I’ve been called a music snob before, but what can you expect from a girl who was raised listening to The Beatles instead of Flock of Seagulls?

And this so-called music snobbery goes all the way back to my childhood. In the late 1980s, I think I was the only girl in my school (hell, probably in the country) who didn’t like New Kids of the Block. I remember going over to friends’ houses and seeing the walls of their rooms covered with posters of those five guys and we’d have to listen to those freakin’ songs over and over and over. I hate to admit this, but I’ve even seen the video of one of their concerts. I would sit there and wonder why they liked that crap so much.

Anyway, I bring this up because I read today on cnn.com that the “band” (and I use that term loosely) is getting back together. And I am left to wonder “why?” Why dear god would they want to do that to themselves and the general listening public. I seriously fear the day I turn on the radio and hear the DJ say “And now here is a new song from the New Kids on the Block …”

And didn’t they already try the comeback thing in the early 1990s and fail miserably? Why can’t they just accept they are part of the past and move on? Staying in the past is not necessarily bad thing. I think one of the reasons The Beatles have stood the test of time is because there was never a reunion. Of course now there can’t be a reunion, but there was talk of one during the 1970s before John Lennon was murdered.

Wahlberg, who is 38 and not exactly a “kid” anymore, said, "I had no interest going out on a nostalgia tour and singing the same material."

But do you really think that is what the fans want Mr. Wahlberg? Really? You seriously think some 30-something housewife who used to weep when you stepped on stage really wants to hear your new songs? No, she wants to be transported back to the day when she had no responsibilities or kids of her own. Because that is what music (possibly more than any other medium) does.

And many older artists understand and embrace that. I saw Paul McCartney in concert in 2002. During the majority of that three-hour concert, he played old Beatles and Wings songs. Sure he played stuff off the then-new album “Driving Rain,” but Philips Arena was never louder than when he was playing Beatles songs.

But regardless on of how I feel about this reunion, some people are excited, according to the CNN story. And maybe I am wrong. Maybe the New Kids new stuff will be good. Maybe they really can shed their “Hangin’ Tough” past and become real musicians.

But I'm not holding my breath.