Mad One Direction fans (channel 4 right now (which is like 11pm on Thursday night))

Festy

DAFUQ is wrong with these young wans :eek:

TeddyTedson

They watched too much channel 4 rubbish :P

Boombastic

Festy wrote: »

WTF is wrong with these young wans :eek:

I wouldn't watch those foreign channels, they'll corrupt you

Frosty McSnowballs

I'm pretty sure LizT is in it!

KeithM89

Is this the One direction thing?
SHIT! Cant believe i forgot to watch

kneemos

Teenage girls fancying young boys?what next?

Clandestine

Just had a quick look at it. They should have named the show "tumblr users in real life" instead

shopaholic01

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

I'm pretty sure LizT is in it!

My money is on EdenHazard.

Festy

kneemos wrote: »

Teenage girls fancying young boys?what next?

Teenage girls on twitter saying should I kill myself for Harry styles or whatever the **** his name is...Very disturbing

caustic 1

daughter is glued to it.... sure it was duran duran, Spandau ballet in my day, young girls always followed boy bands.

TeddyTedson

kneemos wrote: »

Teenage girls fancying young boys?what next?

I bet channel 4 say porn or something sensational. :rolleyes:

I would have loved to be in a boy band. It's the dream really isn't it.

TeddyTedson

What I really don't quite understand is these "Beliebers".
I mean why masturbate to one wetser when you can go for five. Not the band Five, obviously.

The Backwards Man

I remember when Bros were all the rage.:pac:

OP give us a run down of what the programme, and thereby the discussion is about or the thread gets it.

Gummy Panda

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I bet channel 4 say porn or something sensational. :rolleyes:

I would have loved to be in a boy band. It's the dream really isn't it.

Bang! bang! fingerbang!

The Backwards Man

Deleted User wrote: »

OP give us a run down of what the programme, and thereby the discussion is about or the thread gets it.

I'd love to run down One Direction.

Clandestine

kneemos wrote: »

Teenage girls fancying young boys?what next?

Well thats one thing, but when that girl started reading out a boylove fanfiction of the band members and they started showing fan made drawings of them in... er... certain positions I thought they were taking it a little too far. She had some guts though, I'd bet most people who write/draw this stuff wouldn't be caught dead talking about it on TV.

Festy

Deleted User wrote: »

OP give us a run down of what the programme, and thereby the discussion is about or the thread gets it.

Young girls who are extremely obsessed with One Direction,basically worshiping them like Gods,just living for them.

justforlaugh

these are not fans. these are restraining order candidates.

super_furry

Was it any different for Take That or Boyzone. Jesus even the Beatles attracted the same kind of crowd, it's just part of growing up for a lot of those girls.

Son Of A Vidic

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'd love to run down One Direction.

In both directions.......just to be sure.

RayM

One of them said: "I'm part of a fandom that can kill you if they wanted"

I don't doubt that for one minute.

Chilling.

Jester252

If I was in 1D that show would put me off an fan meet & greets. Some of them girls remind me of Kathy Bates. Not funny Kathy but psycho Kathy

justforlaugh

can you imagine young boys behaving like a stalker over a girl band, they would get restraining order

these girls are mentally ill

pablomakaveli

Watching this now on +1. Overexcited groups of teenage girls are probably one of the scariest things known to man.

Elbaston

You should see that thing in the paper OP.


It was all over the radio too.

Its going to be on RTE in about that many hours before the other thing.

Did you see that other thing by the way.

Just as well I have my portable tele on me.

hfallada

Channel 4 documentaries were always interesting but unusual. But this one was serious BS. This documentary is a new low for channel 4. They might as well have collected a few youtube videos instead of interviewing the people ( who seem to not be the brightest bunch to say the least). Like the people seem kinda exploited and werent really aware of what they were saying was going to be aired.

