or in x factor alumni
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
Had the tv on and saw them the other morning:
from Rolling Pop Thread:
Rockefeller Plaza in NYC was packed this morning with young girls watching Brit/Irish boy band One Direction performing "What Makes You Beautiful" live on the Today Show
― curmudgeon, Monday, March 12, 2012 12:45 PM (Yesterday
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
haha looking at the results chart that must have been the most unsuspenseful season of X-Factor ever
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
it wasn't suspenseful but it was actually the best XF season EVER i think - the entire top four were viable long-term pop acts (well arguably except the actual winner, lol) and in completely different ways, too. last year otoh, there were lots of voting surprises but you could imagine never hearing from any of them again.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
gah X-Factor has taken me back down the Jedward rabbit hole:
On 11 February 2011, Jedward won the Irish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 on The Late Late Show with their entry single "Lipstick". They consequently represented Ireland at the contest in Düsseldorf, progressing through the second semi-final on 12 May, and performed at the final on 14 May 2011, achieving eighth place.[13] "Lipstick" was released as the first single released from their second album Victory. Both "Lipstick" and the following single "Bad Behaviour" reached number 1 in the Irish Singles Chart, while Victory also went to number 1 in the Irish Albums Chart.[14]In August/September 2011, Jedward participated in Celebrity Big Brother 2011, finishing in third place.[15]Jedward for the second time in a row, entered the Irish Eurovision national final and on 24 February won both the jury and public vote and will be representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan with their entry "Waterline".[16]
In August/September 2011, Jedward participated in Celebrity Big Brother 2011, finishing in third place.[15]
Jedward for the second time in a row, entered the Irish Eurovision national final and on 24 February won both the jury and public vote and will be representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan with their entry "Waterline".[16]
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
if they were interested in boy bands enough to start a thread when one emrges, yeah
You do understand that people can be interested in an aspect of pop culture without really being invested in a specific subset, right? I mean, I can be fascinated by the rise of the Twilight phenomenon without ever wanting to watch a second of the films or read a single page of the books.
Explain why I should be invested in a version of a program that isn't even aired in my country?
Like I completely understand your frustration with people set in a single-minded mode of absorbing pop music, but you do have to make certain allowances for where people are located and the aspects they are exposed to.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
If lex did that he wouldn't be nearly as funny!
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
I thought that "What Makes You Beautiful" song was alright when I heard it visiting the UK last year, but I was kind of shocked when I saw the SNL announcement as well.
I'm interested in the how of this. What was the marketing angle? Or was it a viral thing that picked up traction? We haven't had a major boy band in this pop mould (I know the Jonas Brothers etc, but there are arguments to be made about the differences) and obviously we have a long history in the US of not caring at all about UK Boy Band Sensations like Take That, Westlife, etc....
If anyone can illuminate me on how this happened (and I'm not begrudging their success or concerned about it in anyway...I think it's good for America) I'd be grateful.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Saturday, 17 March 2012 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
all the Harry dolls were sold out in Tesco the other day. my daughter has a bit of a crush on him.
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 17 March 2012 09:29 (twelve years ago) link
Probably a surplus of Zane dolls though...
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Saturday, 17 March 2012 09:45 (twelve years ago) link
got it in one :(
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 17 March 2012 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, the best pop released 1998-2000 was almost all boy (and girl) band.
good god no, all that boy band stuff was 100% pure garbage and I am boggled by people who defend it.
― Sexess - Sexual Success Or; Successful Sex (crüt), Saturday, 17 March 2012 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
the best pop released 1998-2000 was almost all this is a thread for dope timbaland ripoffs from the late 90s ~bump--bump--bump-cack~
― The Reverend, Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:17 (twelve years ago) link
Oh good, they plastered themselves across the itunes store the other day and I was going to share on a shitty band photos, but got lazy.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u120/kingkonggodzilla/Screenshot2012-03-15at54903PM.png
― lag∞na beach: the real ∞range c∞unty (beachville), Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:30 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to take a stab at the source of the lex/jonviachi confusion: in Britain, they probably have new boy bands popping up all the time, whereas the Jonas Bros are the closest we've had since NSync broke up.
― lag∞na beach: the real ∞range c∞unty (beachville), Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
Oh wait, Gukbe already noted that.
― lag∞na beach: the real ∞range c∞unty (beachville), Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:39 (twelve years ago) link
Boy bands will probably be back once the get get sick of reality talent shows. Not that I've missed them, but I won't be missing those idol acts either.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:45 (twelve years ago) link
Why do 1D have to look like the Tory Youth Brigade in all those silly clothes?
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 17 March 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
like early Spandau Ballet?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 March 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
these dudes are pretty hilarious looking... i think it would be cool to have a boy band back but they're pretty uninspiring -- k-pop groups shit on them, obv
"what makes you beautiful" is pretty huge tho
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
visually they remind me of LFO more than anything
feel like their impact is kinda dulled by the fact that shit just sounds like tons of male-fronted dance-pop that's on the radio right now -- there's nothing really unique aside from the fact that they're a boy band
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
They make me think of a Simpsons episode where Lisa buys a magazine and its called "Non-Threatening Boys"
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 17 March 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
With ilxor Corey in it
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 17 March 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
Was surprised to learn today that they're all 18-20 yrs old (one might be 17). Thought they were more in the 15-17 range.
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Sunday, 18 March 2012 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, ok. Just found out they got a project in development with Nick and are slated to appear on an iCarly episode. I get where this is going now.
