.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 10, 2014 15:51:39 GMT -5
ruben The line about staying married is really just about how divorce used to be frowned upon in society compared to how frequent and quick couples are to divorce nowadays (making it seem much more "normal"), choosing to run instead of trying to work their problems out. I believe that's really all she was saying about that. It's similar to some of the lyrical content in "Merry Go 'Round" referencing the domestic life of the 1950s. Nowhere in the lyrics does Miranda imply anything about abuse, so for you to infer things about how the majority of old married couples remained married while their husbands did horrible things to them is just reaching, imo. You seem to have no problem generalizing about marriage for someone who finds fault with a lyric you believe is doing just that -- when the lyric in question really isn't doing that at all.
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Post by ruben on Feb 10, 2014 16:05:33 GMT -5
ruben The line about staying married is really just about how divorce used to be frowned upon in society compared to how frequent and quick couples are to divorce nowadays (making it seem much more "normal"), choosing to run instead of trying to work their problems out. I believe that's really all she was saying about that. It's similar to some of the lyrical content in "Merry Go 'Round" referencing the domestic life of the 1950s. Nowhere in the lyrics does Miranda imply anything about abuse, so for you to infer things about how the majority of old married couples remained married while their husbands did horrible things to them is just reaching, imo. You seem to have no problem generalizing about marriage for someone who finds fault with a lyric you believe is doing just that -- when the lyric in question really isn't doing that at all. I did said that there were good marriages; nowhere in my post I said there was domestic abuse in every single relationship. But it is my opinion and it personally bothered me a little bit, I just used that lyric to express my personal feelings. And I'm not saying that she mentions something about abusive behavior, but the lyric CAN be taken out of context and be interpreted that way. Besides, you are also generalizing when you say "how frequent and quick couples are to divorce nowadays", but it's okay because it's hard not to generalize. Just how you believe that "that's really all she was saying about that", I am entitled to my own opinion too. And the beauty of song lyrics is that we can infer and analyze and come up with our own conclusions, just like you did too. I also said it was a great song, but I respect your opinion.
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Post by matty005 on Feb 10, 2014 17:26:55 GMT -5
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Post by jughead on Feb 11, 2014 6:50:15 GMT -5
If this gets the love that "Over You" got from critics then I wouldn't have any problem with it. Best song she's ever released!
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Post by Lizl on Feb 11, 2014 7:57:18 GMT -5
The best line in this song is "cause when everything is handed to you, it's all only worth as much as the time you put in." Hard work pays off! That line is VERY inspiring. Reminds us not to be lazy and not get what we all want in an instant. http://instagram.com/p/kCrFASnyku I just need to share this Instagram video of Nicolle Galyon (she co-wrote Automatic). I'm so happy for her! She's overwhelmed by happiness with all the things happening to Automatic. Well, that just adds my eagerness for this song to be a hit!
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Post by desertfloods on Feb 11, 2014 8:18:13 GMT -5
I love this. Fantastic vocals and production, and the lyrics are good as well. The first country single I've gotten behind in awhile. It's nice to see Miranda still doing her own thing and remaining pretty consistent in terms of quality. Also, this is much better than "Baggage Claim; I wasn't really looking forward to new music after the underwhelming last album. This has me excited, though. Personally, Baggage Claim is the last single/song of hers that I have liked. I hated all of the other singles and MBH, to me, was just utterly TERRIBLE! This song isn't bad at all and is the only song since Baggage Claim I have even cared to listen to fully. I still haven't heard the last half of her last album, but then again my musical taste has changed and country is no longer on my radar. She needs to get back to Crazy-EG material for me to even consider purchasing anything from her again. I thought I must be the only crazy one who disliked MBH (especially her version). And just like you, this is the first single from her since Baggage Claim that I don't mind listening to. That said, I thought this was a mediocre effort at nostalgia lyrics. The melody is quite pretty, but overall, nothing fantastic about the whole song.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2014 21:08:30 GMT -5
This gets better with each listen and I really enjoyed it initially. Sonically it reminds me of "Safe" off her last album.
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Post by Jack on Feb 11, 2014 22:31:09 GMT -5
This gets better with each listen and I really enjoyed it initially. Sonically it reminds me of "Safe" off her last album. Was just coming in to say about the Safe thing.
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 13, 2014 14:13:02 GMT -5
#36 debut on the mongrel chart.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2014 11:47:34 GMT -5
I just wanted to make a few comments about her chart run so far: Her bullet took a hit yesterday because of the clear channel deal day 1 but now she'll likely make similar gains to last week and be fine. She was officially #35 on mediabase this past Sunday night and judging by the gains gain she made today (+740k AI) she should be just outside the top 30 week 2 or perhaps in it depending on what goes recurrent.
