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Being a child of the sub-alternative 80s, it feels a little awkward to welcome a member of NSYNC into my life, but we listen to some pop station that seems to play nothing but Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake (they play about 12 songs a day and hit "repeat", it seems sometimes).

This dude's singles rule. I downloaded some mp3s but now I see where there can be a major difference between mp3 format and AIFF. These mp3s sound tinny and cheesy compared to the lame shitbox of a radio at work (and that's saying quite a bit). There's no driving bass, the fullness is gone. I probably wouldn't even dig these songs if I heard them on 192 bit mp3s. That's interesting, isn't it? It was a strange realization for me, since I download entire albums all the time without a second thought.

What do you guys think of this feller? I tried to sample the rest of his album by going here: http://ccity.thestore24.com/Pop/Album.asp?p_id=P+++373055&a_id=R+++610485&type=album
but it was super-sub-par (about a hundred times worse than mp3 format), so I quickly erased from my brain any impressions I might have made.

― Scaredy Cat, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 08:31 (10 years ago) Permalink

the album is excellent; it's worth picking up. and ignore Dan and Ned trying to tell you otherwise.

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 08:37 (10 years ago) Permalink

He's the Fred Astaire of the 21st Century!

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 08:50 (10 years ago) Permalink

It is kinda interesting. I recently went to the Winter Music Conference in Miami, and there I attended a seminar with, among others, Francois Kevorkian on the board. When the talk fell on whether digital files was the future of DJing, he went completely apeshit and started a long rant about how we should focus on the quality of sound (for the benefit of the listeners and clubbers) instead of getting all hyped up about the latest digital format - namely MP3's. He ended by saying that he'd wish he could play on master tapes instead of vinyl because of the superior sound quality.

Something annoys me about his argument. When I was a kid, I recorded my Duran Duran, my Rock Steady Crew, my Nik Kershaw on a shitty Hitachi boombox with a radio in it. I *loved* these songs, and my friends and myself swapped cassettes and talked for hours about inferiority/supereriority og Howard Jones and Ray Parker, Jr. I recently read an interview with an author, who - apparently with a great deal of love in his eyes - talked about the first time he heard The Beatles' 'Twist and Shout', on a small and fuzzy transistor radio just before he had to go and meet some girl he was in love with.

My point is this: Sound quality is of course an issue, but so is the setting: When and where you hear the music, and what mindstate you are in. I don't believe that the relative loss of quality in the MP3's is really important. They primarily serve the function of cassettes back in the 1980ies: The quality isn't the best, the looks aren't indeed either, but it'll get you introduced to a lot of music you would never have bought yourself.

How's that?

― Jay K (Jay K), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 08:55 (10 years ago) Permalink

I agree. You're right, his attitude is almost like "I've REALLY heard how good these records are, the public only hear shit versions".

And yes you're otm, it is the setting, particularly when you're talking house music as Francois K surely is.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 08:58 (10 years ago) Permalink

I love Justin. Emma's got the album and it's top, his singles from it so far are absolutely faultless, but the trace elements of 'indiekid' in me have so far prevented me buying it. I'll wait till it hits the sale racks at some time, so I can pick it up with some Kraftwerk or Guns N Roses or Miles Davis just to confuse the staff. Great dancer, great sonics, good singer, great image, seems like a decent, down-to-earth guy (as the MTV stitch-up thing where he was crying for his mum proved!); he's the only True Star we've got at the moment, isn't he?

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 09:01 (10 years ago) Permalink

Has everyone lost their marbles? Let's get a grip for a second here...

OK, 'Like I Love You' is a wicked single and I fully admit to shakin' a leg to it on a dance floor at some point. FACT: whenever he is played at clubs/bars, people dance. Oddly, this is even the case at hipster 'indie' nights - although I can't tell if people are digging it because they like it or because it's ironic. Hard to tell these days...

For the record, I'm a firm believer that music should be judged purely on a personal like/don't like basis, and chart position, popularity with pre-teen girls, reviews, etc, shouldn't taint one's opinion about music. Hey, if you secretly like a Bryan Adams song, so be it! However, I have no resepct for 'artists' who have little or nothing to do with 'their' music. I realize the music industry has always had its fair shair of manufactured pop, but it seems that right now things are getting out of hand. Yes, Justin has a good voice and can dance, but all the credit should go to the Neptunes and Timberland, not him. Everything about his career is carefully sculpted - songwriters, producers, choreographers, personal trainers, stylists, wardrobe, etc. Look, he might be a swell guy and good for him for being a proper star - it's a decent job. But let's not celebrate him too much when so many other 'artists' have to do everything the old fashioned way - themselves. Yes, I'm an idealist, but one can dream, right?

