GMA to Rebecca Black: Let’s talk about how much people hate your song
posted at 9:53 pm on March 18, 2011 by Allahpundit
Good lord. I haven’t watched torture like this since Marty DiBergi read Spinal Tap that review of “Shark Sandwich.”
They’ve got America’s new “it” girl, the biggest pop star in the country, sitting right in front of them, and all ABC wants to know is how painful those painful, painful criticisms are? I say again: Good lord.
After a smug intro, Good Morning America’s Andrea Canning embodied a real life mean girl when she stared down the bright eyed eighth grader. The reporter smirked as she repeated the criticisms of Black’s online detractors: “This is the worst song I have ever heard in my life, even deaf people are complaining.” “I hate her voice, it’s going to be stuck in my head for life.”
“Do you think you’re a good singer?” Canning icily asks after inviting Black to perform the national anthem on command (it was surprisingly good and made me question why Friday was so outrageously autotuned in the first place). “I’m not the worst singer,” she replied, unshaken by the mocking tone of her interviewer. “I think I have talent on some level.”…
Canning … is a 38-year-old woman who bullied an eighth grader on national TV.
They should have sent Tapper to handle this one. Tough, yet fair. Sample question: “What about the ‘cereal’ lyric? Any second thoughts?”
The song, incidentally, is now number 31 with a bullet on iTunes. Next stop, the top 20. And if you think this marks the end of our recent binge of insanely viral videos involving teens, guess again. Monday shall be a glorious day indeed, my friends.
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Why are there so many blog posts on this stupid song/video?
spinach.chin on March 18, 2011 at 9:56 PM
Rebecca Black is 13 years old… what’s the Black Eyed Peas’ excuse?
ninjapirate on March 18, 2011 at 9:56 PM
the MSM needs to be destroyed….
unseen on March 18, 2011 at 9:57 PM
Kathy Griffin is jealous.
malclave on March 18, 2011 at 9:58 PM
Someone help me: What was yesterday? And what will tomorrow be?
amerpundit on March 18, 2011 at 9:58 PM
38 year old girl of envy.
the_nile on March 18, 2011 at 9:59 PM
Yawn…going to go listen to Dion and The Belmonts.
jawkneemusic on March 18, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Eighth graders, dude.
Caper29 on March 18, 2011 at 10:01 PM
Andrea Canning — last seen impersonating a deer in the headlights when Charlie Sheen blew cigarette smoke at her through his nostrils — should have asked Rebecca “So, how does it feel to be treated the way we in the MSM treat Sarah Palin?”
As I tweeted earlier, I don’t get what the backlash is about. “Friday” is no worse or better than most of the crap on the charts nowadays. Is the problem that Rebecca doesn’t dress like a slut (Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera), dance like a stripper (Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Shakira) or sing about getting sloppy drunk (Far East Movement, Ke$ha)? Has innocent fun become such an anomaly that kids can’t handle it when they see it?
L.N. Smithee on March 18, 2011 at 10:02 PM
I was just looking at an “Ark Music” YouTube big celebration party. It is two black guys who for 2-3 or 4 thousand dollars will take your kid and put them in a music video at let them sing at an “event”.
They then intend to basically SPAM the videos on YouTube, (and HotAir), until the singers are household names. The more irritating the more memorable. Rebecca Black is pretty but her end result is no worse that 15-20 of their “acts”. May Allah Pundit never learn who “CJ Fam” is.
Marcus on March 18, 2011 at 10:02 PM
She’s all of THIRTEEN!
Good Gawd.
annoyinglittletwerp on March 18, 2011 at 10:03 PM
You can’t say it enough.
rrpjr on March 18, 2011 at 10:04 PM
BTW, CJ Fam’s “Ordinary Popstar” has gone from 20,000 YouTube hits in 24 hours to over 300,000 so this Friday girl is now so last Friday.
Marcus on March 18, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Is she a Christian? A Young American for Freedom? As TV’s Andy Levy says, how is she any more heinous than The Black Eyed Peas?
Terrie on March 18, 2011 at 10:05 PM
She should have gone on the “Today” Show instead of GMA.
Buy Danish on March 18, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Dubstep Remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExmNN3jj6WM
ninjapirate on March 18, 2011 at 10:05 PM
It seems to me the vindictiveness aimed at this girl is about a rage against presumptuous innocence.
rrpjr on March 18, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Canning is still spooked from that Sheen interview.
sulla on March 18, 2011 at 10:05 PM
THIS is why we keep coming back for more Allahpundit.
John the Libertarian on March 18, 2011 at 10:06 PM
I an not on the twitter… Can someone send this to http://twitter.com/andylevy
mad saint jack on March 18, 2011 at 10:07 PM
oh Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.
Patrick on March 18, 2011 at 10:07 PM
She’s a cutie pie; that dried up old hag interviewing her is jealous.
Alden Pyle on March 18, 2011 at 10:08 PM
The song kinda grates due to the high bubblegum content, but it is far from the worst song ever, much less this week.
sharrukin on March 18, 2011 at 10:08 PM
Where’s Diane Sawyers? Oh that’s right, in Japan admiring the Organizing for Recycling.
Electrongod on March 18, 2011 at 10:09 PM
I’m pretty sure Levy reads Hot Air.
John the Libertarian on March 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM
I hope I never hear that song again, but I’m on team Black. A 13 year old with a hit song, and standing up to that level of criticism? The parents should be proud.
DFCtomm on March 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM
The “new” liberal “civility”.
Roy Rogers on March 18, 2011 at 10:11 PM
Must be part of a union…
… and a Democrat.
Seven Percent Solution on March 18, 2011 at 10:12 PM
I don’t get it… Annoying? Yes. But far from the worst song ever. I think she sounds a lot like Britney Spears and the lyrics are similar to something Britney would sing. Ooops! I did it again.
behiker on March 18, 2011 at 10:12 PM
Did the left treat William Hung this bad?
Roy Rogers on March 18, 2011 at 10:12 PM
Whatever happened to paying your dues and working your way up to success, rather than trying to take shortcuts to the head of the line?
Oh, yeah, Obama.
Christien on March 18, 2011 at 10:12 PM
Kids like it. They have fun with it. It is catchy, fun, and positive. More power to her.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 10:13 PM
I bet she wouldn’t interview Tootie or Moesha…or whatver their names are…about much people hate their daddy or their momma’s idea of nutrition.
SouthernGent on March 18, 2011 at 10:13 PM
Ask her what her position is on same sex marriage.
That will end her carrier in a San Fran minute.
No really…I have seen it.
Electrongod on March 18, 2011 at 10:14 PM
She seems like a nice kid. The song is not my cup of tea, but I wish her well and hope the limelight doesn’t burn her.
The interviewer is just being nasty and sensationalist. Shocker.
Dino64 on March 18, 2011 at 10:15 PM
This or “jenny from the block”?
This
This or “Achy Breaky Heart”
This
This or “Kokomo”
This
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 10:16 PM
I don’t know, but their old opening act should take their place.
Tim Burton on March 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM
In 2011, if you’re not smacking down at Denny’s (while people watch) or throwin’ down on the subway while eating spaghetti, you ain’t NOWHERE./
In 2011, if you’re not wrongfully humiliating someone, you just ain’t hip./
Bring on the “Slutwave” of Katy Perry, Rhianna, Xtina and Lady Gaga (Ruth Buzzi look-a-like)!/
And Andrea, country called….they want their O back! Stat!
Gob on March 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM
My collie says:
Bwahaha! I like the way you think, collie — a bit twisted, but I like it.
CyberCipher on March 18, 2011 at 10:20 PM
You kidding?
Tim Burton on March 18, 2011 at 10:20 PM
She deserves far more than Kim Fatassian. Seems there is more respect for people who kick start their careers with sex tapes.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Rebecca should do sweet child o’mine , just to rub it in.
the_nile on March 18, 2011 at 10:20 PM
For quite a while now, music has not been about talent. It is all about creating the next sensation. 14:59:59…
Christien on March 18, 2011 at 10:20 PM
I just watched it. I don’t like most music so can honestly say it was no more painful than watching just about any other music video being shown today.
