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14 December 2000 - Article published in Popstar Magazine

It's a sweltering night in New York City!

The MTV Video Music Awards have just ended, complete with 2 show-stopping performances: *NSYNC's TV monitor line dance and an eye-popping Vegas striptease by Britney Spears!

Everyone is buzzing about the fact that the long-rumored but often-denied couple, actually arrived, sat and departed together, From their seats in the audience, Britney and Justin even posed for the loving pic that graces our cover! Is this It? Are they officially out as a couple?

Now it's off to Twirl, a club on 23rd street, for the exclusive after-party. During the course of the evening, Britney and Justin are more together than apart, posing for a pic at one point with an admirer.

In the photo--which will later be published in a party paper--Britney is nuzzled into the crook of Justin's arm, holding a finger to her lip coquettishly! Her expression almost seems to say, " Well are we or aren't we"? I'll Never tell!

Ever since Britney Spears opened for *NSYNC back in 1998 fans began to spread rumors that she and Justin Timberlake are dating! They were seen together, issued contradictory comments about the state of their togetherness and at times shocked their fans with PDA'S!

With their romantic relationship now in the light of day, we wanted to document for you some of the clues that led up to Britney's outspoken Elle Magazine Interview. Tracking their rumored romance from the first whispered innuendoes to confirmed fact that will help you, as fans, to decide for yourselves what to believe,--not only about this particular gossip item, but about celebrity gossip in general. When it comes to who is dating who, it isn't *alwayz* a matter of totally believing what stars say, and it should almost *never* be a matter of totally believing what the gossip mill says. You need to look at all of the facts and figure out which make sense and which don't and why. After research and some commonsense thought, In the end, you will have the closest thing to the truth that you--as a fan--can ever have. Then you can decide how much the truth matters to you.

Britney and Justin have gave mixed signals right from the beginning. In early 99, while on a break after injuring her knee, Britney gave an interview to the The Chicage Sun-Times. The reporter asked her if she and Justin did more tham sing together as young co-mouseketeers. Britney's response was a giggle, followed by, "We used to date when we were on the show, he was my first kiss! He is a very sweet guy, And a good kisser."

Britney might have been referring to a kiss as part of a scene on The Mickey Mouse Club, Because she told the Britsh men's magazine FHM, that her first kiss was at age 14 from a boy named Mason.

Regardless, when the Sun-Times quote was picked up, she denied--to MTV-- ever saying that Justin had been her first kiss! During the rest of the Sun-Times interview, Britney said that she was not dating anyone, ("I don't have any time.") but she also said that her ideal boyfriend would be "someone that is in the business, who understands exactly what you are going through."

When stars tell you they dont have time for romance. thats usually their way of saying, "It's None of your business." *Everyone* has time for love! Good proof was that when Britney had described him as a good kisser, Justin laughed and said--on the record--that she was, too.

Britney added to the confusion by missing an in-person scheduled at Filene's in September of 1999. Fans were told Britney was unable to attend due to a scheduling conflict. but rumors flew that she had actually arrived on Boston, on her tour bus, from Vermont, then had impulsively left with *NSYNC to Jackson, Mississippi. The story went that she'd then continue on with them to Memphis, Tennessee, following them on their concert tour. In reality--rumor had it-- Britney desperately tried to fly back to Boston, but was unable to secure a flight, even on a private jet.

The whole incident was denied, despite reports that they'd shared a room at a hotel. This event helped to crysallize in fans' minds that Britney and Justin were just Britney & Justin. It wasn't just a rumor that Britney had been in those other places, it was a fact--she was seen and photographed.

Also all over the next year, she would be seen frequently at many *NSYNC concerts. They do share a manager, but no artist--least of all one as famous and as busy as Brit, would spare that amount of time just to support a good buddy.

Just a month after the Boston incident, Britney denied in TV Guide that she had a boyfriend at all. ("I haven't run into anybody I really want to go out with") But being as playful as she has always been on the subject, Britney did say of Justin, "I would give anything to go out with him, It's so funny. they're always saying that, I wish."

Despite this denial, TV Guide made sure to point out that the 2 had been spotted together numerous times, including at the Country Music Awards Association. Britney handled it by telling Us Magazine in its August 1999 issue that the rumors about her and Justin are "Not True."

This is around the time that things got a little pushier on the part of the media. When Britney turned 18, she threw a big bash at a club called Halo in New York. She had been spotted with Boyz N Girlz United's Robbie Carrico at the Drive Me Crazy premiere, and she arrived with him for her party, sparking gossip that she had moved from Justin to Justin-look-alike (and tight singer!) Robbie!

But once inside the party, Britney and Justin were said to have kissed and an adorable pic of them slow-dancing together was published in the tabloid The Star. We at Popstar! don't like to publish "caught ya!" pictures so we won't publish that one. But once fans saw the deeply romantic picture, there was just no ignoring that *something* was going on.

It wasn't long before the German teen mag, Bravo put a pic of the couple on their cover, (not a posed shot, but 2 seperate pics stuck together) as part of an inside story that showed surveillance photos of Britney and Justin driving together and holding hands. For his part, Justin usually said that he and Britney didn't date, but as 2000 wore on, he did an about-face, saying that he and Britney dated sometimes but that it was nothing exclusive.

Britney also owned up to occasionally kissing Justin in the present, not just back during their Mouse Years. And let's not even *talk* about that mysterious dedication on Britney's Oops!....I Did It Again CD.

Now we were getting somewhere. This past summer, when British tabloids revealed that Britney and Justin were engaged, the world believed...perhaps to quickly. Without stopping to think, "Would Britney and Justin *really* tell the British tabloids before anyone else?" every major news outlet reported the engagement as 100% fact.

The story was immediately and firmly reputed by both parties, both of whom told the media that they had laughed out loud over the idea. This is a good example of when to seperate fantasy from reality. Yes, they are dating--that much we fugured. But it just didn't add up that they'd be rushing to the altar so soon.

Though every teenage girl in America held her breath when Justin and Britney came this close to kissing onstage at the Fox Teen Choice Awards, clearly the turning point in the "are they or aren't they?" debate came thanks to MTV, the network that helped make Britney and Justin into the superstars that they are. By showing up for the MTV Video Music Awards together and by not hiding their affections, the duo was showing that actions speak louder than words.

The final confirmation came when Britney was asked to pose for Elle magazine. Britney looked totally grown up in the portraits, and she confidently told the interviewer that her and Justin *are* in love. "When you're really comfortable with someone you love," said Brit, "the silence is the best. And that's how me and J are. When we're in a room together, we don't have to say anything. And when we go out to a club, it's like we're the only 2 people there, it's for real."

Britney also confessed to Elle that she enjoyed playing with public perception, saying she had joked with Justin that she “should wear a huge ring, just to keep people talking." Internet rumors swirled that Justin had denied Britney's comment's in Elle, but those quotes didn't ring true. Why? Because they were not published in association with any known interviewer or publication, they were just reported on fan mailing lists. Without backup. don't believe.

So it seems they are--finally!-- a (semi-) official couple. Now...why do you care? You care because when you idolize someone, it's not only for their artistry, it's also for their personality. Part of their personality is who they fall in love with, (And why shouldn't you care who Justin falls for, since you've fallen for Justin?) You can't be faulted for being interested in the love between Britney and Justin, anymore than you can be faulted for being interested in their music, their interviews, their health, their happiness.

What's important to take from the story of Britney and Justin is that it's impossible to make up your mind about rumors without having *all* the facts and without using your brain to figure out what's real and what's fake. And in the end, if your a real fan---- not a fake----you will support your idols and want them to be happy and to be in love.

