arts&crafts
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I like Mirrors a lot more then Suit & Tie, but I am not a huge pop music listener, so my opinion may be wrong.
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Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (produced by Timbaland)
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You are one sad, sad little girl.
Pressed, are we? *.*
POWERSPHERE
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Sounds like he's using that Timbaland Sample Pack and is on some Linkin Park shit.
CherryWoodFuton
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No, no it doesn't. The Weeknd didn't invent change ups.. Sounds like a Timberlake switch up akin to Futuresex.
Found out that I don't like the chorus that much in the song.
CherryWoodFuton
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I've always admired Timbaland beatboxing over his beats. His skills are pretty up there in that department
Crazyorloco
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I like mirrors, but I immediately said to myself "this is a timbaland track" it just sounds so familiar. It does sound like a 2006 track. The beat sounds regurgitated. We had this before. The chorus is boring to me (the OHHH OOOH is kinda nice). The main verses are great though, and I like the melody. Luckily the song changes about 5 minutes in. it gets better and it sounds new and different.
The nice verses (especially the final one) and the last 3 minutes help it.
The nice verses (especially the final one) and the last 3 minutes help it.
FalsettoVibe
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Not bad......
Nemesis_
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Naked Snake
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For me both songs have polarized highs and lows. I'm actually tempted to edit out sections of them and make my own cut.
Soulscribe
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Mirrors grew on me so fast after two listens. I'm digging everything about this right now. The Journey-esque 80s intro, the instrumental with his backing "oh oh" in the chorus, the chord progressions in the chorus, and the lyrics are fairly well-executed as well. The transition in the last quarter is unexpected but really fun, though I sort of get irked at JT for having the longest fucking outros that overstay their welcome but I'm feeling this one. It's just fresh.
So far this album is sounding a lot more like Justified than Futuresex/Lovesounds, and that's totally A-OK. Between this, Lady Gaga and Beyonce this year, 2013 is looking to be a great year for pop.
So far this album is sounding a lot more like Justified than Futuresex/Lovesounds, and that's totally A-OK. Between this, Lady Gaga and Beyonce this year, 2013 is looking to be a great year for pop.
Naked Snake
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The outro is my favorite part of the song.
I agree. I think people have WAY too high expectations. It's not even really expectations, it's more like they have an idea in their head of what all of his new songs and album should sound like and it's not matching. Although I'm still lukewarm on Suit & Tie.
But I've been having Mirrors loop all day yesterday on Youtube and to me it's very JT and fills something missing in the music space recently.
Also, I'm hoping he comes out with something like My Love.
Edit: Also I like how you pointed out some things in the song that I didn't notice, thanks. I really like how powerful the end of the first chorus is. STARING BACK AT ME, STARING BACK AT ME!
samus i am
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Yeah, the first hundred times he did that was cool. Everything about this song is played out.
Crazyorloco
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Ok I downloaded it from google play and now I'm finding myself singing this a lot. I'm loving the song. If you don't like the song much at first give it a chance, it definitely grew on me.
donkey show
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His Mirrors performance at the Brits last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AoI1hBCLZg
It sounds way better with the horn accompaniment.
It sounds way better with the horn accompaniment.
Ken Masters
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those are the only 2 released, he's preformed another song live though
I really like Suit & Tie, sans the Jay Z verse, and Mirrors, can't wait for this album
Thanks for the heads up!
That video was taken down but this was the best mirror (LOL!) I could find:
http://www.mrworldpremiere.net/2013/02/justin-timberlake-mirrors-2013-brit.html
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