One Direction

[Rosy]

*sigh* Yes, it looks as though my prediction was wrong. But CT also said they'd be over in 6 months.
But I still retain what I said. One Direction is someday just going to become like the Jonas Brothers, just another obsolete boy band.

[TigerShadow]

One Direction is someday just going to become like the Jonas Brothers, just another obsolete boy band.

I think they're already at "Justin Bieber" status—they were inescapable one minute, and now they're old news. You don't hear about them or their latest songs nearly as much as you used to. I'm with you, underseasie; I'm pretty sure they're going to be just another of many (and when you think about it, considering the Backstreet Boys and N*SYNC before them, they kind of already were).

[GabrielleFandomGirl]

This topic is for my directioners to talk together about the boys. Please, if you hate the boys, don't get on this thread...

[Wakko]

I'm pretty sure you're the only Directioner on the board... =p

[Doll]

There's nothing that says people can't calmly discuss their opinions on the band...

I happen to think that they're just getting too old, and it's pretty creepy now...

[Wakko]

I happen to think that they're just getting too old, and it's pretty creepy now...

Yes, plus it looks like they may be going off the deep end...

[Doll]

They're all young adults, and yet they look younger than I did at sixteen.

I thought of this statement when I saw this picture of them...

[Rosy]

Oy vey.

All of them but the guy in the middle have major hair issues.
I mean, what did Harry do? Tie his hair up in a towel? He's certainly living up to his name..hehehehe

[TigerShadow]

They're all young adults, and yet they look younger than I did at sixteen.

I thought of this statement when I saw this picture of them...

Hmm. They've experienced a growth spurt, it seems.

[GabrielleFandomGirl]

I am quite honestly obsessed with these boys and if you don't like it, I don't really care. #hatersgonnahate

[ArnoldtheRubberDucky]

#hatersgonnahate

They certainly are. I, the Ducky, am one of those haters that you speak of with so much contempt. I don't actually hate them for the reasons that most people do. I don't really find their voices "annoying" or "unmasculine", nor do I think that they're "just another boy band". Obviously, if they were "just another boy band", they wouldn't have half of the population of girls between the ages of 11 and 14 obsessing over them. I don't even really care that they don't write their own songs (though apparently they did at least co-write a couple on their new album) or play their own instruments.

But they shamelessly rip off classic rock bands in their songs (The Who's "Baba O'Riley" in "Best Song Ever" and The Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" in "Live While We're Young") and then attempt to put themselves on the same level with those bands. Their music often comes off as bland, no different from any other music that you can find by artists with better ideas. And sometimes I wonder just how much each member contributes to the song. There are five of them, but sometimes I can only hear one singing at a time. Or, when they are all singing at once, the song can get bogged down with all the voices. I also just have a general dislike of electronic sounding music, so it's more of a personal bias than anything. I am also at a complete loss as to how they attract females so easily. They seem kind of ugly to me. But what do I know about attractive men? I assure you, absolutely nothing. Still, "Harry" (despite his name, which would lead me to believe quite the contrary ) has awful hair.

Anyway, I can sort of kind of maybe not really see how some people like them, but I will leave you, gablerage8, Directioner (a term I must admit I have never heard before) to the end, with this hashtag.

#likersgonnalike

[GabrielleFandomGirl]

#hatersgonnahate

They certainly are. I, the Ducky, am one of those haters that you speak of with so much contempt. I don't actually hate them for the reasons that most people do. I don't really find their voices "annoying" or "unmasculine", nor do I think that they're "just another boy band". Obviously, if they were "just another boy band", they wouldn't have half of the population of girls between the ages of 11 and 14 obsessing over them. I don't even really care that they don't write their own songs (though apparently they did at least co-write a couple on their new album) or play their own instruments.

But they shamelessly rip off classic rock bands in their songs (The Who's "Baba O'Riley" in "Best Song Ever" and The Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" in "Live While We're Young") and then attempt to put themselves on the same level with those bands. Their music often comes off as bland, no different from any other music that you can find by artists with better ideas. And sometimes I wonder just how much each member contributes to the song. There are five of them, but sometimes I can only hear one singing at a time. Or, when they are all singing at once, the song can get bogged down with all the voices. I also just have a general dislike of electronic sounding music, so it's more of a personal bias than anything. I am also at a complete loss as to how they attract females so easily. They seem kind of ugly to me. But what do I know about attractive men? I assure you, absolutely nothing. Still, "Harry" (despite his name, which would lead me to believe quite the contrary ) has awful hair.

Anyway, I can sort of kind of maybe not really see how some people like them, but I will leave you, gablerage8, Directioner (a term I must admit I have never heard before) to the end, with this hashtag.

#likersgonnalike

#ObsessersWillObsess
I am really scared to tell my friends because they will hate me so much, but I am not the biggest fan of Mr. Styles' hair And you did not just call them ugly? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? I can recommend a good eye doctor, name is Timothy Hennie, I got my glasses from him.
And One Direction have been ever so much more popular than any pop band of this era they have 'copied' so, you have NO room to talk. But, artists frequently copy each other, which is not always a bad thing.

[ArnoldtheRubberDucky]

Ah, but does popularity truly mean quality? Questions to ponder, questions to ponder. Anyway, I care about as much that you like them as you do that I don't like them, so I don't really want to get in to a debate. In regards to the ugliness, if this eye doctor is going to give me glasses that will make me attracted to men, perhaps I'll stay away from him for now (or forever).

[GabrielleFandomGirl]

Don't give me the "They wouldn't be famous if they weren't really hot" thing. Trust me, I know people who say that. Yeah, I bought the album to listen to their faces

[ArnoldtheRubberDucky]

Is that what I said? I believe all I said was that I thought they were ugly. No, I don't think that anyone really listens to them just because they're "really hot". Their music appeals to some and repels others, just like any other artist. I have to respect you for liking them, and you have to respect me for disliking them. Kapeesh?

[Wakko]

No, I don't think that anyone really listens to them just because they're "really hot".

I think that some do, and I think I might know a few. :p

[SirWhit]

And One Direction have been ever so much more popular than any pop band of this era they have 'copied' so, you have NO room to talk. But, artists frequently copy each other, which is not always a bad thing.

1) Proof
2) So when is it a good thing?

[Blitz]

Don't give me the "They wouldn't be famous if they weren't really hot" thing. Trust me, I know people who say that. Yeah, I bought the album to listen to their faces

There are much, much, much better singers that aren't popular because they don't have great faces. And they get a ton of their fame from girls who have fallen in love with them.

[Rosy]

I'm sorry, but you're wrong, Gabrielle. Maybe you don't like them only because you think they're cute, but a major part in their appeal is the fact that they're "gorgeous" (but not really). These guys are a boy band. They are specifically meant to appeal to young teenage girls, and to do so they have to have the looks.
I'm not saying that's how you think, but I have seen a lot of girls who do think that way.

[GabrielleFandomGirl]

I realize that many people wouldn't like them if they weren't gorgeous, but there really are lots who would still love them... such as the girls who got the new single, Steal My Girl to 1# in 65 countries

Eehhhh...One Direction is just another boy band that nobody'll care about in 2 years.

*snickers*

I do like "What Makes You Beautiful", but that's it. I think that they're very overrated, but they do sound awesome together... you can thank Simon Cowell for that xD

But if I were to pick a favourite, it would be Zayn. I'm partial to dark haired guys. Unless it's my crush. xD

Well, One Direction celebrated their four year anniversary in july, and Ahhhhh.... yes, Zayn Malik
And Ducky, I am serious, Many of 1D's fans aged 13+ truly believe with a passion that Larry Stylinson is a real romance