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Things to do in Memphis

Want to go to Memphis but aren't sure where to begin? I'll tell you about some of the top things to see in Memphis (Tennessee) in this article so you can plan your vacation properly.

There are true material and spiritual riches hidden behind the industrial and somewhat neglected Memphis that improve Elvis Presley's legendary metropolis.

Memphis, the most prominent musical city in the United States, is the birthplace of Johnny Cash, the King of Country, B.B. King, the King of Blues, and, of course, Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll.

While it would be imprudent not to pay a visit to Graceland, Elvis' home, and the legendary Beale Street club where B.B. King played his guitar, Memphis is more than simply music.

On the location of the motel where Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the African-American civil rights movement, was slain, the National Civil Rights Museum was built. It depicts the long fight for civil rights by people of color in the United States.

Elvis Presley, the King of Rock, was born in Memphis, the birthplace of rock & roll. It is one of Tennessee's largest cities and is situated beside the Mississippi River, one of the country's most recognizable natural landmarks.

This city is the perfect place to visit if you enjoy music and want to learn more about Soul, Blues, and Rock and Roll. Music will be there on every street you go down and at every location you visit, so take use of it.

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1. Take a stroll down Beale Street, Memphis' music district.

2. Pay a visit to Graceland, Elvis Presley's residence.

Sun Studio No. 3

4. Lorraine Motel is home to the National Civil Rights Museum.

5. Tennessee's cinema palace, the Orpheum Theater

6. Pay a visit to Memphis' Rock 'n Soul Museum.

7. Treat yourself to a night at the Peabody Hotel.

8. Attend a Memphis Grizzlies game.

9. The Mississippi River, sometimes known as the "Mississippi"

Mud Island is number ten.

1. Take a stroll down Beale Street, Memphis' music district.

Beale Street, the cradle of blues and soul music, is surely a must-see in Memphis. Baele Street, dubbed "The Home of the Blues" in 1952, is a must-see destination with souvenir shops, pubs, restaurants, barbecues, and theaters all influenced by rock and blues.

On Beale Street, musicians such as Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, and Johnny Cash began their careers (and if you're a fan of Justin Timberlake, you'll be delighted to know that he was born on these streets). If you want to see everything it has to offer, start your tour early in the morning to avoid the crowds of tourists.

2. Pay a visit to Graceland, Elvis Presley's residence.

Are you a fan of Elvis Presley? Then you must not miss the chance to see Graceland. Graceland is the most visited mansion in the country (beating out the White House), and it is because it was Elvis Presley's home.

The estate has been transformed into a museum dedicated to the King of Rock and Roll, with galleries depicting various situations, the most famous of which is the "Jungle Room," a jungle-themed chamber where you can see all of Presley's discography, as well as his car and private plane. The tour is enjoyable, and depending on the package you select, you will have access to specific private spots. The cost and duration of the tour, however, will be determined by the package you purchase.

3. Sun Studio

Have you ever wondered which studio Elvis Presley used to record his debut single? Sun Studio is another must-see in Memphis (Tennessee). Sun Studio, a "National Historic Landmark," was where rock and roll legends like Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash recorded their first records. It was also adopted by more contemporary musicians like U2.

Overall, Sun Studio is a well-known landmark in the city that you will enjoy. Choose the company of a guide if you want to enjoy a visit full of interesting facts. You may also purchase souvenirs and have a delicious coffee at the museum's café.

4. Lorraine Motel is home to the National Civil Rights Museum.

Without a doubt, the National Civil Rights Museum is a historic site in the city. The National Civil Rights Museum, which is housed in the Lorraine Motel (where Martin Luther King Jr. was slain), has evolved into an exhibition center that showcases the growth of African American civil rights since the 1700s.

The museum welcomes millions of visitors each year, and the reproduction of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus used by Rosa Parks during the protests is undoubtedly one of the most popular displays. The cost of entrance varies depending on the visitor's age, and can range from $10 to $13.

5. Tennessee's Movie Palace, the Orpheum Theater

The Orpheum Theater is one of the must-see attractions in town. The movie palace, as the theater has been dubbed over the years, is one of the few that is still in operation in Memphis, making it one of the sights to see in Memphis (Tennessee). The theater, which has an antique façade, currently hosts the city's finest operas as well as ballet recitals.

It's the ideal location for movies, concerts, and Broadway shows, so if you're lucky, you'll have a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Prices will vary depending on the show they are putting on.

6. Pay a visit to Memphis' Rock 'n Soul Museum.

You must visit the Rock 'n Soul Museum before leaving the city of rock, a magnificent location where you can learn about the city's musical history and how it has changed through time. It's a modest but comprehensive museum where you can learn about the greatest hits of the time and how the Rock 'n' Roll and Soul genres got their start in the 1920s.

But that's not all the museum has to offer: you'll be able to listen to an audio compilation of the most popular songs from 1930 to 1970, transporting you to the heyday of Rock and Soul.

7. Pay a visit to the Peabody Hotel.

Do you wish to stay in a four-star hotel? The Peabody Hotel is a fantastic option. The Peabody Hotel, located in the heart of the city, is one of the most important hotels in the United States. It is famous for the charismatic (and not at all extravagant) ceremony performed by the hotel's five ducks, who descend from the roof and walk a long way to the lobby, where they interact with guests and quench their thirst in the fountain.

There isn't much to say about the hotel's front except that it is beautiful. The architecture is fantastic, and it can be seen in every facet of the hotel, including the facilities and rooms.

8. Go to a Grizzlies game and cheer on the team.

Without a question, one of the things to do in Memphis is to watch an NBA basketball game (Tennessee). Visiting the FedEx Forum during game season is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, especially if you want to cheer on your favorite team or simply enjoy a fantastic NBA basketball game with the Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA's local team.

Because the stadium is so large, you will be able to snag a seat close to the court if you purchase your tickets early. It's also close to Beale Street, so if you combine the two in one day, you'll have a successful itinerary.

9. The fabled Mississippi River

Because the Mississippi River is one of Tennessee's most important natural bodies of water (and the country's most famous river), you should consider what you can do there if you plan to visit.

Whether you only want to view the steamboats that used to ply the river, take a ride down Riverside Drive, or spend an entire afternoon watching the sunset on the river's banks, there's something for everyone. Mud Island, a peninsula full of amusement, is also fairly near to the river.

10. Mud Island

If you want to end on a high note, a trip to the Mud Island peninsula is the way to go. On the Mississippi River peninsula, you may enjoy an amusement park, fine food, theater performances in the amphitheater, and, of course, a visit to one of the island's museums.

What's the best part? There are various ways to travel to the island: on foot, by automobile, by ferry, or even by monorail. Furthermore, the entrance is free, allowing you to spend your money on the island's activities.

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The Irishman is deeper and darker than he's maybe been given credit for... but the geniality and swoon factor remain high.

Variety: Hozier Proves He’s a Career Artist in Gratifying Greek Show

At Hozier’s sold-out show at L.A.’s Greek Friday night, one of the first things you couldn’t help noticing on stage —because it’s still an anomaly — was that his eight-piece lineup was half-male, half-female. Knowing his penchant for socially conscious songs, his decrial of “the anthems of rape culture” in his lyrics, and a general female-friendliness to his appeal, it’s easy to figure this gender parity is a conscious one and think: That is soooo Hozier. Which it is … and so effective, too, like just about every choice he’s made so far in his short, charmed career. On the most practical level, if you can bring in that much female harmony while also getting ace players in the bargain, why wouldn’t you? But it also makes for a good visual emblem of some of the other dual energies Hozier is playing with in his music: darkness and enlightenment; romantic hero and cad; raw blues dude and slick pop hero. He’s got a lot more going on than just being an earnest do-gooder. (Although he does do good, earnestly.)