TugboatPhil on March 18, 2011 at 10:20 PM
I am not saying it is great but those songs are awful and made millions.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 10:21 PM
Is this the same lady that did the Charlie Sheen interview?
El_Terrible on March 18, 2011 at 10:21 PM
One thing’s pretty clear from this: ABC News’ hierarchy is as a strategy trying to pick up on hot internet topics — that is, the ones that don’t potentially damage the Obamastration or the Democrat Party.
L.N. Smithee on March 18, 2011 at 10:21 PM
Pretty much the truth.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 10:21 PM
Thir. Teen.
I would sooner kill myself than allow my creative endeavors from age 13 be disseminated.
The only thing she should be ashamed of is having access to the internet.
The interviewer should be treated like 38 year old women are customarily treated in Canning and Black’s mutual occupation. Gone.
HitNRun on March 18, 2011 at 10:22 PM
Didn’t see anything wrong with the interview. Icily? Nah. She presented the bad comments and asked some pointed questions. She had to ask since so many people are getting ridiculously bent out of shape over bubblegum. And fer cryin’ out loud, the girl’s 13, not 8.
I thought Rebecca handled the interview very well. Not many 13 year olds would have done that well. She seems to have figured out haters gonna hate. Great. Move on. Mom and Dad should be proud of her.
ItsForTheChildren on March 18, 2011 at 10:22 PM
My youngest daughter loves this song and honestly compared to some of the music today this is good. GO REBECCA!!
hboulware on March 18, 2011 at 10:22 PM
Hey, Good Morning America… you should interview yourself and ask if you really are journalists. Like ask yourself:
“What was the biggest lie you ever told?”
“What innocent person’s life was the easiest for you to destroy?”
“Do you sleep at night knowing fewer and fewer people are watching you?”
“Do you care that more and more Americans really hate you?”
It’s just a freaking music video. It’s an innocent cheesy song! Good Lord!
JellyToast on March 18, 2011 at 10:23 PM
She appears to be the type that will be stronger for it all but like someone said early she is thirteen.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 10:23 PM
Leave Rebecca Black alone!
JellyToast on March 18, 2011 at 10:27 PM
The song is awful. But she is thirteen, so go girl!
AshleyTKing on March 18, 2011 at 10:27 PM
Speaking of kids getting bullied, go check out the HA headline from the Brisbane times. That dad is my hero!!
hboulware on March 18, 2011 at 10:30 PM
Can’t wait to hear her autotune The Star Spangled Banner at a big-league stadium.
Christien on March 18, 2011 at 10:32 PM
I already liked the song, but it’s really growing on me now.
Kensington on March 18, 2011 at 10:33 PM
hboulware on March 18, 2011 at 10:30 PM
LOL! That is the feel-good story of the year!
(And that headline about “I’m gonna be the butter” is thillingly about Herman Cain and NOT “Last Tango In Paris”. GO CAIN!!!)
Gob on March 18, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Imagine if anyone in the MFM gave President Obama 1/50th of the grilling Rebecca Black’s getting here. Liberals would be setting themselves on fire in the street to protest.
Kensington on March 18, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Okay the song wasn’t that bad…as many have said I’ve heard worse.
Why are Leftist women like Canning so full of hate? I could never be a Leftist… I’m too vain and I’m too happy…
CCRWM on March 18, 2011 at 10:34 PM
The song is pretty bad.
I guess what I don’t get is how I’m supposed to feel bad for her. I mean, if I understand this right, her parents paid for her to have a music video, then they put it online, then she agrees to do these interviews about her bad song… ummm… yeah, I don’t get it.
MeatHeadinCA on March 18, 2011 at 10:35 PM
I thought she did a decent job singing the national anthem.
terryannonline on March 18, 2011 at 10:37 PM
At least the thirteen year-old Black has shown her creative talent, nascent though it is. When is the 38 yo Canning going to try?
