I was all, "wtf is a One Direction" when I saw the announcement on SNL last week, turns out its a British-Irish boy band. In 2012. UKers, are these guys a legitimate threat to bringing the boy band cycle around again? Are they really huge enough to justify an American push? Will we be forced to see copycats of these douchecanoes with regularity soon? Who will be the 98 Degrees to their Backstreet Boys? Important questions all.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
There's always going to be boy bands, sorry.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
"threat"
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
At the Jukebox we kinda liked "One Thing" (I didn't).
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
why are they wearing kiddie pajamas?
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, I mean my post was pretty much deadly serious and not at all tongue-in-cheek. i was just curious if these guys were really a "thing" or just another Jessie J for SNL.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
thought this was an Alex in NYC thread
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
how would Another Boy Band threaten your world? I mean, the best pop released 1998-2000 was almost all boy (and girl) band.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
apparently I really have to crank up the sarcasm meter for you guys today, huh?
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
But since Alfred needs it spelled out, no I'm not "threatened" by these guys, I like some boy band songs, I don't know that these guys will be awful, I just wonder if these guys are a legitimate chance to hit it "big" (whatever that means wrt to boy bands in 2012). I mean, do they have a shot at Bieber-level?
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
No.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
what kind of crank are you using
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Somebody mentioned "The Beatles" this morning, in relation to the 'reaction' they got.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
My mom saw them on the Today Show and was smitten. O_o
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
man, I get shit for being too earnest, then get shit when I start a thread with a "jokey" premise, you can't win around here, can you?
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
No.&#nbsp;
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gah
god, americans, it is literally as if things don't exist for you until they actually land on your shores
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
you can act like you've only just been told about cher lloyd next
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
who?
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
But why would we know who they are if they are only just now getting any sort of traction over here? Like, I enjoy a lot pop that comes out of the UK, but I'm not actively seeking out stuff like this. Much more likely to seek out the more R&B, female-fronted end of UK pop right now.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
What a surprise, that people don't know about something until they know about it...
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Wanted seem quite a bit better.
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
if i waited for my favourite US acts to get traction over here before paying attention to them i...would still not have heard any of them
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, yeah, the key part being "your favorite", I have no reason or desire, really, to seek out new boy band pop
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
lex would you have recommended someone outside the UK mediasphere look into One Direction?
― goole, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
if they were interested in boy bands enough to start a thread when one emrges, yeah
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
or in x factor alumni
Had the tv on and saw them the other morning:
from Rolling Pop Thread:
Rockefeller Plaza in NYC was packed this morning with young girls watching Brit/Irish boy band One Direction performing "What Makes You Beautiful" live on the Today Show
― curmudgeon, Monday, March 12, 2012 12:45 PM (Yesterday
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha looking at the results chart that must have been the most unsuspenseful season of X-Factor ever
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
it wasn't suspenseful but it was actually the best XF season EVER i think - the entire top four were viable long-term pop acts (well arguably except the actual winner, lol) and in completely different ways, too. last year otoh, there were lots of voting surprises but you could imagine never hearing from any of them again.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
gah X-Factor has taken me back down the Jedward rabbit hole:
On 11 February 2011, Jedward won the Irish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 on The Late Late Show with their entry single "Lipstick". They consequently represented Ireland at the contest in Düsseldorf, progressing through the second semi-final on 12 May, and performed at the final on 14 May 2011, achieving eighth place.[13] "Lipstick" was released as the first single released from their second album Victory. Both "Lipstick" and the following single "Bad Behaviour" reached number 1 in the Irish Singles Chart, while Victory also went to number 1 in the Irish Albums Chart.[14]In August/September 2011, Jedward participated in Celebrity Big Brother 2011, finishing in third place.[15]Jedward for the second time in a row, entered the Irish Eurovision national final and on 24 February won both the jury and public vote and will be representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan with their entry "Waterline".[16]
In August/September 2011, Jedward participated in Celebrity Big Brother 2011, finishing in third place.[15]
Jedward for the second time in a row, entered the Irish Eurovision national final and on 24 February won both the jury and public vote and will be representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan with their entry "Waterline".[16]
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
You do understand that people can be interested in an aspect of pop culture without really being invested in a specific subset, right? I mean, I can be fascinated by the rise of the Twilight phenomenon without ever wanting to watch a second of the films or read a single page of the books.
Explain why I should be invested in a version of a program that isn't even aired in my country?
Like I completely understand your frustration with people set in a single-minded mode of absorbing pop music, but you do have to make certain allowances for where people are located and the aspects they are exposed to.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
If lex did that he wouldn't be nearly as funny!
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought that "What Makes You Beautiful" song was alright when I heard it visiting the UK last year, but I was kind of shocked when I saw the SNL announcement as well.
I'm interested in the how of this. What was the marketing angle? Or was it a viral thing that picked up traction? We haven't had a major boy band in this pop mould (I know the Jonas Brothers etc, but there are arguments to be made about the differences) and obviously we have a long history in the US of not caring at all about UK Boy Band Sensations like Take That, Westlife, etc....