During Friday’s hour-and-three-quarters set, Hozier focused largely on material from this year’s sophomore album, “Wasteland, Baby!,” which sounded good enough on record but almost uniformly improved in the live experience. Sometimes the upgrade came from making full use of the multi-instrumentalists on hand. The first album’s “Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene” now had Hozier on guitar facing off against violinist Emily Kohavi, trading solos — and if it’s hard to hear an electric guitar/fiddle duel without automatically thinking “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” it was one of many welcome moments making use of the MVP skills of Kohavi, the newest addition to the band. Other times, the improvements on the album versions just had to do with Hozier allowing himself louder and gutsier guitar tones. He’s a bit like Prince, in that way — someone you’d happily listen to playing a very nasty-sounding six-string all night, although he has so many other stylistic fish to fry, which in this case means a still slightly greater emphasis on acoustic finger-picking.

For somebody who made his name on as forlorn but powerful an anthem as his 2014 breakout smash “Take Me to Church,” and who can milk that melodrama for all it’s worth, Hozier has a lot of other modes he can default to. He treads very lightly into the area of soul with songs like “Almost (Sweet Music),” the lyrics of which consist of either name-checking or alluding to some of the great jazz vocal classics of the 20th century, in an idiom that’s not so much jazzy itself as folk-R&B. You could almost cite it as the subtle kind of Memphis-swing thing Justin Timberlake should aspire to, if the tricky polyrhythm and oddly chopped up meters Hozier adds as wrinkles weren’t so un-replicable. Bringing up Stevie Wonder’s “Living for the City” as the night’s sole cover also established that early ‘70s era and sound as an influences he’d like to make perfectly clear. At the other extreme, this son of a blues musician can hard back to those roots so well, in noisy numbers like “Moment’s Silence (Common Tongue)” and the brand new “Jack Boot Jump,” that he could give the Black Keys a run for their money.

“Jack Boot Jump,” which is scheduled to go on an EP of completely fresh material that Hozier said he plans to put out before Christmas, was possibly the highlight of the night, even though — or because — it stripped his excellent band down to just him and longtime drummer Rory Doyle. Having earlier played the current album’s “Nina Cried Power,” which is maybe more of a tribute to other historic protest songs than one of its own, Hozier gave a lengthy introduction to “Jack Boot” indicating that he’s aware of the traps that come with the territory. “I do have some reservations about the words ‘protest song’ and ‘protest music,’” he admitted. “But if you’re familiar with an artist called Woody Guthrie, he wrote the evergreen anthem ‘Tear the Fascists’ down. I was kind of looking into songs in that sort of tradition, that singing out, and I was worried that this is 2019; it’s a very unsubtle way to approach songwriting.” But, he added, “it was a funny few weeks, with 70 people shot in Hong Kong and arrests obviously in Moscow; Chile now at the moment also. And I was thinking, forget about subtle art — what is not subtle is this murder of protesters, and what is not subtle is the jack boot coming down in Orwell’s picture of the future: ‘If you want to imagine the future, imagine a jack boot stomping on a human face forever,’ that chilling quote from ‘1984.’ Anyway, I was just thinking, yeah, f— it, it’s not subtle, but let’s do it.” His electric guitar proceeded to be a machine that kills fascists, and also just slayed as maybe the most rock ‘n’ roll thing he’s written. (Evidence of the new song on the web is scant, or should be, anyway, since he begged the audience “in good faith” not to film it.)

If there’s a knock people have on Hozier, it tends to be the sincerity thing. He’s a nice guy who’s finishing first, which doesn’t necessarily help him become an indie-rock darling or Pitchfork favorite. (Predictably, “Wasteland, Baby!” got a 4.8 rating there — that’s out of 10, not 5.) At the Greek, there was an almost wholesome feeling that would’ve been an immediate turnoff to anyone who insists on having their rock rough, starting with his graciousness in repeatedly naming the band members and repeatedly thanking his opening act (Madison Ryann Ward, a fetchingly husky-voiced Oklahoman filling in on this part of the tour for a laryngitis-stricken Freya Ridings). That extended to a sense of uplift in many of the songs that doesn’t always match the themes of the material. But then, there was the impossible good cheer and attractiveness of the young players, to match Hozier’s own; this is a group where everyone looks as if they could be in Taylor Swift’s band or actually looks like Taylor Swift. The swoon factor in Hozier’s appeal is undeniably high, and it’s safe to say no one left Griffith Park less smitten.

But ladies (and gentlemen), do be aware that Hozier has some dark-side moments that can almost make Leonard Cohen look like Stephen Bishop. The only time he really overtly accentuated that in concert was in introducing and playing the new album’s “No Plan,” a love song that is also an amiable statement of atheism in which Hozier reminds his beloved that the universe is going to collapse upon itself someday. This may be rather like the gambit in which the ‘50s boy gets the girl to make out with him in a fallout shelter, but in any case, Hozier didn’t stint on the end-of-all-things aspect of it, even putting up on screen behind the band a statement from astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack pointing out humankind’s and the galaxy’s ultimate fate. (“Honestly I never really imagined I’d end up being name-checked in a song for talking about how the universe is eventually going to fade out and die so this is all very exciting for me,” Mack tweeted in replay earlier in the year.) Suffice it to say that with that soulful a vintage ‘70s groove and that fuzz-tastic a guitar line, many babies will be conceived to the tune of “No Plan,” whether it foresees generational lines ending in a godless black hole or not.

Other Hozier songs reveal darker gets more estimable the more you dig into it. With its bird talk, “Shrike” sounds sweet enough, till you realize that a shrike is a kind of bird that impales its prey on thorns, which does add a rather bloody metaphoric undertone to what sounds like a reasonably pacifist breakup song. “Dinner & Diatribes,” meanwhile, is just deeply horny, not thorny. The most brooding song of the set, “Talk,” has verses where Hozier sings in lofty, literary terms about the romantic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, only to reveal in the chorus that he’s talking to this woman in such high-minded terms because he just wants to charm her into the sack. As a piece of writing, it’s hilarious, establishing a devilish side of Hozier it’s good to hear. As a piece of performance, it’s just sexy.

But as enriching as it is to realize Hozier has a healthy sense of humor in his writing, bad-boy wit is never going to be what you’re going to come away from a Hozier album or show with. The main part of Friday’s concert ended, as expected, with “Take Me to Church,” his outraged take on abuse and homophobia in the scandalized Catholic church — which just happens to be easily taken as a lusty hymn to sexuality. Following that, the large band returned to a stage that had now been decked out in some kind of ivy, as Hozier talked about his love for the late Irish poet Seamus Heaney (whose last words he has tattooed on his arm) and, “since I’ve come this far,” went ahead and recited his poem “Mint,” sharing his hero’s affection for the plant and its “tenacity for life.”

Tenacity is likely to be a buzzword, too, for Hozier, given his leaps and gains as a writer-performer and seeming level head atop his tree-top shoulders. Taller still of voice, musical dexterity and good will — and still just 29 — he’s somebody the swooners and even some cynics should feel good about settling in with for a very long Irish ride.

