Does One Direction's new song sound like The Who

Dick Head · Aug 15, 2013

Does One Direction's Best Song Ever sound too similar to The Who?
The One Direction fan world has been unintentionally educated about The Who's back catalogue after music critics compare the two bands.

The Telegraph

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TWOCHOICEStom · Aug 15, 2013

Why can't people just make original music any more?

Jim Van Winkle · Aug 15, 2013

Why would your average 13 year old girl know anything about the The Who's back catalogue of music?

The irony of being a teenager is while you're trying to look cool, hip, trendy and cutting edge and not be like your 30/40 year old father/mother. It's that 30/40 year old father/mother that is marketing and selling this utter dross to you as a teenager.

Teenagers don't you just love them. Teenagers: thick as pig s*#t and will empty your wallet (if you let them) in a heartbeat.

Icy Gull · Aug 15, 2013

Well the intro is a direct ripoff...

MattBackHome · Aug 15, 2013

Not a terrible song, but the skit at the beginning is utterly excruciating.

fork me · Aug 15, 2013

TWOCHOICEStom said:
Why can't people just make original music any more?

I think that the more music there is the harder it is to make anything original.

There's only so many different ways you can play three chords...

BHAZiggy · Aug 15, 2013

Does One Direction's new song sound like The Who.
Of course it doesn't. They may have tried to but failed spectacularly. One Direction is evidence that the kids of today can be brainwashed into buying any old crap. They don't even have a tenth of the talent of The Who.

strings · Aug 15, 2013

fork me said:
I think that the more music there is the harder it is to make anything original.

There's only so many different ways you can play three chords...

Or four chords:

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BHAZiggy · Aug 15, 2013

fork me said:
I think that the more music there is the harder it is to make anything original.

There's only so many different ways you can play three chords...

Clearly you're no musician, and if you were you've obviously never tried to play any of The Who's music.
There are 33 different chords in Pinball Wizard alone.

TWOCHOICEStom · Aug 15, 2013

fork me said:
I think that the more music there is the harder it is to make anything original.

There's only so many different ways you can play three chords...

Yeah sure. But at least TRY. The producers of this song knew EXACTLY what they were doing. They just didn't give a shit because they know a) it'll make millions anyway and b) it's so difficult to sue that they'll not have to worry!

TWOCHOICEStom · Aug 15, 2013

BHAZiggy said:
Clearly you're no musician, and if you were you've obviously never tried to play any of The Who's music.
There are 33 different chords in Pinball Wizard alone.

There are only 3 chords in that intro though... and I think MAX of 5 in the whole song. Just sayin....

BHAZiggy · Aug 15, 2013

Yep. 3 Chords is all you need......

beakyburn · Aug 15, 2013

BHAZiggy said:
Does One Direction's new song sound like The Who.
Of course it doesn't. They may have tried to but failed spectacularly. One Direction is evidence that the kids of today can be brainwashed into buying any old crap. They don't even have a tenth of the talent of The Who.

After 47 years the two surviving members of the Who are still performing and the songs from that time are fondly remembered. In the year 2058 who on earth will remember One Direction. They will survive for a couple of minutes until the next manufactured band comes along. I don't think kids are brainwashed into buying crap. The stuff served up for them and the singles chart is all utter crap so not a lot of choice.

Mr Smggles · Aug 15, 2013

They had a song with the intro that sounded EXACTLY like The Clash too.

Dick Head · Aug 15, 2013

TWOCHOICEStom said:
Yeah sure. But at least TRY. The producers of this song knew EXACTLY what they were doing. They just didn't give a shit because they know a) it'll make millions anyway and b) it's so difficult to sue that they'll not have to worry!

The Rolling Stones sued for 100% of the royalties for the Verve's 'Bittersweet Symphony'. I imagine Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend will be taking 1D to the cleaners.

ExmouthExile · Aug 15, 2013

The mere mention of the words 'One Direction' in the same sentence as The mighty Who is like an insult to Daltrey, Townshend and co., I couldn't bring myself to listen to the One Direction 'song'

edna krabappel · Aug 15, 2013

Did they sue successfully?

Won't be 1D who get sued anyway, it's not like they wrote the song.

edna krabappel · Aug 15, 2013

MattBackHome said:
Not a terrible song, but the skit at the beginning is utterly excruciating.

Possibly explained by the writing credit for James Corden at the end of it.

Dick Head · Aug 15, 2013

edna krabappel said:
Did they sue successfully?

Won't be 1D who get sued anyway, it's not like they wrote the song.

According to Wikipedia, the bedrock of all that is truth, 'songwriting credits were changed to Jagger/Richards/Ashcroft, with 100% of royalties going to the Rolling Stones'.

GoingUp · Aug 15, 2013

Shudders at the thought of Wrong Direction and The Who being mentioned in the same breath. Them two songs sound nothing alike.

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