Perspective

[filkertom]

Rebecca Black has received death threats.

Look, "Friday" is a very catchy song with very banal lyrics. It can be done well, in a ironic-knowing-wink sort of way, such as when Stephen Colbert and Taylor Hicks sang it with Jimmy Fallon. But it's fluff. It's nothing.

Death threats!? Over this?

Whoever you are, you are really, really making something out of nothing. She's a thirteen year old girl. If you had the kind of exposure she's had, you'd be on top of the world, no matter the source. And, action movies aside, violence never solves anything. Especially viral video.

On top of which, you obviously have never heard Sheena Easton.

What musical artist could you happily never hear again?

Comments

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

I actually pulled up a video on YouTube that used Harris's version of "MacArthur Park" a few nights ago. I was in a coffee shop, and they were playing a cover of "I Will Survive" that was even worse than Donna Summer's version (if that can be believed). Trust me, Richard Harris was the better choice.

By the way, did you know that a version of "MacArthur Park" won a Grammy Award?