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Ok - that's fair enough. I'm also a bit bemused by the music press proclaiming him as the saviour of British music. My take is that he has some talent, and considering his very young age, his writing shows impressive maturity. I'm unconvinced by him as a performer, though. To run with your...

What is there to 'not get'? Young kid listens to a load of Dylan, Oasis, Doors, etc, likes it, teaches himself the guitar, writes some songs, sings them, the end.

Quite. As I've said before - I reckon Bugg has listened to a LOT of Ryan Adams.

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Firstly, you cannot even begin to refer to the tracks released by One Direction, as 'their music'. They neither write it, not play it. Bugg is at least writing and playing new music, regardless of how 'innovative' that music might be. More broadly, 'innovation' really isn't the only virtue to...

Its an unfair comparison. If you'd said 'no less cynically marketed', then we could debate that. But 'created', no. One Direction were literally created on TV. They didn't even enter the TV karaoke contest as a group. Bugg has set out on a career as a singer-songwriter, and has started that...

To be honest, I think you miss the crux of the shit article. I think what he is saying (besides 'look how terribly clever I am') is that 'pop music now, has no credibility, therefore Styles, in embracing that, is somehow 'real', whereas Bugg, in challenging that, is 'fake'. What a dick.

What a load of absolute shit, that piece is. Well written shit, but shit, nonetheless.

Oh, and whilst the Dylan / Oasis references are the easiest ones to draw, he reminds me the most of RYAN ADAMS. (That's a good thing, btw)

Some will, of course. There are a lot of youngsters - girls especially - in Bugg's fanbase, that are drawn to the image as much as the music. My point is that he is introducing a style of music to some, who would otherwise not be into it. Simply in response to those questionning the POINT of...

He's a talented young man, with some VERY obvious musical influences. Hardly ground-breaking, but then the young folk listening to him now, are not going to relate to Dylan, or probably even to Oasis. Agree with all you say about the Centre though. Awful place.