Justin Bieber is no vampire. Tina Fey had it right when she said he's like a dreamy Christmas elf. But Rolling Stone disagrees. The magazine's website is running a photo gallery on its home page of several pop star portraits that have been mutated to include razor-sharp teeth and bloody bite marks -- and for no good reason other than to coincide with the release of the latest Twilight film. And perhaps to subtly point out that fangs suit Lady Gaga.
We regret that Rolling Stone overlooked brooding alternative artists in favor of squeaky-clean pop stars who are about as fierce as Stephenie Meyer's literary prowess.To remedy this, we've taken a stab at five songs that will agree with vampires and vampire-loving hipsters. With heavy hearts, we abstained from listing Vampire Weekend and the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun [Oh, Shit!]."
It was the only woman you ever loved That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young And the cancer spread and it ran into her body and blood And there's nothing you can do about it now
Double whammy. Overexposure to the sun and blood. Mmmm. The Middle East performed at Slim'searlier this month.
No
sleep I haven't slept for a week And I'm cold Yeah, I'm so
cold
Vampires are hopeless night owls. Take Sam
Roberts, who bemoans his sleeping
habits in English and French. Here he performs at San Francisco's Cafe Du Nord:
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