcom bubbles, crappy CGI Jabba and Jar Jar Binks in our Star Wars, and of course we can't forget the fun that was 9/11!
💯..41 here
37
37 here (born 1985)..and it is true of what you said..this generation of kids will never know this era of music...this was our golden years of fun and being a teenager!
I'm 33 and I had the chance to experience as a kid the 90s and as a teenager the early 2000s. I miss so much those times but thanks youtube for taking me back in time through this songs 🤗❤️
This is one of those extremely rare songs that you can hear infinite times and it doesn't get old.
You're so right. I don't know but I've been listening to it nonstop for two weeks lol
Word brother
Well said mate well said 😭 brings so nostalgic yet so fresh.. people don't make music like these nowadays
No accounting for taste I guess... If you wanna call this crap music go ahead.
@@GreenAshR47 Hate all you want, but this song alone sounds better than anything that’s come out of the Pop genre within the last decade lol
His song is a love letter to their fans telling us how a big affect we have on them, it we who make them so popular. How many bands actually do that for their fans.
It's warning u.
You’re reading way too much into a 90s boy band. Go the fuck outside.
This album was what made them super famous
A lot of bands/artists have always have a love letter song or songs to their fans, it's normal for any of them do that.
They literally said this is the meaning of the song asshat. Who hurt you? 🤭🤷♀️
Celebrating today 25 years Milleniummmmmmm❤❤❤ listening at louddddddd🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 cmon everyoneeee🎉🎉🎉🎉
Fuckin' hell...I'm a 25 year old dude, born in 1990, I was 9 when this came out, totally remember bugging my parents for this CD and Nsync's NSA, listening to it in my room on my boombox or walkman CD player, reading magazines, playing Pokemon on my Gameboy Color, I cannot absolutely cannot believe this was 15-16 years ago, I cannot comprehend how it has been so many years yet I remember it like it was yesterday, it brings tears to my eyes. No smartphones, no myspace, facebook, youtube, wikipedia, nada. 1997-September 10, 2001 were just amazing years in my life. Everything changed after 9/11, everything, we all had to grow up real damn quick. I lived on a military base in NJ at the time. Just fuck man.
+metal pillow
Yep, I was in 4th grade in 1999, and I was one of those dudes who proudly blasted Nsync and Backstreet boys from my walkman or boombox lol. aqgreed, 1997-2001 best years of my life by so fucking so motherfucking far, i would give anhthing to relive that innocence, that excitement, that carefree life..compared to being an adult...which fucking sucks...everything changed after 9/11.
Dude, DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED!!!!!!!! I remember all the girls in my 1st grade class jammin out to two things, for the boys it was BSB/NSync for the girls it was Britney Spears or Spice Girls. Man if you didnt have one of their CDs you werent in considered not one of us. I remember the days of battling my friends with our Pokemon. Christmas morning and I get my first gameboy color (lime green) and Pokemon Yellow version. That started a love affair with pokemon games that continues for me to this day, even though im 23. I was also a huge Digimon fan, so much so that I wore gloves to school like they did on the show, needless to say people thought I was weird but I was so obsessed I didnt care. I was sort of a tomboy back then everything from Power Rangers to pokemon/digimon, Ninja Turtles, Action figures, Star Wars I was into. But I was also a huge fan of girl stuff like sailor moon and the Spice Girls (I made it abundantly clear to my friends that whenever we would role play I was always scary spice). Yea technology sucked back then but it didnt matter you know why? Because between music and television we had more than enough to keep ourselves entertained, my house didnt even have cable and television was stil god back then, thanks mainly in part to Kids WB and ABC One Saturday Morning, Disney was the shit....I mean THE SHIT in the 90, hell even politics were less insane back the (excluding the lewinsky scandal). Now this was just in America obviously Rwandans,Eastern Europeans and the British Royal family dont look back on the 90s with such fondness. Despite that times were still good on this side of the atlantic, hell we even had an economic surplus. But then Bush got elected, 9/11 happened and starting in the late 2000s the quality of music and television just went downhill. See man you almost got me on the verge of tears. I mean dont get me wrong I love the high quality tech we have now but I cant help but feel all this immense progress came at a great cost. It not just our childhood, everyone longs for the days of their youth to a certain extent but it was the world we live in that made our childhood great. The 90s wasnt just the last decade of the 20th century/2nd millenium but it truly was the last GREAT decade. Ok im done
Ahhh born 90 also!! Can't believe we're 25 now! Ya those were days, I listened to bsb nsync Britney every day and avril too!! I think that was the cutoff of good pop music, now it's taken a turn and it's never going back to what it once was. High 5 to the 90s 200s crowd!