If anyone can illuminate me on how this happened (and I'm not begrudging their success or concerned about it in anyway...I think it's good for America) I'd be grateful.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Saturday, 17 March 2012 05:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
all the Harry dolls were sold out in Tesco the other day. my daughter has a bit of a crush on him.
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 17 March 2012 09:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Probably a surplus of Zane dolls though...
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Saturday, 17 March 2012 09:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
got it in one :(
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 17 March 2012 09:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean, the best pop released 1998-2000 was almost all boy (and girl) band.
good god no, all that boy band stuff was 100% pure garbage and I am boggled by people who defend it.
― Sexess - Sexual Success Or; Successful Sex (crüt), Saturday, 17 March 2012 09:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
the best pop released 1998-2000 was almost all this is a thread for dope timbaland ripoffs from the late 90s ~bump--bump--bump-cack~
― The Reverend, Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh good, they plastered themselves across the itunes store the other day and I was going to share on a shitty band photos, but got lazy.
― lag∞na beach: the real ∞range c∞unty (beachville), Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm going to take a stab at the source of the lex/jonviachi confusion: in Britain, they probably have new boy bands popping up all the time, whereas the Jonas Bros are the closest we've had since NSync broke up.
― lag∞na beach: the real ∞range c∞unty (beachville), Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh wait, Gukbe already noted that.
― lag∞na beach: the real ∞range c∞unty (beachville), Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Boy bands will probably be back once the get get sick of reality talent shows. Not that I've missed them, but I won't be missing those idol acts either.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Why do 1D have to look like the Tory Youth Brigade in all those silly clothes?
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 17 March 2012 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
like early Spandau Ballet?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 March 2012 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
these dudes are pretty hilarious looking... i think it would be cool to have a boy band back but they're pretty uninspiring -- k-pop groups shit on them, obv
"what makes you beautiful" is pretty huge tho
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
visually they remind me of LFO more than anything
feel like their impact is kinda dulled by the fact that shit just sounds like tons of male-fronted dance-pop that's on the radio right now -- there's nothing really unique aside from the fact that they're a boy band
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
They make me think of a Simpsons episode where Lisa buys a magazine and its called "Non-Threatening Boys"
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 17 March 2012 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
With ilxor Corey in it
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 17 March 2012 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Was surprised to learn today that they're all 18-20 yrs old (one might be 17). Thought they were more in the 15-17 range.
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Sunday, 18 March 2012 04:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh, ok. Just found out they got a project in development with Nick and are slated to appear on an iCarly episode. I get where this is going now.
― lag∞na beach: the real ∞range c∞unty (beachville), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm surprised that it's 1D getting the big US push, I'd have thought JLS was a more likely candidate for US success.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's 1D who have the backing of the Simon Cowell machine though.
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yay!
K. pop vocal group One Direction makes history on the Billboard 200 albums chart as the first U.K. group to debut at No. 1 with their debut album. "Up All Night" enters atop the list with 176,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Previously, the highest bow for a U.K. group's first album came on Feb. 22, 1997, when Spice Girls' "Spice" started at No. 6. The album eventually climbed to No. 1 in its 14th week on the list, spending five nonconsecutive frames in the penthouse.
"Up All Night's" lead single, "What Makes You Beautiful," debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 a month ago. That marked the highest entry by a U.K. group's debut single since Spice Girls' "Wannabe" bowed at No. 11 on Jan. 25, 1997.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not surprised that this happened, just surprised that it's the first time it happened.
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
will a bunch of patriotic american boybands be manufactured now? or do the kids find non-american boybands more exotic now?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
exotic sweater+kakhi combos
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
All of this just proves simon cowell has way too much power and influence.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
did the bay city rollers never crack America then? (where's Marcello?)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
They didn't debut at #1.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cowell is a blight, no doubt about it
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
im sure very few acts ever debuted at #1 back then.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
only two Elton and one Stevie albums did.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
not even led zep?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hey, I'm here! Rollers did have a US #1 late '75/early '76 with "Ssturday Night" (the re-recording; not even a single in the UK) but the only act to have gone straight in at number one on Billboard albums at that time was Elton John (twice).
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
hi marcello! yeah we were talking debut albums. But it must have been harder to have a new album by an experienced band go straight in at #1 back then.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
"what makes you beautiful" is kind of a joint imo
― internet somebody (some dude), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
can't believe Simon Cowell is forcing a target demographic to buy music they enjoy
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
albums did not debut at #1 very often in general in the pre-'90s pre-SoundScan era fwiw
― internet somebody (some dude), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
seeing as charts have always been part of marketing strategy, i guess that reflects changes in the way music is marketed as much as anything
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's more of a change in how sales were tracked and how quick things move compared to then -- everything was a slow build back then, even for established artists, now the whole idea is you have to come out of the gate with a big hit, have big first week numbers.
― internet somebody (some dude), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah that's what i'm getting at really tho - the expectations for how you would build an audience are different. obviously the process of gathering the stats will have a big effect on this too?
