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Was at One Direction concert in Dublin last night and can't help feeling that...

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NeverTalksToStrangers · 24/05/2014 21:38

... they are short-changing everyone a bit?

I enjoyed it but it just wasn't that spectacular.
They are good looking lads,they have some good songs and they can sing but it was all a bit 'meh' for me. It didn't help that it was cold and rained a bit, but still.

I wouldn't say I was a westlife fan but i've been to a good few of their concerts and really enjoyed them (I used to accompany my little cousin so her mum didn't have to go). Any other pop band would have dancers etc. Little mix for example - would LOVE to see them live. They had nothing, and only 'changed their outfits' by putting on more layers because it was fecking baltic in croke park. I get that the dancing and different/unusual costumes thing isn't their M-O but why the feck not? It's not like their fan base is incredibly mature and too old for a bit of cheese? Plus, so many album tracks. Ok for the die hard twitter teens, but not so good for all the mummies (or aunties in my case (I have 2 DSs (5 and 2) so not with me) and younger fans (of which their were thousands. Not one cover either. I love an alternative, unexpected cover, but no.

Even the staging and special effects were just ok. No massive surprises. There a bit in the middle which was a bit unexpected but the rest was just par for the course. The techies behind the bits that appeared on the big screens behind them put in much more effort than all the boys combined.

They did all seem to be genuinely chuffed for Niall, who did seem to be v emotional at playing in Croke park (v much considered sacred ground in ireland) and they mentioned a few times that it was the biggest crowd they had ever played to.

Maybe I have the wrong idea about it all. I'm sure plenty of you are going in the coming weeks. You might love it.

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ComposHat · 27/05/2014 13:28

No chaperoning kids is fine but going of your own volition unaccompanied by a child is wrong.

insancerre · 27/05/2014 14:01

Not only is it wrong composhat but should be punishable by death
:)

bruffin · 27/05/2014 14:03

Some people really do lack a bit of imagination. Very boring world if we all were robots and liked the same thing.

ComposHat · 27/05/2014 14:09

Some people really do lack a bit of imagination. Very boring world if we all were robots and liked the same thing

Yes, but a better world all the same. As for being a robot, I'm not the one paying over the odds to see a heavily marketed, hyped and choreographed and autotuned to fuck 'performance' from a bunch of talentless twazzocks from a reality TV show.

bruffin · 27/05/2014 14:31

Nor am I, but you seem a bit upset that people like different things to you.
I love a good Disney movie and had a good time at a Mcfly gig, certainly not a waste of my money. However listening to a group like 9inchnails that insancere seems so fond of would bore me to tears, but Insancerre is happy to spend her money on them is her business.
I would have quite like some of the groups at Slam dunk like All American Rejects with my dd, but i past standing in a crowd all day being pressed against rails.

ComposHat · 27/05/2014 14:42

Yeah course I'm upset. The failure of the public to have identically impeccable taste in music to me is a cause of immense anguish.

NiN aren't my cup of my Darjeeling, but there is some artistry, integrity and originality there, but McFly ... no.

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NeverTalksToStrangers · 27/05/2014 16:27

compo I like most types of music, bar death metal, dubstep etc.

The thing about pop and cheese and stuff like musicals (which I love) etc is that they are supposed to be fun. I get the vibes from you that music must be serious, at 17 I felt the same, but now I realise that having fun and listening to catchy music is actually ok (and not punishable by death).

Most of the movies I see at the cinema are the Disney type, and you know what? A lot of them are fecking hilarious and thoroughly enjoyable.

Yes I went to 1d to accompany children/teens, but I wasn't the only adult in my company and I wasn't forced to go (they aren't my kids). I went because I assumed they would put on a good show (as I have chaperoned children to similar concerts in the past) and it's nice to do things with your family. I also quite like some of their songs.

I get that it is beneath you. I'm sorry for offending your obviously exquisite tastes.

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IHaveBrilloHair · 27/05/2014 16:40

I'm really looking forward to it, dd (12), and I think they are great, I only need to pay for one ticket, dd goes free as my carer, we are staying overnight and having lunch at Tom Kitchins restaurant the following day, what's not to like?

ComposHat · 27/05/2014 16:54

I get that it is beneath you. I'm sorry for offending your obviously exquisite tastes

Thank you, now go and listen to a Leonard Cohen boxset in a darkened room as penance for this frivolity.

EvaBeaversProtege · 27/05/2014 22:39

Well I definitely wouldn't choose to go of my own free will.

My dd got tickets for Christmas and as she is under 16 needed a chaperone.

Ds got tickets for a better different event.

Dh & I flipped a coin & I lost ended up taking dd.

Each to their own and far be it for me to judge others' taste in music.

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NeverTalksToStrangers · 28/05/2014 07:53

Hmmm. It's hardly heroin but there could still be a backlash.

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AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore · 28/05/2014 08:37

Thank god my DD is in her 20's and I don't need to cart her around to concerts. I still remember taking her and a bunch of her friends to a Spice Girls concert (and that was the first time around - not the recent years!), although to be honest they put on a good show. I don't think I could deal with the 1D insanity! And my little ones are boys, so not likely to be having to go to boy band concerts. Grin

sarinka · 28/05/2014 08:45

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Sparklingbrook · 28/05/2014 08:48

Not sure about the drugs. I am not sure their management are desperate for all to think they are whiter than white. Harry Hairstyles has been around the block a bit woman wise for a start.

AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore · 28/05/2014 10:46

Don't most of the pop stars that had their fan base as young teen and pre-teen girls tend to do the "bad image" thing to try to appear edgier in an attempt to appeal to a bit older crowd (or keep the same fan base as they get a bit older) ??

AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore · 28/05/2014 10:47

Granted, some do it on purpose in an out and out marketing attempt, while others are just not that clever and get caught doing stupid things. Hmm

Sparklingbrook · 28/05/2014 10:49

I thought some boy bands were told by their management to appear to not have girlfriends?

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NeverTalksToStrangers · 28/05/2014 13:15

No need for management to lay down the no-girlfriend rules any more. The numerous death threats they receive on Twitter puts the girlfriends off.

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TheBogQueen · 28/05/2014 13:17

Harry Hairstyles has been around the block a bit woman wise for a start.

Isn't there a rumour that he bats for the other side?

Sparklingbrook · 28/05/2014 13:38

YY that too Bog. Grin

lesleystretton1 · 01/06/2014 01:58

I took my daughter to see them tonight in Manchester.
They were utterly boring and looked like they were going through the motions. There was no stagecraft or creative ideas. My daughter still loved them but I felt short changed because I wanted to see a performance not a bunch of lads standing around looking like they didn't want to be there.

giraffescantboogie · 01/06/2014 02:21

I was thinking earlier that they are due to split soon. Either all - boyzone style. Or one leave - take that style.

I hated the DVD, they came across like badly behaved little shits and a nightmare to work with.

I do like the songs - they are catchy.

Johnthedog · 01/06/2014 02:53

We saw them in Sunderland on the 28th, just after the video expose. I thought they may be awful, especially as they seemed tired at the Glascow Radio 1 thingy, but they seemed to be having a good time,except Zayn. The others joked with the crowd and got everyone chanting etc, even though it was raining. We had a really good time.

aziraphale · 01/06/2014 02:57

I think as an adult you're a bit more discerning about what you expect from a live show. At the age of most of 1d fans I suppose that simply playing their songs and shuffling about is good enough. I remember being that age and seeing NKOTB, and tbh they could have spent two hours curling one out on the stage and I'd still have been in love with them.