Sorry for being a downer. I have a cold so maybe that is making me grumpy today...

― Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Do you not think though Rob that it's a bit of a leap to suggest that someone else could have been a success with the same songs? He's obviously got something.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:06 (10 years ago) Permalink

Yes, Mr Astaire, you can dance charmingly and sing a little in 'Broadway Melody of 1940', but the true credit of course goes to the director Norman Taurog.

AKA: why should performers have to write or produce their own work?!? This is an ancient ILM bugbear, I know.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:07 (10 years ago) Permalink

an ancient world bugbear!

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:11 (10 years ago) Permalink

i too am being won over by that crafty scamp - its really down to that other crafty scamp tho (Pharrell), i wasnt big on 'like i love you' but i like 'rock your body' and especially 'last night'

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:22 (10 years ago) Permalink

What swung it for me was the video for 'Cry me a river'. I might write more about this later.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:24 (10 years ago) Permalink

Ronan - yeah, so pretentious, that Francois K guy. And the way he talked about MP3's: "I'm not interested in that. I'm interested in master tapes". Uuuuurgh!!!

That's the sound of an old mand, falling backwards into the quality trap. It's not like every club has the best sound system in the workd, or like everybody has professional sound equipment at home. But, you know what? Last time I checked, I was able to enjoy music anyway, have fun and dance.

Let's just keep in mind that music's a social thing, too, that's all.

― Jay K (Jay K), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:25 (10 years ago) Permalink

Justin's a talented performer no doubt - dancing good but it does actually come CLOSE to Jacko at time, singing is 'ih' but thats fine, he pulls off the 'talking over the track' thing pretty well, and er, he does a good beatbox.

weird thing about 'Cry Me A River' - didnt like it at all at first - took almost 3 months but now i love it, esp. the Timbaland bit at the end and just hearing it so much that i started to properly register the complexity of it...its probably one of Tim's more complicated arrangements.

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:26 (10 years ago) Permalink

as for the Francois K thing, i sympathise with the guy to an extent but i'm really not that bothered about quality - i'll take quantity and convenience every time. spent more of my youth listening to crappy pirate signal then flawless sound systems in clubs after all.

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:28 (10 years ago) Permalink

I think the key thing about Justin Timberlake, as I see it, is that he has sold the choreography and the dancing and the physical reaction as much as the records themselves.

I mean the popists might refute this but with most of the other major pop songs/events of the last few years, the dancing and the response was a minor part, maybe something 12 year old girls did in front of the TV. But with Justin, it suddenly is as cool and vital an aspect of the package as the song itself, it's impossible NOT to try and dance to Like I Love You, mainly cos the guy is a fucking phenomenal dancer with great choreographers, but it wouldn't work without the song either.

I think there's probably an interesting point to be made about invoking the history of the male superstar, Jacko etc, through dancing more than singing. I mean it appears Justin has become super cool overnight, and you wonder why, it can't be just a musical thing, he's danced his way into the new image as far as I'm concerned.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:30 (10 years ago) Permalink

The album is brilliant. Infectious. Seriously. There are one or two lame lyrical conceits, but that never stopped Prince, and this is music for 21st century Prince fans who still know there's at least one great ballad on every one of his albums, but want some stunning pop music to dance to. With tight production. No irony here.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:32 (10 years ago) Permalink

I mean furthermore I suppose it's the old theory of people responding more to visuals and images more than anything else.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:33 (10 years ago) Permalink

Hmmm.. As for "Cry Me a River". Not much of a song. Good production work by Neptunes and Timbaland.

Not enough to make it "good" though, as long as the song itself doesn't work without the great production (plus Justin Timberlake himself should have no credit for it anyway)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:34 (10 years ago) Permalink

I have a feeling this is going to be the form that any long term discussion of this album will take - is the Neptunes songwriting/production a trojan horse that allows Justin to slip into our collective favour? Would this album be as popualr if it was made by Usher, for example?

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:41 (10 years ago) Permalink

For the record, my favourite song on the album might be "Take It From Here" as opposed to any of the singles, but I have a feeling this is one song that won't find favour with too many folks on ILM. I could be wrong.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:44 (10 years ago) Permalink

its a gays and girls thing. which is my favourite company. o, and ILMers of course.

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:45 (10 years ago) Permalink

Yeah NS I was hinting at this on some other thread a few weeks ago - whether it's a pretty good Neptunes lp with a tolerable muppet out front or whether it's the pop sensibility of the Neps alchemised into something even better thru the persona of JT.

I personally fall into the second camp... in the past I've found it easy to admire Pharrell/Timbaland... but not so easy to love them. And I suspect, for me, it all comes down to the various ineffables of "personality", our relationship with the star. I can't help it - I love the guy, very blatantly wearing a 'Thriller' era MJ trilby, sneaky-peteing thru Britney's house, rocking the playboy mansion with Nelly...

The Face had an editorial on this in this ish with JT on the cover - heralding him as a return to the idea of the "proper 80s popstar", an advance on the production-line poppets of the late 90s... hmmm.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:50 (10 years ago) Permalink

Usher's 'U Don't Have To Call' is the only track by him i like...its an interesting point tho. you could easily fall into the 'Justin's only getting this much praise cos he's white' idea thinking about it. not that i've heard such complaints from ANYONE yet. thing is if it had been Usher the album would sound different, the Neptunes wouldnt have gone on as much of a pop tip and it just wouldnt have come off as as accessible. ironically Usher has declared he wants to be as big as Jackson in the past, only to have Justin overtake him on that road - not that either would really get to that level anyway. and wasnt at least half of 'Justified' originall material written by the Neptunes for Jackson?

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:52 (10 years ago) Permalink

if it had been Usher the album would sound different, the Neptunes wouldnt have gone on as much of a pop tip and it just wouldnt have come off as as accessible.

True, but isn't Justin being marketed as an R&B "performer" as well as a pop star? That seems to be how he wants to posit himself in interviews.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:56 (10 years ago) Permalink

I've probably listened to his album more than any in the past year. In part, this is because my wife loves it, but I love it too. It's just a great fucking pop album; I liked it right away, but it's grown on me too. While that has a lot to do with the Neptunes/Timbaland, I do think the album has a cohesive sound beyond their individual contributions and I also think that, while it obviously has their trademark on it, it doesn't simply sound the same as their other work (the difference is there a lot of classic soul/R&B references worked in there, from MJ to Shalamar). And I think that must have something to do with Mr JT--even though I don't have much interest in him as a persona.

― Ben Williams, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:56 (10 years ago) Permalink

does anyone think the Timbaland productions outstrip the Neptunes ones on the album? i havent heard it all but it seems pretty obvious whose tracks are whose, and Tim's seem to have a denser structure if 'cry me a river' is anything to go by...or is that the big centrepiece of the album?

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 11:01 (10 years ago) Permalink

Stax, Brill Building, Bacharach, Motown...

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 11:19 (10 years ago) Permalink

As far as white guys go, JT's got less soul than David Clayton Thomas.

― Evan (Evan), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:17 (10 years ago) Permalink

The issue of soul is kind of a silly one, much like it's cousin sincerity.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:20 (10 years ago) Permalink

ignore Dan and Ned trying to tell you otherwise.

Keep telling yourself that. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:23 (10 years ago) Permalink

Stax, Brill Building, Bacharach, Motown...

While I would also say most of those singers were overrated (and that the songwriters should have most of the honour), the singers at Motown and Stax were still considerably better vocalists than Justin Timberlake.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:24 (10 years ago) Permalink

We all know Ned has furtively taped up JT and Keanu posters in someplace in his apartment.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:25 (10 years ago) Permalink

Yes, Justin has a good voice

ME TO THREAD.

Justin doesn't have a good voice. I loathe his voice. He sucks so much ass he has a tattoo on the back of his neck that says "Booty Hoover". "Dance With Me" is the ONLY song from his album that I've heard where I haven't wanted to punch him, largely because it's the only song I've heard where he phonates and gets out of his reedy, nasal, can't-really-hit-the-notes shtick. He sound is unsupported, weak, overly buzzy and intrusive. He took what should have been a fantastic song ("Cry Me A River") and vocally defecated all over it, defiling it like he was a deranged coprophiliac hopped up on laxatives let loose in the Louvre.

HE IS AN ABOMINATION AND HE MUST BE STOPPED.

(He is a good dancer, though.)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:26 (10 years ago) Permalink

Dan you are becoming the Geir of vocal technique!

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:30 (10 years ago) Permalink

as i suggested, Justin's singing ability is not particularly relevant, especially as he excels in other areas.

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:30 (10 years ago) Permalink

HAHAHA! Would Geir ever come up with a line like He sucks so much ass he has a tattoo on the back of his neck that says "Booty Hoover"? I DON'T THINK SO.

