"Mad Men" makes us long for a time before Casual Fridays; we pick TV guys whose dapper duds deliver.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
18 Sharp-Dressed Men
Monday, August 9, 2010
'NSYNC Take Celebrity To The Top: Wake-Up Video
Avenged Sevenfold just ascended to the top of the Billboard album chart with a strong debut week, but back in 2001, a very different type of group found their way to the pinnacle of the list. On this day nine years ago, 'NSYNC began a three week reign at number one with their third proper album Celebrity. It managed to move 1.9 million units in its first week on the chart, good enough for the second best debut of all time. (The album with the biggest debut? The group's own No Strings Attached.)from MTV.
Celebrity saw Justin Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass and JC Chasez exploring new types of sounds and turning the boy band template on its ear. Like their previous work, Celebrity is full of sugary melodies, dance-friendly beats and aggressive harmonizing, but there is more going on in the tracks than there ever was on any album of the boy band era. There are all sorts of futuristic production tricks, nods to hip-hop, references to obscure European dance genres and a whole bunch of odd sounds, pops, clicks and squeaks. It's a pretty amazing album, and if you think you don't appreciate Celebrity, then you probably don't appreciate pop music.
The best example of their evolution is in the lead single "Pop," which features a killer chorus and layer upon layer of aggressive beats beneath. The video is a technicolor nightmare that not only featured a great send-up of the boy band era but also a clear case for Timberlake as the group's breakout star.
VMA Listology: 8 Biggest Video Snubs
Giving this year's VMA nominees the once-over, there are admittedly some well deserved clips that received their proper due: anything by Lady Gaga in the past year was absolute perfection, Florence and The Machine's "Dog Days Are Over" was perfectly trippy, but I'm hoping the clip for "Kings and Queens" by 30 Seconds to Mars can pull off a surprise Video of the Year win.source
But wait, what happened to THESE amazing videos?! Some of the nominees had no place being up for anything (I'm looking at YOU, Jason Derulo and B.o.B.) while eye-popping clips were left out. Take a look at these bad boys...
"Carry Out," Timbaland featuring Justin Timberlake
Storylines aren't always required... sometimes you just need cool colors, incredible art direction, hot dancers, and Justin Timberlake. Done.
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