Brittany Ashley 2000s*
"nada" lol
I remember FINALLY getting cable as a kid, and my mom blasting this on the TV the next morning ❤️. Back when MTV actually played music lol. Take me back to the 90s/ early 2000s 💔
YESSS we need to go back in time to when music was this good
I understand you!! :D I need to go back to 90's/00''s as well!! :D
I remember sitting on MTV just to watch this masterpiece. Bsb is hype
Yes! When MTV was actually music, good music!!
@@melodyal3357 couldn't agree with you more
1995-2005 had the greatest music videos ever
Yes it did. Need a time machine 😢😢😢
Um not that would 80s and early
90s !
Went and saw Backstreet last summer and it was the best concert I've ever been to. I cried. My childhood was right in front of me ❤
dna world tour was epic. it wasn’t necessarily nostalgic for me (i’m 12), but i swear it was one of the best experiences i’ve ever had. never thought i’d be screaming the lyrics to “get down” at midnight before school! i was pretty much a zombie the next day (i had a test due so i had to go to school), but i wouldn’t have it any other way. they’ve still got it goin on!
edit: when i tell you kevin has not aged at all-
Same! I watched The Backstreet Boys live at Mumbai, India 2023. Listened and watched them over videos for 2.5 decades, totally Dream come true! ❤
I would love to see them live tbh still on my bucket list
ENVIOUS AF!!
Are they touring again next year?
Never gets old. And that choreography is still awesome after all these years.
I loved the Halo-like graphics and the choreography. This is the funkiest Backstreet Boys song I’ve heard so far.
Backstreet Boys are legendary artist. They will forever be awesome
Would you imagine if Beavis and Butt-Head react to this?
yes they are
Grown man here, 36, and the Backstreet Boys were the shit!!! It was my first concert with my big sister! Good times we don’t talk anymore but this reminds of the love she exposed me to and great music and that music knew no gender.
I remember watching the music video when I was 7 years old and was inspired to become a digital artist.
And here I am today as a pro concept artist.
Love backstreet boys forever.
That’s awesome!!!!
@@rosietorres1974 thank you
Great effort you got there 😊 congratulations
Awesome!
So cool!!💙🙌
Anybody else feel like this song becomes more relevant with each passing year!? 2024 and it's better than ever!
Maybe the 90’s will come back?
I forgot how fucking awesome this music video is.
sameee
same here
it should be, they spent 2 million dollars making it
my mom love them
P
Truly a song of all time
This song was made for their fans. So much respect. I wish today's artist's were as humble.
"I wish I could thank you in a different way. C'moooon."
Pattycake?
BTS is humble
Whats more great is that it gives us courage..
make us larger than life..everytime were down u can make it right..how your love affecting our reality..😉
You made me listen to a childhood song that I use to nod my head to in a completely different way. Respec
@@VoidMySoul right?!!! Now it's so difft listening to this now... Lol
I'm gonna say it The Backstreet Boys the greatest boy band to have ever walked this planet and they're still Killin it today.
Agree. BSB is the standard of Boybands before. 🔥🔥
You forgot about westlife
@@hazemnasri5118 Dude no I didn't BSB are still the best next to them it's the New kids on the block
Yeah westlife are pretty good as well, but I do love backstreet boys I have to say.@@hazemnasri5118
@@hazemnasri5118 Westlife is one of the best Boybands but they failed to get famous in the US, but they were bigger outside it. Asia and Europe and some parts of America.
