Are We All Aware Of Rebecca Black? And The End of Pop Music?

[AB Editor]

Here is the video.

Insightful stuff.

I assume she got paid for this in some way?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

[lumination]

why would you put this upon people? she is even being mentioned here in Oz!
but the BIG question is, which seat will she take?

[joggerjayne]

Yes, I saw this.

Simon Cowell said he quite liked her.

[snags]

'gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal'

:-(

[Davethedog]

http://www.guardian.c.../rebecca-black-friday

[joggerjayne]

It is indescribably awful.

It's like the worst karaoke of the night.

[jackthehat]

I can't understand all the furore.
It's a rubbish song..............but so are many others.
She's quite irritating......but, then again, I find many other 'singers' irritating.

It seems unfair for her to have garnered the amount of venom that she has...

[woofgang]

oooooh irs irony.....I just thought ed had finally lost his one remaining marble

[andy-hughes]

Death of music????

Steady on, there is a legion of songs ahead of this for that label!

It's not a good song, not well sung, but so what, plenty of people have huge hits with songs that qualify less on both counts.

That's what pop is - UK population of 60 million - 59 million think this is pants, the other million buy it - result!

T'was ever thus, hardly news is it?

[AB Editor]

Nope, I agree Andy. I think he state of pop music is in a bad way if professional songwriters get away with this kind of stuff though!

The lyrics are exceptionally poor - although, if you can share something worse (which I am sure exists) I think it would be a welcome contribution to this thread!

All the best,

Spare Ed

[Davethedog]

I think its very poor after all its no "Shuddup a your face"

[daffy654]

I've been aware of this for a few days due to a gaming forum I frequent. They also posted a few other awful attempts at singing by other teens.
Someone told me the dire lyrics were written by Bob Dylan, not sure if that is tru though.

[joggerjayne]

I'd struggle to find a worse song.

But a worse singer?

How about Cheryl Cole at the BBC Live Concert, when her voice tuning machine failed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5F2YfjhhFk

[Davethedog]

The song was written not by a 13-year-old but by two adults, Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson, who own and run ARK Music Factory

[Whickerman]

lol - my daughter showed me this the other day, SOOOOOOO bad

[daffy654]

You asked for equally awful songs Ed, well here you go. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DwT_2QQU64