NSync 101
The group was formed in 1995 by Lou Pearlman. The band's name reportedly comes from a comment that Justin Timberlake's mother made after the boys first met and harmonized together; she was impressed by how "in sync" their voices were. The name is also commonly reported to have come from the last letter of each member's name: JustiN, ChriS, JoeY, LansteN and JC.

The group went on hiatus in 2002, as two of its members (Justin and JC) released solo albums. In 2006, Justin Timberlake was interviewed on MTV and inadvertently admitted that he was responsible for NSYNC's extended break. He also mentioned that even if the band were to re-unite now, he was unsure of what they would be able to do, as the music they were once famous for has since decreased in popularity. According to Jive Records, NSYNC has signed a contract guaranteeing a minimum of five albums. So far they have delivered only two (No Strings Attached and Celebrity), so this means there should be at least three more albums on the way, though there is no specific deadline on when they must be delivered. Lance Bass once stated that it may be a year from now, it may be five years from now, but the group will definitely do another album. "We will never be done," he claimed.

Why am I an NSync fan?
I added this page to the site during the height of my obsession with Nsync. At that time, I kept dreaming about them, and for a brief while I was very obsessed with one of them. (I'm pretty sure it was JC.) Now, as fan rankings go, I'd say my feelings for NSync are middle of the road, since there are bands that I like better, and that are actually around. Still, I'll always like "Bye Bye Bye" because I find it empowering. It reminds me of when I wised up and dumped my leech of an ex.

I know that I can't take no more
It ain't no lie.
I wanna see you out that door
Baby, bye bye bye.

. . .

Was it something I said
To make you turn away
To make you walk out and leave me cold?
If I could just find a way
To make it so that you were right here
Right now ...

. . .

Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true

. . .

There's a thousand words that I could say
To make you come home
Oh, seems so long ago you walked away
Left me alone
I remember what you said to me
You were acting so strange
and maybe I was too blind to see
That you needed a change

. . .

There ain't no excuse for losing your feet
Drowning in your defeat, on this road of life
there ain't no excuse for coming up short, the ball is in your court
so reach up and touch the sky

. . .

If I wasn't a celebrity
Would you be so nice to me?
If I didn't have G's like everyday
Would you still wanna be with me?

You like to say your
Man's a celebrity
Baby what's the deal?
I thought you wanted me for me

. . .

Now, why you wanna try
To classify the type of thing
That we do?
'Cause we're just fine
Doin what we like
Can we say the same for you?

* Coordination is everything.
* Think twice before breaking up with someone. You may soon be wishing you hadn't.
* Then again, if you're a manipulative, lying game-player, don't be surprised when your significant other wises up and dumps you.
* Sometimes you've got to come to terms with the fact that someone is gone.
* Even the good guys get burned.
* People tend to see through "love" that's based only on fame or money.
* You gotta say what you mean, and you gotta mean what you say.
* Do your thing. Do it good.
* Celebrity status can be quite fleeting.
* Even extremely attractive guys can make Bad Hairdo Choices.

* In the video for "I Drive Myself Crazy," we're shown how each of the guys parted with their girlfriends. The extreme regret over doing so lands the guys in a mental institution.

"I Drive Myself Crazy" Video Details

• In part of the scenes, the guys are locked in a padded room and wearing pajamas.
• In the padded room, at one point J.C. slides dejectedly down the wall. You know, from all the pain of his thoughts driving him crazy.
• In the same scene, as someone is singing in the foreground, J.C. jumps across the scene in ballet-like fashion. (I read it aptly described on one fan site as "adorably ridiculous".)
• In the institution, JC watches a talk show on TV; he was on it and his girl revealed she had cheated on him and chosen someone else. Furious, JC jumps up and attacks the TV. Not much later, he's been put into a straight-jacket as he sings, "WHYYYYYY didn't I know it?"
• Joey's girl dumps him after another girl kisses him while his girl's back is turned. His girl smacks him and in the institution, he repeatedly hits himself if the face with a flyswatter.
• Lance winds up in the institution because his girl broke up because in the flower-petal-pulling game of "he loves me, he loves me not," apparently the last petal came up during the Not round.
• Chris's girl dumps him when he ignores her to take a phone call.
• I hear that Chris's girl in the video was his real-life gf at the time.
• Justin's girl dumps him for some jock when he tries to give her a necklace.
• This doesn't fit with what Justin is singing about: "You confessed your love, undying devotion, I confessed my need to be free."
• At the end of the video, the guys are being released. As they exit the institution, they pass their exes being taken in.

* I also like the video for "Bye Bye Bye" which shows the guys as marionettes on strings being danced around by some girl. As the strings are cut, they land in a movie-like scene (sometimes in pairs) where they daringly flee from the string-puller girl.