Motion City Soundtrack’s Justin Talks Dance Moves, Debut Album

this pop-punk fan shuns the eyeliner and

this pop-punk fan shuns the eyeliner and skinny jeans their genre is known for

skinny jeans their genre is known for

skinny jeans their genre is known for but isn’t afraid of a little

but isn’t afraid of a little

but isn’t afraid of a little choreographed dancing hi i’m rebecca

choreographed dancing hi i’m rebecca

choreographed dancing hi i’m rebecca Brina welcome to watchmojo.com and today

Brina welcome to watchmojo.com and today

Brina welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re going back to the beginning with

we’re going back to the beginning with

we’re going back to the beginning with motion city soundtrack

the signs on this

the signs on this my name is Justin Pierre I sing and play

my name is Justin Pierre I sing and play

my name is Justin Pierre I sing and play guitar in the band Motion City

guitar in the band Motion City

guitar in the band Motion City Soundtrack and for one year I was a

Soundtrack and for one year I was a

Soundtrack and for one year I was a Larkin dancer I’m sorry I don’t know

Larkin dancer I’m sorry I don’t know

Larkin dancer I’m sorry I don’t know what that is yeah I don’t know that many

what that is yeah I don’t know that many

what that is yeah I don’t know that many people would unless you’re from

people would unless you’re from

people would unless you’re from Minnesota or you watched Star Search in

Minnesota or you watched Star Search in

Minnesota or you watched Star Search in the 80s one summer I forgot like a

the 80s one summer I forgot like a

the 80s one summer I forgot like a friend of mine must have been in fifth

friend of mine must have been in fifth

friend of mine must have been in fifth grade or something is like yo we got to

grade or something is like yo we got to

grade or something is like yo we got to do this thing check it out there’s one

do this thing check it out there’s one

do this thing check it out there’s one guy for every ten girls in this class

guy for every ten girls in this class

guy for every ten girls in this class and you like do these dances and

and you like do these dances and

and you like do these dances and everything that’s totally cool and so I

everything that’s totally cool and so I

everything that’s totally cool and so I signed up and I did it for a summer and

signed up and I did it for a summer and

signed up and I did it for a summer and it was awesome and then and then I was

it was awesome and then and then I was

it was awesome and then and then I was like ma ma mom sign me up again and she

like ma ma mom sign me up again and she

like ma ma mom sign me up again and she did but she put me in a class with all

did but she put me in a class with all

did but she put me in a class with all all guys and I was the worst dancer

all guys and I was the worst dancer

all guys and I was the worst dancer there so i was i was like fifth row all

there so i was i was like fifth row all

there so i was i was like fifth row all the way to the left behind the curtain

the way to the left behind the curtain

the way to the left behind the curtain so that was the beginning and end of my

so that was the beginning and end of my

so that was the beginning and end of my dancing career he never made it to star

dancing career he never made it to star

dancing career he never made it to star shirt nope

listening to the stuff off the debut now

listening to the stuff off the debut now what does it mean to you I listen to

what does it mean to you I listen to

what does it mean to you I listen to what I need to remember something like

what I need to remember something like

what I need to remember something like if I got to remember apart or I forget

if I got to remember apart or I forget

if I got to remember apart or I forget words and I gotta study up that first

words and I gotta study up that first

words and I gotta study up that first record was really weird cuz we only had

record was really weird cuz we only had

record was really weird cuz we only had a certain amount of money and we

a certain amount of money and we

a certain amount of money and we recorded the whole thing in like ten

recorded the whole thing in like ten

recorded the whole thing in like ten days minus three songs that are on the

days minus three songs that are on the

days minus three songs that are on the record and then we sold it ourselves and

record and then we sold it ourselves and

record and then we sold it ourselves and then we ended up signing to epitaph we

then we ended up signing to epitaph we

then we ended up signing to epitaph we replaced our bass player then we went in

replaced our bass player then we went in

replaced our bass player then we went in for like two weeks just to like fix

for like two weeks just to like fix

for like two weeks just to like fix things up due to the fact that we didn’t

things up due to the fact that we didn’t

things up due to the fact that we didn’t have a lot of time a lot of the singing

have a lot of time a lot of the singing

have a lot of time a lot of the singing is like you know off-key and just like

is like you know off-key and just like

is like you know off-key and just like bad and and but it kind of worked it’s

bad and and but it kind of worked it’s

bad and and but it kind of worked it’s just very raw sounding record so I don’t

just very raw sounding record so I don’t

just very raw sounding record so I don’t know that we could recreate that you

know that we could recreate that you

know that we could recreate that you know sort of through limitations

know sort of through limitations

know sort of through limitations something happened