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't know how things work in the States but for example UK radio will play a tune for up to 2 months before it's officially "released"
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm having trouble judging their SNL performances due to being distracted by the biggest collective tonsorial disaster I've ever seen in a musical group.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 8 April 2012 04:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
second song was dope
they don't dance
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 8 April 2012 04:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
My three art classes are designing album covers. Four or five girls are doing covers for these people. They're not allowed to copy an actual album cover. If they do, I will not know.
― clemenza, Sunday, 8 April 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
obviously we have a long history in the US of not caring at all about UK Boy Band Sensations like Take That, Westlife, etc....
This is what's interesting to me about the big push behind these guys.
I'm tempted to think that the landscape has changed so that Brit boy bands can make a splash here like they never have before, but then there are plenty of Brit stars (like Cher Lloyd) who are total unknowns on these shores.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Sunday, 8 April 2012 15:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Man, these guys couldn't have given less of a shit about each other on SNL. They were a bunch of solo contestants forced into a boyband by the Simons at X Factor, right? They act like it. Though their lack of stagecraft is still more explicable than when the Black Eyed Peas just stand in a line, despite several members allegedly being dancers.
― da croupier, Sunday, 8 April 2012 15:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's funny to have rockist pinings for when boybands were made of eager Orlando residents who couldn't wait to dance and harmonize.
― da croupier, Sunday, 8 April 2012 15:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
who couldn't wait to sleep over Lou Pearlman's house.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 April 2012 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
lols
― iatee, Sunday, 8 April 2012 17:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ok so apparently they have to change their name from one direction to 'the brooke'
― owenf, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
i kinda liked their second song and i thought they were kinda cute and goofy, like when one of the dudes poked the other guy in the cheek while he was singing his couple of lines
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol, from an article about the potential name change:
The court documents claim the Americans are entitled to three times the profits made by the British band...
i'm actually kind of curious to hear the justification behind that claim
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
bargain down to "everything"
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
good point
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Respect if they were biding their time for when the one direction name was established and set to bring in big bucks before filing suit
― owenf, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 22:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Going to their gig tomorrow night, will report back.
― Popture, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 00:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Boy bands were once TUFF
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
where is Popture's report???
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
how convenient...
http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/896847-one-direction-in-chlamydia-scare-after-handling-koalas-down-under
― J0rdan, Diddy (tpp), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
"what makes you beautiful" hook is so massive
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 23:05 (11 months ago) Permalink
More like One Dimension, aren't I correct?
― Captain Jean-Luc Godard (Leee), Sunday, 27 May 2012 23:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
lol @ url in tpp post
― flopson, Sunday, 27 May 2012 23:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, May 27, 2012 7:05 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
this is what i have been saying!
― some dude, Monday, 28 May 2012 02:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
it's definitely the only one of these BOY BAND RESURGENCE songs that just punches you right in the face with a hook like some of those old bsb/nsync songs
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 May 2012 02:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
i like how the first half and second half of the chorus are basically the same thing but there's this perfect little shift in dynamics that makes the energy ramp up up up. also having all those chunky triplet accents in the rhythm makes it feel so divorced from bland four-on-the-floor shit like "glad you came."
― some dude, Monday, 28 May 2012 02:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah i feel that -- it's a LONG chorus but it puts every second to good use
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 May 2012 02:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
Not a big fan of either of the 1D songs I've heard, but yes, def better than what I've heard from The Wanted.
― Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Monday, 28 May 2012 03:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
djed a wedding last weekend and this 9yo boy just wouldn't shut up about wanting me to play frikkin one direction - like, some preteen girl in the party requested it, i played it, and then this kid was just on me to play it again for like 45 minutes. "you know i just played it, right" "yeah. play it again! now!" all snotty like after about half an hour of non-stop pestering i was so frikkin tempted to just tell him "you know that shit is for girls don't you?"
usually requests from 9 year olds is how i know what the grownups are gonna want to hear in about a year, to the point that if i don't have something they ask for, i'll write it down. in this case i hope to hell not though. not that the song is especially bad, just cause i'm gonna remember that damn annoying little brat every time i play it now.
― messiahwannabe, Monday, 28 May 2012 09:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
Oh shit. Forgot about this thread. I was reviewing. They were actually pretty good. I think I made a point in the review about how pop music has been running out the string on swagger culture and this was the big pendulum swinging back. That said, they all dress like they're threatening to throw a varsity picnic and they can't dance and they don't try, so they wander about on stage in highly choreographed aimlessness. A couple of the songs aren't bad either, whatever else you can say about One Thing, it has pretty solid dynamics, that whole acoustic guitar to harmonized swell trick is one that seems like it's been absent for a while.
Also, the place was a screaming mess. Teenage girls just completely losing their shit.
