the_channel: 13-year-olds who have more talent than Rebecca Black

By Jamie Dandreta

Posted on March 27, 2011, at 9:17 p.m.

By now, many of us have seen Rebecca Black’s unintentional pop music parody video for “Friday” — if not a few times. Her screeching voice and repetitive nonsense lyrics have rewarded this 13-year-old now-YouTube-sensation just under 58 million views. Not only that, but she is currently number 34 on iTunes — above her crush Justin Bieber who is only at 44 for his new song “Never Say Never.”

Although the commentary on “Friday” hasn’t necessarily been good, her name has been dropped in conversations everywhere these last few weeks, making Rebecca Black, well, famous.

The real question is, does she deserve the fame when there are an infinite amount of people out there on YouTube who should be famous?

The answer is an obvious no.

Here is the_channel’s list of 13-year-olds on YouTube who are more talented than Rebecca Black:

Amazing 13 year old bassist

This bassist is legit. The one-minute long video of Daniel Sobers taken in his living room shows unreal talent in such a little amount of time. On his living room couch in front of a mini nativity scene, Sobers shreds out an improvisational “extreme slap bass” solo that is unreal. This 13-year-old has some crazy talent. What is more surprising is that this video only has a little over 800 views. What’s up with that? I’m not sure if Sobers can sing, but I’m pretty positive that he is far more talented than Rebecca Black.

“Best 13-year-old rapper alive”

This is way more bad ass than I will probably ever be. Although this video isn’t the greatest quality, you can still hear some pretty awesome potential in this young girl’s flow which reminds me of the young Cheryl James’ ’90s female rap group Salt-n-Pepa. Is this girl’s raw talent way easier on the ears than Rebecca Black’s “Fried-egg?” I would say so.

“Ballet Theatre Australia – Classical ballet students – Flames of Paris PD2”

Ballet is something that requires not only a ton of strength, but many years of learning the perfect technique. Danielle Scott and Tom Johannson both manage to perform a flawless Pas de Deux together. Whether or not you are a fan of ballet, this 7-minute video of nonstop extraordinary leaping and turning is definitely worth a view. The energy and muscle strength is clearly visible in each dancer and to think that they have developed such talent at this age is remarkable. Without a doubt, these two naturally gifted ballerinas deserve much more credit than the horrifying 13-year-old “dancers” seen in Black’s video.

Although it is probably safe to say that I’ve seen Black’s video way more times than I should have — and it still cracks me up every time — it is difficult not to punch myself in the face for knowing I’m one of the millions of YouTube users who gave her unintentional fame.

So why is it this way? Why do millions of talented youth get lost in the dust of Rebecca Blacks? The world will never know.

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Do you know a teen who is more talented than Rebecca Black? You probably do, so share it with me and it can be seen in the next installment of the_channel! Just email me your video at the_channel@mainecampus.com

Oh, and if you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks and have no idea who Rebecca Black is … watch this: