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― 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
I'm cool on "Night Changes" even though it's pretty and decently constructed; I like their come-ons when the beats are harder.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 November 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
it feels like this band have been popular for like 8 years or something now
― Piss-Up Artist (dog latin), Monday, 24 November 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
their hairstyles have not improved either
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 November 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
i feel like they're in a really good place even though the hair has gotten demonstrably worse all around
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 November 2014 15:47 (nine years ago) link
Zayn hits a new peak every month. The rest are highly questionable.
― Greer, Monday, 24 November 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
Where Do Broken Hearts Go
is this a Whitney cover
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 November 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
"No Control" is the Animal Collective song I've demanded for a decade.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 November 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
Meaning it doesn't exist?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 November 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
powerless to be born at the hands of British guys who look like foals.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 November 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
the hair is nowhere near as atrocious as the tats
― lex pretend, Monday, 24 November 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
i want zayn to hurry up w/ his rumored solo release
― dyl, Monday, 24 November 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
Zayn's the cutest but it's like these dudes are at a Danny Wood level of C- cuteness.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 November 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
i disagree although i think three of them have similar raw look materials
― maura, Monday, 24 November 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
so like if you're not into that look you're probably not going to be into them
― maura, Monday, 24 November 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
i think all of them are properly attractive except niall who is kind of a goober
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 November 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
liam looks the best right now tho
isn't that what "niall" means in Gaelic
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 November 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
― dyl, Monday, November 24, 2014 3:00 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
i still can't figure out the musical talent hierarchy w/ this group ... it doesn't seem like they've reached the nsync phase where it was like justin -> jc -> who cares
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 November 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
zayn is technically the best singer i think
he is also perfectly carved
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 24 November 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
anyway my favorite is louis inexplicably
by songwriting credit on this album we get
louis 8liam 7harry 4niall 2zayn 2
but no one's really itching to hear a louis tomlinson album i assume (ok except brad)? is zayn just getting a solo record cuz he's the prettiest face?
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 November 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
harry is a predestined solo artist but i feel like it's a toss up b/w the other 4 as to who might emerge with a viable career
well, not who "might" because niall won't. but who has the talent musically to be a decent solo artist.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 November 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
zayn's adlibs are my fav thing in the world. there's too few of them on four.
― prolego, Monday, 24 November 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
If it weren't for his atrocious hair, Niall would be the cutest
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Monday, 24 November 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
Anyway, this piece seems relevant to the "who will go solo?" discussion: http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/hazlitt/blog/changing-minds-nick-jonas-one-direction-and-rare-act-pop-transference
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Monday, 24 November 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
zayn co-wrote a few tracks for the album but they were all shelved. probably because the music direction he wants to go in is counter to the stadium rock ting they're doing now (which has been largely shaped by louis & liam).
― prolego, Monday, 24 November 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link