― Popture, Monday, 28 May 2012 10:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
I don't think I've actually heard this song
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 10:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
the other night, a few friends and i gave in and ranked the members of one direction
zaynliamharrylouis[most of the rest of the world]niall
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Monday, 28 May 2012 11:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
louls @ those being their names, i had no idea
― some dude, Monday, 28 May 2012 11:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
oh it's "louis," zayn had me prepped for them all to be weird
― some dude, Monday, 28 May 2012 11:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
zayn's status as first legit mainstream british muslim teen heartthrob is probably quite interesting
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Monday, 28 May 2012 11:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
It helps that Zayn is the one who looks actually hot as opposed to British-cute.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 28 May 2012 15:02 (11 months ago) Permalink
The idea of - I think it's Harry - being a teen heartthrob makes me giggle. But then I remember what NSYNC looked like back in the day, so I guess the threshold is low.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 28 May 2012 15:04 (11 months ago) Permalink
Twas Entertainment Weekly, I think, who (correctly) called N Sync "the gawkiest looking boy and ever."
I'm still loling abt Alfred calling 1D "catamites" over at the Jukebox a few months back.
― Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Monday, 28 May 2012 15:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm now singing The Hooters' 'Satellite' in my head, with 'catamite' substituted for the title word.
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Monday, 28 May 2012 17:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
And if you still can't see the lightCowell's gonna make you a catamite
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Monday, 28 May 2012 17:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
I refuse to listen to music by people named Liam on principle.
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
was this not documented here?
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/50331/mega-pop-star-pimping-islam-on-your-daughters/
http://www.onedirection.net/zayn-malik-caught-up-in-islamic-pimping-scaremongering/
http://celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1020456&showcomments=true
― goole, Sunday, 24 June 2012 23:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
LEGIT NEW THREAT??
"low-class, young female fans who have sewers for mouths"
:D
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Monday, 25 June 2012 00:00 (10 months ago) Permalink
legit new traet
― some dude, Monday, 25 June 2012 00:16 (10 months ago) Permalink
In which SFJ explains One Direction to the New Yorker's audience:
The Internet isn’t the only change. The nineties cohort of boy bands performed music that was rooted in American R. & B. “Girlfriend,” ’NSync’s final single, was remixed as a collaboration with the R. & B. visionaries the Neptunes. In contrast, One Direction and other chart-topping bands are evenly split between guitar-heavy pop rock and generic club beats for drunk people to flop around to. This makes for a dramatic stylistic shift. “We’re five lads in a band,” Payne said. “Boy bands aren’t all about dancing and being structured and wearing the same clothes.”
Not only is this statement a dismissal of twenty years of unison dance routines and syncopated beats; it also signals One Direction’s desire to take its place in Britain’s lad culture, which has historically rejected boy bands, preferring rowdy acts like Oasis. Lads are now in boy bands, and they need not dance.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:05 (8 months ago) Permalink
:(
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:23 (8 months ago) Permalink
I walked by a tabloid stand a few months ago and the headline said ONE DIRECTION!!!! with a pic of all the dudes underneath and I thought it was a cover story about how disney channel actors these days all have their hair parted in the same direction
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
like I thought it was a scare article about the legit new threat to hairstyles or something, but then again, I was like, haven't hairstyles been like this for a while
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Monday, May 28, 2012 7:25 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― some dude, Monday, May 28, 2012 7:31 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark
now zayn i can get into
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 1 October 2012 20:15 (7 months ago) Permalink
debbie schlussel turned me into a fan of him/them i must admit
― goole, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
new single is boring
― teledyldonix, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
All of their singles are boring.
― this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
Last month the new single was apparently the most preorderd single in the history of itunes (or something like that) After two days on sale here in the UK it's already fallen to number three behind Rihanna and Gangnam Style. It's really strange that they're supposed to be the biggest band around but they just don't sell that many records here.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:10 (7 months ago) Permalink
oh god I thought this band was actually One Republic
― 乒乓, Sunday, 18 November 2012 21:58 (6 months ago) Permalink
it's too late to apologize
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 November 2012 00:45 (6 months ago) Permalink
it took me months to realize that their name was "One Direction" as 2 words and not "OneDirection" running together because it reminded me so much of "OneRepublic"
― K3v Ink (some dude), Monday, 19 November 2012 03:32 (6 months ago) Permalink
My daughter's 9 year old friend can't stop talking about them.
― wk, Monday, 19 November 2012 04:58 (6 months ago) Permalink
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, October 1, 2012 3:15 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― frogbs, Monday, 19 November 2012 05:11 (6 months ago) Permalink
I hope a massive anvil falls from the sky and crushes Harry Styles smug fucking face.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 19 November 2012 18:27 (6 months ago) Permalink
crazy crazy crazy!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
xpcool fantasy bro
― jabba hands, Monday, 19 November 2012 19:01 (6 months ago) Permalink
it took me months to realize that their name was "One Direction" as 2 words
In the UK we call them Wand Erection.
