In a tucked-away corner of my hometown is a small, independent record store called Probe Records. When you listen to vinyl exclusively, you unconsciously make the decision to never, ever have to be confronted with Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus. As a result, bands that meet those criteria are the ones you’ll find in your record shop. They listen to great songwriting and have an ear for production.
They listen to bands that have artistic integrity, and actually write their own songs and play their own instruments. You won’t find them listening to airy, saccharine or Top 40 guff with synthesized instruments. Simple economics, people who listen to vinyl tend to be quite discerning about what they listen to. What, an entire shelf’s worth? Why do you think that might be? Still no success? Okay, now see if you can find anything by The Pixies. See if you can find anything by Nickelback. Go to your local record store and try to find Justin Bieber’s Believe, which sold almost 1,500,000 copies in 2012. He stood at a keyboard to play an earnest electric-piano intro to “Peaches” before getting back to the dancing.What happened to vinyl records? Let’s play a game. With a spare five-piece band, the 27-year-old pop star played a set that leaned heavily on recent songs, including “Somebody,” “Hold On,” “Ghost,” and “As I Am,” with a few nods to the past, like 2015′s “What Do You Mean?”
Some gleeful fans turned around to shoot selfies with Bieber, who wore a a black skullcap, shades, a white hoodie and a sparkling necklace as he boogied in the background. Most of the hands around the stage were holding phones in the air and filming. The crowd included Jeff Bezos, his girlfriend TV host Lauren Sánchez, “Hamilton” actor Anthony Ramos and NFL Hall-of-Famer Tony Gonzalez.
The invite-only guests at Friday’s first of two nights of a Super Bowl-week party dubbed “Homecoming Weekend” crushed around a small stage-in-the-round under a tent at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California to get close to Bieber, who hopped, bopped and shimmied through a 45-minute set as the evening’s headliner. Justin Bieber can leave even a room full of elite athletes, actors and A-listers star struck. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.
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