I get a feeling I can't explain Whenever your eyes meet mine My heart spins in circles And I lose all space and time And now that we're standing face to face Somethin' tells me It's gonna be okay
And I'm ready to fall in love tonight Ready to hold my heart open wide I can't promise forever but baby I'll try Yes, I'm ready to fall in love tonight
I know you've been watching Choosin' your moment I've been dreaming of that day No one before you has gotten to me this way And now that we're standing face to face There's something that I need to say
And I'm ready to fall in love tonight Ready to hold my heart open wide I can't promise forever but baby I'll try Yes, I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Nothing is certain, this I know Wherever we're headed I'm ready to go I can't promise forever but baby I'll try Yes I'm ready to fall in love tonight Yes I'm ready to fall in love tonight Yes, I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Baby what's the deal? Would I be too forward if I Told you how I feel? That's just the way I do my thang I'm so for real Are you feelin' my Timbs My baggy jeans, my thug appeal? Do you like it when a man can keep it real?
Monday, April 22, 2002
If I didn't have cheese like every day Would you still wanna be with me?
(For Nikki)
Tell me, tell me baybay, How come you don't wanna love may?
Does he freak you the way that I do?
Are you feelin' my Timbs, my baggy jeans, my thug appeal? Do you like it when a man can keep it real?
If I wasn't a celebrity Would you be so nice to me?
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
The Night I Fell In Love The Pet Shop Boys
I was backstage Couldn’t believe my luck was in I saw him approach Wearing a most approachable grin When he said 'hello' I was surprised He spoke so politely I said 'I liked the show' Well he just smiled I guess it happens nightly And so I fell in love
We went to his room He had a video camera I was so nervous I had to try hard not to stammer He said 'I’m glad you liked the show That crowd was dope out there tonight' 'Alright' 'You wanna see some more? Well, be my guest You can have a private performance' I’d fallen in love
I didn’t ask why Though he seemed like such a regular guy He said we could be secret lovers Just him and me then he joked 'Hey man your name isn't Stan, is it? We should be together' And he was passionate I guess I would rate him a nine out of ten by then I'd fallen in love
When I asked 'why have I heard I so much about him being charged with homophobia and stuff' he just shrugged
Next morning we woke (secret lovers) He couldn't have been a nicer bloke Over breakfast made jokes about Dre and his homies and folks Neither of us asked if or when we would see each other again But I thought that was cool 'cause I was already late for school By then I'd fallen in love
Secret lovers
Saturday, April 06, 2002
Saving My (Musical) Soul
Something shifted inside me today, and the *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, and Eminem came out of the CD changer. Hallelujah! I hear you shout.
Instead I loaded up the following discs, and thoroughly enjoyed them as I tooled around doing my errands all day:
Over in England I didn't hear a single *NSYNC song. Well, I didn't listen to the radio at all, either, but I did hear one song by Backstreet and a couple by Ricky Martin, when we were in restaurants and stores. Still, you know, England has a rich tradition of boybands of its own, and *NSYNC is probably just one boyband of many as far as they are concerned over there. Here, *NSYNC are the kings of teen pop. (Funny how *NSYNC can be either a singular or a plural noun, isn't it?)
I am really grooving on JC Chasez's voice these days. I particularly like it on some of the songs on No Strings Attached (which by the way is a great album), especially "It's Gonna Be Me." The funny thing is, that song also showcases what I think of as the worst attributes of Justin Timberlake's voice, and JC is singing like an angel over the whole thing. He can really sing. He should be the one working on a solo project, not Justin.
"It's Gonna Be Me" is also a great song to listen to if you want to hear Justin doing that awful machine-voice thing he does, and mispronouncing common English words as if he were a non-native speaker (it's gonna bay may!). If you've heard Britney Spears sing, you know what I'm talking about. She does the same thing. It's highly entertaining, and much fun to sing along with. Because anyone can sing like that, you know? You don't actually have to have a good singing voice.
Maybe sometime I'll write about the influences I hear in *NSYNC music, from new jack swing to euro-pop. But not today. Count your blessings.