― Dermot O'Leary, picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been (snoball), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
I've called them 'One Dimensional' from the off.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:07 (6 months ago) Permalink
clever
― only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:07 (6 months ago) Permalink
we really haven't discussed this? http://tomorrowthemag.com/articles/slash-and-burn
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:11 (6 months ago) Permalink
Ship Happens
― Dermot O'Leary, picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been (snoball), Monday, 19 November 2012 19:32 (6 months ago) Permalink
fascinating story, seriously
― teledyldonix, Monday, 19 November 2012 21:13 (6 months ago) Permalink
i first posted this in the best music writing thread but for the sake of completeness it belongs here too
http://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/post/38958539772/one-direction-little-things-did-you-know-that
― lex pretend, Thursday, 27 December 2012 18:08 (4 months ago) Permalink
Isabel rules
I also liked this tumblr post from Sabrina http://onedirectionstraighttohell.tumblr.com/post/21064929759/right-so-i-saw-this-message-this-morning-when-i
― capital in ruins, thousands dead (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 December 2012 18:30 (4 months ago) Permalink
love that OWOB piece. OWOB has been really good in making me read stuff about bands/artists I couldn't care less about.
Wish I cared about One Direction tbh, but they look too young for me to ever find attractive, and their songs well... zzzzz. Can't even muster the ~outrage~ abt those supposedly misogynist songs.
― Roz, Friday, 28 December 2012 14:10 (4 months ago) Permalink
this new single. oh my god.
― monotony, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 13:12 (4 months ago) Permalink
this new single = i have finally cracked and installed tumblr savior. TOO MANY GIFS.
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 13:16 (4 months ago) Permalink
i mean, i'm happy for everyone, it's a good song, it's almost as good as 'hip to hip' by V, but i'm not up to all that capslock feels shit right now.
― c sharp major, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 13:22 (4 months ago) Permalink
there's something about that song I can't quite place - the way it stumbles along - that reminds me of the slight awkwardness to 'More Than Words'...? even though I suppose it's structured conventionally enough
― Chris S, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 13:54 (4 months ago) Permalink
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Saturday, 2 March 2013 14:47 (2 months ago) Permalink
I can never remember the names of the other two (Louie and Niall). Also that picture subtly illustrates the five members' relative status in the group.
― These goons are from Galactor and who gives a s*** (snoball), Saturday, 2 March 2013 14:58 (2 months ago) Permalink
The top says "ONE DIRECTION buried in the sand". It's on a lakefront mural that gets repainted every year. Last year someone painted a mermaid with what I can only imagine is a Rihanna head.
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Saturday, 2 March 2013 15:05 (2 months ago) Permalink
I always knew Rihanna was a mermaid
― kendrick delmar - good kid, f.U.C.k. you (The Reverend), Sunday, 3 March 2013 03:50 (2 months ago) Permalink
Louis is the only one I care about
I sat in a cafe a couple days ago watching Czech MTV and when One Direction "Kiss You" came on, in the context of Three Days Grace vids and w/e, it was like a manga come to life. Is 1D a secret K-pop band? It was very sweet.
― approx. david bowie (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 3 March 2013 04:21 (2 months ago) Permalink
Which one is Louis?
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Sunday, 3 March 2013 04:32 (2 months ago) Permalink
The gay one
― approx. david bowie (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 3 March 2013 04:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
Paul Morley prefers Harry Styles to Jake Bugg.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 3 March 2013 08:27 (2 months ago) Permalink
I had to google all three of those names just now
― approx. david bowie (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 3 March 2013 13:40 (2 months ago) Permalink
mrrrr that was an annoying article tbh
― approx. david bowie (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 3 March 2013 13:44 (2 months ago) Permalink
― Spectrum, Sunday, 3 March 2013 13:59 (2 months ago) Permalink
Paul Morley otm
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 March 2013 14:05 (2 months ago) Permalink
Paul Morley's just trolling really, but that's cool. It is kind of annoying that the people most likely to whinge about One Direction hold up the likes of Jake Bugg as somehow in opposition to them. Bugg's obviously talented - or as much as a teenager in hock to a very narrow idea of the possibilities of song can be said to be talented - and might potentially one day do something interesting, though now that the Noel Gallagher crowd has its weight behind him I doubt it.
One Direction obviously have nothing to do with music as we know it, but in these times when charts don't matter and TV doesn't matter and everyone is basically following their own noses in terms of listening, who gives a shit? The only times I even notice One Direction is in Morley-style pieces and when I see their posters and calendars all over the place in high-street headphone shops that will soon be closed for good.
If I were Harry Styles - who I guess isn't seriously into any kind of music at all and doesn't dream of making the perfect 45 or anything - I'm sure any criticism that I was fake and manufactured would be easily brushed off in the context of my (presumably) making loads and loads of non-fake money and shagging loads and loads of very real lassies. (No doubt Jake Bugg is enjoying these things too, though more solemnly.)
― Eyeball Kicks, Sunday, 3 March 2013 15:08 (2 months ago) Permalink
Styles' X Factor audition, as a solo artists (the whole band auditioned as solo artists and Cowell had the masterful sense to put them together) it was as an 'authentic' 'alternative' 'rock' singer, actually.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 3 March 2013 15:17 (2 months ago) Permalink
He auditioned with Stevie Wonder's Isn't She Lovely, which is kinda cool but hardly signifies 'authentic', 'alternative' or 'rock'.
