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    Quote Originally Posted by rcarlberg View Post
    In terms of record sales?
    In terms of 2013 group member claims being applied to 1966 group member claims.

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    Jesus still sells some books. Gives even more away. I think they even made a movie.

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    The Beatles sold more packs of bubblegum cards than there are One Direction fans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bill g View Post
    They certainly aren't a household name in the way Thinking Plague [...] are.
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    > One Direction bigger than the Beatles?

    Thanks for my morning chunks blow!

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    The only area where One Direction exceeds The Beatles is in number of band members.

    My 17-year-old LOVES them, so, regretfully, I'm quite familiar with their mediocrity.
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    Is the Disney company involved?

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    No, but Simon Cowell is. Say no more!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ronmac View Post
    No, but Simon Cowell is.
    Which one is he, the mouse or the dog?

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    If anything, Simon Cowell is one sly fox.

    When Borders book store closed by Penn Station a couple of years ago, it seemed like only a week went by before something else opened there; a One Direction store. I had never heard of them then and still have not heard a note of "their" "music". So no, they are not bigger than the Beatles. Everyone knew who The Beatles were. Everyone.
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    OK, since someone brought up the Bay City Rollers, here's an interesting story I saw on a documentary about Top Of The Pops from a few years back:

    At the peak of their popularity, the Rollers appeared on TOTP, which at the time was being taped at BBC Television Centre (ie the big sort of semi-question mark shaped building in London that apparently people literally got lost in). The building was besieged by such a number of screaming teenage girls that literally nobody could get in or out of the building. The upshot was the BBC brass ordered that TOTP could never again be taped at Television Centre (I guess they had to use one of the other BBC facilities after that debacle).

    So, if One Direction are "bigger than The Bay City Rollers", then I would ask the question, have One Direction literally brought all business at the headquarters of a major television broadcaster to a literal stand still?! If not, then I would say they're not bigger than The Bay City Rollers, never mind being bigger than The Beatles.

    How many times have One Direction been on The Ed Sullivan Show?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bill g View Post
    I've honestly never heard of 'One Direction'. And I generally at least know who most popular artists are, even if I don't listen to them. They certainly aren't a household name in the way Thinking Plague, Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, Echolyn, Lindsay Lohan or Glass Hammer are.
    Rethinking Bagel? Very huge in the Pocalomahaw-region just west of Furris, a suburb south of Spokane.
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    Units shifted per artist:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._music_artists

    1. Beatles
    2. Elvis
    3. Jacko
    4. Madge
    5. Elton
    6. Led Zepp
    7. Floyd
    8. Carey
    9. C Dion
    10. Whitney
    11. AC/DC
    12. Queen
    13. Stones
    14.Abba

    20. Phil Collins
    24. Genesis



    UK singles charts records & stats:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Sing...singles_charts
    Last edited by PeterG; 02-13-2014 at 06:08 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davis View Post
    For those that haven't heard of OD until, here they are in action. once you see these, it should be obvious why they're a challenge to The Beatles status in pop music.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdPbWJRXbaE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4xM9dK-2Zs
    One aspect of OD that appeals to me is that they are the first boy bad that has had their own rock band on stage with them.

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    I'd have to check the numbers but I think for a brief time Grand Funk could have been said to have been bigger than The Beatles- they sold a boatload of albums and even played Shea Stadium and such... of course, history has had its say

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    How many times have One Direction been on The Ed Sullivan Show?

    Coffee blown through my beak, thanks!

    A lot of people/bands have been tauted as being bigger than the Beatles over the years, but no ones still talking about them are they? At one time, the Walker Brothers were bigger than the Beatles...never heard of em. Until recently. And that was only because they were talking about Scott Walker like he was teh second coming of Howard Hughes.
    Love him by the way, glad I finally heard of them 40 years after they were bigger than the Beatles

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    The Beatles invented One Direction.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterG View Post
    One aspect of OD that appeals to me is that they are the first boy bad that has had their own rock band on stage with them.
    Not true - Backstreet Boys did also as well as Britney Spears --- How do I know this? I was asked to play bass for BB back in the 90s. I didnt do it - why? Deets:

    (1) clothing endorsement
    (2) fitted IEM
    (3) 1500 dollars per deim
    (4) Trace Elliot bass amp/cab (endorsement was to Backstreert Boys, not to me)
    (5) Tobias bass endorsement (endorsement was to Backstreert Boys, not to me)
    (6) retainer

    At the time, I turned it down because they were just starting and I had gotten similar offers before. I had no idea how big they would become and the showband I was in at the time was making great steady money - BBs schedule was all over the place in spots and the 1500 divided over the time defecits didnt look good. The only thing I could have kept was the IEM as that was to be fitted to my ear. Some of the show involved syncing while other aspects weren't. Hindsight being 20/20 it was one of the worst mistakes I ever made.....For the record, my friend Freddie who was the bass player for my group's sister showband took the Britney Spears offer (almost identical to above)....He is still her bass player to this day

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    Quote Originally Posted by trurl View Post
    I'd have to check the numbers but I think for a brief time Grand Funk could have been said to have been bigger than The Beatles- they sold a boatload of albums and even played Shea Stadium and such... of course, history has had its say
    I know Three Dog Night sold more records between 1969 and '73 than The Beatles. Of course, The Beatles broke up in 1970, but 3DN was that huge.

    But, popularity is only one measure of so-called "Big"-ness. I think social impact and contribution to, and advancement of, the art far outweigh record sales.
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    Since The Beatles, a rock band, set artistic & popularity standards many other rock band have been compared to since, maybe the question should be - is One Direction bigger than The Ink Spots or The Mills Brothers?
    Last edited by davis; 02-13-2014 at 12:44 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davis View Post
    Since The Beatles, a rock band, set artistic & popularity standards many other rock band have been compared to since, maybe the question should be - is One Direction bigger than The Ink Spots or The Mills Brothers?
    My kid always rolls her eyes when I refer to the as "One Dimension," al a Norm Crosby.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ronmac View Post
    My kid always rolls her eyes when I refer to the as "One Dimension," al a Norm Crosby.
    Sounds like you're both doing your jobs there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davis View Post
    For those that haven't heard of OD until, here they are in action. once you see these, it should be obvious why they're a challenge to The Beatles status in pop music.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdPbWJRXbaE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4xM9dK-2Zs
    Oy vey!

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    Quote Originally Posted by No Pride View Post
    Oy vey!
    Pre-teen girls must not be allowed to rule the world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yves View Post
    The Beatles invented One Direction.
    One Direction has more in common with The Monkees than the Beatles!

    The Grand Funk mention is also interesting because Terry Knight was SO TOTALLY pitching GF as the next Beatles as far as legacy would be concerned for GFRR.

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