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Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake singer, songwriter, record producer, voice actor, actor, dancer, and businessman. Known simply as Justin Timberlake. Since starting his career, he has been considered an icon for the industry, and several media have referred to him as the “President of Pop” and the “Prince of Pop.” He was born in the city of Memphis, located in the state of Tennessee United States on January 31, 1981. Son of Randall Timberlake and Lynn Bomar had a twin sister who died shortly after being born. He began his career as a singer in the Mickey Mouse Club program, later at the age of 14 he acquired international recognition for belonging to the “Boy Band ‘N Sync,” where the first two albums were certified with diamond disc for reaching very high sales only in the United States and to reach the top of numerous listings around the world. In October of 1995, ‘N Sync made its first live performance at one of the clubs on Pleasure Island, an entertainment area within Walt Disney World. For August of 2002, Justin Timberlake made his debut like a soloist in the MTV Music Awards, interpreting his song “Like I Love You” and that it removed to the sale in the month of October arriving at the ten first in several countries like the United States and Kingdom United. A month later he released his debut solo album called “Justified.” A few weeks later he released “Cry Me a River” as a second single from the album which reached the top ten in the charts of several countries. Thanks to these two successes Justin won two Grammy awards in the categories of Best Vocal Pop Album and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, respectively. For the promotion of the disc embarked in two tours: one in Australia and Europe (Justified and Lovin ‘It Live) and the second (Justified and Stripped Tour) in collaboration with Christina Aguilera with shows in the United States. By 2003, Timberlake recorded the song “I’m Lovin ‘It” sold to McDonald’s to use as a slogan of their commercials. For the year 2004, Timberlake was part of Janet Jackson’s special guest for his part-time show in Super Bowl XXXVII. In May 2005, he underwent a nodule in the vocal cords, which is why he was in recovery for a few months and, achieving this musical break, he created his own record label called Tennman Records. He also starred in the films Edison (2005) and Alpha Dog (2006). After his surgery, in the year 2006, Justin Timberlake returned to the music industry with the release of his single “Sexy Back” turned into his first number 1 single in the United States, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada, among others. For September of 2006, he began the sales of “Future Sex / Love Sounds” his second album of study debuting in number 1 of Billboard 200 with 684 thousand copies sold in the first week. The singles “My Love” and “What Goes Around … Comes Around” were also released, which reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 being platinum certified for their sales in the United States. For 2007, Justin received many recognitions, among them: three American Music Awards, two Grammy Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards and an Emmy Award. In this year he also toured the world with his Future Sex / Love Show tour, lent his voice to the character of Artie in the American animated film called Shrek The Third, was also involved in the films Black Snake Moan and Southland Tales. In February 2008, Justin Timberlake again received two Grammy Awards for “What Goes Around … Comes Around” and, “Love Stoned / Think She Knows.” For the year 2009 Justin was a special guest of Jimmy Fallon in his debut as host of the show Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and sporadically appeared as a guest of the program called Saturday Night Live, which is why he received his second Emmy Award. For the year 2010, he starred in the movie The Social Network and lent his voice to the character of Bear Bubu in the animated film Yogi Bear. For 2011 he starred in the films: Bad Teacher, Friends With Benefits and In Time, and received two other Emmys for his performances on Saturday Night Live. For 2012 he devoted himself solely to the production of his third album. On October 19 Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were married in southern Italy. In January of 2013, Justin Timberlake returned to the music industry with the release of his single “Suit & Tie” and was in the top ten of the weekly charts of successes in the countries of Australia, Canada, United States, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom. A month later, he released “Mirrors” surpassing the success of the previous single being platinum certified in North America and several countries in Europe. In March, finally released for sale his third album, “The 20/20 Experience” which for his sales in his first week only in the United States, allowed him to debut as the number 1 on the Billboard 200. This album also led the charts in Germany, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Between the months of July and August, Justin visited several cities in North America as part of his tour in collaboration with Jay-Z, Legends of the Summer, in order to promote his albums “The 20/20 Experience” and “Magna Carta. .. Holy Grail.” In the month of September, he published his fourth album called “The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), a conclusion of his predecessor also getting to debut in number 1 of the Billboard 200 and be certified platinum. For 2014 he released his single “Not a Bad Thing” and collaborated with the song of Michael Jackson called “Love Never Felt So Good” both world-wide successful. In 2015 he appeared on The Tonight Show Starring show, Jimmy Fallon. On April 11, his son Silas Randall Timberlake was born. And in this same year, he entered the Musical Hall of Fame of Memphis for his achievements within the industry, being the youngest to receive this recognition. In 2016 he was selected to create the soundtracks for the films The Book Of Love and Trolls in which he also lent his voice to the character of Branch. On May 6, he released his first song “Can not Stop The Feeling!” As the first single from Trolls’ soundtrack. On May 14 he presented it live at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, becoming a worldwide success, debuting at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the best-selling song in the United States during 2016. The single won the Grammy for Best Written Song for an Audiovisual Media and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Original Song. Source Read the full article

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A few weeks ago, the Library of Congress called me to write an essay on the song "Hallelujah" recorded by Jeff Buckley that was added to the National Registry in 2014. I was both honored and nervous at the same time as I knew this would last forever. As with my book on Jeff Buckley where I wanted to put a stamp on his legacy, with others that knew him best, this is my last act as his manager. RIP my friend and I hope I did you proud. Here's to Eternal Life...

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (1994)

Added to the National Registry: 2014

Essay by Dave Lory & Jim Irvin

Jeff Buckley’s recording of Hallelujah was not the original, and he wasn’t singing the song as conceived by its author, yet it has come to be widely regarded as the definitive version.

The song was written and composed by Canadian poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), who said in interviews that it took at least four years and two notebooks to write an unspecified number of completed verses. “I don’t know if it was eighty, maybe more, or a little less.” Cohen recorded a four-verse version in June 1984 as part of his album, Various Positions, then revisited the song with alternative lyrics in 1988, a performance captured on the album Cohen Live! in 1994.

Cohen’s unmistakable vocal delivery, which has been described as a “near monotone rumble” and “a brazenly unmusical drone”, is directly opposite Buckley’s falsetto lyricism and musical precision. Cohen accepted one Canadian music award saying “Only in Canada could someone with a voice like mine win Vocalist of the Year.” His version of Hallelujah is full of wry irony.

Raised in an orthodox Jewish family, later becoming a Zen Buddhist, Cohen often used religious imagery in his work. In Hallelujah, the stories of two Biblical couples - King David and Bethsheba, Samson and Deliliah - represent the transformative powers of music, hubris, and lust. David and Samson both have ruinous relationships with their women. David is a musician. Samson has great hair. Both are poets, warriors and adulterers. Cohen could identify with all these qualities, some more lightheartedly than others. While citing Cohen during the PEN awards for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence in 2012, novelist Salman Rushdie spoke of the song’s “jaundiced comedy”.

Hallelujah has also been celebrated for its uplifting melody, the ascending second half of the verse is particularly moving, while the chorus - simply the title repeated four times - makes the song function as both a gospel soul-stirrer and a kind of hymn for atheists, “I wanted to push the Hallelujah deep into the secular world,” Cohen said.

When an album paying tribute to Cohen, I’m Your Fan, was being prepared in 1991, John Cale, singer, producer and former member of the Velvet Underground, elected to sing Hallelujah, the first time anyone else had recorded the song. (Bob Dylan had sung it live in the 1980s.) He wasn’t familiar with the recorded version, having only seen Cohen perform it on stage, but he knew Cohen, so called him to ask for the lyrics. Cohen sent him, by fax, at least fifteen verses. Cale picked his favorite five, “the cheeky verses,” all of which, coincidentally, had appeared in one or other of Cohen’s recordings.