― Eyeball Kicks, Sunday, 3 March 2013 15:25 (2 months ago) Permalink
(No doubt Jake Bugg is enjoying these things too, though more solemnly.)
Amazing
― approx. david bowie (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 3 March 2013 15:55 (2 months ago) Permalink
<i>If I were Harry Styles - who I guess isn't seriously into any kind of music at all...</i>
that is kind of a wildly presumptuous statement to make about almost anyone, much less someone who is actually in the music industry
― katherine, Monday, 4 March 2013 00:05 (2 months ago) Permalink
He was in a band called White Eskimo before auditioning for X-Factor, IIRC. Still, I think Niall may have been the most *musically* driven before joining the band.
― jaymc, Monday, 4 March 2013 00:16 (2 months ago) Permalink
Cowell had the masterful sense to put them together
Or Nicole Scherzinger did, if you ask her.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Saturday, March 2, 2013 10:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― approx. david bowie (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, March 2, 2013 10:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Lotta rumors (and, as a consequence, slash-fic) about Louis & Harry, tbh.
― jaymc, Monday, 4 March 2013 00:18 (2 months ago) Permalink
I think it's an unfair assumption based on judgments about the type of music they make and where that music finds an audience to presume they themselves don't care about any kind of music at all. Also, in what way *should* they care and why? As a group whose average age is probably not even 20, I'm not sure what kinds of concerns or opinions about music any of them are supposed to have that would satisfy a guy like Morley or why they should be concerned with doing that in the first place.
― Greer, Monday, 4 March 2013 00:43 (2 months ago) Permalink
Louis is easily my favourite member. Anyone who can go through the live shows on X Factor without singing a single note on stage deserves some kind of credit. His audition was the only time I actually heard him sing, his vocal was quite something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAs5Ei6Bfms
Also his grinning face when he mimes along with Harry at the judges houses is classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5UQD61Tg3E
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 4 March 2013 01:13 (2 months ago) Permalink
Harry strikes me as one of those guys who *would* care about whether other people think he is authentic or not.
The group has a "egomaniac annexes four nice guys who have yet to realize what has happened" vibe to me.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 4 March 2013 08:21 (2 months ago) Permalink
If I were Harry Styles - who I guess isn't seriously into any kind of music at all...that is kind of a wildly presumptuous statement to make about almost anyone, much less someone who is actually in the music industry
The "Harry's House" playlist on Spotify:
Jay-Z - 99 ProblemsJustin Timberlake - Cry Me A RiverRolling Stones - SatisfactionQueen - Don't Stop Me NowDaniel Powter - Bad DayBlack Eyed Peas - I Gotta FeelingJustin Timberlake - SexyBackMichael Jackson - ThrillerToploader - Dancing In The Moonlight
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 4 March 2013 10:36 (2 months ago) Permalink
yes, you're right, people who like songs that are popular are not as seriously into music as you.
― bantz a make her dance (c sharp major), Monday, 4 March 2013 10:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
One Direction obviously have nothing to do with music as we know it
raised an eyebrow, thought "ooh here we go"
If I were Harry Styles - who I guess isn't seriously into any kind of music at all and doesn't dream of making the perfect 45 or anything -
BOOM - lolled a little, not as great as it could've been, entry level trollery imo
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Monday, 4 March 2013 10:43 (2 months ago) Permalink
I mean I don't care whether Harry is "seriously into" music or not and it would actually be weird if he was. Most people who get seriously into music do so around university age and he hasn't had much free time since he was 16.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 4 March 2013 10:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
my eleven year-old daughter is seriously into music, as i remember being at her age.
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Monday, 4 March 2013 10:46 (2 months ago) Permalink
boy bands really make a lot of people behave like complete morons huh
eyeball kicks most of all
― lex pretend, Monday, 4 March 2013 10:47 (2 months ago) Permalink
altho tbf neither of his knew who Xenakis was at this age so credibility called into doubt i guess
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Monday, 4 March 2013 10:48 (2 months ago) Permalink
like seriously read what you're saying it's just embarrassing
― lex pretend, Monday, 4 March 2013 10:48 (2 months ago) Permalink
If I were Harry Styles - who I guess isn't seriously into any kind of music at all and doesn't dream of making the perfect 45 or anything -BOOM - lolled a little, not as great as it could've been, entry level trollery imo
I guess. I'm not actually that bothered by people dreaming of making "the perfect 45", if they even still exist. We're all ridiculous in our own ways.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 4 March 2013 10:50 (2 months ago) Permalink
Christ, here comes the nitwit brigade.
Pretty sure I'm saying the opposite of what you think I'm saying, but I'll read it again just to be sure.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 4 March 2013 10:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
you were just making assumptions about a correct way of engaging with music that doesn't stand up, i guess. hence the raillery. but, y'know, One Direction make music and some people really like it and some people don't care and they are all valid expressions of people's engagement with music.