you’d use the majority of the the lyric

you’d use the majority of the the lyric writing annexed yet now a lot of them

writing annexed yet now a lot of them

writing annexed yet now a lot of them are fairly personal I mean does it ever

are fairly personal I mean does it ever

are fairly personal I mean does it ever get difficult to share like that I know

get difficult to share like that I know

get difficult to share like that I know on even if it kills me there was a

on even if it kills me there was a

on even if it kills me there was a phrase we’re like it was just one of the

phrase we’re like it was just one of the

phrase we’re like it was just one of the dumbest dumbest most cliched phrases

dumbest dumbest most cliched phrases

dumbest dumbest most cliched phrases ever but it had to be in there for the

ever but it had to be in there for the

ever but it had to be in there for the next phrase because I thought that would

next phrase because I thought that would

next phrase because I thought that would be a really kicker to the joke the

be a really kicker to the joke the

be a really kicker to the joke the phrase was I had a pocketful of dreams

phrase was I had a pocketful of dreams

phrase was I had a pocketful of dreams which is like the dumbest thing you

which is like the dumbest thing you

which is like the dumbest thing you could ever say but then it said but I

could ever say but then it said but I

could ever say but then it said but I gave them all to you now I think I want

gave them all to you now I think I want

gave them all to you now I think I want them back which I thought was hilarious

them back which I thought was hilarious

them back which I thought was hilarious so therefore I had to say that first

so therefore I had to say that first

so therefore I had to say that first part that was really dumb in order to

part that was really dumb in order to

part that was really dumb in order to get to that part which to me was the

get to that part which to me was the

get to that part which to me was the joke it’s just difficult to find lyrics

joke it’s just difficult to find lyrics

joke it’s just difficult to find lyrics that I’m happy with I spend a lot of

that I’m happy with I spend a lot of

that I’m happy with I spend a lot of time sometimes I’ll spend a year on a

time sometimes I’ll spend a year on a

time sometimes I’ll spend a year on a song and it’s still not right and I just

song and it’s still not right and I just

song and it’s still not right and I just have to report it was the best things I

have to report it was the best things I

have to report it was the best things I have at the time other times the words

have at the time other times the words

have at the time other times the words come out like I think it was like worker

come out like I think it was like worker

come out like I think it was like worker bee was written in like you know just

bee was written in like you know just

bee was written in like you know just like within a few minutes the whole song

like within a few minutes the whole song

like within a few minutes the whole song was done the weekends was a song where I

was done the weekends was a song where I

was done the weekends was a song where I had one really great verse and I could

had one really great verse and I could

had one really great verse and I could not write a second verse so then I ended

not write a second verse so then I ended

not write a second verse so then I ended up splitting up that first verse in half

up splitting up that first verse in half

up splitting up that first verse in half and putting half of that first verse in

and putting half of that first verse in

and putting half of that first verse in the second verse and then writing and

the second verse and then writing and

the second verse and then writing and then I and then it kind of works am i

then I and then it kind of works am i

then I and then it kind of works am i okay this works so some sometimes songs

okay this works so some sometimes songs

okay this works so some sometimes songs take take a year and sometimes they come

take take a year and sometimes they come

take take a year and sometimes they come in an instant

random the last question is kind of to

random the last question is kind of to bring it full circle back to the

bring it full circle back to the

bring it full circle back to the beginning where you said you used to

beginning where you said you used to

beginning where you said you used to take dance lessons do you remember the

take dance lessons do you remember the

take dance lessons do you remember the choreographed dance to her words

choreographed dance to her words

choreographed dance to her words destroyed my planet nope nope actually

destroyed my planet nope nope actually

destroyed my planet nope nope actually don’t they send abilities

if we don’t

if we don’t we learned that we spent two hours the

we learned that we spent two hours the

we learned that we spent two hours the night before we shot that video learning

night before we shot that video learning

night before we shot that video learning it I mean you can kind of tell we’re

it I mean you can kind of tell we’re

it I mean you can kind of tell we’re pretty awful at it I think they used the

pretty awful at it I think they used the

pretty awful at it I think they used the only takes where we actually got it

only takes where we actually got it

only takes where we actually got it right in those moments they had to kind

right in those moments they had to kind

right in those moments they had to kind of edit around us oh thank you very much

of edit around us oh thank you very much

of edit around us oh thank you very much thanks for having me