This album is the Pyromania of boy band pop
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 September 2014 23:44 (ten years ago) link
i am surprised to like this preview track as much as i do, wouldn't be surprised if the radio singles are nothing like it tho
― dyl, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 00:00 (ten years ago) link
their last big radio hit featured harry nilsson on guitar
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 00:13 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFmaCZDYHsc
― prolego, Sunday, 28 September 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
kinda liked "fireproof" better but not bad
― dyl, Sunday, 28 September 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
The piano bit reminds me of something I can't put my finger on.
― Greer, Sunday, 28 September 2014 22:51 (nine years ago) link
Faithfully by Journey?
― MarkoP, Sunday, 28 September 2014 22:54 (nine years ago) link
That's it!
― Greer, Sunday, 28 September 2014 22:59 (nine years ago) link
Even if this never gets better than its opening chords that is still pretty great.
― Tim F, Monday, 27 October 2014 13:31 (nine years ago) link
What would this be?
― cpl593H, Monday, 27 October 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpsKGvPjAgw
― Tim F, Monday, 27 October 2014 14:10 (nine years ago) link
Blasting in the student union common area as I type.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 October 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B099-nPCcAAxlh9.jpg
Here we go again.
― Matt DC, Monday, 27 October 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
No way, Steal My Girl is the lazy Journey rip off single...Fireproof is the Only The Fans Know How Good One Direction Really Are should-have-been single.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 27 October 2014 23:45 (nine years ago) link
Like other people said earlier in the thread
― hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 27 October 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
"Fireproof" is very good but I'm not sure how it's less derivative. At least journey ripoffs are the one thing 1D does that no other comparable group does. Whereas the "we play this in the middle section of the set on stools and one member playing acoustic guitar" songs are kind of a standard boyband maneuver aren't they? Even when done very well?
― Tim F, Monday, 27 October 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
Although to be clear I prefer "Fireproof" as a song.
― Tim F, Monday, 27 October 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
Oh c'mon, you can't ripoff an entire genre of music ("acoustic guitars on stools") the way you can ripoff a piano part from a particular pop song. The most you can say there is that the Laurel Canyon sound isn't a current pop sound, but you can't accuse the song of being lazy in the same way for that reason.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 02:32 (nine years ago) link
I assume there's some nuance to your argument beyond "The Police wrote "I'll Be Missing You", not Puff Daddy" which I'm missing.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 03:12 (nine years ago) link
Man, I love this track. I think it does get better than the opening chords. The chorus - I love their unison singing.
― timellison, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 06:24 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I've been won over by the song qua song. I like the relative restraint of Harry's variations on the final chorus too.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 06:32 (nine years ago) link
Both kinda perfect. Luv the shania twain outfit chosen by harry for the video. Fireproof reminds me of fleetwood mac which makes me every happy.
― Nourry, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 12:17 (nine years ago) link
I really like the middle 8 on this:
https://soundcloud.com/izzynolan8/02-ready-to-run
― Greer, Thursday, 6 November 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
"Story of My Life" was big on U.S. radio, but "Best Song Ever" was not (at least not that I heard). Have not heard "Steal My Girl" at all as of yet.
― timellison, Sunday, 9 November 2014 03:25 (nine years ago) link
Change Your Ticket and Stockholm Syndrome are pretty ace here.
― Greer, Saturday, 15 November 2014 05:18 (nine years ago) link
Greer check out the 1975 thread we're kinda crossing streams here
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 November 2014 05:24 (nine years ago) link
i like the new record a lot! "night changes" and "spaces" are a little goopy but otherwise this is a lot of fun. "girl almighty" alone synthesizes two paul simon songs and a fleetwood mac riff
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
http://cdn04.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2014/06/harry-styles-bonjour-paris-caroline-flack.jpghttp://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE4OTAzODg2OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDY0OTQ4Mg@@._V1_SY317_CR1,0,214,317_AL_.jpg
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:42 (nine years ago) link
this is prob my favorite jam on the record
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW7W8hbdhX8
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link
Fireproof > change your ticket > no control > stockholm syndrome. all perfect, tho.
― Nourry, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
Really enjoying this, made me reconsider Take me home and Midnight Memories and don't sound dull at all now (though I think this one's better).
Personal favorites are Ready to Run, Where do broken hearts go, No Control and change your ticket. And Clouds sounds totally like "The Wolf"-era Andrew WK.
― cpl593H, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 12:46 (nine years ago) link
I still think that Take Me Home is the best. Kiss You is kinda perfect.
― Nourry, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 13:57 (nine years ago) link
No Control second listen > No Control first listen > Change Your Ticket > No Control third listen
― cr4bdbgs, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
all i hear when i listen to "18" is "a-team". such a terrible sheeran rip
everything else is good.
― prolego, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
"fireproof" is still basically soty
― prolego, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:12 (nine years ago) link
This album is almost perfect when you replace "18" with "Change Your Ticket." Would be awesome for "Girl Almighty" to have more than one verse (either very lazy -- likely -- or subsequent verses got too dicey with the religious imagery).
― cr4bdbgs, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, 18 is the only unequivocal clunker here.
― cpl593H, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
lol sheeran wrote it
i was surprised by how not-terrible it was but it's still kind of terrible
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
i love that the guy who co-wrote/co-produced this entire album + guests on that one pitbull song looks like this
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1194650156/163489_580828058959_20805349_32253654_5512167_n.jpg
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
The Tears for Fears moment on Stockholm Syndrome is so unexpected but so great.
― Greer, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
I kinda love "18" but I don't hate Ed Sheeran.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
18 feels like the weakest ballad here.
― Greer, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/magazine/the-pernicious-rise-of-poptimism.html
― Raccoon Tanuki, Thursday, 20 November 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
"night changes" is so good, it's like the 1D version of 'fearless'-era taylor
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 November 2014 06:44 (nine years ago) link
man who would've thought that teddy geiger would resurface as a 1D songwriting whisperer
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 November 2014 06:50 (nine years ago) link
clip is awesome also
― Tim F, Monday, 24 November 2014 07:08 (nine years ago) link
yes i feel like it captures each member's personality perfectly so much so that it probably maps exactly to the viewer's pre-existing 1D power rankings (for me liam > harry > zayn > louis > niall)
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 November 2014 07:11 (nine years ago) link
also if you imagine taylor as being on the other side of the camera during the fictionalized goofy figure skating harry styles date it all makes sense
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 November 2014 07:12 (nine years ago) link
Remember when you tried to figure skate too soon / twenty stitches in the hospital toom
― Tim F, Monday, 24 November 2014 07:54 (nine years ago) link
Niall plus spoodle is the most likeable he's been
― Tim F, Monday, 24 November 2014 07:56 (nine years ago) link