Final Proof One Direction Is Better Band than the Beatles
Day in and day out, people of my generation must live through stories about how our music lacks substance. How many times have we heard people gripe about the beautiful, soulful vocals of Justin Bieber singing Boyfriend, or the fun, timeless classics performed by Carly Rae Jepson. Fifty years from now, much like people still love the tearing vocals of Ray Charles or Etta James, we will see the same respect and eyes-clenched moments of indulgent nostalgia enjoyed by those hearing oldies from Bieber and Jepson.
But just like Ray Charles was banned from Georgia because people could not understand his genius at the time, we see there are some people of today who refuse to get in line with what’s great music. One of my favorite bands of all time is One Direction. From Henry to the others, they are a band whose instrumentals can rock out with Metallica, and vocal abilities outshine that of the usually great Freddie Mercury.
There will naturally be some who grimace and complain upon being faced with these facts, but then again, we are a society where empirical evidence rules the day. To understand One Direction’s superiority and its influence on this generation, we can simply look at the views of YouTube. Every person on Earth can use YouTube for free and what do they choose to do? They choose to watch the best music and entertainment available. Week after week, there is one true band who stands out on top.
Here is One Direction’s end of summer classic, What Makes You Beautiful. Total views: 239,433,184
Here Comes the Sun, while being around for only 40 years, can only get 10% of the interest generated by a lazy, end-of-summer beachtime classic by One Direction.
35,824,654. That’s all this little simple, primitive and quite frankly overrated number was able to pick up since 26 September 1969.
It is very tiresome to hear people religiously drone on about bands like the Beatles, when clearly we have bands greater than them who exist at this very moment. One Direction represents the greatest of these bands. Remember, the Beatles were once young guys from the UK as well, but their music is not holding up against modern acts. If the Beatles were truly greater than ‘any music you kids have today’, then they would not being whipped on YouTube views. The Beatles would have a Tumblr that could pretend to rival the popularities of One Direction. How many young women are following John Lennon on Twitter? Not so many, right? Look at all the most viewed things on YouTube and you will see who is truly the best of the best now.
In scientific summary based upon some statistical analysis, here’s a simple graph proving why One Direction is superior music to the Beatles.
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Author: Emersyn Wachovia Watson A lover of DIY lifestyle and culture, Emersyn brings fresh perspectives to her analysis of entertainment and global news.
I can’t believe I am leaving a comment on this retarded article. I should know better. We all have parents who own cds of the Beatles in excellent quality that we can easily digitalise. Why on Earth would we go on youtube to listen to Beatles song in cheap quality… Thats also why Itunes has not sold a lot on iTunes…
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Whoa…Did I just walk into an alternate reality of Christwire? This is weird… Eh, might as well comment something…
The Beatles got famous in a time where YouTube didn’t even exist… That took raw talent and hard work… Things which One Direction will never know XD
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Did you know that in 1970, we didn’t have this thing called YouTube? Hell, George’s hair is sexier and more talented than all of those boys combined. Face it. Your are so dumb.
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THIS ARTICLE IS STUPID. ONE DIRECTION IS STUPID AND THE BEATLES WILL ALWAIS BE THE BEST BAND EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT ? YOU HAVE NO TASTE IN MUSIC, MY GOD !
ONE DIRECTION IS JUST A STUPID BOYSBAND, THE BEATLES ARE THE BEST BAND EVER !
HOW MANY RECORDS DID 1D SOLD ?
HOW MANY RECORDS DID THE BEATLES SOLD ? MORE THAN 2 BILLIONS !
1D SUCKS.
BYE
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I bet you are a 10-17 GIRL or a GAY BOY…
Im 19 i listen to this so called “band” One D and god i couldnt even take it for 1min… i thought i was listen to some fake ass bad trying too hard…. and i was right…..
oh so the beatles get less views on youtube then 1D…. Well who gives a fucking shit. one D is a gay on gay boy band….. sure the beatles where a boy band but they werrent gay and they DIDNT COPY! also want to add the beatles are legends they made it to rock.
i seen one picture where they are walking on where the beatles walk… YEAH.. One D is bigger…. if they where they would come up with their own shit….
and another thing if you want to compare One D compare then with the backstreet boys cause they where famous when i was 9 or 10 …
even they where original not like this copy so called boy band….
The Beatles > backstreet boys>1D…..