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Post by matty005 on Feb 14, 2014 17:29:41 GMT -5
I just wanted to make a few comments about her chart run so far: Her bullet took a hit yesterday because of the clear channel deal day 1 but now she'll likely make similar gains to last week and be fine. She was officially #35 on mediabase this past Sunday night and judging by the gains gain she made today (+740k AI) she should be just outside the top 30 week 2 or perhaps in it depending on what goes recurrent. People around here are pretty well versed on how the charts act with clear channel deals. I hate them so much and I think most people agree.
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Post by Marv on Feb 14, 2014 18:51:38 GMT -5
^^^^This is indeed a near-unanimous opinion on this board, one key reason being that most of the tunes which have received this 'treatment' are as the British might say, 'bloody awful'.
Up All Night' & 'Friday Night' will go recurrent this weekend, so if 'Automatic' doesn't quite crack the top 30 this weekend, this will nevertheless be the biggest single of 2014 by a female vocalist just as 'Mama's Broken Heart' was last year, since the Mediabase chart year will be 25% complete tomorrow evening.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Feb 14, 2014 20:13:40 GMT -5
Up All Night' & 'Friday Night' will go recurrent this weekend, so if 'Automatic' doesn't quite crack the top 30 this weekend, this will nevertheless be the biggest single of 2014 by a female vocalist just as 'Mama's Broken Heart' was last year, since the Mediabase chart year will be 25% complete tomorrow evening. Marv, I think you mean "Whatever She's Got" by David Nail and yes "Up All Night" by Jon Pardi will go recurrent this Sunday for Mediabase but Eric Paslay has one more week then he is gone from Mediabase, he will go recurrent on 2/23.
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Post by Marv on Feb 14, 2014 20:48:16 GMT -5
You're right; I'm so sick of that Eric Paslay tune that I can't wait for it to go away, but thank goodness for push buttons, right?
Thanks for catching that---nicely done!
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Post by Zazie on Feb 14, 2014 22:46:04 GMT -5
I think songwriters do better when they decide to write about surface-level issues OR social problems of real depth. But not when they mix the two together.
So writing a song about having to mail letters, or hand-crank the car windows, or look up directions in a book of maps -- that makes perfect sense to me. It's not perfect -- what is the pocket watch doing there? Just because a watch is analog vs. digital doesn't fit into the "automatic" theme. Having to wind the pocket watch might have worked. And I'm confident you can still find a stick-shift transmission if you want one because the experience of automatic transmissions is bad for your character development somehow.
But that's just quibbling -- most of the song is entertaining, and nostalgia is something almost everybody participates in from time to time.
The real problem is mixing in the serious stuff. I think the divorce comment is really thoughtless. It's not on the same level as hand-cranked windows; it's a serious social question. And I don't think the lyrics give the topic the consideration it deserves. First of all, it's written as a tautology: of course the only way to work your problems out is to stay in the relationship. Otherwise you aren't working on it, are you, because you're gone. But the real issue is whether the state should decide for you that you must work your problems out. Sometimes it might be better to separate, no? And is it really bad for people to decide that separation is what they need, not staying in a bad marriage? Is it true that it's generally wrong to leave? Or that people who stay are showing more depth of character?
I don't think so. I think sometimes leaving's right and sometimes staying's right, and people can make up their own minds. I don't like having my views dismissed by songwriters who are mostly focused on car windows and cassettes. Careless and not thinking too well. Oversimplifying.
I think if you have something serious to say, write about it seriously. This is a flip offhand reference, so it doesn't work for me. Stick to the cassettes and doors.
