Justin Bieber

icebreaker

icebreaker

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In these my autumn years, it takes something to amuse this jaded old palate.
But last night's event at the London O2 re-assured me that the surreal is still alive and well.

Justin Bieber is late for his "performance" causing the audience of seven-year-old thumbsuckers to fall asleep as it was way past their bedtime. :lol:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...orcing-parents-children-home-seeing-idol.html
Quote: "There were parents there with children aged four or five who were asleep on their shoulders as they were leaving early". :blink:

No sympathy for the parents from this quarter. Any parent shelling out £57-£66 for their child to see this talentless muppet should be sectioned.
Better by far if those same parents educated and informed their children about real music -- like Pantera, Megadeth or BLS etc. :whistle:
 
icebreaker said:
Better by far if those same parents educated and informed their children about real music -- like Pantera, Megadeth or BLS etc. :whistle:
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It's a difficult choice to make but on balance I think I'd rather listen to the boy Bieber:D

The Wikipedia disambiguation page for BLS informs me that it stands for a bunch of heavy-metallists called Black Label Society though it also mentions something called Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome, which would be a much better name, as would Basic Life Support. Blackboard Learning System however wouldn't be:)
 
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What's in a name.
As long as it does what it says on the tin (label?). Which in this case entails the capacity to "rock your balls off" -- which BLS most certainly do. :)

Oh my dear Drone -- you are such a phillistine, are you not !
Bieber in preference to BLS, indeed! :nono:

(Then again, this assessment is expounded by a member who proclaimed only a week ago that the Rolling Stones are -- and have been since 1972 -- rubbish). :p
 
My middle name is Contrarian so please do wind and josh away

My balls haven't really rocked heavily since Deep Purple carved their name In Rock, though the lasting allure of that magnificent bombast is coloured by those familiar rose-tinted spectacles worn in remembrance of defining moments past:

my first bollocking from the neighbours for disturbing their suburban peace with an "awful racket", or to be exact a bollocking from my parents following a polite complaint from Mr and Mrs Midle-Aged-And-Average next door. This was truly the key to the teenage door

Your prose seems familiar Icebreaker. Were both our names once carved In Red on the walls of Castle Cormack?

Regarding young Mr Bieber's concert: what surprised me was the lateness of the scheduled start, given the likely demographics of the audience. Tea-time and don't forget to tape Blue Peter would have seemed wiser. Schools are still out around 3.30 aren't they?

the memory of a certain image is but regret for a moment, and the houses, streets and avenues are fleeting, alas, as the years
 
Ah yes, those days of teen rebellion as so tenderly evoked in your above post, Drone. You truly are the Laurie Lee of internet horseracing forums, old boy.
But hey, one is never too old to rock 'n roll; so turntable it once again -- and turn it up LOUD. Rekindle that teen rebelliousness once more -- and this time without all the attendant teen angst, the acne, and the insecurities around girls. :D

Yes indeed, I certainly did while away the occasional idle hour within the walls of TRF -- back in the days when horses didn't complain about being whipped to the finishing line and coursing greyhounds didn't have to wear muzzles. My moniker on there was "Hoofhearted". Our paths did indeed cross in that particular rosegarden but always in a civil and courteous way.

As the topic is broadly a discourse on the Bieber boy, I think it should be recorded that he collapsed last night during his second "concert".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...breathing-difficulties-O2-concert-London.html
It's that rock and roll lifestyle, I tell yiz. The drink, the drugs, the groupies. Mark my words, he's going the same way as Jimi, Janis, Kurt Cobain et al. (NOT).
And when he does crash and burn to an early grave there will be such an outpouring of national grief amonst the thumbsuckers that it will make Lady Diana's sad pasing look like the Rowan And Martin Laugh-In. :cool:
 
icebreaker said:
Ah yes, those days of teen rebellion as so tenderly evoked in your above post, Drone. You truly are the Laurie Lee of internet horseracing forums, old boy.
But hey, one is never too old to rock 'n roll; so turntable it once again -- and turn it up LOUD. Rekindle that teen rebelliousness once more -- and this time without all the attendant teen angst, the acne, and the insecurities around girls. :D

Yes indeed, I certainly did while away the occasional idle hour within the walls of TRF -- back in the days when horses didn't complain about being whipped to the finishing line and coursing greyhounds didn't have to wear muzzles. My moniker on there was "Hoofhearted". Our paths did indeed cross in that particular rosegarden but always in a civil and courteous way.

