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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 1, 2014 7:47:42 GMT -5
Yeah the timing will be weird, but personally I actually like hearing a few beach type songs in the winter, it helps provide that escapism that you sometimes need when buried in snow. I agree, it's kind of nice to hear a couple beach-type songs in the winter. It's supposed to snow here tomorrow, so I know I'll be looking for some escapism soon. Well, Sunny And 75 hit #1 last December.
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Post by matty005 on Nov 1, 2014 8:40:58 GMT -5
I agree, it's kind of nice to hear a couple beach-type songs in the winter. It's supposed to snow here tomorrow, so I know I'll be looking for some escapism soon. Well, Sunny And 75 hit #1 last December. I think there's a difference between these type of "summer songs" and "Sunny and 75." "Sunny and 75" was about LONGING to be some place warm. It wasn't an in the moment type song like this one. I really think Jake Owen's, "Days of Gold" was hurt because of the time of year it was released (this time last year) and while I still think this will be a huge hit, I think it would have been MASSIVE if it was released during the summer.
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Post by matty005 on Nov 2, 2014 14:39:35 GMT -5
What defines a song as being "HUGE" or "MASSIVE"? It can't simply be a song reaching #1. Airplay, sales, YouTube parodies/covers, song being used for promos for shows, commercials, etc.
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Post by matty005 on Nov 2, 2014 17:37:41 GMT -5
Airplay, sales, YouTube parodies/covers, song being used for promos for shows, commercials, etc. What kind of airplay figures are needed? What kind of sales figures are needed? A lot.
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Post by matty005 on Nov 2, 2014 18:03:03 GMT -5
So there is no definitive definition of a "MASSIVE" hit song? Which songs of 2014 are considered "MASSIVE"? I'm tapping out here with the onslaught of questions. A massive hit is just another term for a big hit. If a summer song is a big hit in the winter my guess would be it would be even bigger in the summer. That's it.
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Post by McCreerian on Nov 2, 2014 19:27:55 GMT -5
Most likely in the dead of winter. Yeah the timing will be weird, but personally I actually like hearing a few beach type songs in the winter, it helps provide that escapism that you sometimes need when buried in snow. Right now there are 3 songs that are "Beach/Summer" songs that are hits going into the winter. This song, Scotty's "Feelin' It" and Frankie's "Sunshine and Whiskey." So Country radio for late Fall and early Winter is looking like Country radio is taking a Winter trip to the Bahamas!
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Post by hosssulpizio on Nov 4, 2014 0:46:20 GMT -5
Ugh I hate this song so much... it is a nail on a chalkboard kind of song. Fans should not be liking this song.It should not go to number one.
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Post by dm2081 on Nov 4, 2014 1:17:37 GMT -5
Ugh I hate this song so much... it is a nail on a chalkboard kind of song. Fans should not be liking this song.It should not go to number one. Well the reason why someone is a fan of something is because they like it or approve of it, so I'm not sure where the opinion comes that their fans shouldn't like this song. It's a matter of taste, you can't tell someone not to like something.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Nov 4, 2014 1:49:11 GMT -5
I know but this song is not good quality. Talking about getting laid in a Country song. Come on FGL expand your music a lil' more will ya?
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 7, 2014 12:39:39 GMT -5
I just don't see the pink umbrella line as an innuendo at all. I think any of you who are seeing it as an innuendo are reading way too deep into it, and trying to find something that isn't there.
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Post by rsmatto on Nov 7, 2014 14:12:51 GMT -5
I know but this song is not good quality. Talking about getting laid in a Country song. Come on FGL expand your music a lil' more will ya? There are PLENTY of classic country songs that talk about "getting laid." It's one of country's stock themes.
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Post by rjz on Nov 7, 2014 15:20:02 GMT -5
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 7, 2014 15:27:29 GMT -5
^ Until FGL themselves say so, I'm not buying it.
