![]() I figured that a blind musical taste test-a review by someone who might as well be an alien from another galaxy as far as One Direction is concerned-could yield some interesting results. And, of course, the tabloid exploits of resident ladies' man Styles, who is one of the 14,000 celebrities to have dated Taylor Swift (so far). Their stratospheric record sales (19 million singles and 10 million albums in about two years). Their Simon Cowell-X Factor genesis story. The first is that when people talk about One Direction, they tend to talk about everything but the music. ![]() If all of that doesn't qualify me to review One Direction's latest LP, I don't know what does. And I don't think I've ever heard a single One Direction song in the wild. My last music story was an admiring profile of Jake Bugg, the young, rootsy British singer-songwriter who recently said that One Direction "must know they're terrible" because they "sing meaningless tunes." I don't know what a Harry Styles is. I once lived down the street from an artisanal mayonnaise shop in Brooklyn. In fact, I'm pretty sure I seem like the sort of person who would hate One Direction. My colleague was laughing, I suppose, because I do not seem like the sort of person who would like One Direction. "You should review Midnight Memories, the new One Direction album." I could barely understand him because he was laughing so hard. ![]() "Romano, I've got an idea for you," one of them said on a conference call. ![]() My colleagues thought this would be funny. ![]()
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