Jeff Buckley, an unknown 24-year-old singer, recently relocated to New York from LA, was more a fan of Cale than Cohen and listened to I’m Your Fan to hear Cale’s contribution, which closes that album. Struck by its spare vocal and piano arrangement, Buckley decided to include Hallelujah in the long, rambling sets he was playing each week at the Sin-é cafe on St Mark’s Place in Manhattan. These were intimate shows - just Buckley and a borrowed electric guitar - before small, appreciative audiences, covering a wide variety of material, including works previously performed by Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Edith Piaf and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, distilling all Buckley had absorbed in a lifetime of musical exploration. Those shows made Buckley’s name in New York and won him a recording deal with Columbia Records in 1992. Many who attended were especially moved by Hallelujah. Buckley would sing it slightly differently each night, but always emphasized the simmering sexual tension of the verses Cale had selected. He said that he thought the cry of “Hallelujah” was orgasmic. Buckley inhabited the song so well, many fans initially assumed he had written it.

When it came time to pick songs for his first album, Grace, Buckley decided - with producer Andy Wallace and A&R executive Steve Berkowitz, who had signed him to Columbia Records - to record a mix of original material and the best of the covers he had developed at Sin-é. Everyone agreed that Hallelujah had to be included. Though he would often use it as the climax to his live appearances, Buckley placed it in the middle of the album, a highpoint from which he could step into the finest of his own compositions, Lover, You Should Have Come Over.

Beginning with an exhalation of breath, Buckley’s performance, compiled by Wallace from five takes of the song, features him accompanied only by his delicate, skilful guitar playing, an arrangement akin to Cale’s and understated in comparison to subsequent covers, which often used choirs or orchestras to gild the song’s power.

Jeff Buckley drowned, aged 30, in a swimming accident in the Wolf River Harbor in Memphis, Tennessee on May 29, 1997 before completing his second album. He was singing a favorite Led Zeppelin song in the water shortly before he disappeared. Music was the love of his life, and that love went into everything he sang. Though never released as a single in his lifetime, his version of Hallelujah slowly grew in the public’s affection to become the version that other artists would most often discover, pass on and record themselves, “giving the song the final shove into the American consciousness,” said USA Today. The song has been covered over 300 times, with versions by k.d.lang, U2, Rufus Wainwright, Michael McDonald, Bon Jovi, Paramore, Justin Timberlake, Amanda Palmer, Jake Shimabukuro and Neil Diamond.

In March 2008, a performance of Hallelujah on the TV talent show, American Idol sent Buckley’s recording to #1 in the Billboard Digital Songs chart, almost 11 years after his death. Later that same year, three versions of Hallelujah charted simultaneously in the UK, with another talent-show winner, Alexandra Burke at #1, Buckley at #2 and Cohen’s original at #36. Cohen wondered for a while if too many Idol competitors or TV and movie climaxes were utilizing his song, but then decided he didn't mind. He noted, however, the irony that his most popular work started out on the one album, Various Positions, that had been rejected by his long-term label, Columbia Records, the label which handled Buckley’s recording.

Jeff would have been astonished, maybe unsettled, to know that this performance has made it into the National Registry, but it is no less than he deserved. He has become synonymous with this beautiful song. Indeed, no one who knew him can now hear the word Hallelujah without thinking of him.

Dave Lory was co-manager of Jeff Buckley until the artist’s death in 1997. He lives in New Jersey. Jim Irvin is a songwriter and music journalist who lives in the UK. They collaborated on Lory’s memoir, “Jeff Buckley: From Hallelujah To The Last Goodbye” published in 2018

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The Hipster's Guide to Classic Country Music

Let’s face it…if your mountain man beard, microbrew fetish, and pipe collection are no longer enough, classic country music can help you get to the next level of hipster (so can a pair of Wrangler jeans). My name is DJ Staci, the Track Star, and I grew up on country music. I lived on a 5-acre llama ranch just outside of Seattle during the grunge era…do you see how there’s a hipster seed in there? I knew I was not your standard redneck when, at 14, my dad’s hunting drew me towards vegetarianism (celebrating 26 meat-free years now). At 18, I pierced my nose and moved to southern California where I could eat tofu, get feminism tattoos, and vote for democrats in a diverse, shame-free environment…but that country music seed definitely grew roots throughout my childhood. In fact, during my 20s, I escaped my days of drinking expensive juice and visiting organic farmer’s markets by honky tonkin’ every week. I would go line dancing at the Brandin’ Iron Saloon in San Bernardino (the biggest & best honky tonk a.k.a. country bar west of Gilley’s…and watch John Travolta & Debra Winger in “Urban Cowboy” if you don’t understand either of those references).

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Unfortunately, country music withered up and died after the 2000s. After DJing at the world’s largest country music festival (Stagecoach–the country cousin of Coachella), I had to stop listening to country music on the radio. The so-called country you hear on the radio today is known as “pop country” by country music purists (those of us who prefer classic country or “real” country). The artists who “ruined” country music are people like Taylor Swift, Sam Hunt, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, & Luke Bryant (and many others). Follow “We Hate Pop Country” on Facebook to learn more.

If you like “Wake Me Up” by Avicii, “Honey I’m Good” by Andy Grammer, “I Will Wait” by Mumford & Sons, “The Country Death Song” by the Violent Femmes, “Easy” by Sheryl Crow, “Wish I Knew You” by the Revivalists, “Wagon Wheel” by Old Crow Medicine Show, or Philip Phillips, classic country will be a great fit. If watching the movie Walk the Line turned you into a Johnny Cash fan, rest assured there is plenty more music like that out there. If you resonate as a defiant outsider or a feminist or a government-hating pothead, classic country music welcomes you with open arms! Classic country is outlaw music–pure and simple. It was created by people who knew they were on the outskirts of mainstream society and unshakingly flipped it the bird à la Johnny Cash at San Quentin (below).

Johnny Cash after photographer Jim Marshall asked him to do a shot for the warden (San Quentin Prison – 1969)

Did you know Loretta Lynn, who sang the feminist anthem “The Pill,” & Jack White from the White Stripes, who also has some killer bluegrass tunes, created an album together? Did you know Johnny Cash has covered songs by Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode? Have you heard Lady Gaga’s country roads version of “Born This Way?” Did you know Beyonce has a kick ass collab with the Dixie Chicks (the girl-power Texas band who was banned from country radio for saying they were ashamed that George Bush is from their home state) called “Daddy Lessons”? Did you know the black lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish bailed on the band so he could start a solo country music career (country fans know him as Darius Rucker)? Did you know when I DJ classic country parties, I have to ask the client if swear words are OK?

Do I have your attention now? I thought so. Let’s continue 🙂 You’ll love the country artists as much as you love their music–I promise.

Justin Timberlake & Chris Stapleton performing together at the 49th Country Music Association Awards

THE KING OF COUNTRY MUSIC

First, let’s start with the forefather of all country music kick-assery: Hank Williams. Hank signed to MGM Records in 1947 and his twangy anthems changed country music forever. He was famously fired by the Grand Ole Opry in 1952 after one of many no-shows. He lived a turbulent life that his son Hank Jr sings about in his cornerstone song “Family Tradition.” In true rock star style, Hank Sr. died of heart failure brought on by prescription drug abuse and alcoholism in 1953. Hipster-friendly Hank Williams songs include:

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Hey Good Lookin’

Jambalaya (on the Bayou)

Tear in my Beer

Your Cheating Heart

TOP 125 CLASSIC COUNTRY SONGS FOR HIPSTERS

Pour yourself some Popcorn Sutton’s Tennessee White Whiskey (that’s legal moonshine for you city slickers) & get ready for some serious drinkin’ music free of “Friends in Low Places,” “Achy Breaky Heart,” “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “Old Town Road,” and “The Git Up.” I’ve includes lots of notes & trivia about the playlist songs because we hipsters can’t just enjoy music in a vacuum…we like to sound like a seasoned expert when putting on a playlist for friends, yes? I’ve included standards as well as a number of “B sides” that will even impress country music enthusiasts…you know the kind of people who still say “Country Western.”