By the way Im a female….
here the picture http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/022/d/0/one_direction_vs_the_beatles_by_tokiiolicious-d4n8ag3.png
Just cause its huge on youtube doesnt mean they are better….
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I was also about to mention that here comes the sun is not the best Beatles song in my opinion and probably not in some other Beatles fans’. It’s the only Beatles song that these one direction fans know so they decided to use it if they actually knew the Beatles music there is definitely a song with more hits than the here comes the sun on YouTube. Plus I don’t use YouTube to listen to Beatles music I listen on records
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For one egotistical one direction fan girl freaks um the Beatles weren’t around when YouTube was out. Two most fans only only go for one directions looks. Me and a lot of people can say that most of one directions fans only go for their looks not the music. People actually loved the Beatles for their music and Woodstock if we all can remember had 3.6 billion fans and listeners who then after became fans. One direction will never have anything on the Beatles they’re just another boy band that will eventually be forgotten. My point has been made.
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Okay, first of all, youtube did not exist in 1969 you idiot. The Beatles wrote every single one of their songs. Tell me which ones One Direction wrote. John Lennon is dead. Why in the name of everything purple would he have a Twitter? Twitter didn’t even exist when he died! They may be new, but they won’t be around in 60 or 70 years. The Beatles have been going strong since 1964.
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¡WTF, ESTO ES UNA PORQUERIA!
Solamente que tienen mas visitas y mas populares que los GRAN BEATLES DE DIOS, ya esas chiquillas vienen y vienen.
Los Beatles tienen mejor musica, multiples albunes, todo tipo de fans, etc.
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Real Music don’t go out of style in 3 months.
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I just….sigh.
Sometimes the stupidity of people really get me down.
I hope whoever wrote this article is a 13 year old sitting behind a computer, otherwise i’m genuinely concerned by the lack of intelligence I have just witnessed. Other
Has no one got any idea of what a CD is? That youtube wasn’t made until 2005?
I think I need to go out and buy some comfort food before I break my laptop again.
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but the beatles are the most sold band of all time…
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WTF, NO ITS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN THE IMAGE OF 1D AND ONLY A SELCET FEW OF THEIR FANS LIKE THEIR MUSIC. EVERY ONE IS SO SLUTTY LOOKING FOR 1D COCK
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Oh my god. You’re an idiot! I cannot believe I just read this. First off: The Beatles don’t have a best song because every Beatles song was the image of perfect. Second of all, the reason Here Comes The Sun has less views is because people would actually pay to listen to it unlike ANY Wrong Direction could write. AND One of Wrong Directions members favorite musician is John Lennon. You know, the founding member of THE BEATLES! And, unlike Wrong Direction, the Beatles used talent, not autotune. And I know, they didn’t have it, BUT, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr continue to play REAL music and STILL don’t use autotune
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Hey! I’m thirteen and I can recognise that this is absolute bullshit! Come on don’t judge people by their age
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You’re an idiot. Music like this doesn’t even survive my daughters turning 13. The only way they’ll be revered in 50 years, is if they can keep a perpetual fan base of new 12 year olds interested in them.
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No, 1D does not even come 1% close to the singing prowess of Freddy Mercury. And the reason why The Beatles aren’t as big on YouTube as 1D is because They didn’t post their videos on a non-existent site at the time. YouTube wasn’t made until 2005. You remind me of a CoD fan, saying “Since it has more (Sales/Fans/YouTube views) it must be better than those high-quality (Games/Songs)”. So do some research and then post something worthwhile
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Are you kidding me with this article? One Direction is better than the Beatles because they get more You Tube hits, is that your argument? First of all I’m assuming you’re younger than 30 years old and you know nothing about “Beatlemania” which was a worldwide phenomenon. One Direction although popular with the younger generation of today hasn’t had nor will they have the musical or social impact that the Beatles had in the 60′s. Do you realize that if the internet and You Tube were around during the time of the Beatles hey- day the amount of hits they would have had would have crashed the system. Just the fact that they’ve received over 35 million hits on YT 44 years after Here Comes The Sun was released is testimony itself. Let’s see if One Direction is able to get that many views on You Tube in 2057. Oh and by the way, in 2057 they’ll still be playing Beatles songs on the radio because it was and still is the best music ever recorded.
