Harry styles

lustycourtier

Strangefan said:

Bunch of goons, if it wasn't for xfactor and being attractive he would not be where he is today,, its not talent it's a modeling and karaoke competition,

whats your beef with him? Hes incredibly talented and worked very hard for 15 years to get to the very top, and is great bloke. 

digitalkettle

lustycourtier said:

Strangefan said:

Bunch of goons, if it wasn't for xfactor and being attractive he would not be where he is today,, its not talent it's a modeling and karaoke competition,

whats your beef with him? Hes incredibly talented and worked very hard for 15 years to get to the very top, and is great bloke. 

It's evident he's having a proper go at it...and he's ear-wormed me on more than one occasion ;-/

BlueStrat

Why so much negativity?
he’d be the first person to cheer you on as you play smoke on the water in your bedroom

Strangefan

BlueStrat said:

Why so much negativity?
he’d be the first person to cheer you on as you play smoke on the water in your bedroom

Haha assuming much, I think you will find I have never played anyone else's songs, (apart from nick drake) and the bands I have been in more experimental than  you could dream of of me laddo. 

lustycourtier

Strangefan said:

BlueStrat said:

Why so much negativity?
he’d be the first person to cheer you on as you play smoke on the water in your bedroom

Haha assuming much, I think you will find I have never played anyone else's songs, (apart from nick drake) and the bands I have been in more experimental than  you could dream of of me laddo. 

The best part about all of this then, is the constant comparisons to Nick Drake that get made about Harry Styles 

 But of course youll know that, as youve clearly heard his albums enough to form judgement 

Strangefan

lustycourtier said:

Strangefan said:

BlueStrat said:

Why so much negativity?
he’d be the first person to cheer you on as you play smoke on the water in your bedroom

Haha assuming much, I think you will find I have never played anyone else's songs, (apart from nick drake) and the bands I have been in more experimental than  you could dream of of me laddo. 

The best part about all of this then, is the constant comparisons to Nick Drake that get made about Harry Styles 

 But of course youll know that, as youve clearly heard his albums enough to form judgement 

You got me, I love styles, love him, his like a modern day Tim Smith to me (RIP) 

lustycourtier

Strangefan said:

lustycourtier said:

Strangefan said:

BlueStrat said:

Why so much negativity?
he’d be the first person to cheer you on as you play smoke on the water in your bedroom

Haha assuming much, I think you will find I have never played anyone else's songs, (apart from nick drake) and the bands I have been in more experimental than  you could dream of of me laddo. 

The best part about all of this then, is the constant comparisons to Nick Drake that get made about Harry Styles 

 But of course youll know that, as youve clearly heard his albums enough to form judgement 

You got me, I love styles, love him, his like a modern day Tim Smith to me (RIP) 

Tims alive and well. He just hasnt done anything since he left Noel High Flying Birds

BlueStrat

Strangefan said:

BlueStrat said:

Why so much negativity?
he’d be the first person to cheer you on as you play smoke on the water in your bedroom

Haha assuming much, I think you will find I have never played anyone else's songs, (apart from nick drake) and the bands I have been in more experimental than  you could dream of of me laddo. 

I have some pretty whacky dreams…

Strangefan

lustycourtier said:

Strangefan said:

lustycourtier said:

Strangefan said:

BlueStrat said:

Why so much negativity?
he’d be the first person to cheer you on as you play smoke on the water in your bedroom

Haha assuming much, I think you will find I have never played anyone else's songs, (apart from nick drake) and the bands I have been in more experimental than  you could dream of of me laddo. 

The best part about all of this then, is the constant comparisons to Nick Drake that get made about Harry Styles 

 But of course youll know that, as youve clearly heard his albums enough to form judgement 

You got me, I love styles, love him, his like a modern day Tim Smith to me (RIP) 

Tims alive and well. He just hasnt done anything since he left Noel High Flying Birds

Lol wrong Tim  

thecolourbox

Strangefan said:

lustycourtier said:

Strangefan said:

BlueStrat said:

Why so much negativity?
he’d be the first person to cheer you on as you play smoke on the water in your bedroom

Haha assuming much, I think you will find I have never played anyone else's songs, (apart from nick drake) and the bands I have been in more experimental than  you could dream of of me laddo. 

