At the ninth spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 is Justin Timberlake’s love song ‘Not a Bad Thing.’
I tend to think of Timberlake as an actor more than a musician. I’ve enjoyed his work in Saturday Night Live and Inside Llewyn Davis more than anything I’ve heard from his albums.
Still, there’s no doubt he’s a multi-talented performer.
This song is pretty nice, if a little lightweight. I’ve realized that I’m not a big fan of love songs in general, so I’m a tough sell on that front. But I certainly like this better than a lot of the dreck I’ve encountered on the Billboard chart.
Said all I want from you
Is to see you tomorrow
And every tomorrow
Maybe you’ll let me borrow your heart
And is it too much to ask for every Sunday?
And while we’re at it throw in every other day to start
[Pre-Chorus]
I know people make promises all the time
Then they turn right around and break them
When someone cuts your heart open with a knife
Now you’re bleeding
But I could be that guy to heal it over time
And I won’t stop until you believe it
Cause baby you’re worth it
[Chorus]
So don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me
Cause you might look around and find your dreams come true with me
Spend all your time and your money just to find out that my love was free
So don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me, me
It’s not a bad thing to fall in love with me, me
Fall, yeah
[Verse 2]
Now how about I be the last voice you hear tonight?
And every other night for the rest of the nights that there are
And every morning I just wanna see you staring back at me
Cause I know that’s a good place to start
[Pre-Chorus + Chorus]
[Bridge]
No I won’t fill your mind
With broken promises and wasted time
And if you fall, you’ll always land right in these arms
These arms of mine
[Chorus]
Meet Me In Montauk 
My problem with Timberlake’s music generally, and this song is no exception, is that it is too produced, too polished. I gravitate toward a more raw organic sound. I suspect that, if I heard him do this song with just a guitar, I would like it far better, although, content-wise, it is very lightweight, so perhaps not.
Yeah, pretty dull song. Some of his stuff is good but he never knows when to end a song. I wonder if he’s like that as a lover. Well, I’ll never know.