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Old 11-12-2012, 00:53
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Surely no one over the age of 16?
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Old 11-12-2012, 00:54
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I'm 21 and I like One Direction.
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Old 11-12-2012, 00:55
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I'm 21 and I like One Direction.
Why You can't honeslty believe they have talent
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Old 11-12-2012, 00:56
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People who like their music.
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Old 11-12-2012, 00:57
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I'm 18 and I buy their music and a lot of my friends do too (aged 18-22) .
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Old 11-12-2012, 00:57
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Well I think it is a fact they have a primarily young fan base but I would assume they have older fans too.

While they are not my cup of tea I also don't think they are so bad I can't understand why anyone would buy there stuff.

I have Ed Sheeran's album and that one song they did that he wrote pretty much sounded like an Ed Sheeran song (there was no spin) so I could see why people would like that...
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Old 11-12-2012, 00:59
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Why You can't honeslty believe they have talent
Unfortunately, talent doesn't equal sales. Rihanna is a perfect example of this... the girl isn't a highly talented individual, marketing makes sales.
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Old 11-12-2012, 01:01
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Why You can't honeslty believe they have talent
It's catchy, pop music and it's cool to sing along to
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Old 11-12-2012, 01:11
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Well it ain't bloomin me! In fact, I feel semi-traumatised every time I see them mentioned at this stage which seems to be far too often this year on XF. I wish somone would write a parody of their little things song. It could be aimed at the X Factor and point out all the manipulations of the producers.

"And all these little things" * cue distance camera shots, crap clothes choices, ridiculous staging, dead mics etc etc etc*
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Old 11-12-2012, 01:18
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Unfortunately, talent doesn't equal sales. Rihanna is a perfect example of this... the girl isn't a highly talented individual, marketing makes sales.
theres a video of her singing hero on youtube aged 15, and she is TERRIBLE, she has definately improved a lot since then

however i do think that she has bucketloads of star quality and usually gives fantastic performances when she actually sings and isnt dancing around
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Old 11-12-2012, 01:21
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theres a video of her singing hero on youtube aged 15, and she is TERRIBLE, she has definately improved a lot since then

however i do think that she has bucketloads of star quality and usually gives fantastic performances when she actually sings and isnt dancing around
I agree, I think her Russian Roulette performance on X Factor a couple of years back was one of her better performances. I just think she's not the most talented and her constant albums, singles and success just goes to show talent doesn't always equal success.
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Old 11-12-2012, 01:27
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another OP who doesn't understand "individual differences"


coz you don't like one thing doesn't mean others wouldn't as well... simple as.
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Old 11-12-2012, 01:30
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another OP who doesn't understand "individual differences"


coz you don't like one thing doesn't mean others wouldn't as well..
. simple as.
They don't even pen their own songs though!... Their merely doing well down to fact they happen to be good looking!... It's a travesty
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Old 11-12-2012, 01:33
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They don't even pen their own songs though!... Their merely doing well down to fact they happen to be good looking!... It's a travesty


a lot of pop acts don't right their own songs... it's not a compulsory "write and sing combo" to be a pop act...
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Old 11-12-2012, 01:43
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to those asking why 1D is selling, let me repost this from AT, a piece i wrote in response to the question: will UJ dethrone 1D?

with all due respect to UJ, i know they have the capacity to succeed as well, but not on 1D level, IMO...


Do you guys think UJ will dethrone 1D? Because most posters in the mf seem to think that they will. Honestly, I don't see it happening as they're older than the 1D boys and have been in the bottom 2 three times now so obviously there not as popular as people think.
NO... posters in MF think that because they can not accept how special 1D is. they're going on about how typical and generic they are as a boyband but they are completely brushing off the reason they became a phenomenon.


UJ may achieve some degree of success but not of 1D level.


if we think of apps for our laptops and mobiles, 1D is the killer apps to kill all others apps out there. they rode on different super-trends and made them their own:


1) BOYBAND- the most obvious may not even be the biggest factor. remember they are not the typical all-dancing, choreographed, cheesy boyband of the 90s. they may even be loved by fans as the anti-boyband boyband.


2) REALITY TV- before this, we had soap opera where we had our favourite characters who's trials and tribulations we follow and empathise with. a step up is the Reality Shows with "real people" in "real situations". now, we were there ever since these adorable boys were formed into a group. we were there every step of their journey, experienced every leap and run, every mis-step even we took it with them.


3) BIEBER FEVER- they deffo were there to catch some of bieber's light. 'nough said.


