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Old 11-12-2016, 00:53
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It's oddly fascinating to read so many people apparently knowing exactly what his mother wanted him to do and what he should be feeling.

I assume you were all there at her bedside as she passed to confirm such instructions ?

I've certainly got no time for One Direction or any of their solo efforts, but he has my respect and admiration for going through with his performance when he must be completely torn apart inside. When you're singing the words "Just Hold On" about your mother who you lost not 72 hours ago, do you really expect him to be pitch perfect ?

Some people need to drop the keyboard warrior "it's cool to be cynical" BS and actually develop some human emotion once in a while ..
Very well said.
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Old 11-12-2016, 01:30
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after his mothers death? he should be grieving in private plus he has a weak voice and why has he gone down the dance route?
I appreciate your comments are well meant but as anyone who has lost someone they love knows grief and the path through it is very personal. What is right for one person is wrong for another and only those people affected can know what is right or wrong for them personally.
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Old 11-12-2016, 01:34
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after his mothers death? he should be grieving in private plus he has a weak voice and why has he gone down the dance route?
So that explains Simon's speech after Louis's performance.

To be honest I don't think that Louis should've performed just yet then, but maybe he (Louis) wanted to take his mind off his Mother's death? Or Simon/ITV are being selfish and are just thinking about the £££ which wouldn't surprise me.
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Old 11-12-2016, 01:40
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Some say it's brave, others say it's exploitative.

I think the song would have sold even without the XF performance. 1D member plus grief equals sales.

I just feel sorry for all of his siblings.
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Old 11-12-2016, 01:55
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It's really not our place to speculate why he performed or how he should be grieving. I just hope the media tone down their reporting on this as I don't think it's very fair on the family, I noticed it was front page on several newspapers this morning.
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Old 11-12-2016, 02:23
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Some say it's brave, others say it's exploitative.

I think the song would have sold even without the XF performance. 1D member plus grief equals sales.

I just feel sorry for all of his siblings.
Why just for his siblings? He's lost the same person they have. What has he done to have you not feel the same for him as his brothers and sisters?
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Old 11-12-2016, 02:43
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Why just for his siblings? He's lost the same person they have. What has he done to have you not feel the same for him as his brothers and sisters?
Some suggested that he was using this opportunity to deal with his grief. That's an opportunity they don't have. Further, as he is the oldest, they might miss his presence at such a sad time.
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Old 11-12-2016, 03:00
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Surely this was his choice I can't people still tell others how to grieve. It's 2016 not 1816.
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Old 11-12-2016, 03:10
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Louis wrote the lyrics about his mother's struggle against leukaemia and her determination to survive - 'it's not over til your dying breath, just hold on.' Sadly, she didn't win her battle, but he wanted to sing the song as a tribute to her. Just because the song was upbeat rather than a dirge, does not lessen its pathos.

As for him smiling when Cowell gave feedback, he was incredibly pale and looked ill, with tears in his eyes.

Some people here forget that Louis is worth £33m. He doesn't need to promote this song; it doesn't even have to be successful. There's no video attached to the song and it was only released today.
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Old 11-12-2016, 03:31
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He hasn't got the strongest voice, but he was brave to perform tonight.
Brave?????

He clearly showed why he was in in a group.
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Old 11-12-2016, 03:47
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It's the most important appearance to launch his solo career. He couldn't not do it. Simon will have offered him the chance not to perform though (i.e. all contracts signed take stuff like bereavement into consideration), but it was just TOO big not to.
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Old 11-12-2016, 06:36
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The show must go on
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Old 11-12-2016, 07:43
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I am by no means a Louis fan (he can't sing and evidently can't perform) but if his mum wanted him to continue with the XF performance (since it's his solo launch) then it is understandable why he performed. But that doesn't mean it doesn't feel a bit exploitative. The song seriously sucks though.
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Old 11-12-2016, 12:04
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I haven't been on here for a long time and I have just been reminded of why. I actually tuned in to watch this performance and I thought Louis did staggeringly well. The guts that took, knowing too that there would be all this in the aftermath -- the keyboard warriors pushing each other aside to show off their malice and disturbing absence of empathy.

The song is actually excellent and I don't usually like dance that much. And his voice - yes he may not do the blaring foghorn yodelling thing that is the only acceptable way to be seen as 'a good singer' on this forum but his voice is actually really good and lovely to listen to, it carries 1Ds choruses and it fits EDM to a tee.

Quite apart from all that though and most pertinently, Louis seems like a fantastic human being who spends his own time and money helping other people, especially sick children. He clearly adored his mother who was also very obviously a fantastic human being. Seven kids have lost their mum. How about you try to respect that?
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Old 11-12-2016, 12:23
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Jumping around too much bit of an inappropriate bit of music. Unless he is donating all the proceeds to charity he should not have performed was far too soon
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Old 11-12-2016, 12:46
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Jumping around too much bit of an inappropriate bit of music. Unless he is donating all the proceeds to charity he should not have performed was far too soon
Seriously who are you to decide how someone should behave when they lose someone they loved? The grief police? If he knew that was what his mum wanted then he was incredibly courageous to do it. Think about it. The first time he sang live for a year, on his own for the first time, in front of a huge live audience (many of them judgemental little darlings like you), a few days after his mum died, singing a song he wrote for her while she was dying. You think that was something he wanted to do? And it was inappropriate because it was upbeat and positive? It would have been okay with you if it had been a dirge then? Didn't he cry enough to suit you? As for the 'proceeds he made from his performance' ... did they pass round a hat or something? Pfft
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Old 13-12-2016, 18:07
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it wasn't his best but given what he's going through all credit to him for going out and giving it a go
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