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Money quote re: the upcoming single "SexyBeat:" "The best way I can describe that song is say David Bowie and David Byrne decided to do a cover of James Brown's Sex Machine," Timberlake told reporters.

It's subtle, but the fact that Timberlake mentioned "David Byrne" specifically and not "Talking Heads" says something.

Oh, and yes: Timbaland produced/co-wrote the album.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

They compared SexyBack with Soulwax (or rather they labeled it Soulwax-esque). It nearly made me hate the song without having heard it. ;-) But it's GR34T. It's as though his voice is drowned in a puddle of hormones. If the rest is as good as this, I'm coming (to the recordshop). This and Christina's new single have made my week.

Rick Rubin also worked on it, no?

You can hear the single on his website.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

Is "SexyBeat" a different song than "SexyBack"?

― max (maxreax), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

That would be kind of cool if it was.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah. I like "SexyBack" and I can see the Bowie/Byrne influence, I guess, but it doesn't quite sound like a Byrne and Bowie cover of James Brown.

― max (maxreax), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

"I realize that I have a platform to push the sound of pop music. That's the only responsibility that I put on myself in recording the album," Timberlake told a news conference at the start of a promotional tour.

"If I'm not going to push it, then who's going to push it?"

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gee - I'm glad he's all over it... I was worried about the future of pop music.

― geekears (geekears), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

I love how manic the chorus of "SexyBack" is. The production on this is spectacular.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

The song is horrible.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

(whoops, "SexyBack" it is! Next time I should actually read what I'm reading, rather than just kind of look at the words.)

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, see--doesn't really sound like the way JT describes it. But I still really like it.

― max (maxreax), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

What a weird song, btw. Timbaland's productions are increasingly retro-futuristic, like "Blade Runner" pop. They sort of sound straight out of the mid '80s electro underground, but they also sound a couple of years ahead of their time. Messes with your mind, man!

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

I don't really like it. :(

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, "take it to the bridge" = WHAT BRIDGE, TIMBALAND? Especially galling because all of JT's singles from Justified had such amazing bridges.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

Bowie, Byrne, and Brown...

Sorry, I still can't take him seriously.

― paid in cigarettes (paid in cigarettes), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

"take it to the bridge" = WHAT BRIDGE, TIMBALAND?

Does he say that? I only heard "take it to the chorus".

I don't really like it either, although I really want to.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

he does say bridge first yeh

this is aight

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

The production is very good on this. I think it could be a grower, but I'm wholly convinced at the mo.

― Andie B (andie b), Friday, 7 July 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, that should be NOT wholly convinced at the mo...

― Andie B (andie b), Friday, 7 July 2006 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

I'm really, really digging sexyback right now...not sure whyitsoneword but that's okay with me.

― musically (musically), Friday, 7 July 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

If it was anyone else other than Mr. Charisma Free Zone singing it...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 July 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

I get the feeling this is one of those songs that will sound a billion times better when not heard via computer speakers.

― Eppy (Eppy), Friday, 7 July 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

i like it. also, i find JT incredibly charismatic.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 7 July 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

I like the "take it to the bridge" (illogical as it is) and the guitar breakdown, but the production is slightly horrible isn't it? Ultra over compressed like being bludgeoned over the head with a rubber mallet -- its also really unsexy!

― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Friday, 7 July 2006 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

Nice to see that JT's made it to the B's in his All Music Guide (Tm)

― leopoldo (leopoldo), Friday, 7 July 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, although I like this song, it's hilarious to me how unsexy it is. Maybe that's part of why I like it. I dunno. I really really like the distorted voice though, like JT's all "Tim, break out that Radioshack miYEEK, let's get garage-y".

All this future-y sounding shit though just makes me wish "Gnarls Barkley" had happened between Cee-Lo & Timb instead of DM.

― choinklate (nickalicious), Friday, 7 July 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

Do you guys think Justin knows there's no bridge? I like to think, yes, yes he does.

― choinklate (nickalicious), Friday, 7 July 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

Bit disappointed on first listen, but I wouldn't read to much into that.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 7 July 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

This song is great.

