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
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