Rebecca Black

Earlier this week news.com.au took a look at dastardly filmclip deeds. We decided to jump on the bandwagon and asked Robert Burton-Bradley to get us started. Because, after all, it is Friday. Friday. And you’ve gotta get down on Friday.

(Hate Rebecca Black? You’ll love this.)

Long before Ms Black burst on to YouTube with her auto-tuned delusions of pop success people were creating music videos they’d probably wish were forgotten forever.

The most surprising thing about this hapless girl facetiously bleating “Today it is Friday, Friday” is that people think it’s the worst film clip ever made. I beg to differ. Thousands of other shockers are now just a click away.

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  • YoYoMan says:

    12:46pm | 19/04/11

    For 1981 i think the Kids In America video was a lot better than 9 to 5 by Sheena Easton or a lot of others from that year.  It was obviously a cheap budget for a song they didn’t expect to be so successful for an unknown 20 year old. … Read more »

  • Audra Blue says:

    08:06pm | 18/04/11

    Am I crazy, or does Jan Terri look like Rick Moranis in a bad blonde wig? Read more »

 

I respect Justin Bieber. Not begrudgingly respect—no, no, no. Plain, vanilla, true, deep respect. The kid’s good. I can acknowledge this.

There is no doubting that the immense Bieber whinging permeating through the (adult) world of social media is vastly unfounded. Of course, such facts won’t bother those who’ve gleefully ingested the Haterade.

One has to wonder if we’ve just become more adept at smugness for smugness’ sake - because it’s definitely not the music industry that’s changed.

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  • DIEFLEBATTE says:

    02:49am | 18/09/11

    I myself was an abused wife. My husband at the time would hit me and tell me if I had not made him mad it would not have happened. He broke my ribs,bruised me, locked me in closets, put me down in front of others, called me names and told… Read more »

  • snowyjim says:

    12:19pm | 03/04/11

    Adam, your article says that I’m outside Bieber’s demographic.  That’s fine, I can handle that.  What I can’t handle is all the over-the-top fawning by shows like Today & Sunrise which IS aimed my demographic.  Also, you state that Rebecca Black is ‘the 13-year-old girl who has endured a lifetime… Read more »

 

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