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18 Wheels & a Dozen Roses, Kathy Mattea

9 to 5, Dolly Parton

A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash

All My Exes Live in Texas, George Strait

Amarillo by Morning, George Strait

Are You Ready for the Country, Waylon Jennings

Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?, Waylon Jennings (Referring to Hank Williams Sr.)

Back Where I Come From, Kenny Chesney

Bed You Made for Me, Highway 101

Before Country Was Cool, Barbara Mandrell

Born to Boogie, Hank Williams Jr. (Hank Sr’s son)

Chattahoochee, Alan Jackson

Church on Cumberland Road, Shenandoah

Coal Miner’s Daughter, Loretta Lynn (Watch her biographical movie “Coal Miner’s Daughter” staring Sissy Spacek!)

Coat of Many Colors, Dolly Parton

Copenhagen, Chris Le Deux (Yep, chew killed this underground country singer with a cult following. His catchy, hilarious love song to Copenhagen chewing tobacco is like a country version of “Can’t Feel My Face” or “Mary Jane.”)

Copperhead Road, Steve Earle (Listen carefully…After coming home from war, this soldier gives up on the family tradition of making moonshine because he realized when he was in Viet Nam that he could just grow weed instead.)

Country Boy Can Survive, Hank Williams Jr.

Country Club, Travis Tritt

Country Roads, Take Me Home, John Denver (Lucky if I get through this one without tearing up…)

Cowboy Take Me Away, Dixie Chicks

Crazy, Patsy Cline (Sadly, the anthem of Battered Woman’s Syndrome…Patsy was in a violent marriage at the height of her fame. Written by Willie Nelson.)

Cripple Creek, Earl Scruggs & Lester Flatt

Devil Went Down to Georgia, Charlie Daniels Band

Digging Up Bones, Randy Travis

Dixieland Delight, Alabama

Down at the Twist & Shout, Mary-Chapin Carpenter

Dueling Banjos, Roy Clark & Buck Owens

El Paso, Marty Robbins (After writing this song, Marty Robbins was flying over El Paso & had a revelation that he was the cowboy in the song in a past life…so he wrote “El Paso City” about that experience.)

Elvira, Oak Ridge Boys

Every Little Thing, Carlene Carter (Yep, June Carter’s daughter…she called Johnny Cash “Stepdad.” Roseanne Cash’s “Tennessee Flat Top Box” is also a good one.)

Family Tradition, Hank Williams Jr (A proud nod to his famous father…”Put yourself in my position–if I get stoned and sing all night long, it’s a family tradition.” When you hear this song at a honky tonk, know the customs! When Jr sings, “Why do you drink?” The crowd shouts back “To get drunk!” When Jr sings, “Why do you roll smoke?” The crowd shouts, “To get high!” When he sings, “Why must you act out the songs that you wrote?” The crowd shouts, “To get laid!”)

Fancy, Reba McEntire

Fishin’ in the Dark, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Flowers on the Wall, Statler Brothers

Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash

Fool-Hearted Memory, George Strait (His first of SIXTY #1 hits–the most in country music history! Too many for this list but do check them out.)

Get a Rhythm, Johnny Cash

Guitars & Cadillacs, Dwight Yoakum (One of the few west coasters on the list…from Bakersfield, California — also a vegetarian!)

Have Mercy, Judds (A female country duo–mother & sister to famous actress Ashley Judd!)

Highway Man, The Highwaymen (The Highwaymen are Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, & Kris Kristofferson.)

Hillbilly Rock, Marty Stewart

Honky Tonk Man, Dwight Yoakum

Hooked on an 8-Second Ride, Chris Le Deux (Pronounced “Le Doo”)

Hot Rod Lincoln, Commander Cody

I Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This, Waylon Jennings

I Love a Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbitt

I Think I’ll Just Sit Here & Drink, Merle Haggard

I Walk the Line, Johnny Cash

I’m No Stranger to the Rain, Keith Whitley

If You’re Gonna Play in Texas, Alabama

If You’ve Got the Money, Willie Nelson

If Your Heart Ain’t Busy, Tanya Tucker

It Only Hurts When I Cry, Dwight Yoakum

Jackson, Johnny Cash & June Carter

Jolene, Dolly Parton

Jose Cuervo, Shelly West

Kaw-Liga, Hank Williams Jr. (Hank Sr also does this one.)

Lay You Down, Conway Twitty

Long Time Gone, Dixie Chicks

Louisiana Saturday Night, Mel McDaniel

Luckenbach Texas, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

Mama Tried, Merle Haggard

Maybe It Was Memphis, Pam Tillis

Meet Me in Montana, Dan Seals

Midnight Girl in a Sunset Town, Sweethearts of the Rodeo

Mountain Music, Alabama

Mud on the Tires, Brad Paisley

Mule Skinner Blues, Dolly Parton

My Kind of Girl, Colin Raye

Next to You, Shenandoah

No Time to Kill, Clint Black

Nobody Wins, Radney Foster

Norma Jean Riley, Diamond Rio

One Piece at a Time, Johnny Cash

Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line, Waylon Jennings

Orange Blossom Special, Johnny Cash

Pancho & Lefty, Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard

Papa Loved Mama, Garth Brooks

Past the Point of Rescue, Hal Ketchum

Pick-Up Man, Joe Diffie

Play Something Country, Brooks & Dunn

Redneck Girl, Bellamy Brothers (During the corresponding Redneck Girl line dance, when the song says, “A redneck girl got her name on the back of her belt,” dancers shout, “Bullshit! Bullshit! F— you!” When the song says, “She’s got a kiss on her lips for her man and no one else,” dancers repeat, “Bullshit! Bullshit! F— you!” When the song says, “A coyote’s howling out on the prairie,” dancers howl. Finally, the song says, “First comes love, then comes marriage.” After “love,” dancers interject, “Then sex!!!”)

Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash

Rockin’ With the Rhythm, Judds

Rodeo, Garth Brooks

Rough & Ready, Trace Adkins

Saturday Night Special, Conway Twitty (Yes, the same guy they famously poke fun at on “Family Guy”–see below)

Sin Wagon, Dixie Chicks

Smoky Mountain Rain, Ronnie Milsap

Sold, John Michael Montgomery

Some Girls Do, Sawyer Brown

Song of the South, Alabama

Stampede, Chris Le Deux

Stand by Your Man, Tammy Wynette

Straight Tequila Night, John Anderson

Streets of Bakersfield, Dwight Yoakum

Sweet Dreams of You, Patsy Cline

Tempted, Marty Stuart

Tennessee River & a Mountain Man, Alabama

Thank God I’m a Country Boy, John Denver (He’s an outspoken vegan and & rep for P.E.T.A #MeatlessMondays)

That Kind of Girl, Patty Loveless

That’s My Story, Collin Raye

That’s What I Like About You, Trisha Yearwood (She’s married to Garth Brooks & is a celebrity chef with a reality cooking show.)

The Gambler, Kenny Rogers

The Pill, Lorettta Lynn (Also check out her cover of Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Were Made for Walking.”)

The Race Is On, Sawyer Brown (or any of the older versions)

The Thunder Rolls, Garth Brooks

Ticks, Brad Paisley

Tight-Fittin’ Jeans, Conway Twitty

Tonight We Ride, Tom Russell (We played this at my dad’s funeral…definitely a “b side.”)

Tougher Than the Rest, Chris Le Deux

Tulsa Time, Don Williams

Two Feet of Topsoil, Brad Paisley

Walkin’ After Midnight, Patsy Cline (Check out the Cyndi Lauper cover!)

