12 year old girls love, 20+ year old people hate

[coyote6]

I remember plenty of boy band (NSync, Backstreet Boys, etc.) bashing. I probably contributed some.

The hot teen idol-ish pop stars have always been bashed, as far back as I remember. Disco got steamrollered. Miley Cyrus's dad was ridiculed.

I don't recall having seen anything particularly egregious about Cyrus, Bieber, or the Jonas Bros; but I might just have ignored whatever I've seen.

Hit Perez Hilton's website sometime, and see the bile that gets laid on all sorts of people. People seem to hate celebrities, yet spend plenty of time, energy, and money on 'em, and on trying to become one.

 

[ggroy]

A lot of names have been thrown out in this thread, but really, were those artists reviled then as much as Bieber, Jonas, Cyrus are today? Every single time I've seen these kids mentioned, the reference is disparaging.

The headbanger metal crowds I was aware of back then, really hated bands like Duran Duran. Some weirdo metal types I knew of back then, would do stuff like beat up on preppy types and rip into shreds the preppies' expensive clothes in the process, for the "offense" of listening to Duran Duran and other "crappy" bands.

 

[ggroy]

I remember plenty of boy band (NSync, Backstreet Boys, etc.) bashing. I probably contributed some.

I know the feeling. Back in the day, my friends and I use to bash really "wimpy" stuff like Leif Garrett. I remember at the time, other people were also starting to even bash heavier bands like KISS when they were producing really crappy sounding records like Unmasked and Music From The Elder.

 

[the Jester]

New Kids on the Block. Backdoor Boys. Marky Mark. Menudo. New Edition. N Synch. Milli Vanilli.

 

[Viking Bastard]

I...

I must confess that I love Duran Duran. Always did, always will.

I was in diapers when Duran Duran were at their peak and while I wouldn't say that I love them, they have a solid place in my playlists.

 

[Thanee]

...all hate Justin Bieber...

I wouldn't call it hate, but... pity maybe?

Bye
Thanee

 

[Viking Bastard]

I don't get the hate against Bieber. Like or dislike his music (I haven't heard much of it), but he seems like a smart kid, that doesn't take his fame too seriously.

 

[Tonguez]

As a classical music fan, I always elicit a shocked response from people when I say I don't like Mozart. Mozart basically was the pop music of his time, and to this day remains what I would consider classical pop music. While Mozart does have some excellent pieces, I find most of his work to be relatively homogeneous in the same way I find pop homogenized today.

I was watching 'Rock me Amadeus" by Falco last night - that brought back memories

now when I was 12 (but not afaik a girl) I was listening to an eclectic mess of Prince, New Edition, Boney-M, Culture Club, ABBA, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Meatloaf, Ice-T, Lionel Ritchie - so I'm not sure what old people didn't like

and now as a 30+ man I will happily admit to liking Mileys country pop!

 

[ssampier]

Meh - Miley Cyrus I can understand because she is quite annoying. My favorite was a brief interview where she said, "Wha you say?" I barely know who Justin Bieber is (if it wasn't for Twitter I wouldn't know at all).

In my day (which isn't that far away considering I'm < 30) there was New Kids on the Block. I never liked them much. New Kids were followed closely by Kris Kross. Kris Kross made kids at my elementary school wear their pants backwards. I can still remember Kris Kross's, "Made you wanna JUMP, JUMP."

Kris Kross was followed closely by MC Hammer and parachute pants. I can still hum (most of the words) "Can't Touch This."

Vanilla Ice was popular about the same time. I remember thinking it was so cool that Vanilla Ice was in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II movie. I never owned a single album of his, however. Even today when I hear the rift in "Under Pressure" by Queen, I still think of Vanilla Ice first.

Much later there was Backstreet Boys and NSync. I never got into those, but I did own a Christina Aguilera cd or 2.

As you can see, I was a weird kid.

Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber are probably just another set of manufactured idols. In time they will be replaced by someone else.

The popularity that I never got was High School Musical. Why were those shows popular?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The Greatest Hits CDs for both of these are literally in my truck CD player at this moment.

A lot of names have been thrown out in this thread, but really, were those artists reviled then as much as Bieber, Jonas, Cyrus are today? Every single time I've seen these kids mentioned, the reference is disparaging.

I'll step up and say that Rick Springfield and Duran Duran were definitely better than Biberjonescyrus.

Rick was a solid if uninspired adult rocker singing his songs at the ladies, just like Huey Lewis, Eddie Money, Loverboy and so forth.

Duran Duran made slick Europop with some fairly mature themes (look for the unedited version of the "Girls on Film" video...and they didn't edit out much) while simultaneously affecting clothing styles around the world. Even if they didn't create the style of the 80s, they certainly were at the vanguard.

Both artists appealed to young ladies, its true, but their target audience was much broader.

In contrast, Bieberjonescyrus, the various Boy Bands and so forth are solidly aimed at the teen market, and their music lacks a certain...depth of maturity.

Besides that, check out their sheet music. The teen idols from the 1970s on have MUCH simpler music- lyrics, arrangements, instrumentation, time signatures & tempo- all aimed at less sophisticated ears.