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IN SYNC WITH 'N SYNC

JENNIFER GRIEVE, SPECIAL TO THE SPECTATOR

1999

Overview

'N Sync performed most of their songs off their album, including the hits I Want You Back (which the audience was singing along to and doing some of the dance movements), Tearin' Up My Heart ([Justin Timberlake] did some mouth percussion for this song, and they got the audience involved by telling them to clap their hands), I Drive Myself Crazy (with a bit of a Capella at the very beginning of the song), and (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You (I enjoyed this performance, because not only is this my favourite song, but because it was funny at the end of the performance with Justin screwing up his part jokingly, and [Chris Kirkpatrick] was posing with this cardboard image of himself as Mr. Muscle Man. Although I really loved the concert (especially when they soaked the audience with water guns, and had the audience involved a lot), there were some things about the concert that I think needs some improvement. First of all, I think that they need to cut down on the costume changes. These changes created a lot of long pauses, and it made it hard sometimes to figure out if they were going to perform some more, or if the show was over (although there was one point where, during one of the pauses, they showed their video You Drive Me Crazy on the screens. This video hasn't been released in Canada yet (or in the U.S.), so it was interesting (and funny) to watch). The other point I would like to address is that while 'N Sync performed, it sounded as if their voices were really high-pitched (actually, their voices reminded me of The Chipmunks, or even Mickey Mouse). Although I am not sure if this was a technical difficulty or not, I believe that it definitely needs some improvement.

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