Dusty on March 18, 2011 at 10:37 PM
Gob, I especially love how “Mitch the knife” is below Cains “I’m the butter” Now that’s teh funny right there!!
hboulware on March 18, 2011 at 10:39 PM
hboulware on March 18, 2011 at 10:39 PM
Too right! ROTFLMAO!
Gob on March 18, 2011 at 10:41 PM
Well, she hasn’t murdered anyone. She just sang a not very good song. I don’t think it warrants the death wishes she is getting from some people. I don’t think being in the public eye should make you a target. It does, but it really shouldn’t.
sharrukin on March 18, 2011 at 10:41 PM
As bad as the song was, the GMA interview was far worse…
and it was conducted by a highly paid network “professional”!!!
Interestingly, every single negative comment about the song applies equally to the GMA interview.
The girl was having fun, and has nothing to apologize for.
On the other hand, the GMA interviewer should give the network its money back and resign.
landlines on March 18, 2011 at 10:41 PM
Am I the only one who thinks that blogger Meghan Casserly is overreacting? Geez, the young got world wide internet attention because people thought the song was horrible so she’s not suppose ask about the horribleness?
terryannonline on March 18, 2011 at 10:42 PM
The only reason why she was being interviewed is because she people thought the song was horrible so was the reporter ignore questions about horrible it was?
terryannonline on March 18, 2011 at 10:44 PM
Well, I think she is a class act.
Very poised for her age.
esnap on March 18, 2011 at 10:46 PM
The song IS the worst song ever because:
–It has no structure.
–It has no point.
–It has no craftsmanship.
–It has the most banal, insipid, obvious lyrics ever.
There are no similes, no metaphors, no poetry, no allusions, no tension, no conflict, no love, no passion, no humor, no story–in short, there is no humanity in this song.
Please make it stop!!!!
mockmook on March 18, 2011 at 10:46 PM
I have to think Meghan McCain’s got Ark Music Factory on speed dial by now.
Kensington on March 18, 2011 at 10:47 PM
And how is that different than just about every other song out there today?
Bad? Yes.
Worst? No.
sharrukin on March 18, 2011 at 10:50 PM
I have to think Meghan McCain’s got Ark Music Factory on speed dial by now.
Kensington on March 18, 2011 at 10:47 PM
Hee-hee! You’re post not only made me laugh, but I can actually picture her intensity. AMF is sooooo Meghan McCain!
Gob on March 18, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Listen, given what passes for music these days with rappers booty poppin with half naked women and Katy Perry and K$sha and the rest of their ilk. I’ll take “Friday”. Yes, it’s bad but at least I’m not embarrassed to listen to it with my 8 yr old daughter!!
hboulware on March 18, 2011 at 10:55 PM
No, not the worst song ever, but the lyrics are darn close.
Kinda in the style of Robin Sparkles “Let’s go to the mall” from How I Met Your Mother.
cktheman on March 18, 2011 at 11:00 PM
My point was:
Composing a trite, repetitious, and annoying work is excusable for an inexperienced teenager who does it for her own enjoyment, but not for a (supposedly) experienced interviewer who does it for money…and who supposedly knows better.
A decent interviewer could have made an interesting and uplifting story out of the same facts by conducting a more intelligent interview of the girl.
landlines on March 18, 2011 at 11:00 PM
Please tell me what the reporter was supposed to do? How would you handle an interview with a young girl who is being interviewed because her video/song is being widely panned on the interview? Let me know.
terryannonline on March 18, 2011 at 11:06 PM
the msm will do puff pieces on the lowest pol in the world, but their fangs come out with a girl. that is punching down consderiably
but the truth is the vid shows that with a modest amount of talent you can make a vid that is really kind of cute, and catchy….and Kanye West can’t sing anyway
so all these professional who “produce” MTV vids/songs and make gigabucks…are really just marketers with little real musical talent
r keller on March 18, 2011 at 11:14 PM
ABC News should be ashamed of itself for that vile crap. Her mother should be more ashamed of herself.