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Oh and by the way, The Beatles had 27 #1 hits between 1963 and 1970. Let’s see if One Direction, or any other group or solo artist can top that? By the way that’s an average of 4 a year for 7 years. They also produced 18 albums in that same time frame. Today’s “artists” are lucky if they produce one album a year.
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Normally I don’t read article on blogs, but I wish to say that this write-up very pressured me to take a look at and do it! Your writing style has been surprised me. Thanks, very nice post.
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Its funny how you think One Direction is better than The Beatles while One Direction has copied so many of their songs, and every one of your album covers. The Beatles have sold 2.5 Billion records. They have sold more records than any other music group besides Elvis. And Paul McCartney is the richest man in music. The Beatles had to work to become famous by starting out in a bar. It took years for The Beatles to get famous. One Direction didnt have to work at all and they got famous over night from a shitty TV show. One Direction doesnt even play any instruments or write any of their song! Every one of their songs have been claimed to be plaigiarised!!! You must be a troll because no one is this stupid to compare the rock legends, The Beatles, to some shitty pop band thats gonna be forgotten about in 2 years. The Beatles were only together 6 years and their music still lives on 40 years later. In 2 years no one will know who 1D is.
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I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.
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Really? Youtube wasn’t even around when The Beatles were. if it was it would have more than double the amount of views One Direction has now. John Lennon has passed away. In 1980. Twitter was only created in 2006. Get over it. If the internet was around back then like it is then that would PROVE that The Beatles are much better than One Direction.
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I cannot believe you are this stupid. There was no YouTube in 1969. Also, who said here comes the song is their best song? Who said That’s What Makes You Beautiful is 1D’s best song? The Beatles could actually play instruments while singing and not just take turns singing. Also, the amount of views does not tell you how good the bands are. Majorities are not always correct. Just because many people saw it does not mean many people like it. If you cannot have enough brain cells to tell that YouTube was not here at the dawn of the Internet and in the 1960s, then you should not be posting articles. You should pick up books on the history of the 20th century.
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Yeah well a lot of people know that John Lennon is dead, so of course they don’t follow that account! As for YouTube, many people go to a video of one direction just to dis them to be honest. Many Beatle fans would have CD’s, vinyls, eccetera, instead of going on YouTube. Since I’m a fan of older music, I noticed that many people who also like older music like the music better on vinyl.
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You suck! You compare it by using youtube..?tsk tsk..
You should know better that in the 60`s has no youtube….
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This woman is a retard.
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I feel a little bit sick reading this :s
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This is terrible. Im afraid computers we not very popular in the 70s and by that time the song wasnt the “new and great” song to hear. “1d” has music that is brand new to the geberation of computers and mobile phones
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Maybe if there was such thing as a music-playing typewriter…..
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Beatles 2 billions singles and records sold all written and played by themselves . 1 direction 30 million — . Beatles have sold more music then 1 Direction this century never mind last century . UH youtube didn’t exist in the 60′s 70′s 80′s 90′s .So according to this idiot of a writer PSY with 2 billion views of gangman style is the greatest artist of all time . What a moron
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woaaaaaaah I dont even know why I’m continuing read this but cmon, what the fuck? comparing the beatles (which we know they’re LEGEND) to a boyband named One Direction? shit man, The Beatles influenced the world by their songs, but 1D? not even close. this is retarded. insane. unacceptable. the writers must be reaaaaallly shallow.
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Yeah, this is a joke…
Ummmm
Right?
Obviously! Beatles were skyrocketing even before youtube EXISTED.
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i uhm… i dont know what to say. i dont myself listen to the beatles, but i know they were an extraordinary band. im more for queen and freddie mecury, and when i saw that you said, and i quote ” vocal abilities outshine that of the usually great Freddie Mercury.” i lost it, i myself think that freddie mecury an queen was and is still the greatest band ever. if we had a chart from 1-100 where 50 is freddie mecury. one direction would be at -500. and then you compare greatness of beatles and what ever one direction has with “youtube views”. and show beatles video uploaded in 1969, is and advanced level of stupidness.
you should take a look at this list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists
i looked at it, and what suprise… one direction is not even on.. while beatles is in the top with around 600 million albums sold.
thats enough from me… i need to rest after reading this extremely dumb article
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and one more thing
queen: bohamien rhapsody. http://www.elyrics.net/read/q/queen-lyrics/bohemian-rhapsody-lyrics.html
one direction: best song ever http://www.directlyrics.com/one-direction-best-song-ever-lyrics.html
look at how amazing bohamien rhapsody is structured… its is so different in every single part of the song… true art
aand best song ever. there is trouble even finding 15 different lines. all there song are doll and cheesy
i go now
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Just because What Makes You Beautiful had more views, does not mean it’s better. The writer of this article seriously needs to learn what good music is. The Beatles will always be better.
