March 1999
*The Thinking of You single
came out on the 15th in Germany. It contains 5 versions:
Radio Edit (album Version)
RipRock and Alex G's Crazy Driving Club Mix
"
"remix
US version
RipRock and Alex G's Smooth Haze remix
The difference between this version and the US version is JC sings the first verse and there's more music in the middle, which sounds different.
The cover has the guys sitting inside a silver room with silver clocks on the wall. They are all in black except JC who has on a black striped shirt. Justin is standing up leaning against a chai, which Joey is sitting in. Chris is standing against the back wall, JC is standing next to him and Lance is sitting ina chair next to JC. The letter *N is white outlined in yellow, the SYNC is yellow outlined in white, the CD is yellow and white too
*The Winter Album is still available in Germany if you look hard. Some stores also selll the debut Euro album for about $20 US. The front cover has the guys in black standing in a dark room with lights on walls. Lance is blurry in the front, Justin is off to the left, Joey behibd him, Chris sitting way in the back and JC behind Lance looking down. Justin is the only one staring at the camera. The back is the UDMC single cover with them in black and Chris in the front. Inside: the inside of the booklet has the guys in white folling around on the beach. JC is pushing Chris into Justin and Lance is trying to keep them from falling on him. Joey is apart from them running. The next page has little pictures of Miami and the guys in Miami (go to www.bmg.de to see the pics). In the middle of the booklet it has the guys in the same setting as the front cover but this time they are all standing next to each other looking at the camera. The next page has the pics of them in white and a big sign that says *N SYNC on the side of a building. The thank you says: There are so many people involved, they are too numerous to mention. So we would like to thank our family, our friends and our fans. Love *N SYNC.
The back and the picture behind the CD have the guys in white on the beach with their backs to the camera. They are standing in a line. The CD is white, outlined in blue. The flame logo is colored in blue. *N is outlined in blue and SYNC is blue. It's sort of a greatest hits album containing the American songs and some X-mas ones.
*There is an interview with Justin in a Norwegian teen magazine
*the same mag has a review of *N SYNC's album. It mentions I Just Wanna Be With You, I Need Love, Thinking of You and Sailing are the hit tips and gives the album 5 (I think the highest is 6 but no one got a 6)
*the German mag Popcorn had its annual awards and sadly this year, *N SYNC did not win anything. They came in last (10th) for best live show, 5th for best rock/pop band, 10th for best single (UDMC), 8th for best dance act. *N SYNC are still in a lot of German mags but usually just little snippets of stuff.
*Under Popcorn's Hip News and Trends section, there is a pic of *N SYNC at the AMAs and it just tells about how they won and Chris was going crazy. In the fall they plan to come back to Germany to tour.
*There is a centerfold poster in Popcorn of the guys in white from the GMHS video. They're at the baseball park.
*in the German mag Bravo (March 18th issue) in the Song Book section they have the lyrics in English and German ffor I Drive Myself Crazy, but the words also have part of Everything I Own in them. The picture is cute! JC and Chris are wearign straightjackets over brownish/reddish silk pajamas. Lanceis also wearing the pajamas and he has his hands held up to his head. Joey looks confused and Justin in blue silk pajams looks confused too.
*N SYNC's video for Thinking of You premiered on Germany's RTL 2 on March 14th and the next day Bravo weekend did a special profile on them.
*an artcile in Bravo talks about the video and has pictures. There are GIRLS in this one!! !! The concept is:
The main picture is the same one as next to the lyrcis except Joey is rolling his eyes and JC is making a crazy face!
There are little pictures of Chris, Justin and Lance with their "girlfriends" and then pics of the guys in the hopsital! Joey (Aka Superman) and Justin are playing Monopoly, JC in a straightjacket is being wheeled around by bodyguards. Joey (aka Superman) is flying around the room, Lance's bodygaurd is wearing rabbit ears and havign a foodflight with lance. There's also a pic of Chris in his strightjacket and Lance walking like a zombie with a spoon in his mouth.
The video was shot in LA at a famous mental institution where they did scenes from Terminator 2.
After their US tour wraps up, the guys are coming back to Germany.
*There is an *N SYNC sticker in the March 18th issue of Bravo
*N SYNC have done well enough to get a new shipment of their debut European album in at HMV and Tower Records in London. Unfortuneately this costs 14.99 pounds at Tower and 15.99 pounds at HMV (multiply by the exchange rate of $1.50 or $1.60 US and that makes the CD VERY expensive!!!!!)
*There is a small article in "Music and Media" (europe's version of Billboard) about the re-release of IWYB. It just says how it was never released in the UK or Scandanavia and how it was written and produced by the Cherion team (Max Martin and the late Denniz Pop) and it should do well. Currently it's being played 5-8 times a week in Sweden and should be played more soon.
*"I Drive Myself Crazy is now playing on the radios here and also in Europe. If you look in the import sections at Virgin records you MAY find a copy of the single, if not you can find the winter album and the "U Drive Me Crazy" single. The "I Drive Myself Crazy has 5 versions of it.
*On Saturday March 27th on MTV at 2 PM Eastern time (1 central) "I Drive My Self Crazy" MIGHT premiere!! IF NOT then, it will premiere on Total Request Live sometime next week they said.
*'N sync went 6 times platinum!!!
*Joey appeared on Total Request Live the day that 'N sync's video retired.
*On March 17th, 'N sync taped VH1 Behind the Music
April 1999
* The special that ABC is airing of the hottest stars under the age of 21 will feature Lance, Britney and Justin!!
*N Sync added backing vocals to a newly-recorded version of (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You, which will appear on the country band Alabama's next album.
*one of *N SYNC's concerts will air on Pay per View in May