Man not being a native English speaker as a child I was here for the song and vibe but now that I am an adult and understand the lyrics....THIS IS THE SWEETEST THING EVER! A love letter to their fans. ❤❤❤
aww me too... like it back then, now i loovve the song so much
Me also!! When i heard this song again recently, now that i can understand it, i felt so in awe with what they did!
Ikrrrr?! ✌🏻
Me too now I can understand the lyrics
no nasty lyrics, no vulgarity, no non-sense.... back when music was really music to the ears.. miss you BSB
A true classic. Gives me chills
Having BackStreet Boys in my childhood was the best thing that could of happen to me🧡🥲🍯
@@heyarmyyounicekeepfighting1747 could have*
Oh for sure.
This might've made a good sci Fi movie lol
Please dont say classic or vintage like some ancient relic 🤣. Seen gen z say it and want to smack them told them wait until someone little brat calls your shit had as a kid and teen years 😄
They are the ones who are LARGER THAN LIFE. Making me feel good in this time of Coronavirus pandemic. Thank you, Backstreet Boys.
Best comment on here hands down 👍
They are doing a concert this year
Backstreet Boys are awesome! Nick carter is cute too
Became a fan in my early 30's then yes I'm old. Love there music then and now with there DNA album. WHAT how awesome is that. So happy that have stayed humble and true to themselves .keep bring the music.
My Dad is in his 60's and I remember him listening to this. I am actually downloading all his favorite backstreet boys songs right now, because his cd's got stolen
full lyrics here:
Lyrics
I may run and hide
When you're screamin' my name, alright
But let me tell you now
There are prices to fame, alright
All of our time spent in flashes of light
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
Looking at the crowd
And I see your body sway, c'mon
Wishin' I could thank you in a different way, c'mon
'Cause all of your time spent keeps us alive
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
All of your time spent keeps us alive
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
Yeah, every time we're down
Yeah, you can make it right
Yeah, and that's what makes you larger than life
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger
That makes you larger
That makes you larger than life
Thanks
Good job
Thank YOU , BsB.
We want 90s music back!!!! When music was great and uplifting... best childhood
yes I like them soooo much
The 90s will always be larger than life 💙
Never forget the true epitome of boy bands. So good that even boys liked it as much as girls. I still love the Star Wars element such as the droid dancers and laser fire. Yet the modern dance and characterization of the band members still holds good to today as far as I'm concerned.
ua-cam.com/video/DRitvnjncXY/v-deo.html
Exactly
Barbie official
WTF lol This is what a good Barbie does in her spare time..
This song still slaps 22 years later
It’s a bop
I saw this video once when i was 5. The only thing I remembered from it was the robot's heads spinning at about 2:35. I'm glad to have found it. It's a reminder of better times that i could sorely use these days.
I feel blessed to be a kid during the 90s. So lucky I got to experience the world before the internet happened, enjoyed 90s music of the BSB, Nsync, Spice Girls, etc. My sister and I Only ever owned 3 albums together and one of them was Millennium. I’m now 31 and I can definitely say that no other boy band ever came close to BSB except Nsync but even then they never attained BSBs worldwide popularit and the fact that they’re still together and still making music is amazing.
I don't know how I never realised this song was a massive thank you to their fans...
Bro u sooo right mind blown
MalAddict HOLY SHIT
It ..I just realised that now...😢..mind blown!!!
Are y'all serious😂😂
Yeah, this song is dedicated to all the fans of BSB
I miss this type of music!! Bring it back!!!
Nostalgia hit so hard with this, literally brought tears to my eyes😭
Why don't bands make epic videos like this anymore? Man, looking back, everything in the 90s was just so much...BIGGER.
Small budget bands.
This video is one of the most expensive music videos of all time costing about 2 MIL. Nowadays artists probably can't afford that lol
Kpop has the production value you might be missing nowadays. Even if you can't understand it the visuals are there.
GummyDinosaursify neither am I
GummyDinosaursify
Pretty much it. Plus music piracy barely existed back then, a thing that really changed the economy of the music industry.
It’s 2023 this song is not getting old I never get tired to play even for how many years or decade will passed such a great masterpiece during my childhood days ❤
I wonder what the girl who played Summer from Napoleon Dynamite look likes now because God forbid she is a lot older now because Napoleon Dynamite was filmed in 2003 and the story is from 2002.
