For the rest of your life
every time you hear music
it will either only be
Vanilla Ice or Justin Bieber.
You CANNOT commit suicide
or stop listening to music.
WHICH ONE DO YOU CHOOSE?
Betcha thought you had it easy when you only had to choose between Nickelback and The Eagles, huh?
Despite the two decades that separate the peaks of their careers, both of these artists are very much cut from the same cloth. Vanilla Ice helped rap/hip-hop become a mainstream phenomenon by delivering it in a safe package that was so colorfully ridiculous that no one could take it seriously enough to stop it. And that was how seven million copies of “To The Extreme” managed to be sold.
Bieber, meanwhile, is the YouTube, social media offspring of the Vanilla legacy. Another teen idol with a huge following and an uncertain future.
But this isn’t about analyzing the context of their popularity, but the music that made them famous. I must admit that between them, Bieber is the unknown entity. I know I’ve heard his music, because I’m a person who lives in the real world and my ears are bound to pick up such sounds even if I’m not aware of it, but ask me to name a specific song and beyond, “Baby something?” I’d be lost. So there’s actually a chance I might genuinely like his music. Hell, I’ve been listening to the new Miley Cyrus album non-stop. Anything is possible!
But, here’s the thing–I don’t think I actually hate Vanilla Ice either. I mean, I LOATHED him back when I was high school, but now “Ice Ice Baby”, “Play That Funky Music” and his other songs kinda make me happy. Nostalgia and time does funny things to us all.
I like Vanilla Ice Ice Baby! I like what he is doing now!
Ice Ice-
He lived through being dangled off a balcony by Suge, became a BMX rider and operates heavy equipment…
Word to your Mother.
Ice operates Heavy Equipment? Well, that seals my vote!
Sorry, I just can’t stand the mophead look. I’ll take a cheesy “high-and-tight” look from the 80’s over someone who needed a haircut six months ago. It’s hard for me to trust a man whose ears I can’t see.
I don’t know anything about Vanilla Ice’s pets, but Bieber used to have a pet monkey, which he abandoned in a hotel in Canada when he was on tour. Uncool on so many levels. That seals the deal for me. That’s just a step below Michael Vick in my book.
Never mind. I did some fact checking, which I should have done first. He didn’t abandon his monkey in Canada. It was more of a complicated customs type issue when he took it with him to Germany. My bad. He’s not a horrible pet owner, he’s just a guy who needs a haircut.
Vanilla Ice or ‘the beib’? My god!! What heinous act could I have possibly done to end up in this LIVING HELL!!!! L.O.L.
Vanilla Ice, no question. I still sing along to “Ice Ice Baby” when I hear it. NO REGRETS.
Rob Van Winkle!
STOP, collaborate and listen – I will be listening to Ice in the Hell you have created for me. I hate you, Allan ;D
” And maybe even hot, though I’m not sure how I feel about even saying that out loud.”
This is a safe space, Joanna, so I shall not shame you. Twitter on the other hand….
It should be really obvious for me to pick Vanilla Ice… but but but but… I think I am going to go with Beiber. Beiber? Whatever. That kid that peed in a mop bucket. Because if it were someone I had to HANGOUT WITH I would choose Vanilla Ice, so totally obviously, especially after seeing what a champ he was with Ben Aaron in the elevator. He seems fun and like maybe you could have a conversation with him. And maybe even hot, though I’m not sure how I feel about even saying that out loud. Bieber is a child,… Read more »
Ignoring their ridiculous douchey images and focusing on their ridiculous douchey music, I think the choice becomes clear. Bieber is an endless parade of cheap bubblegum pop thrown at you in a cracking voice, pitch depending on what stage of puberty he happened to be in at recording time. Nothing redeeming whatsoever. Vanilla Ice at least has variety: ridiculous raps, cheesy faux r&b, that hilarious metal phase, etc. If forced to listen for an eternity, I choose the guy who became a Weird Al parody of himself without ever realizing how funny it would become over time. Or, failing that:… Read more »
Vanilla Ice, because if it’s good enough for the Ninja Turtles it’s good enough for me.
That is the correct answer.
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