Why One Direction should be playing the Olympic opening ceremony

What a load of tosh!

One Direction are manufactured by the Cowell juggernaut - whereas Duran Duran have worked at their craft for decades and never had a mogul behind them - it has always been thier own work and talent. And as for the point that the Olympics are just for the young, that also is nonsense, in many disciplines the competitors will be in their 40's or even older.

Perhaps the author of this article should consider whether Horse Guard Parade should be ripped down to make way for a bouncy castle as it would make the beach volley ball venue more appealing too!

Come on , ONE DIRECTION the best in the world , someone's having a laugh. No talent , just a money making machine for the record guys. Great marketing team. Can they play any instruments, write songs. Actually do anything other than hide behind the marketing machine. Come 3 years time when another Xfactor made up band win , then it will be One Direction WHO.

Duran are British musical royalty. One Direction - One Year Shelf Life morelike

Great decision I my opinion

Duran Duran worked hard to get where they are now..became music legends without some tv show...they have the right to represent us as a country, they deserve it. Where as One Direction got it easy by being on a tv show....watched by millions instantly.....quite frankly thats cheap.

I'm 18 and hell i know talent when i see it.....it disgusts me that some people think One Direction can be compared to or even compete with  music veterans (who do write their on song, who play there own instruments........)​ The Beatles, Elton John, Oasis, DD, The Rolling Stones, The Who.....damn even David Bowie!!! 

Honestly why the hell would people even consider One Direction to represent us anyway, ye so they are british....thats where it ends...if they want represent us....they have to work hard for it!

One Direction have no talent - they are just a bunch of highly-marketed and (moderately) good-looking boys who happen to have got lucky and now have the Simon Cowell juggernaut at their backs.  If my 12-year son is anything to go by, no self-respecting teenage boy would be seen dead even looking at a One D record let alone buying one.  So that leaves the teenage girls and the under 10s as their main fan base.  Hardly a representative sample of the English population.  Duran Duran on the other hand have over 30 years experience in the industry, a still-huge worldwide following and in their heyday generated the same kind of scenes that OneD are now.  Will we still be going out and buying Harry, Niall, Zayn & co's records in 30 years?? I highly doubt it!!

Now if you had argued that same case for Take That, you might have had more of a point.