Psychopathic.

happyviolet

Two hashtags I came across on twitter about the documentary: #THISISNOTUS :P #CHANNEL4THISISNOTUS

Seriously though, when I was a teenager, the Jonas Brothers were the heartthrobs for teenagers, they had (and actually still do now) the typical fangirl screaming and girls wanting to meet them, the odd death threat thrown at one of Joe's girlfriends, but I don't remember any of them being this obsessive!
I mean I still can't get over the fact that Bieber's fans actually cut themselves over something he did or whatever, and the 1D fans were apparently fainting at the 1D film premiere and they had ambulances standing by! :eek:

I fear for the little girls now for when they get older and there is a new teen sensation for them, I mean how will they react to their own idols, it seems to be getting worse every time there is someone new on the scene.

wazky

Back in my day Big Tom was all the rage, nothing changes I suppose.

happyviolet

justforlaugh wrote: »

can you imagine young boys behaving like a stalker over a girl band, they would get restraining order

these girls are mentally ill

I feel so bad for them though, because once they grow up and (if they are mentally ill) getting better and mature as a person, they are gonna die with embaressment on how they acted and knowing that millions of people watched them on telly talking about it.

wicklowstevo

youd be a lot better off watching 24 hors in a and e on after it , in stead of those plonkers

happyviolet

super_furry wrote: »

Was it any different for Take That or Boyzone. Jesus even the Beatles attracted the same kind of crowd, it's just part of growing up for a lot of those girls.

It's a lot scarier though thanks to the internet and sites like twitter, gives these girls a platform to make threats towards any of these guy's girlfriends and also show how REALLY obsessed they are, which is scarier.

mike65

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Watching this now on +1. Overexcited groups of teenage girls are probably one of the scariest things known to man.

To see how this how looked in 1975, complete with news reports and worried faces!

http://youtu.be/UE62rqQnr-I?t=1m41s

FameHungry

Well apparently 1D fans are pissed off at the documentary showing the crazy stalker fans instead of how they really are.
I'm sorry but most of them are like that.

Elbaston

Bald for Bieber was perhaps one of the greatest trollings of all time.

MissD93

well at least they are not as bad as belibers does anyone remember #ShaveForBieber #CutForBieber

Pensivepuca

I cant help but feel they cherry picked the most outrageous and stalkerish fans just for viewings, which is unfair on the girls. They all seem a little unhinged, C4 exploited them.

What was the story with all the shipping? They kept going on about shipping larry and harry together:

"we love them so we ship them really hard together, we love shipping them, we are always shipping them, shipping shipping shipping"

Did I miss something? WTF is shipping?

DarkJager

Kimora Numerous Pocketful wrote: »

What was the story with all the shipping? They kept going on about shipping larry and harry together:

"we love them so we ship them really hard together, we love shipping them, we are always shipping them, shipping shipping shipping"

Did I miss something? WTF is shipping?

I don't know what that is, but I do know I'd love to ship one direction and their fans out to sea on a boat full of plastic explosives.

Pensivepuca

Shipping means you want them to shag. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_(fandom)

pablomakaveli

Kimora Numerous Pocketful wrote: »

What was the story with all the shipping? They kept going on about shipping larry and harry together:

"we love them so we ship them really hard together, we love shipping them, we are always shipping them, shipping shipping shipping"

Did I miss something? WTF is shipping?

They wanted the two lads to get off with each other for some reason. They seemed really into that fantasy as well which was really creepy.

That said i wouldn't mind seeing The Saturdays lez off with each other so maybe they're onto something there.

1ZRed

I don't get the massive attraction. Maybe I'm not into the whole 'cute' thing, but they're not very manly at all. I saw them in one of their videos in shorts and I'd a better body than all of them. You'd think they'd have personal trainers and all that. Suppose the ****ers don't even have to bother since girls are gonna throw themselves that them regardless.

Not one of them I'd ride. Well, maybe Liam Payne, the rest are skinny little boys.

ViveLaVie

1ZRed wrote: »

they're not very manly at all. I saw them in one of their videos in shorts and I'd a better body than all of them...
Not one of them I'd ride.

Classic 1ZRed :P

1ZRed

ViveLaVie wrote: »

Classic 1ZRed :P

It's not like me. Usually I'd be up on top of anything that moved and had a steady heartbeat :pac:

DEFTLEFTHAND

Go listen to The Strypes, young men pursuing the arts of musicianship and songwriting. These guys have a trade for life. They're are paying their dues and earning their respect in the industry.