― lag∞na beach: the real ∞range c∞unty (beachville), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
I'm surprised that it's 1D getting the big US push, I'd have thought JLS was a more likely candidate for US success.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
It's 1D who have the backing of the Simon Cowell machine though.
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
Yay!
K. pop vocal group One Direction makes history on the Billboard 200 albums chart as the first U.K. group to debut at No. 1 with their debut album. "Up All Night" enters atop the list with 176,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Previously, the highest bow for a U.K. group's first album came on Feb. 22, 1997, when Spice Girls' "Spice" started at No. 6. The album eventually climbed to No. 1 in its 14th week on the list, spending five nonconsecutive frames in the penthouse.
"Up All Night's" lead single, "What Makes You Beautiful," debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 a month ago. That marked the highest entry by a U.K. group's debut single since Spice Girls' "Wannabe" bowed at No. 11 on Jan. 25, 1997.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
Not surprised that this happened, just surprised that it's the first time it happened.
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
will a bunch of patriotic american boybands be manufactured now? or do the kids find non-american boybands more exotic now?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
exotic sweater+kakhi combos
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
All of this just proves simon cowell has way too much power and influence.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
did the bay city rollers never crack America then? (where's Marcello?)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
They didn't debut at #1.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
Cowell is a blight, no doubt about it
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
im sure very few acts ever debuted at #1 back then.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
only two Elton and one Stevie albums did.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
not even led zep?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, I'm here! Rollers did have a US #1 late '75/early '76 with "Ssturday Night" (the re-recording; not even a single in the UK) but the only act to have gone straight in at number one on Billboard albums at that time was Elton John (twice).
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
hi marcello! yeah we were talking debut albums. But it must have been harder to have a new album by an experienced band go straight in at #1 back then.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
"what makes you beautiful" is kind of a joint imo
― internet somebody (some dude), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
can't believe Simon Cowell is forcing a target demographic to buy music they enjoy
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
albums did not debut at #1 very often in general in the pre-'90s pre-SoundScan era fwiw
― internet somebody (some dude), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
seeing as charts have always been part of marketing strategy, i guess that reflects changes in the way music is marketed as much as anything
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
it's more of a change in how sales were tracked and how quick things move compared to then -- everything was a slow build back then, even for established artists, now the whole idea is you have to come out of the gate with a big hit, have big first week numbers.
― internet somebody (some dude), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that's what i'm getting at really tho - the expectations for how you would build an audience are different. obviously the process of gathering the stats will have a big effect on this too?
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know how things work in the States but for example UK radio will play a tune for up to 2 months before it's officially "released"
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
I'm having trouble judging their SNL performances due to being distracted by the biggest collective tonsorial disaster I've ever seen in a musical group.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 8 April 2012 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
second song was dope
they don't dance
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 8 April 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
i support this message.
― Nourry, Monday, 4 November 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
I don’t understand but I want to
― Tim F, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 05:13 (four years ago) link
I absolutely adore this single.
― nathom, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 10:06 (four years ago) link
the talk about the cover made me listen to it again, and yes
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 10:15 (four years ago) link
it's very "waves (kacey musgraves remix)"
― ufo, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 11:16 (four years ago) link
disappointed to report that the d*plo remix of niall's latest single is a significant improvement upon the original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVKxjto88Vk
― dyl, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
I am embarrassed anew each time I remember when I made this thread, esp now that I'm a fan of their latter albums and some of the solo (Niall and Harry, mostly). Terrible wording in trying to predict whether they'd actually crossover in the States or not.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
i'm just going to go out on a limb and predict that many of the ppl expecting a Great Album to precipitate based on "lights up" will be disappointed (except the diehard stans who're gonna love it regardless obv)
― dyl, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-x3uD5z1bQ
i don't have any expectations with harry styles so two pleasant singles so far has been a nice surprise
― ufo, Sunday, 17 November 2019 05:25 (four years ago) link
“sign of the times” - one of the best songs of the decade
― brimstead, Sunday, 17 November 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
i think he was just on snl
― dyl, Sunday, 17 November 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
hosting and performing
― maura, Monday, 18 November 2019 04:35 (four years ago) link
Niall released his second solo album, which I still have to listen, but I'm enjoying this Tears for Fears rip-off, although I prefer when he's doing songs a la fleetwood mac. and he's a cutie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4L3EQ6ljcU
― Nourry, Friday, 13 March 2020 23:38 (four years ago) link
there's some amazing songs on the album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TA-WzcAl5Q
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 14 March 2020 00:25 (four years ago) link
he's had the brilliant idea of continuing to work w/ the ppl who made 1D's best music... genius stuff
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 14 March 2020 00:26 (four years ago) link
some other good ones
new angel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAhdtwJnI8w
small talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fFc0sqAGAc
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 14 March 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
san francisco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkvm1qEabl4
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 14 March 2020 00:40 (four years ago) link
'cross your mind' is a really good song. who knew that, besides Harry, Niall would stand out as a solo act?
― Nourry, Saturday, 14 March 2020 00:46 (four years ago) link
it was pretty obvious to me tbh
― maura, Sunday, 15 March 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
is he singing "It's easy to return the avocado" on "Cross Your Mind"
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 March 2020 13:47 (four years ago) link
it was pretty obvious to me tbh― maura
― maura
i thought that zayn's carrer would not be as "invisible" as it seems these days.
― Nourry, Sunday, 15 March 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
great 1D album, although i miss the other voices
"bend the rules" is especially <3
― überweiss, Monday, 16 March 2020 13:39 (four years ago) link
zayn has a new song. it's nice. just nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAo38Q9c4xA
― Nourry, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 00:13 (three years ago) link