Posts Tagged ‘A Lil’ Odd’

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

And the classiest video of all time goes to…

If you have kids within viewing distance, put a Snuggie over their face.

For once, I am speechless.

What the eff is this badonk-a-donk piece of garbage?!!!

Can you imagine being in this Walmart while this was going down? You’d be scarred fo’ life!

Oh, hell naw.

Hilarious and shocking yet downright sad.

Be prepared. You’ve been warned.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

While I’m in the country (on a little vacay from the Big Apple) eating Moon Pies and avoiding Walmart like the plague, yesterday I kept getting texts from everyone about all the cool things they were doing for Pride in the city, one who practically did the boot scootin’ boogie with Mz. Katy Perry, who just randomly popped up.

Random popping up, somewhat like this dude, I’d imagine!

Anyways, I hate you all!

You know who you are!

Happy Pride + Love + Equality for all.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Ok, so, if you follow this bloggy (which I assume you do, if not, get on that pronto, butthole), then you would know that I’ve always had an itsy bitsy teeny weeny hole in my heart that belongs to Lights. Tiny because honestly, that’s all she needs. She’s like a toy doll. But real and stuff. Almost kinda anime-ish, but you know what I’m saying!

Back to the point…

Lights creates original pieces of music that clearly come from the heart. In one listen, it’s apparent that she’s more than a quirky girl with a guitar, she’s a quirky girl with a guitar and a fractured wonderland of a soul.

In her latest vlog, the 24-year-old Canadian singer/songwriter performs a new song, a gem by the name of In The Dark I See.

Check out the new tune + another beautiful acoustic Lights jam following.

Love her!

[Related Post: Quirky Quirkerson: Lights Edition]

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Album of the decade? Sorry, Gaga. That feat belongs to Adele. The whole CD for .99 cents? The label might as well put the damn thing in Happy Meals. No, this isn’t happening. I just liked the headline.

This might sound harsh (not the intention), but I’m strictly going balls to the wall with my opinion on Gaga’s overexposure & unapologetic shameless promotion. Why? Because I respect her. Because I appreciate the substance beneath all the starvation for fame. Because I think the way she’s crafted herself (shock value galore) is taking away from the music.

For the record, I actually like several songs on this album, especially You and I. No, I don’t like You and I, I fucking love it. That’s saying something since I’m not a big Gaga fan. I just feel like all this cheap promotion (including Gaga on Farmville, Grindr, Words with Friends & countless others) is extremely desperate. Hello!

Strip her of the hysterics & what is she? A seemingly manufactured pop star. A product that her label clearly has no problem pushing down people’s throats. Literally. (A friend recently told me about Gaga day at Starbucks. Oy!)

However, stripped is where I like her the most. Cue You and I, a more pop rock driven ballad in the vein of Elton John, but on a caffeine high.

This, to me, is where Gaga shines.

Without the layers upon layers of synth electro beats & repetitious slang.

Unlike Adele, who sells millions of albums effortlessly by being no one but herself, Gaga has to parade around and give birth to glitter on stage to get people to talk about what? Not her music. Her stunts. It takes away from her music big time. Genius? I disagree. Perhaps a marketing genius. Sellout is the term I’d label her at the moment.

Nothing wrong with using different types of media to market an album, however the .99 cent card is basically what record labels pull to ensure the album goes to #1. It’s basically cheating. Why? Because tons of people will buy an album for a buck, even if it’s not someone they would normally support. Why? Because it’s cheap. That’s the desperate part. I wish she would’ve earned it the old fashioned way. By selling actual albums at a normal price point. I think her label was scared due to the fact that there was a backlash over Judas and this was the easy route to breaking records the first week.

Good luck, Gaga. Just know (since you’re a businesswoman and all) that there’s a huge non-sequined chunk of people out there who just can’t swallow the contrived stunts you pull (à la eggs & meat), whom you’re abandoning.

