In between 1999 and 2000, at the turn of the millennium, everyone else was concerned

about why 2K and bearing their time capsules, but I for one was concerned about being in

a 10D, a mere bystander at two very important pop cultural parties.

And I'll reveal the end of this podcast, but the other is none other than what you just

heard, which is Aaron's party.

Parentheses come get it.

A song, beautifully sung by one Aaron Carter, younger brother of Nick Carter of the Backstreet

Boys, when we still thought Nick Carter was hot and not gross, and his little brother

was even cuter, and this was before he sung I Want Candy and Lizzie McGuire.

This was as far as I was concerned, his debut, and this single is such a speaking of time

capsules, a perfect encapsulation of a bubble gum pop period in our history that just makes

me want to stand in a corner drinking some sort of vague green slush punch that is a

weird mixture, I think, of like seven up and ice cream.

It seemed to have somewhat of an omnipresent set, school functions, specifically school

dances.

This song just, you know, makes me want a party, makes me want to grab my slush punch,

stand in a corner, and watch my friends dance, like any other great party.

And with that, I'd like to welcome you back to the Be There In Five Podcast, a podcast

dedicated to people like me who prefer to watch other people dance while enjoying the

food and beverages a party has to offer.

As a youth, maybe it was punch as an adult, it is an entire solo cup of wine that is very

dangerous because in your head it's a glass, but then after two, you're like, well, the

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