They were losers then and still are...
They were losers then and still are...
IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE! Sorry, I'll try and restrain myself. This is how we'll do this. A track by track break down, like the usualy CD review. But, for fun, we'll add something new. Scoring. On a 1 through 10 basis, 10 being the highest. Here we gooooo. (Here we go, one more time...Sorry.)
Track 1: Pop - How many times have I heard this? I would have nothing to say, but nobody who knows me just through this site would know anything about my thoughts on this, so here I go. I really liked this song the first 34810286792375498 times I heard it. The only thing that makes me not like this song is the fact that it's way over played. The version on the CD is different than what's on the radio or the video, so it was kinda exciting the first time hearing it on the CD and it was something new. If you listen to Justin's beatboxing in a parked car, it sounds like farting. (I wish I knew a way to more eloquently state that.)
Track 2: Celebrity - I was reading along with the lyrics the first time I heard this song and just about died laughing...CHEESE? WTF?! What are they on? I like this song the more and more I hear it. The camera noises crack me up. I love the part where they tell the girl to get a "j-o-b." Also, the line "stop runnin' game/it ain't about my fame" is dopily fresh, just like JC.
Track 3: The Game Is Over - The noises at the beginning bugged me at first, but know I kind of like them. The fact they credit the PacMan game is bizarre. I like this song. The chorus is good. "You're making moves/you're gonna lose" has the coolest melody. JC used to just write good songs for other groups ("Messed Around" by Boys N Girls is way better than "Space Cowboy" or "Digital Getdown"), but now he writes good music for *N Sync. The beginning bridge ("how could you think that you could do me like that?") reminds me of the part in "Stutter" by Joe when Mystikal begins his rap and it stutters. Never mind.
Track 4: Girlfriend - I like the very beginning with the little "Would you be my girlfriend?" part the most out of the whole song. It goes downhill from there. THEY SAID "DAMN"! And they can't deny it 'cuz it's in the lyrics! Lol. All right. They really have "no strings attached." Either that or they finally got the balls to put a "curse" word in one of their songs.
Track 5: The Two of Us - This is my favorite song on the whole CD. It starts out slow, but picks up the pace. To quote Jim Carrey in "Dumb & Dumber" : "I like it a lot." Whoever is making those noises in the beginng (I'm almost positive it's JC.) is sexy! That laugh...Wow. The lyrics to this are so corny, they're cool. The chorus is awesome. EVERY end word rhymes. (Alicia and I have this thing about things that rhyme. We're easily amused.) I love when the music stops and then just JC comes in with "You see..." This is the "I Need Love" of "Celebrity." (ie - Alicia and I LOVE it but it won't be sung live by *N Sync, ever.)I love this song.
Track 6: Gone - The beginning music is scary. I was listening to this in the car with my mom and she was like "Why is it all scratchy?" I told her "I think they were going for a mood." Her reply: "It's strange." Amen. The song is really pretty. If I'm really tired, or want to relax, I enjoy it. Otherwise, it's just really long and monotonous. It's a downer, especially being right after "The Two of Us." Maybe they should call this song "Justin and the Backups."
Track 7: Tell Me, Tell Me...Baby - The title is weird. Awkward looking, dontcha think? Thankfully, the song is much more appealing than the title. I love the little breakdown at the beginning. "You know what..Can we back it up just a little bit?" JC's little "Teeeeee-ell me baaaaaby" is cool. I don't really have much to say about this song, even though I like it a lot.
Track 8: Up Against the Wall - I like this song way more than "Digital Getdown." I don't want to like it, but I do. I love the beginning before the music starts. The "Trip-hop" that Carson talks about on the "Road to Celebrity" is cool. (I have a limited vocabulary, so "cool" is the only adjective I know...) I love Justin's talking parts. The whole chant in the middle is hot. ("Mirror, mirror on the wall/who's the cutest one you saw...") The part about "the freaks sure do come out at night, night, night..." is the best.
Track 9: See Right Through You - I like this song too. They said "pissed"!*gasp* Like I said earlier: It's about DAMN time they begin to act their age and throw a semi-cuss in there every so often. It's late at night and I don't know what to say on this one either. Wait. Let's start with the line "does he freak you the way that I do?" Whoa, JC, down Mr. Sexualy Frustrated!
