Justin Timberlake Joins Stones At Toronto Benefit, Gets Pelted With Garbage

MTV News ^ | 07.31.2003 | —Alyssa Rashbaum

[Uncle Meat]

If that punk [Timberlake]was on stage with the Stones at Altamount,the Hell's Angels would have pummeled him with pool cues for sure for wearing that Harley shirt.He looks like he belongs on a moped.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Jeez, why doesn't he try being himself for a change? What a chameleon!

[wardaddy]

The Monkees were decent to a 10 or 11 year old like me at the time. They acted out their roles well enough and sang their songs...I guess Nesmith actually played.

To me, they were basically an American version of the Beatles...maybe a hair poppier. I was though already smart enough to know the Stones were for sure different. By the time Sargeant Pepper had fully landed around that same time period, we knew there was more to the Fab Four than all the neat singles.

I had seen the Vannila Fudge and the Animals with my older cousin not too long before that....aside from that Fudge cover of the Supremes number and the Animals hits....I was lost.

I think Jethro Tull's Aqualung Tour in 71 was probably my first real interpretation of a rock concert. They were very sharp.

Oh well, I just go to clubs rarely to see small acts like Gillian Welch or something fairly obscure now. I did catch Cheap Trick, The Cult, and Lucinda Williams last year here at the River festival...with kids in tow.

I'd come out to a big venue for Pink Floyd probably.

[Lijahsbubbe]

I was just kidding about the Monkees. Sounds like you've seen some real legends!

As for the Beatles, I remember as little girl feeling confused and betrayed when they went psychedelic. They ruined my bubblegum dreams.

I didn't appreciate the Rolling Stones at all until later. I just came to appreciate the music of The Who a few years ago! (too bad about the Pete Townsend thing)

Music is great, and I love it all; country, rock, R&B, and even rap. (we have young adults in the family, they keep me up to date)

My brush with fame: I was in the emergency room at a hospital with Keith Richardson. There he was, just sitting among about six of us!

[dennisw]

Someone named Uncle Meat will know his rock n roll.

[Antoninus]

Their music sounds pretty close to the CD versions.

It might be because it IS the CD version. That was certainly the case when I saw the Moody Blues 15 years ago.

[Antoninus]

Why does everyone keeps giving Madonna lucrative work? She flopping in everything she does.

You've heard of the "old boy network"? Well, it's been replaced in our society with the "deviance network." No matter how bad you s*ck, as long as you've helped degrade the culture in some meaningful way, there will be no shortage of work for you. Case in point, Monica Lewinsky.

[Paul Atreides]

Yep. It explains why we have Jerry Springer and Larry Flynt attempting to run for political office.

[Antoninus]

I'd come out to a big venue for Pink Floyd probably.

I won't come out for anyone anymore. Rock and/or Roll really is dead. The last (relatively) big venue show I went to was Guns & Roses and Soundgarden in the Worcester Centrum in 1993. Lost part of my hearing at that show and will never go to another one. It's just not worth it.

Of course, I would go out to see Toby Keith or Alan Jackson... Maybe Tim McGraw.

[Lola Granola]

How awful that this happened. I'm no Timberlake fan myself, but I don't hate the guy and I feel bad that he was treated this way by the fans. I've been to shows where the opening act wasn't exactly a hit, but we didn't throw things at them. Sheesh! Go to the bathroom, or go get a beer or something, if you don't like a certain part of the show. Why be jerks about it?

[freedumb2003]

>>I still owe the Angel who told Grace Slick to shut her F-in' pie hole a beer.<<

But, he didn't get to Stevie ("Jerry Lewis on Helium") Nicks in time.

[JSteff]

"And Aerosmith lost all their rocker credibility when they appeared with Justin and Britney at the Super Bowl a few years ago."

I think that they actually did that in a "let's see who the crowd REALLY likes....
I will never forget my daughter saying how great they were and that all the kids in college thought they blew away the others.
Score one for our age group.

[wardaddy]

I would venture that sharing an emergency room with Keith is fairly commonplace...lol

[Central Scrutiniser]

Ah, there truly is a god....

[wardaddy]

I'd probably go see Toby myself at a small venue. I saw Worley do Have You Forgotten at our War Rally here a few months ago. A good man.

I sort of go more for the obscure country of which we have reams of around here. I think 9 of every ten songwriters or artists who aren't quite modern "rock" live here.

I feel sorry for kids today. They are innundated with mediocrity musically....at best.

[wardaddy]

Another odd pairing was Waylon with Lollapalooza. James Hetfield of Metallica was a big fan and insisted he play some of the tour.

[Moonman62]

I would venture that sharing an emergency room with Keith is fairly commonplace...lol

No only that, but lots of guys in ER's look like Keith Richards. Some of them with toe tags.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Another odd pairing was Waylon with Lollapalooza

Hmmm. Maybe he had a nipple ring or something!

[Squawk 8888]

While Keith was here some medical researchers took a blood sample from him. They figure that if they can isolate whatever it is that kept him alive for the last forty years they'll make a fortune.

[Squawk 8888]

At least he was a good sport about it. In an interview after the show he said, "If I had come to see the Stones, I would've booed me too."