AYNBLAND on March 18, 2011 at 11:15 PM
Yeh Ke$ha’s lyrics are much more respectable
Yeah yeah yeahI really want
To get it
On with you
And from the
Very second
That I saw you
Knew you were gonna
Be my new
Booty call
And it’s all (all)
I’ve been thinking about it
All day long
Just don’t
Go falling
In love
Boy you down
To be my new
Booty call
And it’s all
W-want
Booty call
W-want
or Lady Gaga
Now them girls are arteests.
/
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 11:15 PM
Give it up. It was in bad taste. Bet that interviewer would be easier on Obama.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 11:16 PM
I rewatched the interview. Yeah, people need to calm down.
terryannonline on March 18, 2011 at 11:18 PM
So assuming you were fuming mad at O’Reilly’s interview of Obama because O’Reilly was so disrespectful?
terryannonline on March 18, 2011 at 11:20 PM
I think it’s bad, but not enough to make fun of her. When she did the National Anthem, I thought she was decent, she could pull it off without any Autotune.
Those you listed were much much worse and less deserving of millions.
I still think Pigeon John should be on the radio instead of most crap you hear. Another band I love is the Franz Family, but they’ll never be on the radio.
Tim Burton on March 18, 2011 at 11:21 PM
Yeh that is what I said./
Actually O’Reilly was pretty easy on him. Oh and how old is Obama?
Really just quit. Sometimes you are just inane.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 11:22 PM
LOL! Even Ark has standards.
Tim Burton on March 18, 2011 at 11:22 PM
I haven’t heard the song, and until I saw this topic in HotAir, I was unaware of the controversy (no kids in the home).
I just have to ask, with the world going to hell in a handbasket, between the middle east meltdown, Japan shaken and washed away and the remnants of that country subjected to a potential nuclear meltdown, Wisconsin going to hell in a handbasket, why is the main stream media giving any airtime to a teenager to recorded a song?
Next question, why the h3ll are we talking about it?
karenhasfreedom on March 18, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Agreed.
There’s a polite way, and there’s an impolite way to ask every question. I believe that this was done using the impolite way. Ms. Canning lacks the empathy needed to interview a 13 year old.
unclesmrgol on March 18, 2011 at 11:23 PM
Watch my left hand…..
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 11:25 PM
Alright what is the polite to interview her? What would you have asked her?
Please if you are going to criticize the reporter…I want to know how you would have done her job differently.
terryannonline on March 18, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Oh come on the kid is a Harvard grade school grad and an experienced schoolyard organizer who is the smartest girl in the 7th grade. /
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Seriously SOS.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 11:29 PM
I’d ask what inspired her to make the video, how she did it, who helped, what she thinks about all of the attention, what she learned, and what she’s going to do next. I certainly wouldn’t waste any time rubbing the kids nose in the fact that her first video wasn’t a polished, instant top 40 hit.
The interviewer is like the idiot who corners a widow at her husband’s funeral, sticks a microphone in her face, and asks over and over again exactly how bad the widow feels. This is not informative or entertaining. The term for this kind of journalism is “muckraking”. (But note that the original “muckrakers” were actually trying to accomplish something, which makes them far better than the interviewer in this piece).
landlines on March 18, 2011 at 11:29 PM
Still chuckling over the Obama O’Reilly reference. Gotta save this thread to my favorites.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Do you not get the ONLY reason why this young girl is being interviewed on national television because her song got widely panned on the internet…..and you want the interviewer to ask “Oh what are going to do next?” That makes absolutely NO sense.
terryannonline on March 18, 2011 at 11:33 PM
You’re the expert and obtuse.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 11:35 PM
The willingly obtuse are the worst.
CWforFreedom on March 18, 2011 at 11:35 PM
LOL! You want a reporter to ask a 13 year old girl who has a song about waking up on Friday and eating cereal, “What inspires you?” LOL! THAT IS HILARIOUS!
terryannonline on March 18, 2011 at 11:36 PM
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