Filed under: design of a decade, lists, music | Tags: 2003, cry me a river, design of a decade, justin timberlake
[In order to finish my decade-end song recap, I'd have to write two of these each day between now and New Year's Eve. I have a feeling I won't even make it through 2004...]
Something is sizzling. An operatic-sounding man is going “eeee-eeee-eeee-eeee.” Then the sound of, what, a meteor landing? The thirty seconds that open Justin Timberlake’s second solo single are strange and epic, and after hundreds of listens and seven years they’re no less strange and no less epic. The song builds and builds as it slinks along for almost four minutes before crashing down with a wave of falsetto histrionics and gospel choir.
Cry Me A River is, I think, perfect.
It’s perfect in the way that the Shangri-Las’ Remember (Walking In The Sand) and Lil Suzy’s Take Me In Your Arms are perfect, where human emotions we’ve all spent ages dwelling over are encapsulated in tight little songs that somehow seem even more mind-blowing than they are when we actually feel them. Sure, we’re supposed to believe that this song is about Justin’s breakup with Britney, and the song’s admittedly rather sexy video capitalized on that in a rather unfortunate way, but are you really thinking about Britney Spears when you hear this song?
Filed under: music, personal | Tags: petula clark, phones, pulp, sheena easton
I got a new phone. Not that that concerns you, but hey! Any excuse to post this video.
Two more phone-related wonders by two of my favorite artists after the jump:
If you’re new to the blog–and if you are, hi!–the original purpose of Mixtapes For Hookers was to provide 60-minute mixes for in-call escorts to time their sessions with. No songs over five minutes and no songs with awkward or inappropriate lyrical content. And only music that is actually good.
Holy crap, you guys, it’s been three months since I gave you guys a mixtape. I’m so sorry about that! I hope you haven’t had to endure too much moaning and bad porn-talk during that time. Anyway, here’s a new mix for you. There’s not really a theme, it’s just bits and pieces of what I’ve been playing a lot lately. (more…)