I heard it today with a gen x we almost died, proud millenial here
I miss the 90s too, although I lost both my parents, but my daughter was born in 1995. And I STILL LOVE THE Backstreet Boys and STILL listen to them as does my daughter
This video was so futuristic 💥🔥
One of the best coreography in a pop song. Wow
I remember rewinding the cassette tape just to hear a song again or repeat it. Now, you just have to click on the screen to listen to it or watch it again. Old but gold. BSB forever!
Hahaha me too 🤣🤣🤣
The pencil was the fix it tool when the cassette would jam and you had to wind it by hand to make sure the tape went in straight I was so happy when CDs started coming out and they had portable CD players my goodness the good old times 😆
oh the 90's what a beautiful era that was ,when pop artistes can sing dance and put up a real entertaining show in video clips or in stage
@The Absolute Madman why? What did i miss
Its not just the music, choreography, filmography that is amazing... but the message behind it is what make this song so special and meaningful. Overall, I think this is far the most memorable music I have ever listened to. I also love other BSB songs (I want it that way, Show me the meaning of being lonely, Shape of my heart)
On a serious childhood nostalgia trip right now.
same lol, 4th BSB song so far....
oh yeah!
sameeee 🏄
+Iren Kolar hi
I'm with you!
This, a song dedicated to fans, was quite unusual back then and still is, in Western music. However, they do it quite often in kpop. I really like these kind of songs, and remember liking this too. It makes you thankful and proud as a fan 😊
Yep ☺
7/24/2021
27.7. 2021
Oh, while I was reading the lyrics I immediately thought of a fan-idol relationship!. It's nice to know it was a actually a song dedicated to fans 😊
30 August 2021
Thank you Backstreet Boys for the great energy you put out!
Yep. BSB is known to always put out a fan's song. Brian help co-wrote "Larger than Life". 😍💖 BSB have so many fan's song for example, "Permanent Stain" (co-wrote by Nick), "Feels Like Home" (co-wrote by Howie, Nick, and Kevin), "The One" (co-wrote by Brian), "The Perfect Fan" (aka Mother's day song co-wrote by Brian for his mother and brought in his HS choir into the song), "Soldier" (co-wrote by Howie and Nick), "I Want It That Way" (they didn't wrote it but they brought their fans into their MV), "OK", "Bigger", "In A World Like This", "Everyone", "Shape of My Heart", etc...some songs they didn't wrote it but ignite the idea that they wanted a fan's song for their long time fans. Two songs that all 5 BSB members wrote complete by themselves without help were *"The Answers to Our Lives"* and *"Time"* from their Black and Blue album (2000). I see those two songs as an autobiography songs. Very few of the BSB fan's songs like *"Everyone"* (didn't wrote this song but had two longtime writers who work with BSB since the beginning) show subtle hints they were struggling behind the curtains but thanking their fans....this was amidst ponzi scheme started by their creator/manager taking majority of their money it was in the media/magazine/newspaper for a bit and had great fan supporting them from around the globe...before social media. The internet was starting to become a household thing.
Damn I miss the 90's...I still love these guys, even though I listen to metal and whatnot nowadays.
i am a metal fan as well,but these guys were good...
The thought that scares me most... Will people look back on 1D one day with the same nostalgia as we do the BSB..... Say it won't be so!
im currently downloading songs like this that i know most people seem to enjoy for something to listen to in the car because most of my friends and all the girls i know cant stand my metal hahaha
same thing here
i feel u bro im also listen metal hardcore but still this ahahha 90`s Boyband great not now 1D -_-
When music videos has storyline and awesome choreography ❤
I miss the 90's. I am glad I lived this era.
It's 2022 and the backstreet boys are still the best😍
yessir 😤😤❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰
I still listen
s i m p s
Yeahhh
Yeah, better than Nstink.
I still appreciate how much they loved us the fans . They dedicated many songs to us without us realizing 💙
Having BackStreet Boys in my childhood was the best thing that could of happen to me🧡🥲🍯
There producers checked it.
