"I Want It That Way": Uh... yeah.

I think we had a thread on IWITW before. It kind of turned into the American "Back For Good" - hey I don't like boybands but this is CLASSY POP MAN - and like "BFG" it is good but not that good.

Grrrr. I try my best to give up on my rockist ways, but everytime I actually like a Pop song, ILM informs me that it's not the real deal! First I fall in love with the current Neptunes-produced brand of Chartpop and get told that it's just a watered down version of the current Neptunes-produced brand of Hip-Hop; then I remember that two of my previous "guilty pleasures" were these two songs and proceed to gleefully turn them into proud pleasures, and now this!!!! What does a poor Elvis Costello fan have to do to belong, damnit?

I'm hoping that's the title of an upcoming BSB single.

Surely you wouldn't say the same about "Shape of My Heart"? A few months ago I heard it on the radio and it led to me downloading all their "greatest hits" tracks, but none of them are in the same league. (Although I think IWITW and a couple others distinguish themselves from the rest.)

As for "Backstreet's Back", I'm not in denial at all Tom- I just can't imagine it being any fun except in an ironic way, and I'm not generally a fan of liking songs for ironic reasons. "The Call" on the other hand is pretty good by itself.

Curtis - it can't be because they broke up a couple years ago didn't you hear? :(

People! Open-ended meanings = good. BSB dance trax gr8 but are primarily showcase for Swedish geezers & don't allow Boys to show personalities (stop laughing) like ballads do."Shape of My Heart" sounds like Chicago - overproduced into a ball of lacquer, structurally formulaic with a crap key change to boot - I'd trade all that album for "As Long As You Love Me". Ultimate all-powerfulness of IWITW shown beyond doubt when you sing it karaoke - melody all-enveloping, gain respect for Boys' singing - smoothness with which that high B on the key change is hit is unbelievable (shows up soullessness of "Shape"'s) - probably thanks to Max M. "Shape" produced by faceless machine, IWITW produced by mega-awesome supersonic faceless machine!

(Days of pent-up anger at paying $70 to see Pink and then having her lose her voice and not sing and then not get a refund subside. Hate stops, self-pity returns.)

Uh... yeah.

Tell me why?

Yesterday I went to watch my nephew and his friends sing this for a school choral competition (they are like 12, I don't understand how this even exists in their universe) and it was the funniest shit I've ever seen. As it happens they did not win, but they did remind me how impossibly catchy this song is.

No one has bothered mentioning that the OP may be an indie twat.

That is deeply inaccurate.

I Want It That Way has a nice melody, but I can't tell what they're singing about (I'd like to think its about their fear about some daunting sexual position, but I'm naughty).