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"One Direction are going to be the new Spice Girls, according to Spector frontman Fred Macpherson. The indie band&amp;#039;s lead singer told Digital Spy that he believes pop music is in &amp;quot;rude health&amp;quot; and that One Direction in particular are deserving of their superstar status.    On the current state of the charts, Macpherson said: &amp;quot;Some of it&amp;#039;s good, some of it&amp;#039;s crap. All the charts really measure is what&amp;#039;s got through all the cracks; it&amp;#039;s what people agree on, and people only ever agree on mundane. &amp;quot;I still think there&amp;#039;s brilliant pop music, though. One Direction are going to be the new Cliff Richard and the Shadows, or the new Spice Girls. They&amp;#039;re a f**king tour de force. What&amp;#039;s quite good about pop music right now is that it feels like there&amp;#039;s all to play for.&amp;quot; One Direction&amp;#039;s Harry Styles introduced Spector single &amp;#039;Chevy Thunder&amp;#039; on Nick Grimshaw&amp;#039;s Radio 1 show earlier this year. Listen below:      Macpherson went on to suggest that 2012 will one day be known for house DJs like David Guetta. &amp;quot;This 44-year-old man pressing play and occasionally words light up behind him saying, &amp;#039;Put your f**king hands up&amp;#039;; it&amp;#039;s great that we have something we&amp;#039;ll be able to remember 2012 by,&amp;quot; he added of the &amp;#039;Titanium&amp;#039; star. &amp;quot;It doesn&amp;#039;t make sense now but will in the context of time.&amp;quot; Spector&amp;#039;s debut album Enjoy It While It Lasts is out now. Watch the video for Spector&amp;#039;s latest single &amp;#039;Never Fade Away&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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