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So your saying that one direction are better than the beatles. First the beatles have sold way more records. Secondly, youtube wasn’t around then. Lastly, the beatles changed the way music is today and inspired more people, they even had a name for the fans, beatlemania…
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Computers were in their early stages in 1969, barely anyone knew what a computer even was, the Internet didn’t exist, let alone YouTube, you moron!
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You guys have no right to be hating on them! One direction has made history ! More than the Beatles ever did! So just get over it! You have no right to call them gay drug addicts!!!! You don’t know them!! You don’t know their story!!! They have saved lives in ways the Beatles never did! I am a directioner and I won’t hesitate to protect my fellow directioners and my boys.
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One direction are the legends of this generation! You guys are still living in the past!most of the guys are dead! I’m not trying to hate because I too liked the Beatles. But one direction deserves this fame! So by you hate in on them? Do you know how May fans they have! They have fan bases all around the country! They are number one in 37 countries! They have broken billboard charts! Sold out the biggest arenas in the world! Are currently on their North American your and are about release their fourth album! Girls and boys from all around the world dedicate their life to these boys because they are inspiring and talented! Famous off a t.v show haha they didn’t even win and they are huge!! So I’d think again before you say crap about them.. Cuz I’m telling you now .. Be prepared for thousands and thousands if fans to be angry
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There are a lot of people that we still admire who are dead, firstly; “most of them are dead” is pretty much the weakest excuse you could give for why you think One Direction is better. Really, there should be no argument here. I don’t mind 1D until it comes to battles like this when–for utterly idiotic reasons–they’re called into competition against The Beatles. There is no competition; The Beatles were a unique group that couldn’t be competed with by ANYONE, not just 1D. Also, Beatles had and still have fan bases pretty much everywhere, so that argument is invalid too (AND they’ve had them for fifty years. One Direction won’t make it five.)In fact, everything you’ve said in your comment has also been achieved and topped by The Beatles. Also, The Beatles didn’t get their fame from going on a t.v show, they actually worked for their fame. And ALSO, I wouldn’t try pulling rank on any other fan bases with your “thousands and thousands of fans” thing, because I guarantee The Beatles have gathered a fan base ten times 1D’s in fifty years, and they were only even making records for about seven of them.
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one direction is much better than the beatles ! the beatles sucks
fuck you haters of 1D !
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We are not haters. We are those people who use their logic
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I knew it 1direction is better than the Beatles.
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KILL YOURSELF
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Lol…comparing Beatles to any boyband is beyond ridiculous. Perhaps this misguided individual was thinking of the Monkeys. They are an early example of a product, much like today’s boybands, produced by corporations to make a bundle of cash.
Beatles are all about originality, creativity, class and just absolutely being the best ever. Boybands come and go without leaving any musical legacy. LOL….oh this was quite good.
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Well, you have to think about what is popular NOW. One Direction is totally the thing these days and it is like 45/50 years since The Beatles was the shit. If you’re going to find out who had most success, you need to see which band doing best in the time they were on their best. And wth tho, there was no youtube in the 60′s. So think about publishing a One Direction song on youtube in 40 years.. how many views do you think it will have?
