Justin Bieber
The Scandal Over Bieber’s Nirvana Shirt… Approved By Courtney Love
‘I just have to say… Justin Bieber in his Nirvana shirt probably has Kurt Cobain tossing in his grave’
US Top 10 Singles 12-5-15
Wow, Bieber not only has three of the top five singles, he has seventeen singles in the Hot 100… which beats out the record set by the Beatles and maintained by Drake by three songs.
US Top 10 Albums 12-5-15
Eight of these albums are new to the top ten, most of them are lousy, and two of them are guesses because the almost surreally incompetent Billboard, forgot to mention the two repeats
UK Top 10 Singles 11-20-15 – 11-26-15
#1, 3 and 5? How did Justin become the Beatles and if he did , how did he do it with such flimsy material, and if he did in with such flimsy material how can he do it in the UK? And if he can do it in the UK how can he do it with One Direction releasing a new album that went straight to number one?
The Purpose Of This Email Is To Tell You Justin Bieber Is Playing MSG In June, 2016
Bieber, who is back on top is touring behind what is certain to be a humongous album of epic proportions, the Donald Trump of tours. The last one, which I also went to,, was pretty huge but this has him back on Mount Everest and ready to prove it. I wonder if he will sing on a cherry picker again?
Sneak Peaks: New Album Releases 11-13-15 – 11-19-15
I’ve been streaming ELO, Alessia Cara and Chris Isaak on NPR, and I can’t say I’m overwhelmed, fair to middling but that’s it, so let’s look elsewhere. Some sidemen in big bands, Tame Impala and the Swan, have albums out, some boys for girls, One Direction head to head with Justin Bieber,as well. rapper Jeezy, Wreckless Eric… I think I’m going with the new Bieber
Going Steady: New Singles 10-23-15 – 10-29-15
“Is it too late now to say sorry because I’m missing more than your body…” only not as bad as that makes it sound, a clever leg kicking conga, with Skrillex providing a really addictive track, you can’t count the hooks from the always apologetic former bad boy, though that one drum double time beat is the killer – B
UK Top 10 Singles: 10-16-15 – 10-24-15
It bothers me when I can’t hear a big hook, not when I don’t enjoy a big hook, that’s life. But when there is a humongous hook, Justin is in his fifth week at # 1 here, that I can’t here, that bothers me. I simply can’t hear the pleasure in his depressing and strange piece double time misery.
UK Top 10 Singles: 10-9-15 – 10-15-15
Another week of the bland leading the bland, though Iknow you thought “Alone No More” was EDM, but it is more singer songwriter than anything human. It is also the absolute pits
UK Top 10 Singles 9-18-15 – 9-24-15
Justin back on top and of 10 songs, 9 are EDM, and one, “Fight Song” is so bad it should be illegal. The complete domination of the singles charts by dance is scary, it is ALL dubtstep and house and while I like both to a degree, who can take a steady diet?
US Top 10 Singles 9-19-15
Really, Justin Bieber’s first number one, with 375,000 downloads, also entered the charts at # 1. Though I can’t quite hear it, it is a soft focused romantic ballad -one Selena Gomez, he cried while singing it, though quite how many times you can whine about a break up, I don’t know. A huge success for Bieber, after three years of relentlessly bad publicity, two huge hits in a row. Who said there are no second acts?
UK Top 10 Singles 9-4-15 – 9-10-15
The definition of homogenized. Remember 1978 when the UK and the US charts couldn’t have been more different? That isn’t happening any more. This is as characterless as any chart on the planet, it is the aural equivalent of the the global economy, bereft of individuals of any sort, it just sits there.
Singles Going Steady: New Singles Reviewed 8-28-15 – 9-3-15
What Do You Mean – Justin Bieber – I never bought Bieber as the anti-Christ, just a garden variety teenage brat with a whole lotta power to wield his brattishness. But I never much cared for him musically either, so his post teens, post Diplo/Skrillex exercise in grown up EDM, this first single off his upcoming fourth album is an low key and pretty calypso flavored synth track that does the job. Good move – B
Bieber, Diplo And Skrillex On How To Make An EDM Hit
This is the art of the art, this is how hits are made in 2015 and whether you or I think it is real music, it is really real hit pop. In 2015, at least in theory, on stage the likes of Skrillex will improvise to a setlist and in the recording stufio nothing is ever left to chance.
Will Justin Bieber Please Stop Apologizing
From roasts to toast, Bieber is rebuilding a career that hasn’t tanked. Did you hear his Jack U song with Diplo and Skrillex, earlier this month, “Where Are U Now”? To my mind, the best the duo have managed and a fine vocal.So, in conclusion, let me quote from the book of Marx: Hey, you big bully. What’s the idea of hitting that little bully?
Justin Bieber Has Not Invaded Poland (Yet)
If Broudy was going after Taylor Swift maybe you think, wow, brave move but Bieber is the poster boy for being hated on.while feeling sorry for Justin is a bit beyond my pay level, there is a real human being underneath all that hating. In the end, Bieber is the boy it is cool to bully. And it isn’t fun any more.
10 Songs: Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Where Are U Now – Skrillex, Diplo, Justin Bieber – people don’t mind that Justin is a bad boy, they mind that he is a monster , but don’t dislike this track because of Monster Justin, who does is a great job, he always sounds sweet, in fact don’t hate it at all; that’s a classic sample hooking you – B
Party Animal Justin Bieber May Have Had Some Big Help From His Father?
The classic story of the young pop star with too much money and too many options, we have seen this so many times before I couldn’t care less. But The Guardian is reporting there may be another element in this too common story
Justin Bieber Announces Retirement And Internet Hysteria Follows
For many unbeliebers like me, I must admit it sounds like a Christmas present, People magazine has already set up a poll ‘Should Justin Bieber retire?’ and has so far received a 92% for a yes, but they have to be kidding right?
hear ye on spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-21-13
Sounds like a refugee from Wowie Zowie, all quirk and melody and none the worst for it. But it begs an answer to the musical question: exactly how much does Malkmus hate the rest of Pavement and also why does this sound like an influence on Vampire Weekend – B+
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-14-13
Of the five songs he has released so far from his upcoming album, only one is a complete dog, and this one is a specific bruised new r&b song of the first order and a refutation of his new born reputation: “I ain’t all bad” he claims, and I buy it – B+
A 33 Year-Old Guy Spent An Outrageous Amount Of Money To Look Like Young Bieber
‘It took three transplants and a total of $21,000 to accurately lower my hair line, close off my temples and grow back my bangs,’ he says, add to this a $4.850 spent on eye surgery, and $30,000 on his lips to give this impression of permanent smile
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is living to 10-18-13
Heartbreaker – Justin Bieber – Man, this guy got sucky. I was never a huge fan but he was always good for a coupla good tracks a year; how could this be any more generic – C-