With (tough) love.

[PS: I would kill to direct/conceptualize the music video for You and I. Yes, I'm serious! If you're reading this Gaga, call me. No, seriously. Call me! Or email. Or send messenger pigeons. Rainbow smoke signals? Whatever works for you.]

By: Caitlin Hoffman
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

People laugh when I say I like Christian Rock. They get this image about idealized Sunday school teachings crushed into awkward, archaic pop. Well, screw that! First of all, I think it’s brave when a person is keen to rock out about their values, no matter what those values may be. (Unless, of course, their values involve kitten bashing or other uncool things.) Second of all, anyone who thinks Christian Rock sucks hasn’t heard Hawk Nelson.

They will do whatever it takes to make you stand up and jump. They don’t care if they get called geeks, and if anything, they’d use such a mantra to their advantage. Also, I’ve met them, and on a scale of sweetness from 1 to 10, they’re a 12.

I guess I’m a little late on this, but their latest album (released in February) totally blows my mind. Crazy Love, the lead single off the album, gravitates to a new sound that I didn’t anticipate from them, which made it all the more fun. It’s much more dance rock than pop punk, but still had me headbanging by the time it was over. The chorus will grab you hard and refuse to let go until you start singing along. This is the best kind of song to dance crazy to in public, because who gives a damn what people think? Plus, they’re going to be at YC this summer, a youth conference that is the source of many nostalgic memories of mine.

Get a load of the cuteness in their video and then top off the cute factor with a potentially stoned Jason (their lead singer) philosophising on e-mail and butterflies.
　

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

[Photo of Keenan via Alex Markow]

Ok, let’s cut the crap, shall we? I think S&M is a gross song. There! I said it. I love Britney to death and even though I’ve referred to Rihanna as a “red headed floozie” (joke, for dancing with my man, Drake) in the past, I like her, too. The simple truth, however, is that this song is kinda nasty. I mean, do I really need to know that Rihanna likes the smell of sex? Negative! It’s tries too hard to be sexy, thus making it not sexy at all. But hey, maybe it’s just me.

On the flipside, Keenan Cahill has really brought the song to life.

Keep doin’ you, Keenan. And hey, not everybody can say that Britney is a fan of their work like you can, buddy! (Britney showed her love of the song yesterday when she posted the video on her Facebook fan page.)

Love it!

Get ready for one helluva laugh!

[You can also catch Keenan in Sara Bareilles' latest video here.]

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

What the hell, Ms. Purry?!

Katy Perry recently dropped the music video to her new single E.T., featuring Kanye West and all I gots to say is I prefer quirky fun Katy over creepy Katy. The clip was directed by Floria Sigismondi (yes, she directed Christina Aguilera’s eccentric Fighter vid) and it certainly shows. Katy is painted into an alienhumanoiddeerbot that’s been beamed down from galaxy weird. Kanye basically just floats in the video and acts cooler than thou rhyming about probes and designer alien gear. Ya know, the usual.

On a more positive note, I found a cover of the track that I instantly fell in love with…

Watch my favorite E.T. cover by Alyssa Bernal + the official music video for the track following.

Are you feelin’ weird, creepy Katy?

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Spoken like a true crackhead!

“I say Rebecca Black is a genius and that anybody telling her she’s cheesy is full of shit.”

–Lady Gaga
[Via the Google Goes Gaga Interview]

PS: Do you agree? Or do you think Gaga was smokin’ crack?

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Bon Qui Qui voice: Ruuude!

After winning the Grammy for Best New Artist this past Sunday, jazz singer/songwriter Esperanza Spalding was targeted by Justin Bieber’s wackadoodle fans, otherwise known as Beliebers (via her Wikipedia page). One noticeable change was Spalding’s middle name which had been switched to say “Quesadilla” — now, I am not one to condone such tweeny bop behavior but that literally made me laugh out loud when the attack first caught my attention. However, some of the other taunts were no laughing matter (but what else is new, this is the Beliebers we’re talking about here), as one user added the following statement to the Wiki page: “Justin Bieber deserved it go die in a hole. Who the heck are you anyway?”

