Isn't it funny how one song can change everything? For example: Britney Spears. I have never, NEVER been a fan of Britney. The song that changed my mind?

Toxic.

This song is The Jam, and I am therefore willing to forgive her for her scandalous Rolling Stone cover when she was 15, for her high-pitched baby voice, for breaking Justin's heart, and for her interview with Diane Sawyer last fall. I'm at least willing to forget, I should say - I don't know if I can forgive anyone for breaking JT's heart, really.

Speaking of Justin, the song that changed everything for him, in my opinion, was Like I Love You. To be more specific, it was his performance on the MTV Video Music Awards back in 2002.

I can narrow it down even more - it was "Drums."

You know, that moment, close to the end of the song, right before he disappeared through the tape-player-opening of the huge jambox stage prop behind him. The part in the song where he's talking all crazy-like into the microphone: "You know, I used to dream about this when I was a little boy. I never dreamed it would end up this way." That moment where he stopped time, paused for a minute just before the breakdown, and said:

"DRUMS."

Yeah. You know it.

That's when I forgave Justin for N*SYNC.

Will Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Osbourne, Evanescence, or Avril Lavigne ever come out with a song that will change my mind about their level of suckitude? I wouldn't bet on it. But then again, I never thought Britney would either.

Pink is trying really hard though. I don't turn the channel when that "God is a DJ" song comes on. I'm just saying.

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