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Monday, 4 March 2013 10:55 (2 months ago) Permalink
the underlying talk of "seriously" liking music is misguided cos it implies that only "serious" music can be liked "seriously"
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Monday, 4 March 2013 10:56 (2 months ago) Permalink
I used "seriously" as an intensifying adverb in a clause as carefully composed as to begin with "I guess". I understand there is always a kind of squeamishness on these threads, but the idea that I said anything about "a correct way of engaging with music" is daft and completely in your own head.
Being "seriously into" something (a colloquial phrase that itself suggests a lusty disregard of received notions of quality) doesn't at all imply that the object of interest is serious. I am seriously into muscle cars. I am seriously into my summer rhythm. I am seriously into him. Again, though, I acknowledge your right to be squeamish and I ought to have done more to anticipate it.
Whether Harry Styles is "seriously into" music or anything else at all is of no concern to me and does not affect how much I value his existence - or even his music! I idly speculated that music outwith his own career might not be a great passion of his - and his playlisting Toploader does seem to bear this out - but who knows?
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 4 March 2013 11:59 (2 months ago) Permalink
w/e, mr defensive
― bantz a make her dance (c sharp major), Monday, 4 March 2013 12:27 (2 months ago) Permalink
So "he's a dilettante, but I like dilettantes", right
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 March 2013 18:31 (2 months ago) Permalink
tbf, Daniel Powter is not music
― C: (crüt), Monday, 4 March 2013 18:44 (2 months ago) Permalink
can we just talk about Jedward instead of having this fight
― my super interesting Kant story (DJP), Monday, 4 March 2013 18:48 (2 months ago) Permalink
I was seriously into Jedward until I saw them on Glasgow Green.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 4 March 2013 18:52 (2 months ago) Permalink
oof I tried listening to "Waterline", that was a mistake
also lol @ that Louis audition, wow
― my super interesting Kant story (DJP), Monday, 4 March 2013 19:01 (2 months ago) Permalink
the only real bad thing about this band's continued success is seeing this embarrassing thread title keep popping up. i genuinely thought this would be another one of those groups that failed to crossover to America.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 March 2013 20:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
i don't think it's embarrassing, you asked the question, turned out the answer was "y".
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Monday, 4 March 2013 20:55 (2 months ago) Permalink
'wrt to', tho
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 4 March 2013 20:58 (2 months ago) Permalink
took me a minute even then
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Monday, 4 March 2013 20:59 (2 months ago) Permalink
― my super interesting Kant story (DJP)
I like how they only show ten seconds of him singing, like that was the best part of his audition. It's almost like it's supposed to be one of those terrible auditions we're supposed to laugh at but then Simon's there with his "You got three yeses" He's probably the luckiest guy alive.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 4 March 2013 21:32 (2 months ago) Permalink
He is especially lucky in the face
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 March 2013 22:08 (2 months ago) Permalink
i genuinely thought this would be another one of those groups that failed to crossover to America.
There was a NYT article from a year ago that described how 1D was able to succeed across the pond:
Steve Barnett, the co-chairman of Columbia Records, said it was not a difficult decision to sign One Direction. “Other artists in that category had gotten a little older,” he said. “I just thought there was a void, and maybe they could seize and hold it.”But Mr. Barnett and his team decided to reverse the usual pattern of releasing a single on radio, then bringing the band to America to do concerts. Instead the label mounted a four-month marketing campaign aimed at building a fan base through social media before a single was ever released or played on the radio here.Then a social media campaign asked fans to sign petitions and to enter video competitions to win a concert in their town. (Dallas won, and One Direction will perform a concert there on Saturday; the group will play two dates in the New York area in May as part of a national tour.)The strategy worked. The band’s Facebook followers in the United States rose to 400,000 from 40,000, label executives said. That One Direction topped the American chart underscores how powerful social media sites have become in marketing groups. “What Makes You Beautiful” sold more than 131,000 copies in its first week, even though it had yet to be played on the radio. Radio programmers were flooded with calls from fans.
But Mr. Barnett and his team decided to reverse the usual pattern of releasing a single on radio, then bringing the band to America to do concerts. Instead the label mounted a four-month marketing campaign aimed at building a fan base through social media before a single was ever released or played on the radio here.
Then a social media campaign asked fans to sign petitions and to enter video competitions to win a concert in their town. (Dallas won, and One Direction will perform a concert there on Saturday; the group will play two dates in the New York area in May as part of a national tour.)
The strategy worked. The band’s Facebook followers in the United States rose to 400,000 from 40,000, label executives said. That One Direction topped the American chart underscores how powerful social media sites have become in marketing groups. “What Makes You Beautiful” sold more than 131,000 copies in its first week, even though it had yet to be played on the radio. Radio programmers were flooded with calls from fans.
― jaymc, Monday, 4 March 2013 22:48 (2 months ago) Permalink
Glad You Came >>> What Makes You Beautiful
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 March 2013 22:51 (2 months ago) Permalink
I'd probably agree w/that.
― jaymc, Monday, 4 March 2013 23:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
I'm just glad I bumped this thread with an artist's rendering of ZAYN
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Monday, 4 March 2013 23:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
Eh, something about the voice(s) on Glad You Came completely turns me off that song.
