The single version, of course: the album version is a monstrosity.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 April 2014 03:21 (nine years ago) link
mehhhhhhhh
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Sunday, 13 April 2014 04:29 (nine years ago) link
I feel like the most damning thing about Part 2 is that none of the singles have been as good as "Suit & Tie" or "Mirrors"
oh man nabt towers over mirrors and is on par w suit and tie. but the rest of that album is no no no
― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Sunday, 13 April 2014 04:32 (nine years ago) link
and I'm not even a mirrors detractor
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:29 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol i like "mirrors" a lot and tolerate "suit and tie", but haven't these songs been widely panned?
― surfbort memes get played out, totally (k3vin k.), Sunday, 13 April 2014 12:50 (nine years ago) link
I think that's rev's point
― Tim F, Sunday, 13 April 2014 12:57 (nine years ago) link
Looks like it'll be his first American top ten in almost a year.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 April 2014 13:05 (nine years ago) link
Not A Bad Thing sounds like the second single (after a Max Martin jam) on an *NSYNC reunion album named All Grown Up. So yeah it's the best single he's had in a while.
― da croupier, Sunday, 13 April 2014 14:12 (nine years ago) link
yeah it really is the mildest thing he's made since N Sync, isn't it. it came as a relief after "TKO," but the more i hear it, the less i like it. the staged viral campaign w/ the couple getting engaged while the song is playing is so so lame, too.
― some dude, Sunday, 13 April 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
don't know how I feel about the chorus' false humility either; coming from a dude with Justin's wealth he sings it like a threat.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
So don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with meCause you might fuck around and find your dreams come true with meSpend all your time and your money just to find out that my love was freeSo don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me, me
i looked up the chorus cuz I find the opening "with me/with me" rhyme really insipid and grating, and it turns out he threw a "fuck" in there too that i was unaware of.
― da croupier, Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
between this and jessica biel producing a TV pilot about a bachelor living the high life in NYC who has a sudden change of heart after babysitting his nephew. He hires an aspiring actress to play his wife, and things get complicated when he finds himself falling for her those two are painting a pretty horrifying picture.
― da croupier, Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link
So glad I'm overseas where I don't have to deal with this shit
― 龜, Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
Dunno that ppl have to deal w it onshore
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
"I feel like the most damning thing about Part 2 is that none of the singles have been as good as "Suit & Tie" or "Mirrors""
this is true and it is also much more of an insult than stated
― katherine, Sunday, 13 April 2014 16:17 (nine years ago) link
"Brand New" off the Pharrell album is so easily my favorite thing he's done in a while, really reaffirms that i much prefer P to Timbaland as a creative foil for Justin.
― some dude, Sunday, 13 April 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
seconded
― balls, Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
idk feel like "Brand New" never takes off as much as it should and Justified doesn't really hold up outside of the singles mostly
Still like part 1 even though its flaws became more apparent over time. part 2 has some good stuff amidst some bad ideas but can't say I come back to it much. this single's pretty eh imo but I'll take it over "Mirrors"
― nova, Sunday, 13 April 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
― some dude, Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:30 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
it's so horrible that pharrell is putting "marilyn monroe" out as the next single, that song is trash
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 13 April 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
― surfbort memes get played out, totally (k3vin k.), Sunday, April 13, 2014 5:50 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Tim F, Sunday, April 13, 2014 5:57 AM Bookmark
I like "Suit & Tie" a lot and tolerate "Mirroors", but that was my point
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
haha I'll let my "Mirroors" typo stand
JT is coming back to play Chicago at the end of the year. Which would make this his ... sixth stop here since winter of 2013? At least?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 April 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
the near-unanimous hatred for Mirrors is so weird to me. like i understand some ppl not liking it but everyone? obviously i am wrong about it.
― alpine static, Sunday, 13 April 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
It's like your my MIRROOR
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Sunday, 13 April 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
err you're obv
I love Mirrors, haters be damned.
― schwantz, Sunday, 13 April 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
i mean, let's be real, any song that sold millions of downloads and broke radio airplay records is not unanimously hated. outside of this message board it's pretty well regarded. even on Pazz & Jop it just barely missed the top 10.
sucks tho.
― some dude, Sunday, 13 April 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
― da croupier, Sunday, April 13, 2014 11:05 AM (8 hours ago)
the lazy rhyming doesn't really bother me, since the rhyme is such an unimportant part of the hook -- it's all about the groove. it doesn't really get in the way
― surfbort memes get played out, totally (k3vin k.), Sunday, 13 April 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
xpost: yeah i didn't mean unanimous globally, just 'round here. i'm kinda surprised it placed so high on p&j
― alpine static, Monday, 14 April 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
i like it too
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 April 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link
think we need Don 'n' Glenn to opine on the Timber.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 14 April 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link
well yeah
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 April 2014 00:31 (nine years ago) link
i don't suppose any of you clever internet detectives could track down the three edits ("no bullshit" and "album side length" and "just hooks") of this album that were originally posted here:
http://the2020experience.bandcamp.com/album/the-20-20-experience-no-bullshit― some dude, Monday, March 25, 2013 11:13 AM (seven years ago)
― some dude, Monday, March 25, 2013 11:13 AM (seven years ago)
could ya?
― alpine static, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link