There is nothing 'Magic' about 1D, they are just like every other boyband out there, nothing new or special, and as soon a the next so called big boyband comes along, the teenies will drop 1D quicker then an old lady slipping on ice.

Well, if that's the case, how do you explain the fact that few other boybands reach the level of global fame 1D have? And I dont remember take that/ Westlife fans dropping them for other boybands so why assume 1D fans will?

One Direction are terrible.. I can't see them lasting very long to be honest because the girls that love them now will grow up and the next generation of girls will be excited for the next boyband to make waves.

I agree with this, its not easy to make a successful boyband and make them this huge. I will use girlgroups as an example. Simon tried to make a successful girl-group with belle amie, who are similar to LM, however it was obvious they lacked chemistry,and they were arguing about being the lead. The public didn't click with them. But with LM, they found 4 girls who were clearly friends, had great chemistry and worked well together and didn't want lead singers. When Gary said Perrie should be lead, she had a face like thunder. If you listen to their album, they all get near enough the same amount of lines. They went on to win, if it was that easy to get a group together, belle amie would have made it further or hope who were on 2 years before or miss frank.

Posters were saying that 2 years ago when they first came off the X factor. They do have a lot of young fans but they also have a lot of fans in their teens and as someone else said hard core fans stuck by TT and McFly and West Life so their isno reason to presume it won't be the same for them. None of us can predict the future so who knowws how long they will last. I certainly didn'tthink they would have the level of global success they have acheived so far!

Who's Jake Bugg? I'd never actually heard of him until I'd read this piece.

Now see he's just got what he wanted!! Free publicity!

pay more attention then

he's a singing person with a guitar, who plays a skiffle/rock/country type of music with no hint of Oasis about it. Here he is singing a song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFubCHokGgs

I actually think Jake Bugg is quite terrible...

just got back from the matinee show... the first ever show of the boys' world tour 2013.


those who think the boys are terrible should watch the show and see for themselves what the fuss is all about. boy how they rock the stage and the audience!! lolz!!

I'm sure that was the whole point of his rant. He's mad that more people know, like, buy 1D's music. Music, in HIS mind, is far inferior to the supreme musical genius he thinks himself to be.

You know what the defintion of HATERS is? H aving A nger T owards E veryone R eaching S uccess.

I normally don't post in One Direction threads because One Direction are completely irrelevant to my life (Though I'll admit to occasionally reading them for and laughing at pretty much everyone), but in this case I really had to post and let you know that the last part of your post has made me really sad to have to share a race with you. In fact I'm pretty sure it just gave me herpes.

I think Haters is against the T&Cs...please...before you get into trouble...

I think Jake Bugg is a chav who can barely brush his teeth let alone sing a song. I love it how he thinks he's all up there with 'the great guitar players of the world'. What a delusional child.

I guess the glaring error here is that they're not terrible. They're not exactly clogging up my Spotify playlists but they release "pop" music. Some of it is pretty good. A lot of people, like myself, who weren't 1D fans surely heard "What Makes You Beautiful" for the first time and instantly thought "smash". Why? Because it's a really, really good pop song. As a rock or indie song it's sh*t but that's not the aim.

It might be the case that some members of 1D also wouldn't listen to boyband pop in their spare time. But that doesn't mean they think what they release is "terrible". Plenty of music critics, who supposedly consider these things objectively, have been able to praise the songs.

I suspect Jake Bugg's problem is that anything that isn't what he likes = terrible.

(Actually that's rubbish, Jake Bugg's problem is that he can only think of one way to get his name out there).


Typically to form a group you need to 5 similar yet distinctive individuals, usually ticking different boxes. What's so important with 1D is the way that they're all individuals within the band. Twitter has been a huge part in that, allowing Niall to connect with his fans or Harry with his and so on.

Vocally, you need one lead singer, maybe another couple of decent ones and then the final two can get away with being fairly limited.

That lead singer was to be Liam. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that he would have been a solo male finalist. But Simon and his people had him earmarked to lead the manufactured group. And I'd not be at all surprised if they had other young male entrants in mind.

It's not as if they picked the finalists then thought "ah we'll just put what's left into a group."


No, he clearly isn't.


The wisdom of DS is that he and his label are clueless idiots. I tend to agree with you. But again, it's not like he has done this before. And he has signed at least a handful of boybands in his time, some like Westlife and Five have been very successful. Il Divo have been hugely successful although they're a very different kind of group. But he has never quite hit upon what he has with 1D.


Absolutely, it's very clear that he saw huge potential early on with the boys.

exactly this - others trying to keep in the public eye on their coat tails.


1d will develop (same as take that and beatles did from being pretty average at first to superstars)



when they do their own stuff in next few years it could be awesome as they sing very well and their voices will just improve and improve . Even Louis is allowed to sing lines now lol. Right now its follow record company orders and cashing in with pop pop pop. That will change

you do realise his album went to number one on the strength of a buzz about him created from a few festivals and internet bits and pieces from the year before. The album which is still top 5 4 months later, which has been praised from all sorts of musicians both current and from the past.

sometimes people say what they think because they think it. I don't hear any artists slagging off Adele though they must be just as envious of her success as 1D's and it would sure as hell bring em a shitload of attention.

Sounds like a saddo pretty boy jealous about the fact that the girls he wants to scream for him are screaming about other guys so is trying to stir up a bit of media interest to leech off their success.

yeah that must be it

there you go.