Go Head Be Gone With It
So okay, I jumped on the bandwagon. I mean, if Justin Timberlake can move 700,000 units in the first week of release for his new CD, Futuresex/Lovesounds, I'ma haveta see what all the fuss be about.
SexyBack happens to be immensely catchy. And if you listen to the lyrics, you might find yourself with an evil little grin creeping across your face. "You see these shackles baby, I'm your slave/I'll let you whip me if I misbehave..." Kinda says it all, doesn't it? JT's a little sex puppy for Ms. Diaz to do with what she will. Lucky lady, that one.
But I do have trouble sometimes understanding what JT is on about. In the words of Arnold from Different Strokes: "Whachoo talkin' 'bout, JT?" In the titular (hee hee, that sounds a little dirty, doesn't it?) song, Justin croons: "She's hopped up for me/I've got her in my zone/Her body's pressed up on me/I think she's ready to blow/Must be my future sex love sound/And when it goes down/Baby all you gotta do is/Just tell me which way you like dat."
Alright, I get the "hopped up for me" bit (like "hopped up on drugs," right?) and I'm down with the zone thing, but what's he talking about with the future sex love sound stuff? I think he's saying, when we're making love we all have particular sounds we make that can get us going even deeper into the zone (see? I told you I'm down with that part), but is he saying that he's making these sounds in anticipation of the future sex? And that's what's turning the girl on?
It amuses me to think of Justin making these "ooh," "ugh," and "oh yeah" sounds in a bar while chatting a girl up. 'Cause, in the vision I have of him doing this in a crowded bar with Rap music blaring out of the corner woofers and tweeters, he comes off looking a little bit silly. I mean, think of Justin going "mmm, yeah, baby, damn you fine" and sucking air in through his teeth while his lips are slightly parted and he's holding her left leg in his right hand, running his fingers up and down her thigh...wait, what was I talking about?
Oh yeah, these little love sounds aren't going to come across that well with rap music blaring in the background. Especially if it's the kind that goes "You my bitch, that's what I be sayin'/So give it up now, girl and don't be playin'/I'm 'onna slap you ho, while I knock off a cop/Give me props, now, yo, 'cuz I made it to the top." Just takes all the romance out of the moment, ya know?
In another song, Prince, I mean Justin, says he's got sexy ladies all over the flow. But if you check out the lyrics online (in a spasm of cloudy-headed thinking someone decided the lyrics should not be included with the CD), you'll find that his sexy ladies are all over the floor. I'm still not quite sure what he means by that, but it's better than having them all over the flow. That brings up visions of mothers and daughters talking about their heavy flow days, and that just turns me off.
In Damn Girl, he says "the way you let me put it down, girl, blows my mind." Just what exactly is he putting down? And where's he putting it? I've said over and over again that the only thing men are really looking for is a place to put it, but I'm just not getting his meaning here.
Perhaps most confusing is the line in the chorus of SexyBack when he says "go head be gone with it." Now, I know you kids today have your own thing goin' on, with your pants down below the waistband of your boxers and your cheeks pierced and your arms tattooed so you don't have to wear bracelets, but what the heck is Justin talking about? Be gone with what? Is this like when Madonna said "I'm down on my knees/I wanna take you there" and she didn't really mean to imply that she wanted to make anybody else get down on their knees, but rather, she wanted to transport them to another realm in the way that prayer might? I'm sure Justin is pretty serious about this "go head be gone with it" phrase because he repeats it at least 29 times in the song, sometimes as an accompinament to the bossy-sounding plea to "get your sexy on."
Nonetheless, it's a sexy little song, and while I don't always know what Justin is imploring us (or the girls in his life) to do, he talks about it all in such a propulsive way that I just want to dance my tuckus off (it's very special, what's behind my back) and worry about it later.
Much like Matt did with his bigoted friends in the movie School Ties. Here's a picture of them dancing together with Matt's school tie untied. See that? Matt brought sexy back loooong ago! I don't think there's a case thus far in any of Matt's films where I don't understand what he's trying to convey with his lines. But if it ever comes to that, I'm sure I'll just sit there in the dark theater and think to myself "I'd sure let Matt whip me if I misbehave. Go head be gone with it!"
