One Direction - Take Me Home
The actions and behaviour of a band's fanbase can often be more damaging than the quality of their idol's material. Justin Bieber, Lady GaGa and, now, One Direction have all issued a string of pretty good pop songs (no wait, hear me out) and unless you live with a serious investment in your image as someone cool and hip, you have to admit that 'Boyfriend', 'Bad Romance' and 'What Makes You Beautiful' are all great pop songs. The middle one is probably the best of the last five years, but let's move on. So the least threatening 'British invasion' since the Dave Clark Five comes in the monolithic form of One Direction, a group of five varyingly attractive (although all elevated to demigod status by fans, despite the obvious fact that I'd only feasibly want to sleep with Zayn or Louis... gosh I've become so shallow. Imagine the uproar if I were judging their looks if they were female.) #lads mashed together by Simon Cowell on 2010...