They were so awesome at the concert recently near Seattle. It was my 1st concert. They were super cool and appreciated all of us
@@sabrinastratton1991 Are you a seattlelİte or else live İn close proximİty to seattle like İ do ? iF so, greetİngs from a fello ashingtonİan! (sorry, my keyboard is mİnus a "Double U"
lol ..
＼（〇_ｏ）／
I saw that GEICO commercial..the best
Can we all appreciate how BSB always comes up with a song to thank their fan base? 36 y/o and still loving you guys!
I'm 48 and still love them!
I’m 21 and I still love them 😂
30y/o
Yup 💯💯💯
Crap! 38 here just happened
Listening to this throughout my childhood & just realizing at 35 years old that they wrote this song describing how their fans basically give them life....HITS DIFFERENT. Love them even more now. Special group of guys right there. ❤
I might had a 2000s childhood but my parents had a good taste of music. The CDs are still somewhere in the car and grew up listening to this album.
Same man, feel that 100%, I still listen to 80s and 90s music today over modern stuff
You got one really old ass car
Your parents listened to Backstreet Boys? That makes me feel old & I'm only 28
Same
The greatest Boyband ever...
@Britney Bangladesh toilet services aint no boy band but i have to agree that they have the best toilets
Is *NSYNC lol
New Kids on the Block "are we a joke to you?"
By far!!
@Britney I don't even know one song on bts 😆😆
-this masterpiece of the Backstreet Boys is really millenial song. Timeless and will never get old...
Pure real voices
The 90's era one of the best years of music.
i agree
Louise Bradley early 2000’s were popping
Louise Bradley back when music was in its prime
Honestly- this music video makes me think there is no best years of music.
Wow....Just realize the lyrics is about the fans.... This song is the way BSB thanks their fans...... Just mindblown......
You don’t get videos like this anymore man! The 90s were the time to be alive 🤟🏽
Upamanyu Sarmah yup
Upamanyu Sarmah patricialynette my childhood rocked😎were great awesome times👍90s lives on deeply in my soul
Uh I think this video came out n 2000
Chandros Evans Patricialynette it came out in 1999 * wikipedia says 3 sep 1999 was the exact date of release, i remembered it was 1999, i was in year 8 at the time.
Macho Miguel u right, I looked it up n Wikipedia as well and it did premiere September 3 1999
I cannot get enough of this song
Miss my 90's life
Christine C, I’ll always think of that scene from Napoleon Dynamite (2004).
The 90s was the best time to be young.
this comment...this all over.. 99 and 00 best years and im 39 now!!!
Me too
Amen. When people didn’t live their lives through social media and Saturday morning cartoons were the shit
That laugh at the start is forever iconic
So true
I'm a grown ass woman and here I am jumping up and down on my bed pointing to an IMAGINARY crowd singing 'THAT MAKES YOU LARGER THAN LIFE!!!' lmao... no shame... been loving them more than 20 years 😙😍😍😍😍😚😎😈😂
KamiTee116 u go girl
I feel for your mattress.
Totally understand you 🌹✌️😘
No shame in that girl, love these guys
I sooo feel ya sis!!! Same around here!! We will love them forever!!!
Who November 2024?
Here
May 31st
Here
Such a cool video. Back when BSB were ruling the world... good times.
👍
Amen
True one of best video's of that era
@@RageKroc888 ....
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Happy 20th Anniversary to "Larger than life".
Aremo Lotha just made me feel so old 😅
We ancient fam.
I love this song!
wha.... its been that long??
@@antwto8784 Yes it has.
Thanks Pixar.
Backstreet Boys were part of my childhood. Glad to come back to this after so long!
Ya know.... All you people saying that you guys were brought back to the song could have just never stopped listening to it like the rest of us You didn't need some stupid trailer to bring you back to it You could have just listened to it
@@shadowsoulless6227 man, why so bitter?
What Pixar??
@@shadowsoulless6227 chill out bro
I miss the 90s.
Don’t we all miss a time that isn’t now
The fact that they actually danced in this music video is insane. The talent they had to have was amazing
Anna Sanna when they all danced was my favorite part!
