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Post by Devin on Jul 25, 2011 19:04:29 GMT -5
It's the follow-up to "You Are a Tourist" on Triple A, so I'm assuming it'll get an adds date for alternative pretty soon.
EDIT: Just listened to this, it's pretty folky sounding, so now I'm not sure if this is actually going to alt. or not.
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Post by Phanarchist on Jul 25, 2011 23:35:02 GMT -5
.... Really? I hope not. This would be like my 10th choice for a single. So many better radio songs on this record.
"Underneath The Sycamore"
"Codes and Keys'
"Doors Unlocked and Open"
would all be much better choices.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jul 26, 2011 1:29:59 GMT -5
Death Cab for Cutie have never struck me as that kind of band that's adamant about pushing "the obvious singles" in the first place.
If anything, they probably record immensely catchy songs like "No Sunlight" and "Underneath the Sycamore" to balance out the content of their live shows and have something that punctuates more in-between many of their more brooding, emotionally dense and ambient material.
I think they deliberately try to keep their most immediate material from being released, frankly. What are the odds, after all, of most any other artist succeeding in having a dramatically edited version of a nearly ten-minute long track ("I Will Possess Your Heart") regardless of how much more radio-friendly the edit turns out, get favored as the lead single than something as tight, concise and hook-heavy as records come?
Concerning this choice, it wasn't what first came to my mind among the deeper cuts, but I feel I can see where they're coming from in selecting this track.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 26, 2011 8:34:55 GMT -5
So called this one. This is actually the one I think would do best as a single right now.
Also - other than You Are a Tourist, this was the 2nd highest selling song on iTunes from this album for them.
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Post by Devin on Jul 26, 2011 9:59:28 GMT -5
^ So it's the 3rd best seller overall?
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Post by Gravity. on Jul 26, 2011 10:20:43 GMT -5
This song isn't bad, but it's not what I'd choose. I can see their reasons for releasing this. It should do pretty well.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 26, 2011 10:52:30 GMT -5
^ So it's the 3rd best seller overall? Oh no, sorry I phrased that wrong. I just meant that You Are a Tourist is #1, and this is #2. Of course, I haven't looked since like a week after the album came out, so it might've changed by now. |
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Post by American Idiot on Jul 26, 2011 11:16:57 GMT -5
I would have rather have had "Underneath The Sycamore" ten times more than this, but this isn't a terrible choice. If any other band released this, I couldn't see it doing any damage on Alternative, but since "You Are A Tourist" did very well, I can see this hitting Top 10 as well.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 6, 2011 11:54:06 GMT -5
This will go for adds September 12.
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Aug 10, 2011 14:55:45 GMT -5
I like this more than any of the other songs that have been tossed around as single choices. Good move.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Sept 4, 2011 17:28:39 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
62 49 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Stay Young, Go Dancing 100 78 22 0.335
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Sept 15, 2011 7:47:49 GMT -5
Top 40 on Alternative:
46 39 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Stay Young, Go Dancing 160 113 47 0.58
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Post by Sounds from the Other Side on Sept 18, 2011 10:06:04 GMT -5
This is a little nice song.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Nov 1, 2011 11:54:59 GMT -5
This song's chart run has been extremely underwhelming so far. I would think it would do better since it's coming off a #1? hit.
32 36 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Stay Young, Go Dancing 272 286 -14 0.73
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Post by singingsparrow on Nov 1, 2011 15:20:57 GMT -5
This song's chart run has been extremely underwhelming so far. I would think it would do better since it's coming off a #1? hit. 32 36 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Stay Young, Go Dancing 272 286 -14 0.73 It even had an underwhelming run at the format I thought it was particularly geared for: Triple A............where it has only peaked at #10. Namaste, lisping HIBISCUS |
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Post by Phanarchist on Nov 1, 2011 23:53:57 GMT -5
...time to move on. "Underneath The Sycamore"
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 2, 2011 12:23:28 GMT -5
...time to move on. "Underneath The Sycamore" Yes, PLEASE release that as the third and probably last single from the album. |
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Post by Houster on Nov 5, 2011 17:40:40 GMT -5
"Stay Young, Go Dancing" is by far the most ironic song of the year. Ben Gibberd wrote it as a love song to his wife, Zooey Deschanel. The video is a reverse time line of their lives together.
Last week, they announced their separation. Ben should have thought twice about this song.
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Post by Phanarchist on Nov 18, 2011 15:36:21 GMT -5
"Underneath The Sycamore" Has 24 Spins a KNRK (Portland) this week and 6 at KNDD (Seattle) ... Getting closer to being the 3rd single.
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Post by Devin on Nov 18, 2011 15:39:50 GMT -5
"Home Is a Fire" is listed as the next single on Wikipedia. Not reliable, but still something.
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Post by singingsparrow on Nov 19, 2011 1:08:29 GMT -5
"Home Is a Fire" is listed as the next single on Wikipedia. Not reliable, but still something. It was released as a promotional single following the lead single release. Namaste, lisping HIBISCUS |
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