My personal opinion of them two bands: One Direction and Big Time Rush.

[kseenaa]

I am just gonna get this out and get it out here. I apparently have saddened a friend, and even though I am blunt and everyone knows it... it makes me a bit sad everytime it happens.

So rant. Here. Hang on to your hats. This might get ugly. But it is MY opinion. And I am entitled to have one to, right?

I feel flooded. And damn lonely. :-/ Why? Because this last month, two last months? Something like that... My flist, my tweet-list, my plurk-list, my tumbler-dash... it is OVER-RUN with One Direction and Big Time Rush. It's like a damn plague. Everywhere. Just... everywhere... these boys, that to me... is damn annoying.

Now, I am sure they are nice and friendly to everyone and supportive to great causes and all that.

But me? I REALLY dislike their music. I sure as hell don't see anything cute or pretty or sexy with any of them. I've checked them out, oh yes. I have no choice, now do I? Since I get flooded from left and right. I've even done Google-searches to try and find out what the hell it IS with these boys... Still. No. I've listened to their music. I've looked at photo-shoots and gifs. I've checked out music-vids and interviews.

Still. No. HELLS to the noes!

And apparently... I am alone in feeling like this. And it's like you are SUPPOSED to fall for them as soon as you see them.

Now... this plague and fan-movement reminds me of something else... Bare with me. I am kinda old... well, at least not young.

New Kids on the Block? Anyone remember them? Yes? No? This fanmovement going on right now reminds me A LOT of the fans of NKOTB back then. If you didn't like NKOTB back then, you were strange and usually got bullied for it. (School-years, bullying happened for much.)

And then there were all the bands that followed in NKOTB's wake. Anyone remember them today? Take That? Backstreet Boys? East 17? Five? Boyzone? Westlife? 'N Sync? Bros? Wet Wet Wet? No Mercy?

They all still make music. But they are far FAR from their old glory. Still, the insane flame that runs around, the plague around One Direction and Big Time Rush reminds me a lot of these bands. Even their music reminds me a lot of some of the above mentioned bands. And not in a good way. It's like someone took NKOTB, dusted them off, put on a new suit and presented them again. *shakes head*

Aaaaaand I'll probably lose friends over this... :-P And if you wanna filter your posts, be my guest. Do so. But I hope I can still read about YOU. Because if I friended YOU it is YOU I am interested in and wanna read about.

Enjoy your new fandom, people. Just don't force me into it.

Comments

[thilia.livejournal.com]

Well, not everyone has to like them ;) I just couldn't not like them. I started watching Big Time Rush - the show, and it was funny and different with (to me) cute boys and I was just instantly in love. Their music is the kind I used to listen to in my teenage years (huge Backstreet Boys fan, here ;D), so... yeah. It may not be the best or most original music but I like it.

I didn't want to get into One Direction either; it annoyed me too, when everyone suddenly started liking them and I didn't even know who they were or where they suddenly came from, but then I looked at a few of the slashy, cuddly gifs and I got interested and... yeah! The rest is history. *g*

But you seem to like different music in the first place and this boyband music is definitely not something everyone likes, so... yeah! It's understandable that some people are just not into it :)

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

It is fine to like them. IT IS! But sometimes, I feel pushed that I have to like them too because everyone else does. And that makes me feel both lonely and slightly uncomfortable, you know?

And yeah, my music-taste is not... there... *lol* That Tokio Hotel's music appealed to me is quite funny, when you think about it. But I believe it is because they have a raw nerve in their music, that is still there after all these years and all the changes they've gone through. :-)

I listen to old heavy rock, mostly. I love the new work Slash has done (just, guh!) and also the old music of Guns'N'Roses. I really really enjoy Mötley Crüe (and I fangirl over them on Twitter! They are NUTS them four old men!), I definitely enjoy Nickelback as well...

And... well, see? Old rocker-chick. *lol*

I need new tattoos... X-D