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foxmonkeySo I'm trolling for JC bits and I've just come across another one that I haven't seen. This one is from some guy's blog, dated 04/01/2005. From this blog: Max & Mike on the Movies. I was mostly AWOL from LJ then, so you guys have probably already seen this. Putting it here for posterity!
One of these days I'm going to tag all of this stuff.
Oh, Chasez Can You See?
People are always coming up to me on the street and saying, “Hey Max, I know you’re a nationally famous film critic, but what kind of music do you listen to?” (Well, okay, they never actually do that. But wouldn’t it be cool if they did?)
The other day I was listening to what has to be the least cool album in my collection, Schizophrenic by JC Chasez, and I decided it was fine time I told you good people about it.
First, let’s just get this out of the way: Yes, that JC Chasez: The kid from N SYNC who isn’t Justin Timberlake. The moderately pretty boy with the generically smooth voice and the jauntily tilted fedora. An ex-boy band member destined to be road kill on our pop culture super-highway. And no, this is NOT an April Fool’s joke.
But here’s the thing: I bought this Schizophrenic album last winter, based on my enjoyment of its Prince-like single: “All Day Long I Dream About Sex.” I thought the song was weird, groovy, and irresistibly catchy.
I immediately fell in love with the disc. Indeed, it was the first CD I ever listened to in MC Sparky. It perfectly mirrored the mood I was in: Giddy, upbeat, silly, and jonesin’ for the summer time.
Let me make one thing clear: There is no depth to this album. At all. Its basic message is this: “Sex, sex, sex. I love sex.” Which, God love him, at least is honest. But that’s not the point: The point is, Justin Timberlake got all this love and sold all of these albums and became the darling of the record industry and I happen to think Schizophrenic a better CD than Justified.
True to its title, the songs vary wildly: One sounds like ‘80s new wave, one sounds kind of Jason Mraz-like, one sounds like Lenny Kravitz, a whole bunch sound like Prince, another one sounds exactly like Sting . . . I think you get the point.
Is the entire album great? Naaa, there are a few duds. But it’s amazingly consistent most of the way through. Do I think JC Chasez is a musical genius? Hardly. I just think he captured lightning in a bottle (with a lot of help from his producers). I’ll buy his next album out of loyalty but I doubt he can duplicate this album’s addictive grooves.
Anyway, just thought I’d share. If you buy the CD, lemme know what you think.
P.S. Most of my musical taste is not quite so tragically unhip. The new Beck album rulez.
One of these days I'm going to tag all of this stuff.
Oh, Chasez Can You See?
People are always coming up to me on the street and saying, “Hey Max, I know you’re a nationally famous film critic, but what kind of music do you listen to?” (Well, okay, they never actually do that. But wouldn’t it be cool if they did?)
The other day I was listening to what has to be the least cool album in my collection, Schizophrenic by JC Chasez, and I decided it was fine time I told you good people about it.
First, let’s just get this out of the way: Yes, that JC Chasez: The kid from N SYNC who isn’t Justin Timberlake. The moderately pretty boy with the generically smooth voice and the jauntily tilted fedora. An ex-boy band member destined to be road kill on our pop culture super-highway. And no, this is NOT an April Fool’s joke.
But here’s the thing: I bought this Schizophrenic album last winter, based on my enjoyment of its Prince-like single: “All Day Long I Dream About Sex.” I thought the song was weird, groovy, and irresistibly catchy.
I immediately fell in love with the disc. Indeed, it was the first CD I ever listened to in MC Sparky. It perfectly mirrored the mood I was in: Giddy, upbeat, silly, and jonesin’ for the summer time.
Let me make one thing clear: There is no depth to this album. At all. Its basic message is this: “Sex, sex, sex. I love sex.” Which, God love him, at least is honest. But that’s not the point: The point is, Justin Timberlake got all this love and sold all of these albums and became the darling of the record industry and I happen to think Schizophrenic a better CD than Justified.
True to its title, the songs vary wildly: One sounds like ‘80s new wave, one sounds kind of Jason Mraz-like, one sounds like Lenny Kravitz, a whole bunch sound like Prince, another one sounds exactly like Sting . . . I think you get the point.
Is the entire album great? Naaa, there are a few duds. But it’s amazingly consistent most of the way through. Do I think JC Chasez is a musical genius? Hardly. I just think he captured lightning in a bottle (with a lot of help from his producers). I’ll buy his next album out of loyalty but I doubt he can duplicate this album’s addictive grooves.
Anyway, just thought I’d share. If you buy the CD, lemme know what you think.
P.S. Most of my musical taste is not quite so tragically unhip. The new Beck album rulez.