What Was I Thinkin,’ Dierks Bentley

When You Say Nothing At All, Keith Whitley (Alison Krauss’ version might be more popular though…)

Whiskey, If You Were a Woman, Highway 101

Why Not Me, Judds

Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks

Will the Circle Be Unbroken, dozens of versions

Wrong Side of Memphis, Trisha Yearwood

You Ain’t Woman Enough, Loretta Lynn

You Really Had Me Going, Holly Dunn

You’ve Never Been This Far Before, Conway Twitty

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There are a few current country artists with that classic country sound: Chris Stapleton, Brothers Osborn, some Miranda Lambert (try “Gunpowder & Lead” or “Little Red Wagon”), or Cody Jinks.

If you’re afraid country music is too white, straight, or conservative for you, check out Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush,” Maddie & Tae’s “Girl in a Country Song,” the Dixie Chicks’ “Goodbye Earl,” Los Lonely Boys’ “Heaven,” Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow,” Big & Rich’s “Love Train,” Garth Brooks’ “We Shall Be Free,” John Anderson’s “Seminole Wind,” or anything by Charlie Pride, Cowboy Troy, k.d. lang, or Freddie Fender.

If you enjoy a good DJ mix, I’m not the only one doing creative things with country music–check out DeeJay Silver, DJ Sinister’s Country Fried Mix, VDJ JD, DJ Bad Ash, or DJ Hish (who I was on the roster with at the Stagecoach Festival and the Moonshine Miles Festival).

Film enthusiast? In addition to watching Johnny Cash’s biographical Walk the Line, you can also try some of these country cult classics: Coal Miner’s Daughter (about Loretta Lynn), Urban Cowboy (with John Travolta & Debra Winger), Pure Country (starring George Strait), Sweet Dreams (about Patsy Cline), Eight Seconds (with Luke Perry)…as well as anything starring Dolly Parton (like 9 to 5 or Steel Magnolias) or Kris Kristofferson (like A Star Is Born or Blade). Dwight Yoakum has a few famous cameos as well (like Sling Blade or Crank). But the real question is: are they “acting” or just “acting natural”? Once you understand that reference, you officially get a gold star in the hipster country music Olympics!!! (Leave me your thoughts in the comments below.)

If you enjoyed the Hipster’s Guide to Classic Country Music, I urge you to explore bluegrass and folk music. And, yes, I know not every “staple” classic country jam is on the list (again, comment below). I also have my Guitar-Infused Country & Classic Rock Wedding Cocktail Hour Playlist and Ultimate Bluegrass Wedding Cocktail Hour & Dinner Music Playlist you can scope out. Some say “crank it up,” but, around here, we say “Hank it up!” Enjoy your hip classic country tunes!

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Spaceship Coupe

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Spaceship Coupe

Hey, yeah, yeah Hey, I wrote this song for you Listen

[Verse 1] Everybody’s looking for the fliest thing to say (fliest thing to say) But I just want to fly (fly away with you, you, you, you) I don’t want to be the one to alienate, yeah (alienate) You see, I’m trying to find an alien in you (you, you, if it’s cool, cool)

[Pre-Hook] We can’t take an airplane Where we’re going is way to high Going where the day sky turns into night I got the windows special tinted for the stars that get too bright And I saved you a seat, so let’s ride

[Hook] Hop into my spaceship coupe There’s only room for two (Me and you) And with the top down We’ll cruise around Land and make love on the moon Would you like that?

Hop into my spaceship coupe There’s only room for two (Me and you) And with the top of you wrapped up In my space lover cocoon.

And I love it when I hear you say Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Sing to me

I love it when I hear you say Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Sing to me

[Verse 2] Now everybody knows that you’re from outer space (outer space) But Honey, I just want to turn out this space with you (you, you, you, you) So drive me to your galaxy where I could play, yeah (that milky way) And sugar I’ll take my time And show you the backseat view, view, if it’s cool, cool

[Pre-Hook]

[Hook]

Now break it down

Hey… This is the part Where you and me and all of the stars collide tonight This is the part We take off And then we fly far away, far away, far away

[Hook]

Baby, can’t you see all the stars? They shine, they shine Just for you I said oh, yeah, yeah Just hop into my spaceship coupe I saved a seat for you Right here next to me I’m going to take you to the moon And I’m going to make you say

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

I love it when I hear you say Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

And you love it when I make you say Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Baby this is the part Where you and me and all of the stars collide tonight This is the part Where we take off And then we fly far away, far away, far away

Who is Justin Timberlake

Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Timberlake was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He joined Star Search and the brand new Mickey Mouse club. In the late 1990s, he became famous as one of two soloists and the youngest member of the “N Sync”, which will become one of the best-selling male music bands of all time.

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everythingentertainment · 6 years

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Music Review: Man of the Woods

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As Justin Timberlake has been promoting his latest album “Man of the Woods” for the past month, I thought I had an idea of what sound he was aiming for this time around. The album cover features the singer standing in a snowy forest, while the trailer for “Man of the Woods” shows him in various country landscapes such as a corn field, a horse ranch, and the mountains.

Timberlake’s marketing campaign suggested he was venturing into country music, which wouldn’t be too much of a surprise. The singer’s hometown is Memphis, Tennessee, and he hinted at a possible move to country when he performed with Chris Stapleton at the 2015 CMA Awards.

However, Timberlake’s fifth album is not a country record at all. Rather, it’s a funk/soul album with a bit of a twang.

The opener and first single “Filthy” sees the pop superstar looking to his second album “FutureSexLoveSounds” for inspiration with its funk and spacey, electronic beats. The track offers little lyrically, with Timberlake talking about partying “till six in the morning” and having sexual desires for a love interest, presumably his actress wife, Jessica Biel. With cringeworthy lyrics such as “What you gonna do with all that meat? Cooking up a mean serving,” the singer’s attempt at making a “Sexyback” part two have failed.

The first half of the album is filled with several misfires, like the second single, “Supplies.” The trap song sees Timberlake trying to keep up with the sounds of today, while telling his lover they will be well prepared if the world ends like in The Walking Dead.

“I’ll be the wood when you need heat,” he sings. “I’ll be the generator, turn me on when you need electricity.”

The title track is the singer’s declaration of love to his wife, and he’s so filled with joy that he has to shout it from the open fields of the woods. The twangy guitar mixed with the hip-hop beats do not meld well together, making for a disjointed sound.

The two collaborations are also underwhelming. Stapleton teams up with Timberlake again as the country singer has three co-writes on the album including the one he’s featured in--“Say Something.” The country-pop song seems like it was made for country radio, but the duet is forgettable as the two singers express the pressures of voicing their opinions as celebrities.

Alicia Keys appears on the 70’s soul-inspired “Morning Light.” The saccharine ballad has her and Timberlake sharing their love for each other, and wanting to stay in bed holding each other until they see the morning sun.

Standouts on the earlier tracks include the funky “Midnight Summer Jam” and “Sauce.” The former, produced by the Pharrell Williams production team The Neptunes, is an upbeat track about a late night dance party while “Sauce” has Timberlake talking about how he sees his wife as the perfect woman. The rock, funk, and country hybrid works in the singer’s favor this time with the help of producer Timbaland.

The second half of the album is great, forming into a cohesive collection much better than the earlier songs. The ballad “Flannel” has Timberlake sounding his most heartfelt, reassuring his lover that even though she has been hurt before, he will continue to stick with her as he has been hurt as well. The singer’s vocals are in top form as well. The harmony in the chorus, as well as a brief acapella section in the bridge, proves that Timberlake continues to have one of the best voices in the music industry.

