"Tunnel Vision" feels kind of like it's in a "My Love" template (to a milder degree than "Mirrors" was in the "What Goes" template), particularly now that it's a single and the videos are even kinda similar, nudity aside. but it's not remotely as immediate as "My Love," to say nothing of having T.I., etc.
― Picasso Birdman (some dude), Saturday, 13 July 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link
i'd say it's closest to "cry me a river" just in terms of the darkness/moodiness but yeah obviously not nearly the tune
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:01 (ten years ago) link
i'm still annoyed that they didn't at least send "Pusher Love Girl" to R&B stations
― Picasso Birdman (some dude), Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:01 (ten years ago) link
yeah I don't doubt that because this is the peak of Justin's imperial phase we'll see both singles in the top ten
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:05 (ten years ago) link
No Strawberry Bubblegum in London tonight? 0_o
― piscesx, Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:06 (ten years ago) link
i kinda doubt that..."Take Back" is so plainly more accessible and all new and tied to a new album, "Tunnel Vision" could disappear without much notice
― Picasso Birdman (some dude), Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:29 (ten years ago) link
Both are possible. My fondest wish is that both bomb.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
i'm curious how much the 'uh, that title' matter will bubble up as a major topic as the song gets out there
― Picasso Birdman (some dude), Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
Has his tour started yet? Shifting promo gears to the new album should sync up with that pretty well.
Incidentally, new Gaga single in August. Which means these dudes have to hustle before they have to get out of the way (maybe). Did Swift's "22" tank? I didn't hear that a single time on the radio.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:59 (ten years ago) link
tour stars next week. funny that when it was announced, we knew of 1 new album between Jay and Justin this year, now there are 3.
― Picasso Birdman (some dude), Saturday, 13 July 2013 02:02 (ten years ago) link
"22" pretty much did tank, yeah, thankfully.
Gaga could do well but it's not a given, nobody's afraid of her.
She does tend to hog the spotlight.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 July 2013 02:29 (ten years ago) link
this new single is pretty joyless
― 乒乓, Saturday, 13 July 2013 02:36 (ten years ago) link
shock
― katherine, Saturday, 13 July 2013 02:44 (ten years ago) link
i was a suit & tie + mirrors stand on the ground floor, i can't find anything to love about this ... yet
― 乒乓, Saturday, 13 July 2013 02:55 (ten years ago) link
i guess everybody else is also trying to work in a subterranean homesick blues joke
but nobody has figured one out yet
Tunnel Visions hasn't even been sent to radio according to Billboard.
― Greer, Saturday, 13 July 2013 03:56 (ten years ago) link
he just put out the video b/c he had to share his powerful artistic vision
― dyl, Saturday, 13 July 2013 04:20 (ten years ago) link
xp i don't think 22 "tanked". maybe underperformed compared to the other two pop singles, but i think it went top 20 and i heard it plenty on the radio. not a huge seller, but not embarrassing either.
― dyl, Saturday, 13 July 2013 04:21 (ten years ago) link
iTunes says I've listened to TBTN 18 times now today. Once again, ILX, you are wrong.
Seems incredibly bizarre to release something that will certainly curtail the performance of (the actually joyless) "Tunnel Vision" at this moment.
― Boven is het stil (Eric H.), Saturday, 13 July 2013 05:52 (ten years ago) link
― 乒乓, Friday, July 12, 2013 10:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i was thinking Love Actually actually
a Swift pop radio single missing the top 10 is kinda tanking! but w/e.
― Picasso Birdman (some dude), Saturday, 13 July 2013 09:56 (ten years ago) link
a joyous "tunnel vision" would be something to hear i guess
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 July 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
Meantime
http://www.stereogum.com/1405961/anti-rape-organization-contacts-justin-timberlake-about-take-back-the-night/news/
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 14 July 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
“We tried to contact him through his website and got no answer,” she said. “Then we sent him a letter Friday from our legal counsel saying ‘You used our name without our permission.’ They got back to us and said they’re sorry. His agent said ‘Justin’s a good guy! He’s a family man!’ They claimed he’d never heard of us before he wrote that song. I don’t know what country he’s been in. I suppose it could have slipped off his radar screen somehow. Somebody working for him definitely messed up.”
