Two brilliant high school seniors in Chicago convinced their administrators to surge Bieber’s “Baby” between classes until the students paid up $1,000 to make it stop. The funds, of course, didn’t go to the now-bleeding ears of Evanston Township High School students — instead the grand helped save a popular arts center. That makes sense because in order for folks to remember they appreciate something, you should pummel them with some of the most obnoxious examples within that something’s stratosphere.
Apparently the hit song resounded among ET High’s halls a whopping 20 times between Monday and Wednesday. So yeah, that makes the count for the word “baby” heard from The Bieb’s poofy lips 54. Yikes. General student reactions mostly fell in the slightly-to-outrageously displeased area, leading to a quick goal reach. [via Huffington Post]
This doesn’t mark the first time teens conspired a plan to torture their peers in an effort to raise charitable funds. Port St. Joe High School in Northeast Florida did the same thing with Hanson’s “Mmmbop” in the mid-2000s — not that I much see the issue with that.
But this begs to answer a question for which we created a super-official style poll: What song would you pay to not hear on repeat? Please weigh in!
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I think I could have lasted a week, I don’t find that song that annoying. Rebbecca black though would have me paying up immediately.
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I’ve heard of this before… Pretty sure it was a different story, so they werent exactly original.. Atleast they raised money though
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Haha, this is pretty clever. I would pay to not hear “That’s Not My Name” (The Ting Tings). Most annoying song ever.
daisy / 603 posts
hahaha clever!! I’d probably be able to ignore it for a while – but I’d be grateful for the people who paid to have it turned off.
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Pretty great idea
I think I’d get used to it eventually and just tune it out… I’d probably just leave it up to my peers to pay.
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We did this at my middle school to raise money for Hurricane Katrina victims, only we played Mmbop by Hanson.
cherry blossom / 49 posts
we did this in my highschool with miley cyrus’ early hannah montana songs and the beibs hahah works great every time
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For me, it would be anything by JB, Gaga, Kesha, Lil Wayne, all new rap, most Katy Perry and all other new pop “music.” I go into random masochistic moods sometimes where I listen to physically painful music or watch really stupid videos. The more painful the better and I went and watched Rebecca’s Friday video and it was too painful. That would be my kryptonite song.
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That was genius. I wonder if people would pay me money to get me to stop singing crappy 80′s songs like Walkin On Sunshine or Mickey at the top of my voice everywhere I went. I should try it.
I would pay good money to never have to hear -or see- Lady Gaga ever again. But if I had to pick just one song of hers to never hear again, it would definitely be Edge of Glory. I feel nothing but a malignant hatred for that stupid song. I’d happily pay to make that one go away forever.
I still don’t understand how Rebecca Black’s song is any more annoying than 99% of the Top 40…I feel kinda bad for the kid. I don’t even hear that song played anywhere…not like Lady Gaga’s…stuff.
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Hahaha, this is a great idea… That is I would pay soo quickly to shut off Bieber… and Honestly, after working at a summer camp, Friday would be another I would quickly pay to shut it off… We listened to it EVERY Friday at least 3 times!!! It was fun, but now I can’t stand it…
magnolia / 1028 posts
I get it. The Biebs idsn’t for everybody, but c’mon Beca, you don’t have to put him down like that. Yeah, his songs aren’t deep or meaningful and even after puberty, he still sings with a semi-high pitched voice, but he still has talent. He can still carry a tune and he can play 3 different instruments. If you were making fun of Rebecca Black, well… That’s a waaaaay different story.
And the general public needs to stop bagging on Glee. Those people can really sing (well, minus two or three). I happen to like “This Christmas” a lot. In fact, it’s one of my favorite contemporary Christmas Songs..
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@pick_my_friggin_nose@xanga - The cast of Glee may be very talented singers, but they and the show on which they sing are annoying as hell. Really, anything from Glee makes me want to bang my head on a wall repeatedly. The show itself is even worse.
magnolia / 1028 posts
@blackspiders@xanga - I’m not asking everyone to watch it. And yeah, I can say the story plot was pretty bad during season 2, but my argument’s based on their musical abilities… and acting for that matter. They all have acting backgrounds from previous t.v. shows to Broadway and they all have talent in the music business from singing to playing an instrument to dancing. It’s just annoying having to read or hear comments from people putting them down.
But I guess when they have haters, that means they’re doing something right because, good or bad, they’re still being talked about.