― Marmot 4-Tay: forth-coming, my child. forth-coming most righteous champion (mar, Friday, 7 July 2006 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

One day Justin will impress Ned with his cover of "The Back of Love."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 7 July 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

Of all things...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 July 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

Dirty pop!

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 7 July 2006 23:31 (nineteen years ago)

"September 19 2009: Justin Timberlake to record an album of Andrew Eldritch cover songs in a last-ditch, no-holds-barred attempt to win over his last remaining haters, Ned Raggett and Dan Perry".

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 7 July 2006 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

the verses are really kind of worthless aren't they? I love how the layers pile on at the end of each chorus but waiting for that is a drag. I could like it in a club I'm sure but it's too hot right now to daydream that scenario for their benefit.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Friday, 7 July 2006 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

I'm still waiting for the Jeremy Jordan cover. It's the right kind of time...

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 7 July 2006 23:58 (nineteen years ago)

it's not a patch on that "good foot" track they did recentish.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 7 July 2006 23:59 (nineteen years ago)

Bless you, Tim. ;-)

"Hey now hey now ow ow ow owieeee oh ladies the bridge WAIIIIIEEEEE! *pause* Drum machine. *clunk*"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 8 July 2006 00:03 (nineteen years ago)

Whoever said upthread that this sounds really shitty on computer speakers was remarkably OTM. Timbo sounds like Perfect Sound Forever-era Pavement blasting from my laptop.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 8 July 2006 00:14 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/images/2006/06/062506_justinsexybacklyrics.jpg

apparently there is a bridge.

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Saturday, 8 July 2006 03:27 (nineteen years ago)

oops, I don't think that worked. lemme try again:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2591/407/320/062506_justinsexybacklyrics.jpg

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Saturday, 8 July 2006 03:31 (nineteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_(music)

The term may also be used to refer to the section between the verse and the chorus. Although this is more commonly referred to as the pre-chorus, it is not completely incorrect, as often the transition between the two themes of a sonata form in classical music is similarly referred to as a bridge.

― Marmot 4-Tay: forth-coming, my child. forth-coming most righteous champion (mar, Saturday, 8 July 2006 03:39 (nineteen years ago)

the bridge is the 'dirty baaaaaabe' bit; the chorus is the 'come here girl (go 'head be gone with it)' bit, surely. I like the bridge! It's reassuringly bridge-like.

― permanent revolution (cis), Saturday, 8 July 2006 06:47 (nineteen years ago)

'Request "SexyBack" on your local radio station now. ' --from the website. At least they pretend it'd matter. but it is still a great song. casey spooner was too gay and too electro (and too old).

― jodawo (jodawo), Saturday, 8 July 2006 07:22 (nineteen years ago)

It seems average overall, but a cool enough song that reminded me of Dre 3000 for some reason. And JC Chasez, but with less panache (and given Tim's produced both of them lately...).

― Headspin (Barima), Saturday, 8 July 2006 09:14 (nineteen years ago)

it is very JC! I wondered why I'd got some kind of chasez-medley in my head not long after listening: I think it's in that crunched-tight synth sound, and something about way he sings the melody on the bridge, the 'i'll take you with me if you misbehave' line or whatever it is. but the 'yeah!'s are very JT, somehow.

― permanent revolution (cis), Saturday, 8 July 2006 09:22 (nineteen years ago)

I said Rockwell in the other thread that got deleted, but yeah very JC, too.

― It's Rodney, chocolate-covered, freaky, and habit-forming! (R. J. Greene), Saturday, 8 July 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

Weird, I think it sounds like a streamlined, poppier Jay Haze production (but then again, I would...)

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 8 July 2006 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

I could do without the "yeahs" in between all the lines along with "uh-huhs." Maybe it will grow with me. The chorus is cheesy in a good way, though. Time to eat some tiger cakes.

― christopherscottknudsen (christopherscottknudsen), Sunday, 9 July 2006 09:13 (nineteen years ago)

For the record, the other thread wasn't deleted exactly -- just moved and locked.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 10 July 2006 04:16 (nineteen years ago)

Decent song, GREAT track. Can see why "rock" (and even pop) folks wouldn't like it, tho'...

― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Monday, 10 July 2006 11:15 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty sick of the Drop-it-Like-it's-Hot echoey synth plip plops at this point. Mashing those with ruff aggressive stabs isn't exactly a revelation of the sound, and getting JT to scream into a bullshit mic that's made out of plastic just makes it sound sort of desperate.

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 10 July 2006 11:27 (nineteen years ago)

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here is my final verdict

http://www.maltese-diamond.com/exhibitions/photo/97.jpg

― the usic man from the hilarious ilx message boards (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:39 (sixteen years ago)

ok surprisingly i like the T.I. singing

― Tom Botantino (some dude), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:39 (sixteen years ago)

took me a whole minute to figure out that the "takin' turns gettin' our faces decorated" line wasn't T.I. saying he lets his girl put makeup on him or something.

― Tom Botantino (some dude), Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:39 PM (14 seconds ago) Bookmark

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/RBTFBLOG/lilwaynealbumcoverSUPPOSE.jpg

― the usic man from the hilarious ilx message boards (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:40 (sixteen years ago)

i disagree w/ your verdict, though, i'm just gonna stream this the once and never DL it

― Tom Botantino (some dude), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:40 (sixteen years ago)

http://holamun2.com/files/images/mun2-images/freejoles/stop-sippin-haterade.gif

― the usic man from the hilarious ilx message boards (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:41 (sixteen years ago)

did you hear the Timbo track on the Jennifer Hudson album!? actually did the played out beatboxing style in a good way.

― Tom Botantino (some dude), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:41 (sixteen years ago)

was that the one w/ luda? i liked that a lot

― the usic man from the hilarious ilx message boards (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:41 (sixteen years ago)

is that an actual subtle use of autotune on t.i.'s voice?

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago)

xpost: Never mind what haters say, ignore them 'til they fade away.
Amazing they ungrateful after all the game I gave away.
Safe to say I paved the way, for you cats to get paid today.

― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago)

hahaha

shipley = PISS POOR MORALLY

― the usic man from the hilarious ilx message boards (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:43 (sixteen years ago)

This is a nice, smooooth jam, and I will happily blare it in my car for all to hear.

― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:44 (sixteen years ago)

while on the topic: what do y'all think of the T.I.mberlake track on Paper Trail being picked as the next single? that song is a chore IMO.

― Tom Botantino (some dude), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:44 (sixteen years ago)

yeah agreed but they've only got three or four songs to choose from at this point

at least it wasn't the usher one

― the usic man from the hilarious ilx message boards (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:46 (sixteen years ago)

zomg more jt plz

― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 01:08 (sixteen years ago)

I was just thinking today about how I would like another album from him

― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 01:08 (sixteen years ago)

while on the topic: what do y'all think of the T.I.mberlake track on Paper Trail being picked as the next single? that song is a chore IMO.

It's one of the album's best songs wtf. Definitely my favorite Timberlake guest moment of the last year.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 01:35 (sixteen years ago)

this is kinda T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake -ish

― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 01:45 (sixteen years ago)

"Nothin' Else" = most underrated JT song...more slinky Stevie Wonder songz plz

This is true.

Both albums are still great, although "Sexyback" is still shit.

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 02:09 (sixteen years ago)

It's definitely T.I's weakest rhymes on the album, though; and it's ruined by the sequencing.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 02:11 (sixteen years ago)

the Justice remix of "LoveStoned" is fuckin' great.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 02:11 (sixteen years ago)

It's one of the album's best songs wtf. Definitely my favorite Timberlake guest moment of the last year.

Totally agree (shocker, right?). The chorus is really beautiful; it's like melodramatic singer-songwriter JT meets "Love in This Club" HEEEEEEY Polow Da Don production (but better!). Also, the "turn my head to the east..." bit is one of my favorite hooks of the year.

Speaking of "Dead and Gone," I'm having a hard time nailing down the driving influence behind JT's "What Goes Around..."/"Rehab"/"Dead and Gone" style of songwriting. He's from Memphis, grew up on Johnny Cash and Motown. During FS/LS, I remember Bowie was touted as one of the biggest influences (obv. Prince was, too). Which ones are inspiring these sorts of songs?

― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 08:36 (sixteen years ago)

ugh that "turn my head to the east" shit is one of the worst "i'm out of ideas so i'm just going to go east west left right up down for a few bars" bredges ever.

