that one direction can't dance never really stood out to me, since they're part of a wider pop landscape where dancing well (if at all) is less valued than it's been in a couple of decades. i'm not sure whether that's due to sheer laziness from labels and artists, a pushback against the image of rigorously hyper controlled pop that bsb & britney embodied or a result of r&b's fading dominance over pop music where the mj/janet dancing template was the standard, or something else? it's an interesting discussion i think.
― prolego, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
Credit to whoever decided to make a cute joke out of their bad dancing in almost all their early video clips.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
made a playlist of my forever 1d jams and i haven't really listened to any other music since
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 November 2014 06:30 (nine years ago) link
guess this is the end
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 November 2014 06:31 (nine years ago) link
petition for new board I Love One Direction
tracklist or stfu
― Tim F, Saturday, 29 November 2014 06:49 (nine years ago) link
feel like it's not done yet i'll get back to you
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 November 2014 06:56 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/XzF0WR0.png
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 November 2014 07:09 (nine years ago) link
imo "still the one" is the best fucking song in the world
add "what makes you beautiful" as a bonus track
i just bought the movie
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 November 2014 07:40 (nine years ago) link
I endorse this tracklist.
― Tim F, Saturday, 29 November 2014 08:15 (nine years ago) link
feel like i can't accept a playlist that doesn't include "through the dark"when the night is coming down on youwe will find a way through the dark
really, every album after their first one has been incredible and each has like eleven 10/10 songs on them so not sure i could make a playlist. like, midnight memories is unfuckwithable from beginning to end. take me home is ridiculous if you switch the amazing bonus tracks ("still the one", "nobody compares", "magic") with "summer love" and maybe "over again" and "last first kiss"
my POX would maybe be:kiss yourock methey don't know about usyou & idon't forget where you belongthrough the darksomething greatfireproofcloudschange your ticket
also "little things" actively KILLS me
― uberweiss, Saturday, 29 November 2014 09:49 (nine years ago) link
What's happening in this thread Is so important, for a long time I thought that I was the only fan here. 'Still the one' Is the best song ever (pun not intended), yass
― Nourry, Saturday, 29 November 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
Four's closing trio of "Spaces"/"Stockholm Syndrome"/"Clouds" is amazing
― some dude, Saturday, 29 November 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
i don't like the mumfordy 1d tracks very much at all. srry "through the dark"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 November 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
hey ok sorry alfred and others i have not actually listened to the new album yet.
what i want to know is, and maybe this has been discussed in this thread already, but harry + louis? thoughts? i feel like they are not really a thing, but did they maybe sorta fool around once? maybe.
― jaymc, Thursday, 1 January 2015 08:51 (nine years ago) link
reading the last few dozen posts in this thread makes me really love ilx
― jaymc, Thursday, 1 January 2015 08:54 (nine years ago) link
i feel like they are not really a thing, but did they maybe sorta fool around once? maybe.
"fool's gold"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 January 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
man i might have to buy a ticket for their stadium tour if "Clouds" is in the setlist
― un chill goon (some dude), Thursday, 1 January 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
this is about where i am with being able to remember which dude is which thohttps://twitter.com/MrGeorgeWallace/status/550532798881099777
― un chill goon (some dude), Thursday, 1 January 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
feel like "stockholm syndrome" is actually the key larry text on this album.
― prolego, Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
you'll get there some dude. everyone gets there eventually.
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link
i dreamt about "still the one" recently
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:39 (nine years ago) link
They played a ballads set at the Rockin' NYE show last night, ugh
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:41 (nine years ago) link
"Best Song Ever" always sounds good when it turns up at one of our school assemblies--I'll definitely take it over the two Taylor Swift songs that hit #1 last year.
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:45 (nine years ago) link
i love tswift and i love 1989 but "style" aside i can't really take it seriously as a harry styles breakup album when four exists.
― prolego, Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:47 (nine years ago) link
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, January 1, 2015 6:41 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
post-"What Makes You Beautiful," they only get traction on U.S. radio with ballads ("Story Of My Life" by far the biggest and "Night Changes" on its way to being much more successful than "Steal My Girl"), which i think is such a shame, all their best stuff is uptempo imo.
