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Post by jjose712 on Oct 25, 2014 14:47:23 GMT -5
In the UK this has gone back up to 7 on I tunes , probably because the video is finally available to show on tv music channels . Had the video been available earlier they could have achieved number 1 on the official weekly chart . Why have they done no promo in UK and Europe ? . No high profile tv appearances , nothing , not even much on US tv . I doubt it. They were very far from being number one, and a video doesn't improve your sales that much. They are an hyperpromoted group, they are not ignored by radio (it's not that strange, Will Young still sells a lot in the UK but radio didn't play Jealous, even with that it was top 5), so it's not like people don't know they were releasing a single. In the UK their singles are not doing that well for a while, they don't have a number one on UK since One way or another and that was a charity single. Their last regular single number one was Little things. They have only four number one singles, and only What makes you beautiful and Little things are regular singles. They usually got their top ten hits without trouble (like a lot of other boybands do) but number one is far from them for a while. Anyway, what makes them different of the rest is the big big amount of albums they sell In fact given their strategy releasing singles, it's quite obvious they priorize selling albums
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Post by ZAYN on Oct 25, 2014 16:28:07 GMT -5
wow they look rough...
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 25, 2014 16:31:35 GMT -5
I don't hear an arena rock sound in this at all.
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 25, 2014 22:42:23 GMT -5
They've been looking like the 70s took a dump on them for a while.
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Post by kanimal on Oct 26, 2014 1:11:53 GMT -5
Blame the girls who blindly dig long hair, no matter how messy, poorly styled or ill-suited it is for a particular guy.
I mean it's very clearly "Faithfully" by Journey. So the ability to classify it as arena rock comes down to whether you think that Journey song is arena rock.
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Post by McCreerian on Oct 27, 2014 15:59:50 GMT -5
They officially broke the VEVO record of one day views with the video!
They will be performing on the AMAs!
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Post by musiciscool on Oct 27, 2014 16:25:41 GMT -5
They officially broke the VEVO record of one day views with the video! They will be performing on the AMAs! What was the record previously?
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Post by think pink. on Oct 27, 2014 16:28:00 GMT -5
I keep seeing that but no receipts.
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Post by josh on Oct 27, 2014 16:34:49 GMT -5
I keep seeing that but no receipts. Then why was it only saying like 8 million over 24 hours later??? Seems very sketchy
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 16:36:19 GMT -5
I keep seeing that but no receipts. Didn't Miley and Nicki get like 18-20 million?
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Post by think pink. on Oct 27, 2014 17:25:09 GMT -5
Yes, and like Josh said 1D weren't even close to that. The only person to tweet about this was Harry and I think he got it from stans on his timeline.
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Post by hitseeker. on Oct 27, 2014 17:27:38 GMT -5
They did not break the record or at least they've got some tea we're missing; their tweets talking about the record were not removed last time I checked. Besides, VEVO is too silent about this.
I think they've made a mistake and that Anaconda still has the record.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 27, 2014 17:46:26 GMT -5
Blame the girls who blindly dig long hair, no matter how messy, poorly styled or ill-suited it is for a particular guy. I mean it's very clearly "Faithfully" by Journey. So the ability to classify it as arena rock comes down to whether you think that Journey song is arena rock. Uhh, no. Faithfully is a power ballad. This is just typical 1D fodder. If anything, it sounds like that JLS song that they broke through with.
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Post by kanimal on Oct 27, 2014 17:50:01 GMT -5
Blame the girls who blindly dig long hair, no matter how messy, poorly styled or ill-suited it is for a particular guy. I mean it's very clearly "Faithfully" by Journey. So the ability to classify it as arena rock comes down to whether you think that Journey song is arena rock. Uhh, no. Faithfully is a power ballad. This is just typical 1D fodder. If anything, it sounds like that JLS song that they broke through with. Are you really not aware of the massive controversy over whether the main piano riff was "stolen" from Faithfully? It was the first thing people noticed when the song came out. The "Nah Nah Nah" portion has also been compared to the "Woah-oh" in the original Journey song. Obviously it's sped up, and it's given more of a dancey beat, but it still has all of the fundamental elements.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 27, 2014 17:52:01 GMT -5
Uhh, no. Faithfully is a power ballad. This is just typical 1D fodder. If anything, it sounds like that JLS song that they broke through with. Obviously it's sped up, and it's given more a dancey beat. And that is enough to solidify it as "not an arena rock" song.
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Post by trustypepper on Oct 27, 2014 19:41:58 GMT -5
Wow never even noticed any comparisons to that Journey classic. I can understand the complaints though now that I listened better
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Post by Landmarx on Nov 2, 2014 0:01:41 GMT -5
Finally had a chance to watch the video.
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Post by jjose712 on Nov 7, 2014 14:49:33 GMT -5
And this is starting to stall practically at the same time LWWY and BSE did it. Curiously after a first week of so so sales (to their first singles standards) the sond did pretty well. I suppose we'll get a new single in a couple of weeks
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Post by think pink. on Nov 7, 2014 20:18:43 GMT -5
I'm surprised to see this sitting at #12 on iTunes. With the exception of WMYB & SOML, their singles always free falled after the first couple of days.