4) GLEE- with the success of glee, there had been growing interest in music in schools and communities around the world, giving rise to vocal groups of various age groups especially the young. so who better to represent them and their aspirations than these five adorable, precocious, unassuming boys?


sure, on their time at the x factor, they were not the best vocals but we always knew they were just formed as a group and the POTENTIAL is definitely there.


if you see x factor as a show which thrust is to discover a pop act with the x factor to be really successful in the real world arena, we can actually see 1D as bang for the buck!!


5) SOCIAL MEDIA- do i really have to expound on this? lolz!! detractors are crazy not to acknowledge social media and hence "proactive fans" as more of a factor in 1D's success than what they call the "syco PR machine".

bluestone is right: simon became a virtual silent partner with 1D, only there to say yes to final approvals. (ETA: just saw string's response to bluestone and i also see her point.)


1D at the very start didn't have the advantages detractors claim they had. just like the other acts, what they were given were exposure on the show and a weekly video diary. now those weekly diaries are tools no other x factor acts had utilised as they these had *before and since*. or is it their growing fans who had?


these video diaries showed the boys in their most relaxed, spontaneous and adorable and their video diaries were copied and posted on you tube, tweeted about, gifs and jpegs were posted and reposted on tumblr. it was the internet version of the peer to peer word of mouth!! and not only locally but globally!! new fans fed on the excitement and enthusiasm of existing fans!!


inevitably, a dynamic, rich and ever-growing "mythology" and "folklore" about the boys was born. words, phrases, gestures, places and things were shoehorned by fans to represent and enrich this mythology... almost overnight, words, phrases and places were never ever the same: carrots, spoons, curls, vas happenin, no! jimmy protested, holmes chapel, mullingar, bradford, doncaster, wolverhampton, "massive thank you", "amazing", the songs "torn" "forever young" etc,...


fans coined their own name "directioners"... and to distinguish themselves from new fans who knew nought about the boys (yet) and outright fake directioners, they coined the word "directionators"... hence this fandom is the only fandom with a different name for real and fake fans!! lolz!!



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and central to all these is the very meat of 1D phenomenon that detractors tend to dismiss: the five individual boys' distinct personalities and their unbelievable CHEMISTRY.


it's not everyday you find five equally loveable boys who perfectly complemented each other. here, the whole is infinitely more than sum of its parts. in them, collectively, you can see the virtual sprinkling of pixie dust.


never yet in recent history have you seen five boys in a group who are this magic collectively and head to head individually.


from the very start, most fans aligned themselves with a particular boy to champion his position within and outside the group. how do you better that for a fierce and longer lasting loyalty?

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Old 11-12-2012, 01:53
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I have two straight male friends, 19 and 20, and they both love one direction.
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Old 11-12-2012, 02:04
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Surely no one over the age of 16?
I haven't bought any of their music, but I have hinted heavily for Christmas, I'm not a teenager. My best friend bough me their calender.
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Old 11-12-2012, 03:04
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Surely no one over the age of 16?
Same people who bought into Bieber, the Osmonds, the Jonas brothers..........Plus the people who voted for Eoghan to get 30% plus of the vote in X factor. Singing ability is optional.
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Old 11-12-2012, 03:10
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My dad listened to them and said it was a lot of shite. Its no country music, that is for sure. Louis has an embarrassing voice.
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Old 11-12-2012, 03:18
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one direction. the ultimate triumph of marketing and image over talent and ability.
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Old 11-12-2012, 03:26
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It's fun pop. It manages to get girls without sounding pretentious like Bieber (with his "love songs" and all). Good for them.

It shows how efficient votes on The X-Factor were for them. Unlike the likes of Matt and Mary, 1D's voters also bought their albums and the rest of the world followed.
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Old 11-12-2012, 03:53
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They don't even pen their own songs though!... Their merely doing well down to fact they happen to be good looking!... It's a travesty
They co wrote 2 on the first album and 5 on the second deluxe. Well, it's a start for fiver boys who didnt have that songwritting gift organically.

I am 25plus and I love them.

They deliver well rounded pop on their album and pop that is fresh, punchy and well sung.
That as opposed to boring westlife stuff. No complaints from me.
Then I liked 'Blue' so that's clearly my kind of boyband I guess.
..and I like that there is no lead singer. Though there may be stronger singers amongst them, they all have a voice to contribute and that's great for me as I hate the 2 lead singer -2/3 back up singer format.
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Old 11-12-2012, 07:42
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They're not talented? That's funny because I seem to remember them singing a ballad in tune and rather well a few weeks ago on The X Factor :S
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Old 11-12-2012, 07:51
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Once the looks fade, and that's already beginning to happen, their sales will sink. Tonnes of teenie pop acts peak with their second album and 1D's lack of artistic involvement in their music means they'll never be taken seriously.
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Old 11-12-2012, 07:51
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Surely no one over the age of 16?
Everyone in the known universe except for me is what it feels like.
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