Bieber is the Devil

Sinatra didn't write songs, couldn't read music or play an instrument.

I find my fellow baby boomers on social networking sites increasingly annoying, particularly when they express their opinions about "today's" music.

It's always the same thing. "The new stuff isn't as good as the old stuff.. blah blah blah Justin Bieber is satan.. blah blah blah."

This suggests that 1) Bieber represents all that is evil in pop music 2) there isn't great music being made today 3) there was no bad pop rock music in the 60s and 70s.

Bullshit.

As long as there's been pop music there have been teen idols for teenage girls to adore and for parents to role their eyes at.

The songs they sang in past decades were pretty much the same sappy silly "baby, baby ooo baby" songs of today. The only differences are hip hop and autotune.

Bobby Sherman comes to mind. In Sherman's recording career he earned seven gold singles, one platinum single, and five gold albums. He had a career total of seven top 40 hits.

Here's a youtube video that shows Sherman was no better or worse than Bieber. 




A quick look at the 1969 U.S. music charts shows the Beatles Get Back, the
Rolling Stones Honkey Tonk Woman and the Doors Touch Me were in the top 10 along with the Archies Sugar Sugar and Tommy Roe's Dizzy.  In fact the Archies charted higher than the Beatles, the Doors and the Stones.

I was 7 or 8 when my brother Gary brought home our first Beatles singles but even I remember the mainstream media made fun of the Bealtes, their look and their music.

"Yeah Yeah Yeah. What kind of noise is that? Kids these days don't know what good music is."



My point is this: listen to the music you like and yes of course, go ahead and hate Justin Bieber. His music is not for you anyway because you're not a 12 year old girl.

Remember your parents thought your music was shit too.