Honestly, I’m impressed. I mean, how does one know how to hack yet fail at life when it comes to simple grammar? That’s a first!

Another notable change that was added after the site’s mention of the Grammy win, included: “Even though no one has ever heard of her! Yay!” Also, at the end of her biography, one user wrote, “Bieber 4 Lyfe.”

Unlike his psycho fans, I mean hackers, Bieber congratulated Spalding on the win backstage at the Grammy showdown and the bit was captured via MTV News.

Even though the win was a shocker for many viewers, it appears that it couldn’t have been a more bigger surprise to anyone over Spalding who told MTV backstage at the show: “I was one of those [surprised] people. It was so unexpected, that’s the truth. I’m grateful to all my people in my big musical family that have given me so much support and help over the years. I don’t really think this is for me; it’s for all of us. And I wish they could all be here to put one finger on this with me.”

Spalding is a classically trained musician who deserved the award! So go away with the hatemail, Biebheads!

(Although I will say, I wanted my boo Drake to win. I know I said this already, but felt like saying it again. Sue me!)

A quickie introduction to Spalding below.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Sorry, Kris — Zorro takes the crown!

Aside from his serious work with the UN Foundation and Haiti relief, Kris Allen is usually a nut. Someone got hit with the looks stick and was also served a big fat bowl of lucky luck charms. He ain’t just a pretty face, he’s got a sweet soul’d out voice and quite the witty wit wit to boot.

Check out Kris Allen and his French Bulldog pup, Zorro, in action below + a live acoustic cover of MJ’s classic Man In The Mirror following. (Notice the comedic commentary before the song begins. Love this guy!)

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

If you recently tried salvia (thanks, Destiny Hope Cyrus) and sat around wondering what might happen if you mixed an ultra conservative Christian college with the genius of the Gregory Brothers/Antoine Dodson topped with a splash of the holiday spirit — then today is your lucky day, my friend.

Honestly, when I first stumbled upon this video I was a little dumbfounded as to what the Bed Intruder Song might sound like as a Christmas Carol, but in all honesty, it works. And it never gets old! To be factual, the performance is downright awesome.

Although the members energy/enthusiasm is lackluster compared to that of the hyper/animated mohawk-wearing conductor, it all comes together in the end.

Check it!

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

What in bloody snow-drenched hell?

Apparently, Russian teenagers are nuts. I only recently found this out. And here’s some documented footage to prove this point. Too bad there’s not a soundtrack against the clip. Perhaps someone on YouTube can redo T-Pain’s I’m On A Boat to something more up to date with the times — I’m On A Rope perhaps? Ha!

PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, KIDS.

Any bonker song choices that might fit the background of this clip?

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Maybe she’s born with it?
Maybe she’s a “Lil Monster” and just “expressing” herself?
Maybe she flew over the cuckoo’s nest?

You decide.

We’re gonna go with Four Loko.

Or what the title of the vid suggests…

Or both.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Just saw someone with muffin toe (this is what I made up as slang for the power combo of muffin top + camel toe). Talk about stuffed turkey!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

[Photo via Dave Benett/Getty Images]
Who would’ve thunk it?!

From NPR: “With near-perfect SAT scores, for her, a backup plan was never out of the realm of possibility. As a teenager, Ke$ha had a strong intellectual curiosity that extended beyond the music world.”

“I was very studious. I was in the international baccalaureate program, I loved physics and math, and I was in the marching band. After practice, I would drive to Belmont [a college in Nashville] and listen to Cold War history classes; I just think it’s so interesting. I was really curious about a lot of things that are much deeper than partying and dancing.”

–Ke$ha
[As taken from an interview with NPR]

Are we being punk’d?