― BIG BROOS aka the steenspringer (some dude), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 14:34 (sixteen years ago)

bridges even

― BIG BROOS aka the steenspringer (some dude), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 14:34 (sixteen years ago)

I don't hear much Bowie in his music yet, Tape Store.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 14:35 (sixteen years ago)

wow the intro is obnoxious even by JT's standards. stop telling women how to behave, justin!!

('dead and gone' is fab though, so massive - JT's finest vocal performance in ages too, he really sweeps you along despite the lyrics)

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 14:56 (sixteen years ago)

I like this new track, but it doesn't seem like a smash.

Btw, "Dead and Gone" as zzzzzzzz otm.

― beggin-ass keith (The Reverend), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 15:46 (sixteen years ago)

During FS/LS, I remember Bowie was touted as one of the biggest influences (obv. Prince was, too).

I think he was only bringing up Bowie wrt "Sexyback" specifically.

― beggin-ass keith (The Reverend), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 15:55 (sixteen years ago)

JT covering "Fantastic Voyage" would be sweet.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 15:57 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

ridin' in the droptop with the top down, saw you switchin' laaaaanes GIRL

― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Thursday, 16 June 2011 20:19 (fourteen years ago)

Wasn't it a hit around this time four years ago? Man.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 June 2011 20:31 (fourteen years ago)

yeahhh

― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:06 (fourteen years ago)

ridin' in the droptop with the top down, saw you switchin' laaaaanes GIRL

LOVE this bit. "Summer Love" is the underrated tune on this album IMO.

― Tim F, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:53 (fourteen years ago)

i've had "if i" stuck in my head ever since that last jt poll

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:56 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, it really took being on the radio for me to open up to it xp

― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:56 (fourteen years ago)

i think all those songs work better on the album, as singles i kinda got tired of them -- justified is his singles album

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:57 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, I love "Summer Love" now -- I wrote in another thread in '07 that, like Rev, it took radio open it for me -- but the single that holds up best is "LoveStoned." A thing of beauty that one.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:22 (fourteen years ago)

"Summer Love" is pretty annoying imo -- just that 2 bar synth riff over and over and over w/ so-so vocal hooks

― Mr. John Scatman (some dude), Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:44 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, that's what I thought before I realized how great it is.

― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:45 (fourteen years ago)

Well if you think the vocal hooks are great(I do) the "2 bar synth riff over and over" becomes an asset rather than a liability.

― Tim F, Friday, 17 June 2011 02:43 (fourteen years ago)

JT's crazy enjambments in those verses are pretty great, and make for a good karaoke moment.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 June 2011 02:48 (fourteen years ago)

i think i gotta side w/ shipley here

& as far as late period two bar timbaland synth riffs go, i'll take "say something"

― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 June 2011 02:52 (fourteen years ago)

my name is bob and i work at my job

― da croupier, Friday, 17 June 2011 02:58 (fourteen years ago)

& as far as late period two bar timbaland synth riffs go, i'll take "say something"

― J0rdan S., Thursday, June 16, 2011 7:52 PM Bookmark

*smdh*

― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Friday, 17 June 2011 05:39 (fourteen years ago)

the most underrated cut on FS/LS = "chop me up"

― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Friday, 17 June 2011 08:19 (fourteen years ago)

nine years pass...

First of all, I could have sworn I got the title wrong in the thread, but maybe it was just "SexyBack," which I *did* get wrong, hilariously. Second, this is a really neat, weird album.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 March 2021 00:22 (four years ago)

This thread is hella long. Who has this much to say about Timberlake? I’ve never thought of him more than a few seconds at a time.

― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 6 March 2021 02:14 (four years ago)

i'll have to hear this record. i have been playing 00s pop all week and 'like i love you' is such a highlight. imagine if every snare drum sounded that good.

― maelin, Saturday, 6 March 2021 18:36 (four years ago)

Wau -- this album is such an artifact.

― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 March 2021 19:14 (four years ago)

i don't recall liking much of it aside from the singles, and i didn't even like all of those

― dyl, Saturday, 6 March 2021 19:19 (four years ago)

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