Just to to clarify boybands are part of the 'Entertainment' industry. Rock and Roll bands are part of the music industry. The guys in One Direction respect that in fairness, I've listened to them speaking on Stern.

To be fair to 1D, they seem like sound divils, and I could listen to their music. I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it, but if it came on the radio, I wouldn't switch over. The same can't be said for 99% of the guff that comes on.

justforlaugh

the girls on the telly will have to go back school soon..... good luck:pac:

mrsbyrne

Anybody over the age of 16 behaving like this has issues. The 19 year-old with the pink hair has a lot of problems:(. Channel 4 were definitely exploiting her. They kept pointing out she was 19.
i dont mind the pre-teens being hysterical at all. In fact, id prefer them liking One direction than Rhianna/Katy Perry/ Lady GaGa etc. At least One Directions lyrics are completely harmless and they seem to be able to keep their clothes on.

Prettyblack

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Go listen to The Strypes, young men pursuing the arts of musicianship and songwriting. These guys have a trade for life. They're are paying their dues and earning their respect in the industry.

Yes however the Strypes aren't in line to make a billion dollars this year...

Look, there's no point making any kind of comparison. The same people who listen to 1D are NOT SUPPOSED to listen to the Strypes - the Strypes are for people who think they are getting genuine rock n' roll (I beg to differ) whereas 1D are pop for pop's sake, and why bloody not? Its not like 1D are saying "kids - don't listen to rock music, listen to us!!". They're not going into the shops and putting all their CDs in with the Queens of the Stone Age ones and pushing people over if they have a Pixies t shirt on.

As for the fans, well fans always gonna be nutty! I remember witnessing a load of girls queuing up for Take That tickets back in the day, they were all going insane - and they were just *queuing*.

As for insane, well the Beatles had the most insane fans of all - Charles Manson, the "Paul is Dead" believers and of course Lennon's murderer.

(Its only a matter of time before someone starts a "Harry is Dead" conspiracy).

Wibbs

Young wans swooning over boybands/singers is nothing new. Some have even suggested it's a developmental stage in young female sexuality. My oul lad was at a club in New York just after the war and Frank Sinatra was one of the acts and he had his following of screaming and swooning bobbysoxers up front ruining proceedings. Before that they went batshít crazy for Rudolph Valentino.

happyviolet wrote: »

It's a lot scarier though thanks to the internet and sites like twitter, gives these girls a platform to make threats towards any of these guy's girlfriends and also show how REALLY obsessed they are, which is scarier.

Yea, like any social trend, social media really concentrates, magnifies and spreads the madness.

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Just to to clarify boybands are part of the 'Entertainment' industry. Rock and Roll bands are part of the music industry.

Both the Beatles and the Stones had them wetting themselves and screaming their lungs out too, so sometimes it can be both, though nowadays I can't imagine that kinda crossover. Duran Duran were probably the last to kinda have a foot in both camps?

Prettyblack wrote: »

As for insane, well the Beatles had the most insane fans of all - Charles Manson, the "Paul is Dead" believers and of course Lennon's murderer.

Yep. Imagine if you had twitter and social media back then. Scaaaaary stuff. Even without that they had to be careful. If they said the wrong thing the fans would go nuts. IIRC Ringo once mentioned in interview he loved jellybabies or similar and they were pelted with them at gigs. Lennon's response was along the lines of thank **** he didn't say he liked tins of beans. They and the Stones had regular death and bomb threats and young wan's threatening to kill themselves. The beatles even had people bring their disabled kids to them so they could touch them in some freaky near religious madness. One of the reasons they knocked touring on the head. It all got too weird. In many ways boybands today have it easier. They're more protected for a start and the machine behind them is well practiced. Back in the day it was a very new thing and the rules were being written on the fly, though press intrusion was far lower. Those bands were ridin their way across the US and no stories of "I rode Keith Richards and he was crap" stuff.