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Woah, ok then. Im seriously shocked. First of all you must be a mental institute escapee. Those “facts” as you as in the start of pharagraph three are impossible to justify. You connot prove to the world that 1D sings better than ANY artist, future or past. Its an opinion for gods sake, you can’t change that no matter what!!!Hell, im thirteen and have to agree that there are some good modern bands, but it truly makes me frightened for one direction themselves that there are GROWN ASS WOMEN WHO CREEP ON THEM. This is a pre-teen and teenager thing that girls do. They listen to their music because its popular and they can relate with other popular girls. They crush on them not for the music, but for the popularity and because they might think they’re cute. Its a physiological thing that we all do. And if you want to compare two bands, one from modern age that had youtube when they were starting their band, and one from an age when computers were hardly starting so no youtube, then im suprised you made it past freshman year in highschool. You have to base your knowledge off polls that existed and had the same popularity as each other during their startup, peaks, and drops of their career. You’re basing a band from the 60s when youtube did not exist against a band that has youtube. It was so much harder to get a label from a record company then. They had to make music themselves, get a fanbase from concerts, ect. Now a days you can just make cover songs or make your own music and throw it on youtube. Not that 1D would do something like that now that they have a label. Anyway, ive wasted enough of my time on this garbage. I honestly laughed when i saw this was catagorized under news XD
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Dear Emersyn Wachovia Watson, PLEASE never compare these 2 music groups. Let’s just say they are both good. Let’s hear word from One Direction and I can imagine how their face will turn red, hidden smile and shaking their heads. I will wait ’til a classical orchestra record One Direction piece. Your measuring rod is YouTube access. Wow, Beatles’ music are already in our hearts and we don’t need YouTube. I heard many 1D music and i cannot remember their tunes. You are putting shame to 1D by comparing them to the Beatles.
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This is a troll article I hope. Hahahahaha what a retarded post
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I.. I’m speechless now, I wish I could never see this stupid article, it is beyond annoying seen people saying 1D is way better than The Beatles, and even worse, that this article is conparing the number of views each band has had, like if youtube could be the main reason of success of any artist, or popularity, it comes on the number of copies they have been selling, and for sure The Beatles will surpass 1D on that, but just because youtube is popular these days, people think that just with the number of views they are automatically famous.
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Ma’am you are an idiot. Seriously? YOUR FUNNY. NO BAND WILL EVER TOP THE BEATLES SUCSESS.
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If you want to write a controversial article, go write some world’s nowadays events. The world has no room for a mindless adult writer
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She’s obviously either joking or mentally unbalanced.
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One of the things that comes to mind when you use Youtube hits to validate a band’s popularity is this: Back when the Beatles sold records, the fans who bought them would go home and play them over and over and over again. This number of plays was, unlike YouTube hits, never accounted for. Today, with people not wanting to pay for music, YouTube is a great way to play songs over and over again for free. I wonder what the results would be if we could add to the Beatles YouTube results data on how many times Beatles records or albums were privately played at home and compare it to the home and YouTube play of 1D songs? I think that the number of ‘hits’ for the Beatles would well surpass anything 1D could ever do.
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The best satire is the kind that nobody has any clue, and whips them up into such a frothing rage that they comment before they have any god damn clue what’s going on and make themselves look like complete morons.
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Only one member of one direction can play an instrument. They are not a real band.
Notice how in the article, she said Henry, while Henry is the name of no one direction member.
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Ok this post made me cringe so bad for my generation (I am 15). I would like to say that not all of us like one direction/Bieber/Jepsen, I in fact like none of them. I do however love The Beatles.
I would like to point out that your arguments are invalid. You say “How many young women are following John Lennon on Twitter?” That would be precisely zero, he has been dead 30+ years. And as to your point “their vocal abilities outshine that of the usually great Freddie Mercury.” Um incorrect, I don’t even listen to Freddie Mercury or 1D and I can easily tell Freddie is better. You are blinded by your love for one direction so your point of view is biased and false.
I don’t think liking one direction is bad but to compare them with the Beatles is ridiculous
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You must be an idiot. You compare a couple of idiots who have been around for a couple of years to the greatest band of all time. And another thing, YouTube wasn’t around in 1969, and by the time it was here, one d was young enough to take it on. You’re one of the stupidest bitches I’ve ever seen. Comparing the best damn band to ever walk the earth to a couple of gay pricks.
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Are you high on something! You can’t rate how good a band is based on a million mindless pricks liking a YouTube video, and by the time youtube was popular, the Beatles had broken up! Oh, and that sometimes great comment on Freddie Mercury is complete bullshit! What kind of fucking idiot are you trying to pose yourself as bitch!!!
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Um ma’am? Are you stupid? The Beatles have sold over 1 Billion records. Don’t believe me? Google it. 1D has sold less than 50 million. Compare that to YouTube views BITCH
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Whoever wrote this article shoot yourself so i dont have too. you don’t look up views on youtube you look up sales on the song you stupid a hole burn in heck
hate-Emersyn Wachovia Watson
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This is absolute crap
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You all know this woman is joking right?
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