One Direction - is this a legit new threat wrt to a new boy band invasion? y/n

no idea what that is, not investigating

the geode part?

okay i investigated.

that's awesome

https://twitter.com/zaynmalik/status/595985940461580288

^^ Saddest moment of my life.
I could live without them solving their problems through social media.

here they are playing 'clouds' as a quartet: http://youtu.be/wCv-Mgrj0TY

so... this happened. new song.

https://play.spotify.com/album/7LnU0hAOYe9aq91PCKMI7A

it's uh something

grower, i guess. but i'm too obsessed with these guys to even try to have an objective point of view.

it's maybe their least arena rock thing yet so i'm prob just experiencing withdrawal

Subbing in Adam Levine as a 5th member was an odd choice.

"it's maybe their least arena rock thing yet so i'm prob just experiencing withdrawal"

yeah, i get it. i was excited when one of them said that the new record has fleetwood mac vibes, but this single it's completely different from what i expected/wanted. but, as isabel cole wrote, "every time i listen to these assholes for the first time in a while i remember how harry’s voice goes straight to my groin", i can't change that, even when i don't enjoy the songs so much as i wanted.

In the meantime, Zayn signed to RCA.

http://mikesdailyjukebox.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/KISS-solo-albums-280x300.jpg

http://cdn.discogs.com/NB4C1dyzW62nq0_hpntJMkvJ5Dw=/fit-in/595x755/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-2550747-1355022651-6307.jpeg.jpg

i've got my own album to do

itt we (read: i) cry about the new one direction album made in the a.m.

Oh noes is it that bad

more likely to cry if it's good. so far it's good

"hey angel" sorta sounds like "clouds" pt 2

all of the songs about zayn hurt me a lot, especially "long way down"

I have a terrible copy that I heard enough last week to know I won't like it as much as Four. The songwriting done gone flat.

Made In The Studio (By Puppets)

aw yeah silly overdriven 1d finally locks in at track 8, "never enough"

trying to decide if "what a feeling" is a less good rewrite of jennifer paige's "crush"

"love you goodbye" ;_;

this is definitely less good than four (there are what, three fake beatles tracks and four ballads here?) but whatever i'm still emotionally devastated

A more good rewrite of "crush" would be the best song in the world, surely.

yeah holding out for that forever prob

fuck u 1d for saving the awesome gross rock song for the bonus tracks, hello "temporary fix"!

it's literally "no control" part 2 but i wanna start a band that sounds like "no control"

I want a boyfriend who sounds like "No Control."

fuck "walking in the wind" is great too. BONUS TRACK SYNDROME

"walking in the wind" is probably the best "i know it's over but we'll find each other again" song ever, i have no idea how they know this much about my life

Only listened once but, aww man, I can already tell I'll never love this like I do Four. Maybe a better rip will help. I miss Zayn's melisma, the way he really dug into 1D's pretty standard melodies and pulled out complexity and soul.

That said, it's pretty consistently decent after one pass and "Perfect" and "Never Enough" are already all-timers

Ha -- for a while I've preferred 1D's album tracks to their singles.

'What a feeling' Is a obvious highlight for me. Kinda fireproof Pt.2

And although I've been reading that 'hey angel' Is a descendent from verve, to me it sounds a lot like robbie williams. But, as brad nelson wrote, I'm also emotionally devastated by this.

Really warmed up to this more than I thought I would! I mean, it is not the miracle of Four but what is? "If I Could Fly" is a turd and TOTALLY Harry but I'll take it over "18"

Everything else is great, including all cheesy Beatle-isms and Tango-era Fleetwood Mac and Paul Simon bites

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/why-are-so-many-adults-obsessed-with-one-direction

also on Noisey, my argument for why 1D is better than Bieber and will sell more:http://m.noisey.vice.com/blog/justin-bieber-one-direction-purpose-made-in-the-a-m-belieber-directioner-showdown?utm_source=noiseytwitterus

they're both gonna get outsold by drake and possibly drake and future too

first week anyway, as far as what a time to be alive goes

My review should go live on Monday. "What A Feeling" is my jam. I love the way the bass tugs at the drums like Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams."

^^^ Yaass. And 'Wolves ' <3

I like One Direction because when I hear them, when I look at them, I realize how quickly they will be gone. How quickly I will be gone and I feel very grateful to be here. One Direction is all brevity, tender flowers, a reminder of mortality, a reminder to live with joy.

It's more that 1D reminds me I am going to die. Which of course, makes me a much better mom because, for me, at their shows, I feel certain nothing beside kindness matters when youth, life, beauty are so brief. 1D fills both my daughters and me with joy, with love. That comes back as kindness.

Samantha H., age 44 otm!

Bieber vs 1D was a question of who'd be #1 that week, not biggest sales week of the year, which Adele already has locked down off preorders alone.

that said, two of 1D's previous albums did more the first week than If You're Reading, so it's not out of the question at all.

"long way down" reminds me of "drops of jupiter"

I watched that James Corden carpool karaoke today - I've only ever listened to a few of the singles but I really do enjoy these blokes so I am diving into all of the albums. Four is my fave atm

Tim F nailed it way upthread -

Actually I feel like One Direction at their most rock are approaching Fall Out Boy at their most pop - the distance between "No Control" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" and "Miss Missing You" or "Where Did The Party Go?" seems pretty small to me.

― Tim F, Monday, November 24, 2014 2:34 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

My boyfriend rankings are
1 Harry
2 Louis/Zayn
4 Liam
5 Niall...but 5 should be like 10 because Niall gives me grody 5ive/East 17 vibes.

Harry is much cuter now that he has long hair. That mid-length curl was not good

Anyway hi yes here I am, seems bananas that it took me this long to get down with these cute boyz

glad you're on board!