― un chill goon (some dude), Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:55 (nine years ago) link
I've puzzled over the decision making process behind that. Do programmers think there's some part of their audience demographic for whom those songs come off as too bubblegum or teenpop?
― timellison, Friday, 2 January 2015 00:10 (nine years ago) link
well, ballads in general have made kind of a comeback on pop radio in recent years. and their ballads fit in w/ the other ballads being played, whereas something like "Best Song Ever" sticks out like a sore thumb.
― un chill goon (some dude), Friday, 2 January 2015 00:12 (nine years ago) link
I'm not sure they would stick out more than "Rather Be" or Idina Menzel or maybe some other things.
― timellison, Friday, 2 January 2015 00:15 (nine years ago) link
perhaps. the format is pretty weird and varied at the moment. they just seem to slot in less easily either way.
― un chill goon (some dude), Friday, 2 January 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
"night changes" is their best single tho
― J0rdan S., Friday, 2 January 2015 05:02 (nine years ago) link
rock doesn't really get played on pop radio right now and they don't do pop influenced by dance music or R&B so that sort of leaves them in the ballad lane
― J0rdan S., Friday, 2 January 2015 05:04 (nine years ago) link
also they have classic rock influences whereas basically all crossover rock hits here are influenced by pitchfork indie rock
― J0rdan S., Friday, 2 January 2015 05:06 (nine years ago) link
:|
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 2 January 2015 05:10 (nine years ago) link
well as clarified several times upthread they are garbage at picking singles so i guess i could see that
it is however in no way better than "kiss you"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 2 January 2015 05:11 (nine years ago) link
"What Makes You Beautiful" is still a hell of a signature tune imo. "Night Changes" might be my least favorite on Four.
― un chill goon (some dude), Friday, 2 January 2015 05:11 (nine years ago) link
"Mirrors" is probably as classic rock as "Steal My Girl."
― timellison, Friday, 2 January 2015 05:29 (nine years ago) link
"what makes you beautiful" is really good but it kinda feels like a different group at this point
― J0rdan S., Friday, 2 January 2015 06:02 (nine years ago) link
"What Makes You Beautiful" is the band's N Sync-era preset.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 January 2015 13:16 (nine years ago) link
fairly sure the rock-on-pop-radio stuff is a red herring -- no one who isn't a music critic sees one direction as rock or as anything but a boy band
― katherine, Friday, 2 January 2015 13:40 (nine years ago) link
right but among modern boy bands they have the almost singular distinction of having no R&B or EDM aspirations and lots of guitar in the mix on practically every song
― un chill goon (some dude), Friday, 2 January 2015 13:46 (nine years ago) link
true, but if a band is a boy band then all of that is simply not heard by most of the public, who still thinks they are that photo upthread. if anything, I'd venture that the lack of R&B/EDM aspirations contributes to that
― katherine, Friday, 2 January 2015 15:02 (nine years ago) link
yeah I wonder if sticking to ballads as singles, ship's remark about ballads making a comeback on pop radio notwithstanding, is the record company's way of not dealing with promoting rock tracks on top 40 radio.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 January 2015 15:04 (nine years ago) link
"What Makes You Beautiful" is still a hell of a signature tune imo
otm. fucking timeless pop tune imo
― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Friday, 2 January 2015 15:11 (nine years ago) link
Well, is that true? "Steal My Girl," the first single from the album, was not promoted? Or it just wasn't added by programmers.
― timellison, Friday, 2 January 2015 17:56 (nine years ago) link
Well they sent Midnight Memories to US pop radio despite it not at all sounding like anything a top 40/pop station might play. They had at least 3 songs on their last record that would've been the perfect follow-up to their last hit on top 40 and they went with the Def Leppard homage.
― Greer, Friday, 2 January 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
"night changes" starts off so exquisitely but the key change is so unnecessary
― dyl, Monday, 12 January 2015 05:34 (nine years ago) link
I'm into "Night Changes". Even though their uptempo numbers are still my favorite of theirs, in their post-Midnight Memories era their ballads fit better with the rest of their more romantic, stadium filler output. I'm also finding "Fool's gold" and "Spaces" two very satisfying ballads, the only real clunker being "18".
― cpl593H, Monday, 12 January 2015 11:09 (nine years ago) link