― Greer, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 00:28 (2 months ago) Permalink
let me pour you a drink
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 00:34 (2 months ago) Permalink
eh, having watched that season of x factor fairly closely i'm still trying to reconcile myself with the certainty i had then that they were useless no-hopers who were being lucky to proceed every week.
― hot young stalin (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 00:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
yeah "Glad You Came" is icky, especially for the voices
― Shuwopley (some dude), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 00:48 (2 months ago) Permalink
"Glad You Came" make me want to throw something heavy through a window.
― kendrick delmar - good kid, f.U.C.k. you (The Reverend), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 02:07 (2 months ago) Permalink
btw I've decided my heart belongs to Zayn Malik
― kendrick delmar - good kid, f.U.C.k. you (The Reverend), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 02:12 (2 months ago) Permalink
but he can't turn his scientifically perfect face into a heart
― Shuwopley (some dude), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 02:24 (2 months ago) Permalink
so many Miami dudes look like Zayn, would love to know them all.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 02:40 (2 months ago) Permalink
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:16 (2 months ago) Permalink
I disbelieve that erin pic.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:32 (2 months ago) Permalink
I can't believe you're doubting the veracity of trusted source TotallyLooksLike.com, but in the interests of science here's another one (I can't believe I'm googling pics of Erin Moran at work):
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:52 (2 months ago) Permalink
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha omg
― "Bellini." (DJP), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 15:07 (2 months ago) Permalink
What I mean is: I remember the intro pics of "Happy Days" as being a bit like that pic, but not that pic.
She does look 'a bit' like him, but I suspect some shopping, a bit like that Dawkins/Watson thing.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 15:10 (2 months ago) Permalink
if anything, I think the Harry pic has been shopped as I find it amazing to think that a human being actually is capable of making that face
― "Bellini." (DJP), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:18 (2 months ago) Permalink
― Mark G, Thursday, 7 March 2013 10:28 (2 months ago) Permalink
Just... no.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 7 March 2013 10:38 (2 months ago) Permalink
If you crossed Harry with Mick Hucknall you'd get the guy from Toploader.
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 11:36 (2 months ago) Permalink
*ponders googling "Harry Styles Muick Hucknall slashfic", declines*
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 7 March 2013 11:52 (2 months ago) Permalink
ugh...Hucknall clearly has a huge boner for them...One Direction May Be The Next Beatles: Mick Hucknall Says.“I rather like One Direction, I think they’re good. People can be snobby and say they don’t write their own songs, but it’s the pop industry.”He added: “When the Beatles first started they were a boyband and then, through their writing, they merged into something else. So who knows what’s going to happen for One Direction.”
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:38 (2 months ago) Permalink
Mick sighed with relief as he put down the phone. He was beginning to think the journalist would never stop asking him questions.
Suddenly he felt the touch of soft fingers on the back of his neck, running slowly upwards to bury themselves in his flaming red locks.
"So, you 'rather like' One Direction, eh?" laughed Harry, his eyes shining with playful intent in the soft candlelight which lit the silk-draped room. "Oh, if only they knew. If only they knew..."
Then they fucked etc.
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:51 (2 months ago) Permalink
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:52 (2 months ago) Permalink
If ILX turns into alt.sex.simplyred.stories I will be ducking out before the donation drive.
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
How about alt.sex.onedirection.stories?
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:54 (2 months ago) Permalink
Now you're talking.
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:55 (2 months ago) Permalink
Maybe we could entirely avoid the need for a donation drive if we all chip in some 1D slash and hope for a 50 Shades-style publishing phenomenon.
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 7 March 2013 13:00 (2 months ago) Permalink
For a title I suggest '50 Shades of Zayn'.
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 13:04 (2 months ago) Permalink
Depending on the levels of BDSM content in the stories, '50 Shades of Payne' could also work.
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 7 March 2013 13:13 (2 months ago) Permalink
amazing
― a) tepid b) vapid c) simpering d) milquetoast (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:23 (2 months ago) Permalink
holding back the tears
― C: (crüt), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:26 (2 months ago) Permalink
hold him by the ears more like
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:26 (2 months ago) Permalink
http://www.rathergood.com/holding
― "Bellini." (DJP), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:28 (2 months ago) Permalink
Internet nostalgia...http://www.rathergood.com/gaybar
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:03 (2 months ago) Permalink
Fuck this thread and all who slashed in it.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:11 (2 months ago) Permalink
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:49 (2 months ago) Permalink
Why would you even want to have this thread w/o slash?
― radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Thursday, 7 March 2013 20:15 (2 months ago) Permalink
good point.
― C: (crüt), Thursday, 7 March 2013 20:26 (2 months ago) Permalink
awwowoowoh sweet harry of mine
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 March 2013 20:27 (2 months ago) Permalink
I'm calling it now that Slash will perform at an awards show with 1D within the next 365.
― radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Thursday, 7 March 2013 20:29 (2 months ago) Permalink