Actually, I never give the kid a second thought outside of here. He's an easy target, for sure.
So easy, in fact, that I let alot of punch lines go. I mean alot.
You know, Soot, there is a bunch of Beiber bashing here.
Just speaking for myself, if I had to theorize why, I'd say I have a certain amount of contempt.
It's not the kid himself, mind you.
It's what he stands for that irritates me.
He encapsulates what the music industry is all about. It can be described in one word:
Lazy.
In the 'old days', scouts went out looking for talent. And the bands toured their a$$es off in small venues everywhere in the hopes that one of those scouts would 'discover' them.
There was a lot of work to be done by all involved. And it was a gamble because these unknown bands weren't a lock to hit it big.
Today, however, no one has to leave their office. They have cattle calls (Idol, etc) that bring the *ahem* talent to one place. Or, in Beiber's case, they get 'discovered' on You Tube.
There's no risk in signing artists today.
Millions of people voted, or watched the YT vid, so the suits already know they're gonna make money.
Which, you can't really fault. It's smart business. They're gonna make money, and the artist makes money.
Today, they're signed, not necessarily because they're the best, but because they're the best of this bunch.
Huge difference