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 14 July 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
the doofus has never stepped foot on a college campus so
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 July 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
it's just funny because i wonder whether the phrase would even pop into your head unless you'd heard the name of the organization somewhere. obviously it's 4 perfectly common words that fit together, but i've never heard anyone say 'take back the night' in any other context ever.
― king of steens (some dude), Sunday, 14 July 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
yup
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 July 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
I've got a writer acquaintance who's loathed Timberlake since he thought Timberlake got off easy after the Super Bowl fandango; he's been chortling all day.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
mirrors is much, much cornier than what goes around... it's basically an 'n sync song. far less stately and original, epic template or not.
tunnel vision on the other hand is definitely one of my favorites on the album. neither joyless nor cloying, it's the right balance btw light and dark.
― surm, Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link
even now when I'm hearing it four times a day on the radio "Mirrors" still sounds bloated by endless verses and choruses.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
Some dude otm
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, July 14, 2013 6:00 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark
i doubt much of anything is going to come from this... he probably will issue a statement but it's not like they're gonna pull the song from radio or anything. they still play ross' date rap verse.
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:55 (ten years ago) link
i didn't even think of it when i heard the song
― surm, Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:56 (ten years ago) link
otm
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
i don't think anyone's necessarily saying this will def blow up in JT's face, it's possibly to just laugh at how stupid dude is
lol rick ross date rap
― king of steens (some dude), Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:01 (ten years ago) link
i prefer "don't hold the wall" for the outro but both are great
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:02 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's kind of amazing... i wonder if it was brought up to him and he just didn't care
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:03 (ten years ago) link
I didn't suggest this will bury him. He's a slippery guy with shrewd PR skills. He'll survive. But a straight singer playing with tired ideas about nudity and exposure is gonna be in the crosshairs for a while.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link
if he just issues an apology and doesn't drag it out everyone will move on immediately to whatever the next controversy is
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
i mean there are a LOT of different activist-type groups out there, anytime you don't use any funky unique language in a song title the odds are the phrase has been trademarked by somebody somewhere, it's not totally insane to just have it brought up at first and assume oh, that's some tiny organization nobody's heard of. just pretty unfortunate given the tone of the song itself and the whole running theme of pop music controversies this year.
― king of steens (some dude), Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link
for myself, I wish he'd had a new album to promote before the Superbowl appearance to see if he would've suffered a "backlash" like Jackson did.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:08 (ten years ago) link
what gets me is: I can see some dude from the mickey mouse club who doesn't seem overly well-read (face it) not having heard of take back the night, but _everyone else in the room_?
― katherine, Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:33 (ten years ago) link
not even from a progressive perspective, I mean but sheer must not get into legal trademarking trouble perspective
(other option: it's trolling. it's juuuuust plausible enough, just enough on the nose.)
― katherine, Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
i have to believe nobody would troll like that on purpose, there's no upside, it's not even funny on a 'yeah, i meant to do that' level
― king of steens (some dude), Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:43 (ten years ago) link
TBTN foundation can consider all the lawsuits they want but they're highly unlikely to file and certainly won't win if they do. They didn't invent the phrase, and their registered trademark affords certain very specific protections, of which controlling whether or not the phrase appears in a work of art is not one.
Good PR move though and I'm glad they're making the most of the opportunity.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
"Spaceship Coupe" has been giving me naughty feelings lately.
― Boven is het stil (Eric H.), Monday, 15 July 2013 00:05 (ten years ago) link
it's pretty funny though that they were like "we sent him an email through his website but it wasn't answered"
― J0rdan S., Monday, 15 July 2013 00:06 (ten years ago) link
I posted under his youtube video and he never hit me back.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 July 2013 00:27 (ten years ago) link
i tweeted @JTimberlakeTeam, no response, not even a follow back
― king of steens (some dude), Monday, 15 July 2013 00:41 (ten years ago) link