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Post by josh on Nov 7, 2014 20:21:56 GMT -5
I'm surprised to see this sitting at #12 on iTunes. With the exception of WMYB & SOML, their singles always free falled after the first couple of days. It got a big boost due to the new song.
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Post by think pink. on Nov 7, 2014 20:24:32 GMT -5
It's been in the top 10 for a while though no? I've seen it hanging around.
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Post by Fancy on Nov 7, 2014 20:31:10 GMT -5
it was ~20 before the grat track got released.
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Post by McCreerian on Nov 8, 2014 20:02:01 GMT -5
Their first live performance of this, today on an Austria TV show.
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Post by anthonyc on Nov 8, 2014 22:39:00 GMT -5
Is this being played or has it been added to Z100? They're usually supporters of the first one d single off their albums.
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Post by Lahey's Lucky Star on Nov 8, 2014 23:26:16 GMT -5
They did not break the record or at least they've got some tea we're missing; their tweets talking about the record were not removed last time I checked. Besides, VEVO is too silent about this. I think they've made a mistake and that Anaconda still has the record. Looks like the song is a flop then
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Post by McCreerian on Nov 9, 2014 23:18:18 GMT -5
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Post by howardessex on Nov 10, 2014 4:01:28 GMT -5
In the UK this has gone back up to 7 on I tunes , probably because the video is finally available to show on tv music channels . Had the video been available earlier they could have achieved number 1 on the official weekly chart . Why have they done no promo in UK and Europe ? . No high profile tv appearances , nothing , not even much on US tv . I doubt it. They were very far from being number one, and a video doesn't improve your sales that much. They are an hyperpromoted group, they are not ignored by radio (it's not that strange, Will Young still sells a lot in the UK but radio didn't play Jealous, even with that it was top 5), so it's not like people don't know they were releasing a single. In the UK their singles are not doing that well for a while, they don't have a number one on UK since One way or another and that was a charity single. Their last regular single number one was Little things. They have only four number one singles, and only What makes you beautiful and Little things are regular singles. They usually got their top ten hits without trouble (like a lot of other boybands do) but number one is far from them for a while. Anyway, what makes them different of the rest is the big big amount of albums they sell In fact given their strategy releasing singles, it's quite obvious they priorize selling albums
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Post by jjose712 on Nov 11, 2014 10:09:38 GMT -5
People complain that they are too controlled by their PR, but frankly if i was their PR i wouldn't let you access to twitter, because some of them seem to lack about reading comprehension skills. Louis reaction to the news about his supporting Apple's CEO wearing a tshirt with the rainbow apple's logo was simply ridiculous. Yes, the news were absurd, but his reaction was worse (specially because he reacted to something that wasn't even implyed in the news). He should lear a thing or two of Harry, who deals with the press way better. They are releasing an album soon, and negative press is not good
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Post by irice22 on Nov 11, 2014 11:22:36 GMT -5
People complain that they are too controlled by their PR, but frankly if i was their PR i wouldn't let you access to twitter, because some of them seem to lack about reading comprehension skills. Louis reaction to the news about his supporting Apple's CEO wearing a tshirt with the rainbow apple's logo was simply ridiculous. Yes, the news were absurd, but his reaction was worse (specially because he reacted to something that wasn't even implyed in the news). He should lear a thing or two of Harry, who deals with the press way better. They are releasing an album soon, and negative press is not good Wait what did Louis say?
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Post by kanimal on Nov 11, 2014 14:24:56 GMT -5
People complain that they are too controlled by their PR, but frankly if i was their PR i wouldn't let you access to twitter, because some of them seem to lack about reading comprehension skills. Louis reaction to the news about his supporting Apple's CEO wearing a tshirt with the rainbow apple's logo was simply ridiculous. Yes, the news were absurd, but his reaction was worse (specially because he reacted to something that wasn't even implyed in the news). He should lear a thing or two of Harry, who deals with the press way better. They are releasing an album soon, and negative press is not good Wait what did Louis say? -- Louis wears a T-shirt with an early Apple logo. Since it's rainbow, people say he's "showing support for Apple CEO Tim Cook," who recently went public with his sexuality. -- Louis reacts aggressively to one particular article, noting that he was just wearing a shirt with a logo and that he was not declaring himself gay. "I am in fact straight." -- Reporter rightly clarifies that she wasn't calling him gay just saying it seemed like he was supporting Tim Cook. Both were sort of wrong here, but Louis comes off way worse. It's lazy reporting not to consider that someone wearing the original Apple logo might, you know, just be wearing an Apple logo. But her "mistake" was thinking he was being super tolerant and supportive; it portrayed him positively. His reaction suggested that he is a) not good at comprehension and b) insulted by being classified as gay. Looks bad. (That said - a 1D member got away with openly defending Duck Dynasty at the worst time possible, so I don't see this as particularly damaging. Plus, the sexuality situation is fairly complicated for people who are simultaneously trying to best market themselves as heartthrobs and manage their own personal lives. So I don't think he's a horrible person or anything after seeing the Tweet - I think he's just someone who applied 'strategy' to a situation more about humanity)
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