The best part about all of this then, is the constant comparisons to Nick Drake that get made about Harry Styles 

 But of course youll know that, as youve clearly heard his albums enough to form judgement 

You got me, I love styles, love him, his like a modern day Tim Smith to me (RIP) 

That's the "happy to be proven wrong" attitude we love so much about this site

AlexO

His new album is great... It's got some fantastic grown-up, modern pop songs throughout it.

My wife doesn't like Rockabilly or Americana which I'll play on my own so we play lots of more modern music when in the car...

Golden of one his earlier albums is also a brilliant Indie/pop tune.

Kilgore

Pound shop Robbie Williams just better looking, better voice, better songs and he's not a knob head. 

Oh, hang on... 

ICBM

I actually liked One Direction, up to a point. Like probably almost all rock musicians I dismissed them at first as a Made For TV band, then one of my kids got heavily into them - so I decided that before I would pass judgement I should at least listen to their albums. I also watched some sort of DVD documentary of them on tour or something... I came away thinking that while they were not the Beatles, they were at least reasonably talented boys who worked pretty hard and took the opportunity they were given, and didn't seem to have let it go to their heads. They also had a good team of writers and producers to work with, and the music wasn't actually bad at all.

I was reminded very much of the Monkees, in fact... which you could pretty much say the same about.

She did eventually grow out of them and has moved on to much more diverse and interesting music, but maybe if she'd never started listening to One Direction she wouldn't have done, so I'm not going to condemn them. I do think Harry Styles has turned out to be the one with the most talent, too - and he really isn't a bad actor either.

markv

In our house, he is known as Harris Tiles.

My daughter likewise plays his stuff around the house a lot. I've been listening to the album Fine Line a lot recently as a result and rather enjoying it. Good quality pop music.

dindude

I do quite like some of his solo stuff, but he kinda sits in the middle ground for me - much better than his X Factor origins would have you believe, but not quite the musical genius some tout him to be. He has one hell of a band though. I don’t even like the original of this song, but love this version, the drummer in particular is stand out.

https://youtu.be/Tqm7-zN5s8k

duotone

digitalkettle said:

lustycourtier said:

Strangefan said:

Bunch of goons, if it wasn't for xfactor and being attractive he would not be where he is today,, its not talent it's a modeling and karaoke competition,

whats your beef with him? Hes incredibly talented and worked very hard for 15 years to get to the very top, and is great bloke. 

It's evident he's having a proper go at it...and he's ear-wormed me on more than one occasion ;-/

His ‘As It Was’ song is a real ear worm for me atm. It’s a brilliant pop song.

https://youtu.be/H5v3kku4y6Q

digitalkettle

duotone said:

digitalkettle said:

lustycourtier said:

Strangefan said:

Bunch of goons, if it wasn't for xfactor and being attractive he would not be where he is today,, its not talent it's a modeling and karaoke competition,

whats your beef with him? Hes incredibly talented and worked very hard for 15 years to get to the very top, and is great bloke. 

It's evident he's having a proper go at it...and he's ear-wormed me on more than one occasion ;-/

His ‘As It Was’ song is a real ear worm for me atm. It’s a brilliant pop song.

https://youtu.be/H5v3kku4y6Q

Yeah, that was one of them! It sounds like the kind of 80s-ness that John Mayer* was shooting for on the last album but kinda missed.

Look at that: 2'45"...proper pop

* I realise I'm adding fuel to the fire here...no need for anybody to continue the John Mayer stuff on this thread! 

Danny1969

Musicians have always been in talent shows .. it's just there never used to be a TV audience. Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Elvis etc all got their start by auditioning themselves playing covers  .... Just like X factor. Abba got their start in what was basically an International X factor but f#ck me they could write a tune!

I like some Harry Styles stuff, it's just a bit too "songwriter team formula" driven for me. It's very safe and inoffensive which I find a bit bland. 

Placidcasual79

CaseOfAce said:

Shovelling fish bait into the sea..



I think we're gonna need a bigger boat...




Yikes - I didn't realise this would be so contentious.....

darthed1981

lustycourtier said:

Strangefan said:

Bunch of goons, if it wasn't for xfactor and being attractive he would not be where he is today,, its not talent it's a modeling and karaoke competition,

whats your beef with him? Hes incredibly talented and worked very hard for 15 years to get to the very top, and is great bloke. 

I'd assume he's the guy from the chicken factory...