Let’s be honest…

You all knew this was coming.

If you don’t know who 1D is, let me enlighten you.

1D is a boy singing group consisting of 5 no, sorry 4 members of the names Zayn, Harry, Niall, Louie, and Liam.

And let’s be honest yet again, because I’m nothing but, if you don’t know who One Direction is then you probably wouldn’t be reading this.

Now there is 5SOS, a boy band with four members of the names Calum, Michael, Luke, and Ashton. Note I said band because they are in fact a band who are in fact boys who do play there own instruments and sing.

1D is more like a glorified Acapella group. But I’m not batching! I love One Dierection (as the British say it you know). I love their songs.

I like 5SOS too, although…they have problems…and so does 1D.

I’m not making fun.  I promise.

I can’t help but find this whole fan girl thing slightly amusing.  I must admit, I had my fan girl stage in life when it came to Big Time Rush (may that fandom rest in peace).

But, in the other corner of the ring we have the man bands, the bands that are mature and sing about things other then girls and romances gone wrong.  For example, OneRepublic, The Script and American Authors (all of which I saw in one concert haha I don’t know how the roof stayed on under all that awesomeness but anyways…)

Note, I took this from Twitter and I found this really funny. I don’t claim any rights to it whatsoever, so please, whoever these two people are! Don’t sue me….

So, I guess what I’m trying to say is, you can’t really compare these two types of bands because eventually the boy bands, might become man bands…

Or not.

They might just run their course and never be seen again like N’Sync…or they could be like the Backstreet Boys *coughs awkwardly*

That seemed slightly pessimistic, but I really don’t see One Direction lasting very long.  Honestly though, they can only go one direction…they can’t all go in opposite directions…

Or can they?

No, I don’t see that happening.

Wait.

Anyways, moving on…

Of course, let’s be honest, boy bands seem to lack sophisticated lyrics like the man bands do.

Examples:

Hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey – 5SOS “She Looks So Perfect”

vs

I walked a minute in your shoes –
They never would’ve fit
I figured there’s nothing to lose.
I need to get
Some perspective on these words before I write them down
You’re an island and my ship has run aground – One Republic “All We Are”

Okay, a bit of an exaggeration on the boy band’s lyrical abilities, but I think I’ve made my point.

Like honestly, any song you ever have loved was probably written or co-written by Ryan Tedder.

Anyways, I know that I have been primarily focusing on OneRepublic in this post, so let me give recognition to all off the other man bands: Snow Patrol, The Script, American Authors, Imagine Dragons, The Fray, Barcelona, Coldplay, SafetySuit, Kodaline, and oh so many more.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this random and pointless post 🙂 Please go and check out all these bands if you haven’t already 😉