I'm 72 and still love their music
'Turning Red' teaser brought back this memory, we're getting old
YEP!
Red trailer made me came back here, we have to accept it already, we are old now
same thing 😄
Same here!
Yes
0:52 - Início
1:15
I may run and hide
When you're screaming my name, alright
But let me tell you now
There are prices to fame, alright
All of our time spent in flashes of light
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down, you can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
Alright!
Looking at the crowd
And I see your body sway, c'mon!
Wishing I could thank you in a different way, c'mon!
'Cause all of your time spent keeps us alive!
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down, you can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
Larger than life!
Yeah, that's right...
All of your time spent keeps us alive
Yeah!
3:55
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down, you can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
Yeah, every time we're down
Yeah, you can make it right
Yeah, and that's makes you larger than life
Yeah, yeah!
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down, you can make it right
And that makes you larger...
(That makes you larger than life)
That makes you larger...
That makes you larger...THAN LIFE!!!
This song is a shout out to us fans.
Yeeee!!!
Omg. I’m going to cry I can’t take this. I’m here in 2024 and this song was a huge part of my childhood hood . 😩🥹😭
This song just never gets old. It was fantastic when it came out and it's fantastic now.
same for all of their songs their timeles sorry for the bad grammar im from belgium
+Emelina Verdonck 90s song has a weird yet perfect syncing with time. Nowadays whenever any modern music pops up we can say right away that it's from the current times , just by hearing a little. With the 90s music or in this case , the BSBs's music , never feel old. No matter how many times you'll hear their music , it'll always feel it came out just recently. BSBs music never get old. Not only have they become one of the most legendary bands to come after world modernization. But they've also created never aging music as well. And the best part is , that they all pulled this shit at mostly their teens which is an awesome feat at itself.
i totally agree and theyre stil performing so i think its amazing what they pulled of at the age they started to now im in the bsb army as they say i even have a tatoo of them i just love them again sorry for the bad english im from belgium
+Emelina Verdonck Oh nah don't worry your English is pretty good. I'm from India as well.
***** thanks yours is too thank you thats very nice of you
By far, one of my favorite of theirs. Such humilty and gratitude at the height of everything. Much respect❤
The Backstreet Boys will always be Larger Than Life.
This group taught me the english i needed to excel in life !!!
If UA-cam was around back then all bsb videos would have a billion views
That's true 👍👍
Trillions cause this was Real music
For sure !!!
For sure
They would have broken UA-cam
21 years passed since this song was released and the dancebreak is still everything!!
So true
21 years?! Where the hell has the time gone?!
21 yrs
100%😁
Woow soo right cent💯💯💚
When I was 13 years old, my grandma gave me a Backstreet Boys CD for Christmas. I couldn’t believe she thought I would ever listen to a boyband. The CD sat on the shelf next to my stereo for about 6 months until one day I decided to put it on to see what their music was about. I’ve never stopped listening since. They truly are Larger Than Life!
Your gma had good taste
Really? Lol
Great comment!! Thank you grandma!!
@@leelee4291 ❤❤2w1w222
😊❤
Still a rockin song after 25 years!
It is now 2021 and this music video is both timeless and awesome. Never gets old!
Miss the 90s
👍👍
Agree with u... 90s the best decade.
u right
best movies , tv shows and music were back in the 70s through the 90s and very few in early 00s now it all sucks for exception of a handful in all listed
The 90's wasn't perfect but I'm glad to have been born back then. When I think of the 90's, Backstreet Boys always comes to mind.
i miss the 90's music scene when artists actually cared about their videos and MTV was actually about playing music. Even the fan culture was so much more intense.
JessieFails people said the same thing back then too lol
I’m glad I was part of the MTV era
Can we talk about how this is one of the only songs I can remember by any artist basically thanking their fans and saying that the fans are the ones that are "larger than life?" Even back in the 90's I thought that was amazing
smplkndagrl23 I think it may be so far
I just made that connection with the lyrics now that I’m 25 year old adult lol.
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I'm 22 and I just made that connection today! I'm here to listen to the song and pay attention to the lyrics this time. How cute is this!!?
kerser - thank you