And if you think that changes in the divorce laws didn't free a lot of women from hellish lives, you can find a lot of books on that topic. Of course not all long-term marriages were bad; that's silly. But women were the ones who benefited the most from getting the right to end a bad marriage. It gave them power where they previously had none.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Feb 16, 2014 17:07:43 GMT -5
You're right; I'm so sick of that Eric Paslay tune that I can't wait for it to go away, but thank goodness for push buttons, right? Thanks for catching that---nicely done! SURPRISE!!! David Nail DID not go recurrent this weekend for Mediabase, he is still #5 as of the afternoon update that just came in and Jon Pardi is gone but NOT David. He remains on the Mediabase chart one more week it seems. As much as I love this song by David, it's time for it say bye bye, I am so ready for new music from him and his song not leaving DOES NOT help matters with songs trying to get onto the chart. This song should be gone as of this weekend as I checked to see if it had a bullet still on the 2/3 Mediabase chart and it didn't at #3 2 weeks ago. Miranda's "Automatic" could be in the top 30 this weekend if they sent David packing but he is definitely not done with the chart as of yet. So one more week of David on both Billboard and Mediabase then he is gone next weekend giving way to Miranda hopefully making a huge jump next week since David and Eric will SURELY be gone on 2/23's afternoon update next Sunday. www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/allaboutcountry/Charts.asp?format=C1R
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Post by Marv on Feb 17, 2014 20:54:18 GMT -5
This tune goes for adds tomorrow, so look for a huge jump in spins this week.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2014 21:27:48 GMT -5
^The adds date here was pretty pointless, since this got Clear Channel-ed to a #26 debut a week ago already. I don't know if any Cumulus stations were playing it that first week but all the CC ones were and a bunch of others as well, and of course that inflated debut led to a first-week Mediabase bullet of 1444.
Ever since the 8th day effect (which was the Thursday update, since this song got the CC hourly deal on Wednesday the 5th), this one has been climbing strongly. I don't think it will have any trouble going up ahead of the Hunter Hayes song, and Tim's song is stalling badly already (less than 600k gained this past week). The FlaGa/Luke song had a big week but I think Miranda will go up ahead of that one as well -- I can't imagine "This Is How We Roll" not being a polarizing tune for many listeners.
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 20, 2014 11:27:02 GMT -5
Nice move on the mongrel chart: #36 to #14. The #3 digital selling single (51,000).
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Post by Lizl on Feb 20, 2014 11:36:07 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 22:03:32 GMT -5
I thought that I'd post this here: Lead Single:Mediabase Run: 35-31-24 I'm going to be keeping track its official Sunday night mediabase run in her album's threads first post for those who want to follow [side note, I will do the same for all her following singles]. Anyways she had an excellent day today and gained over a million in audience impressions though she has a ways away from the top 20 since she isn't within near reach of the songs ahead of her. At best she'll be #21 next Sunday if she hops over Kip Moore and Craig Morgan (and I'm assuming Luke Bryan will go recurrent).
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Post by rbundy1987 on Feb 23, 2014 22:10:35 GMT -5
At best she'll be #21 next Sunday if she hops over Kip Moore and Craig Morgan (and I'm assuming Luke Bryan will go recurrent). Luke Bryan won't go recurrent til March 9th at the earliest since even though he was #1 and without a bullet last week, he gets no strikes for being #1 last Sunday, but NOW today was strike 1 of 3, since he is #4 now, 2 weeks from today will be 3 strikes and he is out!!!
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Post by sapphire on Feb 24, 2014 9:12:01 GMT -5
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Post by countrygirl918 on Feb 24, 2014 11:03:46 GMT -5
In other words, if Blake thinks something should be a single, Miranda definitely shouldn't listen to him. ;) (Although I do adore "New Strings". And even "Dead Flowers," though that was a horrible single choice.)
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Post by Lizl on Feb 24, 2014 13:30:08 GMT -5
I'm curious though what song Blake wanted to release as a single instead of Automatic.
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Post by 14887fan on Feb 24, 2014 16:15:23 GMT -5
Maybe that explains why Blake never releases quality singles anymore.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 24, 2014 16:18:58 GMT -5
In all fairness to Blake, Miranda is a much bigger star and much more appealing for radio to play now, than she was when "New Strings" or "Dead Flowers" came out.
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Post by countryqueen on Feb 25, 2014 17:00:33 GMT -5
Maybe that explains why Blake never releases quality singles anymore. I'd take a lower quality single from Blake over something from Florida Georgia Line any day Any word on a video for this song yet?
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Post by fe_lipeoliveira on Feb 25, 2014 21:37:18 GMT -5
I saw this on Instagram earlier today, and now I was searching Miranda's instagram like crazy trying to find the photo haha Anyway, Nicolle Galyon posted it yesterday with the hashtag #platinum. I'm wondering if that will be the title of the album, since we already know there's a song with this name. http://instagram.com/p/k0sqqPHyvq
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Post by countrygirl918 on Feb 25, 2014 22:27:59 GMT -5
I saw this on Instagram earlier today, and now I was searching Miranda's instagram like crazy trying to find the photo haha Anyway, Nicolle Galyon posted it yesterday with the hashtag #platinum. I'm wondering if that will be the title of the album, since we already know there's a song with this name. http://instagram.com/p/k0sqqPHyvq Yes, Platinum has already been confirmed to be the name of the album. :)
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