Track 10: Selfish - Can I get an "awww"? This song makes me feel all nostalgic. I start thinking about the days when Lance looked like a girl, Chris had braids, and they were all "single and ready to mingle." One of the great things about this album is that you can pretty much guess the next line of every song, just because they're all really simple songs. This song is really corny, but I love it. At first I thought they were saying "you can call a perfect/who's unperfect" which confused the hell outta me. Then, after scouring the web for lyrics, I discovered the words were actually "You can call me unperfect/but who's perfect?" Makes more sense. I'm an idiot.
Track 11: Just Don't Tell Me That - Playboy mansion? Okay. "With your phony laugh/guess you gotta be photographed." Who would Jace be singing to on that? cough*BOBBIE*cough. I really don't care. I like this song. I'm liking this CD a lot more than I liked NSA when it came out. Maybe it's 'cuz all the fast songs sound the same...
Track 12: Something Like You - This is another corny love ballad. Then again, what *N Sync slow song isn't? The fact that Stevie Wonder plays harmonica is very cool, but stupid all at once. Of all the things to have the great Stevie do on your CD, you stick him with a harmonica. Ididots. I do love the song and all it's predictability.
Track 13: Do Your Thing - I've never listened to this song all the through because the first 15 seconds scare me so bad. So, for the greater good of the this site, I will listen to it. JC, give your part to Chris! You can't sing that high. How come Chris doesn't have a solo? (More on this later.) This song is ghetto fabulous. Did they just say the word "hatin'"? Hahahaha....Holy shit, there's rap! That's stupid. Wait the rap said something about "Gotta hump/gotta bump" Ew. I could live my life without all these sex references in my *N Sync music. Who is that that's rapping? This song is the dumbest on the CD. It sucks.
I'm very bitter. They might as well change the name of the group to "Justin, JC, and the Other Three." There's no "IDMC" for Chris, "Everthing I Own" or even a "Girl, were you alone?" for Lance, or any "ITSK" for Joey. Not to say JC and Justin don't have good voices or anything, but so do the other guys.
BOOKLET
At first when I opened the booklet, I was very excited because I thought they had all the lyrics to all the songs. Psych. Just the credits. Damn.
I love the fact that Wade's company is called WaJeRo. I love Wade. Aw.
Justin, Tennman Tunes? Stupid.
Justin drinking something out of a teacup. That makes sense...
JC doing what he does best - sleep. In a f-ugly hat, I might add.
Chris' picture is my favorite, and I don't know why. His bug glasses frighten me.
Aw, Lance. Taking a break from being a big production manager. Rich bastard with his laptop and Palm Pilot.
Is Joey cooking onions? Ew. The first thought that ran through my head when I saw this picture: "Burn your hand! Burn it!"
Why do they only have lyrics to six songs? I hate when they don't put every song in there. They do it, Britney does it, and BSB does it. It pisses me off. Put all the lyrics or none. And it's always the songs that are really easy to understand.
Look at the photo in the very top left-hand corner. I love Chris.
There are 3 pictures of Joey eating those onions he was cooking earlier. Gross.
The two pictures of the empty table are wasting space. They should have put in more pictures of the guys. No more pictures of Joey eating onions though.
Alicia and I went to K-Mart at 8am on July 24th, because with the purchase of "Celebrity" you would get a free poster. I have a giant poster of the picture opposite the lyrics for 'Girlfriend' tacked up on my wall. Of course Lance, Chris, and Joey are stuck in the back again. They wear ugly pants. I think the PETA people should be hunting down JC. First he skinned like, 20 squirrels for his "TIPY" pants, and know they aligator skinned pants. For shame.
The next picture is incredibly random. First of all, why would you wear those ugly outfits alone when you were the only one who was going to see it, more or less in public. Maybe the picture is trying to illustrate that even though celebrities are richer than the rest of us and can afford better clothes, they still need to go shopping too.
THANK YOU'S
Justin is long winded. Oh, and he thanks "Pinky." You know, you've told the whole world you're dating Britney. You can write her real name in your thank yous, because you're not fooling anyone.
JC is long winded too. I have nothing else to say.
Chris has the best thank yous by far. Short, sweet, and funny.
Of course, being the good down home southern boy he is, Lance starts and ends his thank yous with a bible verse. His thank yous are fairly short as well.
Joey is a freak. He always has the most bizarre thank yous out of the whole group. In "NSA" he thanked all these puppets and now he thanks all these celebrities. Yeah, it went with the title of the album, but it was dumb.
The cover is shiny. Cool!
Now that this is out, I can have the same feelings about "No Strings Attached" that I have about the debut CD. It's cute now. It's going to take a really terrible CD to make "Celebrity" cute. If that made any sense to anyone, I applaud you.
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