(PS: "He sound" = "His sound")

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:32 (10 years ago) Permalink

Steve, Justin's singing ability is not particularly relevant TO YOU. It is to me. (And really, I wouldn't have so much of an issue with it if people didn't keep going on and on about what a great singer he is; my complaint is really less to do with his inherent ability and more to do with how is voice matches the songs he does. To date, his best recorded perfomance is still 'NSync's "Gone".)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:36 (10 years ago) Permalink

Justin doesn't have a good voice. I loathe his voice.

Can I echo this and in fact replace the goddamn Hollywood sign with this statement? And if you're asking me to not care about his music but his personality and public image or to say that's why he matters, DIE. I am about as fascinated by that as I am by Eminem's, ie not one fucking iota.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:37 (10 years ago) Permalink

Maybe I should start watching videos again if I want to enjoy music! This album's already on sale in NZ.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:38 (10 years ago) Permalink

Yes, buy it. You will not be disappointed. DanandNed are just confirming their rep as interweb mentalists.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:54 (10 years ago) Permalink

I like this album a lot.

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:58 (10 years ago) Permalink

I think, being a rockist, I'll prob get the NERD lp first. And I DO MEAN LP! So is that ok, that record?

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:59 (10 years ago) Permalink

I like that album a lot, too.

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Dan and Ned, as much as I (we) love them, are old curmudgeons! Mwuahahaha! They don't eat sweets no more without feeling guilty so they Can Not Comment!

The NERD album is t'riffic.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:02 (10 years ago) Permalink

weird thing about 'Cry Me A River' - didnt like it at all at first - took almost 3 months but now i love it, esp. the Timbaland bit at the end

That's the part of the song that really does it for me too. Seals the deal. The way he's saying "The damage is done, so I'll guess I'll be leaving" is in such a fashion where you don't really feel he's planning on heading out at all--or in a way in which the damage being spoken of isn't damage on himself at this point in the song. It's a fantastic song, and the video is so spectacularly creepy that I'm not even sure what to say about it. Justin: So Crazy I'll Probably End Up Dating Him!

Dan is right, Justin has a horrendous voice. It's a huge reason why I don't like a lot of the rest of his songs. I'd prefer them if someone else (not fucking Usher thank you!) sang a lot of the ones I don't like, because it's his screeching falsetto that turns me off them.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:05 (10 years ago) Permalink

Dan, i meant i didnt think it was relevant in general - same deal with Britney. they are adored for their total product which is greater than the sum of its parts in both cases (i.e. neither's voice is particularly standout), because i agree with you in a way but really havent the Neptunes built their tracks AROUND Justin's voice and its nuances/limitations? so it does fit really, it HAS to fit...not sure i'm convinced of that but just throwing it out

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:07 (10 years ago) Permalink

So is he really trying to be Thriller Michael? So far it sounds like it, I don't think I've heard any of these songs of his (sadly, I wanna hear Like I Love You or whatever) and I like Britney's voice ok.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:09 (10 years ago) Permalink

Tim is saying it in that sarcastic 'oh well' vein, as if he/Justin planned it all along and gets a kick out of the fact someone else may be hurt. it doesnt come off as disturbing as it should be because Tim has such a wily grin about him and he knows he's getting away with it...its just a nice in-character method

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:11 (10 years ago) Permalink

So is he really trying to be Thriller Michael?

If anything I think the album sounds a lot closer to Off the Wall era Michael.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:14 (10 years ago) Permalink

Skipping 121 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

try listening to it while thinking of paint it black

its not the whole thing,just the first verse (i think,i'm listening to something else now),specifically the vocals and the noises in the background...

― robin (robin), Sunday, 11 May 2003 03:22 (10 years ago) Permalink

yeah, i understand - the cadence (if that's the right term?) of the verses - but i wouldn't have ever heard it if you hadn't made the connection.

you're right, in a far out sense, or it's far out that you're right.

― brian badword (badwords), Sunday, 11 May 2003 03:41 (10 years ago) Permalink

5 years pass...

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 14 November 2008 10:31 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

love the beat on this, not sure about his falsetto -- chopped bass is almost dj premier-like

― choom gangsta (deej), Saturday, 27 December 2008 02:47 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

OMG YOU GUYS
THANK YOU INTERNETS

http://facesofjustintimberlake.com/

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 9 December 2010 00:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

i have no idea what this means

― The Reverend, Thursday, 9 December 2010 01:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

same here

― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 9 December 2010 01:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

It's divination using a bunch of corny fan-made Timberlake drawings. It doesn't have to make sense.

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 9 December 2010 01:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

hahahahaa

― teledyldonix, Thursday, 9 December 2010 02:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

This motherfucker should put out some new music.

― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 June 2011 06:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

Just a thought.

― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 June 2011 06:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

agreed

― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 2 June 2011 17:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

Agreed. When I was watching his SNL appearance, it kind of startled me to realize that, for such a mega-star, he's only released two albums in the decade since he left N'Sync.

― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 2 June 2011 17:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

did you all see the deleted SNL sketch on Hulu where he was playing Mozart? very pertinent to this turn in conversation

― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 2 June 2011 17:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

No! But I really want to see it now.

― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 2 June 2011 17:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

http://www.rap-up.com/2011/03/06/justin-timberlake-to-begin-recording-new-album-this-summer/

― love you like a frat kid loves Cake (Tape Store), Thursday, 2 June 2011 23:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

this dude is 30... is that old or young?

― pearsonic, Thursday, 2 June 2011 23:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

yay!

― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 June 2011 23:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

right in the middle? xp

― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 June 2011 23:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

dunno if this got posted elsewhere but it's pretty gorgeous

http://soundcloud.com/duffdisco/duff-disco-just-in-free-to

― owenf, Friday, 3 June 2011 08:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

Playboy interview.

TIMBERLAKE: Maybe it’s blissful ignorance, but I don’t relate a time frame with what I do. If it’s time to make another album, it’s time to make another album. It may never be time—who knows? You should watch the documentary Still Bill.

PLAYBOY: That’s the Bill Withers documentary, right?

TIMBERLAKE: Yeah, and I’ve never watched anything else that made me feel someone was speaking not just to me but for me. He puts into words exactly how I feel about music. People asked Bill Withers all the time, “Why did you stop doing music?” Which is what I get asked all the time too. He said, “I don’t know what to say, because I didn’t stop doing music. I just started doing something else.” He also quoted Thoreau: “The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation.” Only Bill added, “I want to know what it feels like for my desperation to get louder.”

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 15:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

some interesting stuff in that interview for sure

― blueski, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 16:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

It's pretty fantastic actually.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 16:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

Nice to see something thoughtful to read in a musician interview!

― So Folkloric (u s steel), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 16:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

it took me a moment to realize why that interview was blocked at work (duh)

― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

great interview! love this man

― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, I had to stop myself from clicking on it at school. xp

― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

Ha ha Playboy blocked at work, I guess I understand. But they're a pretty good read these days.

― So Folkloric (u s steel), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

really great stuff

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

his mom, Lynn Harless, helped choreograph a career that took Timberlake from Star Search to The Mickey Mouse Club to the boy band ’N Sync (Harless named the band using the last letter of each band member’s first name)

woah

― some dude, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

hey, johN, pauL, georgE, ringO...NLEO. NOEL.

NOEL GALLAGHER.

THINK ABOUT IT.

― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

JustiN
ChriS
JoeY
LaN(ce)...?
JC

― anarcho-misogynist puppies (DJP), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

he's making his desperation get louder by being in Bad Teacher.

― jed_, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol @ me for getting annoyed by this but that story re: the band name has to be bullshit

― anarcho-misogynist puppies (DJP), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

(unless of course Justin's mom can't spell)

― anarcho-misogynist puppies (DJP), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

It might b BS but it's the story they've been sticking too since their inception iirc

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

ohhhhhhhh

they had another dude named Jason as bass before Lance

MYSTERY SOLVED

― anarcho-misogynist puppies (DJP), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

i thought it was because "lance" is short for "lansten" or something

― badtz-maruizm (donna rouge), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

ty Wikipedia

The group's name was also a play on the last letter of each member's first names: JustiN, ChriS, JoeY, JasoN, and JC.[6] The band later nicknamed Bass "Lansten" so as not to throw off the last-letter theme of their name.

― anarcho-misogynist puppies (DJP), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 17:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

should've just changed their name to Censy or Se NYC or SNYCE

― some dude, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 18:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

snyce!

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 18:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

'S NYCE

― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 18:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

supposed to be a picture of Borat with that. ah well.

― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 18:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 03:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yep.

― "I know its hard to hear but I'm a Realest." (rennavate), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 04:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

is there a name for this style of video editing?

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 05:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

real shit

― swagliacci (The Reverend), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 07:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

Being a child of the sub-alternative 80s, it feels a little awkward to welcome a member of NSYNC into my life

To think that people used to wear sacks and ashcloth before making these admissions.

― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 11:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

This is some terrible-ass music. WTF JT? You need to reexamine u life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3LkZjtO7GJo

― turfin' bird (The Reverend), Thursday, 20 October 2011 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

11 months pass...

Justin is a married man! One of my coworkers is very very sad right now.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20640475,00.html

― Bout to go Jethro TULL on that ass (Johnny Fever), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:55 (8 months ago) Permalink

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