Showing posts with label Britney Spears. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Britney Spears. Show all posts

Monday, July 18, 2011

Rebecca Black strikes back!


Rebecca's video "Friday" wasn't getting the acceptance she wanted; on the contrary, a huge viral scorn-a-thon movement mocking her first effort was getting traction. She told then that she would not let several million hecklers break her. Then she became Dr. sipmac's heroine of the year. I'm no Richie Unterberger, but it did not take great pains to write a review of her debut song, pointing out:
Rebecca might not become the next Madonna or Britney Spears (both of them aren't gifted with great voices, either - and they have both sold a gazillion records already), but it seems her mean gratuitous detractors want to avoid at all costs that she turns into the female Justin Bibier success story. And that reeks of plain old jealousy to me. The video shows real teenagers, with pimples and not-so-cute faces. But it shows a very cute girl following her dreams and aiming big. She is trying, and with the right advisory, she can become an accomplished pop singer.

Or as Ed Wood's son said, George Lucas couldn't stand a chance with Creepy Ed's movie budgets. Well, now Rebecca presents her new video "My moment", with better production values (and less autotune, I concede) and a very straightforward message. She's following her dreams, she's still aiming big and she won't let be threatened by philistines.


Any parent wishes to raise a daughter like her.

Up to this moment Rebecca has only 323 visitors for her new video, but she deserves more than the 100 + million she got with "Friday".


I'm still wishing her moment is not over yet. Go get'em Rebecca!
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Rebecca Black: the newest Internet sensation deserves a chance, not scorn

Her mean gratuitous detractors want to avoid at all costs that she turns into the female version of Justin Bibier.


Self-esteem is so overrated nowadays. The only thing that keeps Charlie "Winning!" Sheen from looking like the complete pathetic loser he is the big piles of money he earned playing himself in the sitcom Two and a Half Men. That, and the fact that he may be coming back to the sitcom after being sanctimoniously fired. That said, Dr. sipmac could be less scornful of the unbelievable awful photos he finds uploaded to Facebook, but he keeps saying to himself: Ego is the fuel of that dreaded social network... and this blog, too (let's face it).

Then you should better understand why a young girl, with her parent's support, recorded a song and shoot a video and uploaded it to You Tube and unexpectedly become infamous because "Friday", her song is already dubbed "the worst song and video ever", while her video already has 35.000.000 hits and counting.

First of all, the worst song ever is "My Pal Foot Foot", by the all-girl rock band The Shaggs, considered by none other than Frank Zappa "better than The Beatles", but you better have to hear their song (and the rest of the album) to believe it. And ironically, The Shaggs had to endure a lot of pain because of all the contempt and scorn their public had for them, just like Rebecca has to do now. She's 13 years old, for crying out loud!



But, what's to loathe about this new internet sensation? Absolutely nothing. Rebecca's voice is heavily auto-tuned? So what! Most rap, reggaeton and hip-hop artists
abuse this resource, too. Hey, the Glee TV Series abuses auto-tuning, too. The song and video are too amateur for your taste? Well, there is room for improvement, but the song is already okay just the way it is. It betrays lack of knowledge of how a standard hit is made, but that makes it fresh and authentic. Just for the sake of the experiment, listen first to "Love Me Do" and then "The End", by The Beatles, and then realize you're listening to the same band with six years of difference. They didn't stay the same during those six years they stayed together as the biggest band ever.

Rebecca might not become the next Madonna or Britney Spears (both of them aren't gifted with great voices, either - and they have both sold a gazillion records already), but it seems her mean gratuitous detractors want to avoid at all costs that she turns into the female Justin Bibier success story. And that reeks of plain old jealousy to me. The video shows real teenagers, with pimples and not-so-cute faces. But it shows a very cute girl following her dreams and aiming big. She is trying, and with the right advisory, she can become an accomplished pop singer.

I salute you Rebecca.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Still sick - but fighting!



As I told you before, I'm pretty sick these days. Broncopneumonia, and the doctors scared me to death. They warned me a lot, telling me I should rest a lot and take a gazillion medicines. Well, even today I'm not feeling strong enough to resume my normal activities, and, if I take the doctors' advice seriously, it would be unwise to even try now, too.

It's been a period on time when I found with great disappointment that the American Healthcare Reform is still alive and well (they should ask ME how I get my medical attention through this rotten system - as I told someone before, I'm always on the verge of taking legal action against my medical company to get some healthcare - pretty darn funny, huh?), and found great pageant activity lately, both in North and South America. Sorry, but that activity has been soaked with lethal doses of stupidity.

Gone is the goodwill and simpathy I had for Carrie Prejean. Look, she's a celebrity wannabe, and she (and her manager, whoever-might-be) doesn't know how to deal with a scandal, or the press, or a soft interview! She attempted to leave the interview she had with Larry King. Larry King! She is selling a book, too. The photo of the cover makes her look like a martyr, something apparently she likes to be. If she wants a career, she should know better.


Diana María Salgado shamelessly abused the Colombian Constitution so she could travel to Cartagena and do the National Pageant! Puh-leeze! And I'll never forget the judge. He deserves punishment, too.

In the neighborhood, a country is sinking rapidly in a hole of blackouts and water rationings. A country soaked in oil, but it has to import energy from countries with less energy potential! The simple solution: a call for war against the neighbors!

This week, South Park simply S-U-C-K-E-D. If you've been watching the show for years, you should know a couple of things about its creators. Its ideology is far from liberal. They aren't conservatives, either. They are somewhat libertarian. But "Dances With Smurfs" is plain laziness. You even laugh watching the episode. You know they like to shock, and more than once they prefer to be funny instead of being fair. This time is the former, beacause they mocked the legitimate concerns of a popular movement. They are not helping anybody but the people that spent the entire summer trivialising and mocking the movement while burning trillions of dollars in yet-to-be-seen stimulus.

Oh, and Britney Spears Twitter account has been hacked.
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