SexyBack happens to be immensely catchy. And if you listen to the lyrics, you might find yourself with an evil little grin creeping across your face. "You see these shackles baby, I'm your slave/I'll let you whip me if I misbehave..." Kinda says it all, doesn't it? JT's a little sex puppy for Ms. Diaz to do with what she will. Lucky lady, that one.
But I do have trouble sometimes understanding what JT is on about. In the words of Arnold from Different Strokes: "Whachoo talkin' 'bout, JT?" In the titular (hee hee, that sounds a little dirty, doesn't it?) song, Justin croons: "She's hopped up for me/I've got her in my zone/Her body's pressed up on me/I think she's ready to blow/Must be my future sex love sound/And when it goes down/Baby all you gotta do is/Just tell me which way you like dat."
Alright, I get the "hopped up for me" bit (like "hopped up on drugs," right?) and I'm down with the zone thing, but what's he talking about with the future sex love sound stuff? I think he's saying, when we're making love we all have particular sounds we make that can get us going even deeper into the zone (see? I told you I'm down with that part), but is he saying that he's making these sounds in anticipation of the future sex? And that's what's turning the girl on?
It amuses me to think of Justin making these "ooh," "ugh," and "oh yeah" sounds in a bar while chatting a girl up. 'Cause, in the vision I have of him doing this in a crowded bar with Rap music blaring out of the corner woofers and tweeters, he comes off looking a little bit silly. I mean, think of Justin going "mmm, yeah, baby, damn you fine" and sucking air in through his teeth while his lips are slightly parted and he's holding her left leg in his right hand, running his fingers up and down her thigh...wait, what was I talking about?
Oh yeah, these little love sounds aren't going to come across that well with rap music blaring in the background. Especially if it's the kind that goes "You my bitch, that's what I be sayin'/So give it up now, girl and don't be playin'/I'm 'onna slap you ho, while I knock off a cop/Give me props, now, yo, 'cuz I made it to the top." Just takes all the romance out of the moment, ya know?
In another song, Prince, I mean Justin, says he's got sexy ladies all over the flow. But if you check out the lyrics online (in a spasm of cloudy-headed thinking someone decided the lyrics should not be included with the CD), you'll find that his sexy ladies are all over the floor. I'm still not quite sure what he means by that, but it's better than having them all over the flow. That brings up visions of mothers and daughters talking about their heavy flow days, and that just turns me off.
In Damn Girl, he says "the way you let me put it down, girl, blows my mind." Just what exactly is he putting down? And where's he putting it? I've said over and over again that the only thing men are really looking for is a place to put it, but I'm just not getting his meaning here.
Perhaps most confusing is the line in the chorus of SexyBack when he says "go head be gone with it." Now, I know you kids today have your own thing goin' on, with your pants down below the waistband of your boxers and your cheeks pierced and your arms tattooed so you don't have to wear bracelets, but what the heck is Justin talking about? Be gone with what? Is this like when Madonna said "I'm down on my knees/I wanna take you there" and she didn't really mean to imply that she wanted to make anybody else get down on their knees, but rather, she wanted to transport them to another realm in the way that prayer might? I'm sure Justin is pretty serious about this "go head be gone with it" phrase because he repeats it at least 29 times in the song, sometimes as an accompinament to the bossy-sounding plea to "get your sexy on."
Nonetheless, it's a sexy little song, and while I don't always know what Justin is imploring us (or the girls in his life) to do, he talks about it all in such a propulsive way that I just want to dance my tuckus off (it's very special, what's behind my back) and worry about it later.
Much like Matt did with his bigoted friends in the movie School Ties. Here's a picture of them dancing together with Matt's school tie untied. See that? Matt brought sexy back loooong ago! I don't think there's a case thus far in any of Matt's films where I don't understand what he's trying to convey with his lines. But if it ever comes to that, I'm sure I'll just sit there in the dark theater and think to myself "I'd sure let Matt whip me if I misbehave. Go head be gone with it!"
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