Even though I teach high school, until this week I hadn’t registered who JB is (I suppose I had heard of him, but much of what the kids talk about goes in one ear and out the other, which is hind of how they feel about the Reconstruction era). It’s been very informative, though he really is just a kid, and a poorly educated one at that (which isn’t his fault). Let’s try to mock the phenomenon as it so richly deserves, but give the kid a break.
The kid has the half-life of a mayfly. But fleeting fame is fame nonetheless. I think it irks us all more with the “celebrity” misuse thriving and Facebook/YouT notions of worth. The idea of future nostalgia for these days creeps me out worse than the kid.
I agree that what contitutes “fame” nowadays is shameful. And even worse that people who have it are able to state their stupidities for hundreds and thousands of “fans”.
I’m sure I’m showing my age , but what the heck…Isn’t the Zombies a band from the late 60’s featuering a young Rod Argent???…had a couple of hits…She’s not There, and Time of the Season….and are you implying that this Bieber upstart is a bastard son of Rod Argent???
Oh, go to YouT if you want all the Zombies music you can stand. Just jot down the name and have at it. (But, then, isn’t that as much a comment on passing Pop fame as Justin?)
Actually, Bieber didn’t know the word “Jewman”, which is what he heard the accented interviewer saying. Bieber is German himself, and he’s performed there.
margueritem over 14 years ago
LOL!!!
zero over 14 years ago
I sure hope Winky isn’t there!
ksoskins over 14 years ago
Winky would be safe; the Bieber zombies are looking for brains not spleens.
3hourtour Premium Member over 14 years ago
Careful,Pab,hell has no McFlurry like a tweenage girl…
bt over 14 years ago
Even though I teach high school, until this week I hadn’t registered who JB is (I suppose I had heard of him, but much of what the kids talk about goes in one ear and out the other, which is hind of how they feel about the Reconstruction era). It’s been very informative, though he really is just a kid, and a poorly educated one at that (which isn’t his fault). Let’s try to mock the phenomenon as it so richly deserves, but give the kid a break.
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
You need to teach JR. high to know this kid.
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
The kid has the half-life of a mayfly. But fleeting fame is fame nonetheless. I think it irks us all more with the “celebrity” misuse thriving and Facebook/YouT notions of worth. The idea of future nostalgia for these days creeps me out worse than the kid.
Pab Sungenis creator over 14 years ago
bigbeard: I consider this one more a comment on the phenomenon than the singer himself.
vldazzle over 14 years ago
I agree that what contitutes “fame” nowadays is shameful. And even worse that people who have it are able to state their stupidities for hundreds and thousands of “fans”.
PierrePoirier over 14 years ago
I’m sure I’m showing my age , but what the heck…Isn’t the Zombies a band from the late 60’s featuering a young Rod Argent???…had a couple of hits…She’s not There, and Time of the Season….and are you implying that this Bieber upstart is a bastard son of Rod Argent???
GreenBikeGuy over 14 years ago
The Bieber zombies don’t NEED any more spleen: Her Maj has been venting it all over them since Monday!
cwreenactor over 14 years ago
LOL!!!
dstufff over 14 years ago
If the zombies are looking for Justin Bieber’s brain, they’ll never find it. (He doesn’t know the word “German”? What an idiot!)
Dapperdan61 Premium Member over 14 years ago
Brains ?? Where ??
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
Oh, go to YouT if you want all the Zombies music you can stand. Just jot down the name and have at it. (But, then, isn’t that as much a comment on passing Pop fame as Justin?)
Coyoty Premium Member over 14 years ago
Actually, Bieber didn’t know the word “Jewman”, which is what he heard the accented interviewer saying. Bieber is German himself, and he’s performed there.
PhantomPlumber over 14 years ago
Coyoty - how do you explain that he didn’t even know the word when the interviewer showed it to him on a piece of paper?
Meanwhile, this week Justin Bieber is up six spots - that’s not his chart position, but his zit count…