As the topic is broadly a discourse on the Bieber boy, I think it should be recorded that he collapsed last night during his second "concert".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...breathing-difficulties-O2-concert-London.html
It's that rock and roll lifestyle, I tell yiz. The drink, the drugs, the groupies. Mark my words, he's going the same way as Jimi, Janis, Kurt Cobain et al. (NOT).
And when he does crash and burn to an early grave there will be such an outpouring of national grief amonst the thumbsuckers that it will make Lady Diana's sad pasing look like the Rowan And Martin Laugh-In. :cool:
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Rowan And Martin Laugh-In

aaah..velly interesting....but very stupid :lol:

do you remember the german from behind the plant?
 
icebreaker said:
Ah yes, those days of teen rebellion as so tenderly evoked in your above post, Drone. You truly are the Laurie Lee of internet horseracing forums, old boy.
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Very kind Icebreaker, Laurie Lee's tomes have a special, little place in my heart: the very title 'Cider With Rosie' is so corn-waving-in-the-summer-wind, rumpy-pumpy-amongst-the buttercups, sweet-bird-of-youth evocative that it still causes a welling of gut-instigated pangs and a worrisome, nagging longing

Tale-wise though I preferred 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning', a terrific title nearly, but not quite, as evocative as the above

The child Bieber has obviously had a 'brainstorming session' with his management who decided the best way to limit damage to the brand is to invoke sympathy: collapse on stage son and suffer for your art, it's a tough life being a popster - get well soon tweet 36 million exploited pre-pubescents

'scuse me while I kiss the sky/kiss this guy:confused:
 
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Rowan And Martin Laugh-In

aaah..velly interesting....but very stupid :lol:

do you remember the german from behind the plant?
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Oh god, yes !!!
Wolfgang the chain-smoking German soldier behind the bush ( still fighting the war).
Can't for the life of me remember who played the part, tho'.

A nineteen-year-old, I would invariably arrive home on Saturday nights drunk and watch R & M Laugh-In ( Mum and Dad would have gone to bed earlier) -- and laugh mehself silly into the early hours.

"SOCK IT TO ME". !!!!!
 
He is the epitomy of the modern day celeb culture. Overpayed, undertalented, but never so admired with his legions of followers.

The western world really has no taste in anything true anymore, we've lost our sense of whats real, or those who worship this pathetic rat have. The strange thing is inexperienced-in-life kids like him may even hit the far east with their superficial messages and music.

I should add I am not generally a bitter person, I'm very open to the success of others especially the young, but I find the liking of this particular young man, along with One Direction, Taylor Swift and the rest, often born-and bred middle class type of kid who knew the right people, had the right contacts etc, and have 'made it' in music by creating a few tatty pop songs with no meaning very strange.

I guess for many people 'making it' is managing to get a better job than just sweeping the pavements, or fulfilling a life time achievement/ambition, rather than fives minutes, (or for kids like Justin) a very prolonged five minutes of fame.

Thankfully we have the joys of urban music, and rap music, and the hardship of many a working class and lower class brotha who can make music about it, to counteract these spoilt white kids.

What a scenario...:)
 
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I come from an urban music background, always listen to it, including 1 xtra. I used to DJ Uk Garage and house as a youngster in London. I'm a big fan of urban music, Benny. Its the only music I would listen to nowadays, along with classics on You Tube such as New Order/Blue Monday etc.
 
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Thank you, Colin.
Drone said:
Very kind Icebreaker, Laurie Lee's tomes have a special, little place in my heart: [/I]
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Drone, I'm not as "blown away" by Cider With Rosie as much as most people are.
I think it is structurally flawed -- the chapters being as "themes" rather than as segments in a forward-moving plotline. And since it is autobiographical, I suppose it is difficult to introduce plot devices and maguffins without making the whole thing implausible.
Actually, there isn't much of a plot really ......... the entire book is really a build-up to the young Lee getting into the eponymous Rosie's pants. (And we all knew that was going to happen, anyway). :D

I do agree tho' that the titles are wonderfully evocative. Another one I like is "Blue Remembered Hills" of Denis Potter ( borrowed from A.E. Houseman).
 
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I come from an urban music background, always listen to it, including 1 xtra. I used to DJ Uk Garage and house as a youngster in London. I'm a big fan of urban music, Benny. Its the only music I would listen to nowadays, along with classics on You Tube such as New Order/Blue Monday etc.
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Each to their own! Much of it is talentless drivel in my opinion, but I'm sure people think the same about the rock music I listen to. The difference is they're wrong, of course.
 
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