“Montana” is a another love song, only in the form of a 80’s funk jam, while the excellent “Breeze Off the Pond” is flowy, 70’s-inspired funk that sounds like something that should be played at top volume on a sunny, summer afternoon. The singer talks about the strength of his relationship with his wife, singing they’re as “solid as oak.” He compares the naysayers to a “breeze on the pond” and advises his spouse to let the wind “blow through you, don’t let it move you.”

The closing song, “Young Man,” is dedicated to Timberlake’s two-year old son Silas. The singer gives his son advice on how to prepare for the difficulties of life, such as disappointments and heartbreak. However, Timberlake tells him to never give up on his dreams and that he’ll always be around to help him.

While Timberlake teased he was going to switch up his sound while promoting the album, “Man of the Woods” sounds a lot like the old JT. It also doesn’t help matters when he enlisted his longtime collaborators, The Neptunes and Timbaland, to produce all of the material. With both of them masters of urban music, the singer’s attempts to mix country and R&B were bound to fall flat. For his next album, Timberlake should take the plunge and make a straight country album. Who knows? The fans may be pleasantly surprised.

Grade: B-

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chorusfm · 6 years

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Chris Stapleton – From A Room: Volume 2

The top two bestselling albums in country music this year are both by the same guy. Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 1 (released back in May) and Traveller (released all the way back in May 2015) are unstoppable juggernauts despite the fact that neither ever notched a major radio hit. Depending on just how strong the Stapleton support is throughout the holiday season, there’s an outside chance he could own the entire top three for 2017, thanks to the fact that he just released his second album of the year: From A Room: Volume 2. A cynical person would see Stapleton’s decision to release two albums in the same year as a shameless ploy to sell more records. There probably is something of a calculated approach there, given that Stapleton 1) still sells albums at all, and 2) thrives on full-length statements rather than singles. What’s probably truer, though, is that Stapleton just cut a lot of quality material while in the studio with producer extraordinaire Dave Cobb, and wanted to put it all out there for his fans to enjoy. As is, the two pieces of From A Room could very easily have been grouped together into one longish LP. The 18 songs that make up these two records amount to just under 65 minutes of music—two minutes more than what Stapleton gave the world on Traveller. Even as a huge fan of Traveller, though, I can admit that the album was bloated and overlong. The second half, especially, is an acquired taste, packed with long, dark, jam-filled songs about heartbreak, drinking, smoking weed, and the outlaw state of mind. What Stapleton has done with both installments of From A Room is trim the fat. Each disc is about a half hour long and sticks around for nine songs, most of which clock in around the 3 to 3:30 mark. The longest song on either album, Volume 2’s soulful closing track “Friendship,” is 4:25—shorter than six of Traveller’s 14 cuts. The result is that both From A Room albums are easier listens than Traveller—particularly Volume 2, which goes down like the smoothest whiskey you’ve ever tasted. If there’s a complaint to be made about Volume 2, it’s that it feels very workmanlike—not a bad thing in general, but probably an adjective that Stapleton is a bit early in his career to be embracing. The only song here that could feasibly be said to be “breaking new ground” for Stapleton is the haunting “Scarecrow in the Garden,” a haunting, Irish-folk-flavored story song about a man on the brink of losing the farm his family has owned for generations. The closing lines—“I’ve been sitting here all morning/I was sitting here all night/There’s a bible in my left hand/And a pistol in my right”—echo the dark foreshadowing in the last verse of Springsteen’s “Atlantic City.” Uncoincidentally, “Scarecrow in the Garden” is Volume 2’s best song. Part of the reason Stapleton isn’t really taking chances on this record (or its predecessor) is that the songs are old. Stapleton has gone on record saying that he’s hardly written any new material since Traveller made him one of country music’s biggest stars. Luckily, Stapleton’s previous job as a Nashville songwriter-for-hire means that he has a ton of songs in his back pocket that he’s never recorded before. Those songs form the backbone of the From A Room albums, with a few covers thrown in for good measure. It’s to Stapleton’s credit that he makes the covers sound like songs that you’d never want to hear anyone else sing. (It’s also fitting, since Stapleton’s signature song is “Tennessee Whiskey,” another cover.) Volume 2 is bookended by covers—the jangly, heartfelt “Millionaire” and the aforementioned “Friendship.” Both shine thanks to Stapleton’s incredible vocals, but reach a higher plain thanks to other factors. Stapleton’s wife Morgane is the real star of “Millionaire,” providing explosive harmonies that poignantly underline the song’s message, about how finding the right person to share your life with makes you rich. “Friendship,” meanwhile, soars thanks to Stapleton’s underrated guitar playing. When you sing better than just about anyone else on the planet, people tend to overlook your other skills. The other songs on Volume 2 tend to fall into one of two categories: gritty outlaw country barnburners and downtrodden, slow-burning heartbreakers. If Volume 1 was lacking at all, it was in the former category. The only true “rock” song was “Second One to Know,” which pales in comparison to both outlaw highlights from Volume 2. The first, “Hard Livin’,” thrives on a sludgy riff and a chorus that seems particularly funny coming from a guy whose first record was largely about alcohol: “I never thought it would happen to me/But this hard livin’ ain’t as easy as it used to be.” The second, “Midnight Train to Memphis,” is a song Stapleton previously cut with his old bluegrass band, The SteelDrivers. The From A Room interpretation is a definite improvement, doubling down on the electric guitars and chugging bass and turning up the volume on Stapleton’s anguished howls. Where Volume 1 thrived, meanwhile, was in its ballads, from the stark divorce narrative of “Either Way” to the creeping menace of closing track “Death Row.” Volume 2 isn’t quite as miraculous on this front, but the slower songs are still dynamite. “Nobody’s Lonely Tonight” puts the focus on Stapleton’s vocal in a restrained guitar-drums-bass arrangement; “Drunkard’s Prayer” is an acoustic confessional that recalls “Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore,” a Traveller standout; and “A Simple Song” is one of the record’s best songs, a lovely number about turning to family to seek solace from life’s woes. Chris Stapleton has justifiably gotten a lot of acclaim and good buzz for the From A Room albums so far. Volume 1 notched a sales figure of 219,000 equivalent units in its first week and went on to win the CMA Award for Album of the Year. (Stapleton also scooped up Male Vocalist of the Year for the third year running.) Volume 1 managed a few Grammy nominations, too, both in Best Country Album and Best Country Solo Performance (for “Either Way”). A funny thing happened in the midst of all those accolades, though: Traveller started outselling From A Room: Volume 1 each week on the Billboard country albums chart. There’s a reason that Traveller has had such longevity. That album feels like a classic, from the songs and the scope to the Cinderella story narrative. (The Justin Timberlake CMA performance still pops up in my recommended videos on YouTube regularly, even though I’ve probably watched it two dozen times.) In comparison, it’s easy for the From A Room albums to feel a little slight. These records are collections of songs, whereas Traveller was a unified album inspired by the death of Stapleton’s father. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that Traveller starts with maybe the best opening stretch of any album this decade, spitting out five songs in a row that surpass anything on either From A Room disc (give or take an “Either Way”). Still, From A Room is anything but a sophomore slump. These are incredibly well-written songs, delivered with confidence (and a complete lack of indulgence) from one of the finest performers in modern music. Next time around, I’ll probably be looking for Stapleton to transcend that pesky “workmanlike” adjective and make something that takes a few chances and pushes his sound in a new direction. And for the sake of country music in general, I hope he starts writing songs again—both for himself and for other artists. For now, though, I’m perfectly content to enjoy the simple charms of a master singing simple songs. There aren’t many people alive who can do that better than Chris Stapleton. --- Please consider supporting us so we can keep bringing you stories like this one. ◎ https://chorus.fm/review/chris-stapleton-from-a-room-volume-2/

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