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
i like "night changes"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 12 January 2015 11:12 (nine years ago) link
Best bit about "Night Changes" is Harry's growly chorus - such a great marriage in terms of voice/delivery with lyrical content (ironic given he's the youngest dude in the band).
― Tim F, Monday, 12 January 2015 11:52 (nine years ago) link
"Four" is an awesome album, I listened to it twice today on a drive to and from rural bumfuck Vermont. Night Changes, Girl Almighty, No Control, Spaces, Clouds at least are all classic. Also love the vocals on the verses of Where Do Broken Hearts Go...and basically everything else who am I kidding.
Anybody else thing the lead guitar on Clouds sounds a lot like the work on Paul McCartney's Ram album? My first listen had me checking if Hugh McCracken had really passed away or not...
― MrExplorer, Friday, 23 January 2015 07:20 (nine years ago) link
And since its 2 in the morning and nobody's on lemme just off for a bit:
This thread is such a delight and part of why I've just joined ilx in an era where forums have gone the way of the telegraph. Getting to just sit down for 2 hours and read a 2+ year journey chronicling a community's collective discovery, indignation, second thoughts and final embrace of One Direction is a joy (call it Stockholm Syndrome?)
― MrExplorer, Friday, 23 January 2015 07:23 (nine years ago) link
No Control second listen > No Control first listen > Change Your Ticket > No Control third listen― cr4bdbgs, Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:55 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― cr4bdbgs, Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:55 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is so otm but I still think in the end (after 10+ listens and beyond) No Control is the better tune. Also to whoever said upthread that Louis's vox on the chorus ruin it for him I soon disagree with. The charm of utilizing his thinner more dainty vocals for a massive hook is just so novel and really makes the song for me
― MrExplorer, Friday, 23 January 2015 07:26 (nine years ago) link
Question: who the hell is singing the "Am I the only? Only believer?" bit in Girl Almighty? Rapgenius doesn't say and I can't tell if its Harry or Zayn. My gut says Zayn but sometimes I hear it otherwise
― MrExplorer, Friday, 23 January 2015 07:29 (nine years ago) link
Another Question: Does anyone else with the CD feel like the mastering is much worse/thinner/quieter on Steal My Girl than on the rest of the tracks?
― MrExplorer, Friday, 23 January 2015 07:31 (nine years ago) link
To insert myself clean into the narrative now: I was very 1d skeptic since they dropped, but I dug WMYB and Little Things. Then the one-two punch of Best Song Ever and SOML hit me like a rocketship and I had to buy Midnight Memories on release day. The rest is stanning alone on the internet history
― MrExplorer, Friday, 23 January 2015 07:33 (nine years ago) link
Also to comment on one thing way upthread re: personal 1d power rankings.
I think how you rank the band members is one thing, and the power rankings are spirit. The one is your solid favs list and is filled with your own biases and the latter is a more fluid thing.
For me my 1-5 is:HarryLouisLiamNiallZayn
But I think the current (Jan 23 2015) 1d power ranking is:HarryZaynLouisNiallLiam
C/D?
― MrExplorer, Friday, 23 January 2015 07:36 (nine years ago) link
*sits on hands*
― MrExplorer, Friday, 23 January 2015 07:37 (nine years ago) link
"Question: who the hell is singing the "Am I the only? Only believer?" bit in Girl Almighty? Rapgenius doesn't say and I can't tell if its Harry or Zayn. My gut says Zayn but sometimes I hear it otherwise"
It's Zayn, i'm pretty sure.
― Nourry, Friday, 23 January 2015 09:27 (nine years ago) link
https://41.media.tumblr.com/f790a696cea561bb7af9e22d888e230f/tumblr_nip6e9jpz21qjo1fpo2_540.png
FUCK
― MrExplorer, Sunday, 25 January 2015 06:55 (nine years ago) link
"Night Changes" peaking at #31 on Billboard after 16 weeks is sad.
― timellison, Thursday, 12 March 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
their 3rd-biggest US radio hit, which tells you how little time US radio has for them outside of "What Makes You Beautiful" and "Story of My Life"
― some dude, Thursday, 12 March 2015 23:56 (nine years ago) link