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Post by tim on Nov 7, 2014 17:48:30 GMT -5
I just don't see the pink umbrella line as an innuendo at all. I think any of you who are seeing it as an innuendo are reading way too deep into it, and trying to find something that isn't there. In consideration of the following lyrics in the first verse of the song: If I'm lucky yeah I might get laid The way that it's going, the keg gon' be floatingThere's no being subtle about what they are singing about after that. The lyrics then continue on in the next verse with the ever so subtle: If you want you can get on Harley I sit you up on a kitchen sink Stick the pink umbrella in your drinkI'm just not sure how one can miss the innuendo here. My take away from that is exactly as they sing...he refers to his junk as Harley and he wants to get laid with the girl on the kitchen sink. I mean it seems blatantly obvious what they are insinuating (in my opinion of course), albeit in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way I suppose. I am of course being one-sided here as I'm obviously not a fan of this song, but I think they intentionally wrote this song about getting stoned (nothing new or wrong here with those lyrics imo) and getting laid. Suffice it to say that this song is a waste of 3:05 minutes of my life and energy that I probably won't be wasting on again lol
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Post by kanimal on Nov 7, 2014 17:58:44 GMT -5
I just don't see the pink umbrella line as an innuendo at all. I think any of you who are seeing it as an innuendo are reading way too deep into it, and trying to find something that isn't there. In consideration of the following lyrics in the first verse of the song: If I'm lucky yeah I might get laid The way that it's going, the keg gon' be floatingThere's no being subtle about what they are singing about after that. The lyrics then continue on in the next verse with the ever so subtle: If you want you can get on Harley I sit you up on a kitchen sink Stick the pink umbrella in your drinkI'm just not sure how one can miss the innuendo here. My take away from that is exactly as they sing...he refers to his junk as Harley and he wants to get laid with the girl on the kitchen sink. I mean it seems blatantly obvious what they are insinuating (in my opinion of course), albeit in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way I suppose. I am of course being one-sided here as I'm obviously not a fan of this song, but I think they intentionally wrote this song about getting stoned (nothing new or wrong here with those lyrics imo) and getting laid. Suffice it to say that this song is a waste of 3:05 minutes of my life and energy that I probably won't be wasting on again lol Wait...I'm with you on the pink umbrella line, but what sexual are you getting from "the keg gon' be floating?" That's a pretty standard expression for finishing up a keg (so that it gets light and floats in the ice bucket)...
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Post by tim on Nov 7, 2014 18:01:59 GMT -5
^ kanimal none actually, thats just the next line that follows up and ends the first verse. I realized after I posted I should've removed it, but oh well. There's no innuendo there lol.
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Post by dm2081 on Nov 7, 2014 21:28:25 GMT -5
I just don't see the pink umbrella line as an innuendo at all. I think any of you who are seeing it as an innuendo are reading way too deep into it, and trying to find something that isn't there. In consideration of the following lyrics in the first verse of the song: If I'm lucky yeah I might get laid The way that it's going, the keg gon' be floatingThere's no being subtle about what they are singing about after that. The lyrics then continue on in the next verse with the ever so subtle: If you want you can get on Harley I sit you up on a kitchen sink Stick the pink umbrella in your drinkI'm just not sure how one can miss the innuendo here. My take away from that is exactly as they sing...he refers to his junk as Harley and he wants to get laid with the girl on the kitchen sink. I mean it seems blatantly obvious what they are insinuating (in my opinion of course), albeit in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way I suppose. I am of course being one-sided here as I'm obviously not a fan of this song, but I think they intentionally wrote this song about getting stoned (nothing new or wrong here with those lyrics imo) and getting laid. Suffice it to say that this song is a waste of 3:05 minutes of my life and energy that I probably won't be wasting on again lol The line actually is "you can pet on my Harley", and is a reference to the name of one of their new puppies. They named one Harley, and wanted to include him in the song. Fla Ga Line said so themselves in an interview on Billboard.
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Post by tim on Nov 7, 2014 21:39:05 GMT -5
The line actually is "you can pet on my Harley", and is a reference to the name of one of their new puppies. They named one Harley, and wanted to include him in the song. Fla Ga Line said so themselves in an interview on Billboard Ha, well thats what I get for using the first random lyric site I pull up for the song . To be fair, it seems most of lyrical sites have that line wrong. Anyways, doesn't change my opinion of the song so I'm going to sneak out of this thread and let y'all who like it enjoy it ;).
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Post by dm2081 on Nov 7, 2014 21:46:01 GMT -5
The line actually is "you can pet on my Harley", and is a reference to the name of one of their new puppies. They named one Harley, and wanted to include him in the song. Fla Ga Line said so themselves in an interview on Billboard Ha, well thats what I get for using the first random lyric site I pull up for the song . To be fair, it seems most of lyrical sites have that line wrong. Anyways, doesn't change my opinion of the song so I'm going to sneak out of this thread and let y'all who like it enjoy it ;). I never would have guessed they were talking about something other than a motorcycle either until I read the interview, so I don't blame ya.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Nov 8, 2014 0:55:37 GMT -5
In consideration of the following lyrics in the first verse of the song: If I'm lucky yeah I might get laid The way that it's going, the keg gon' be floatingThere's no being subtle about what they are singing about after that. The lyrics then continue on in the next verse with the ever so subtle: If you want you can get on Harley I sit you up on a kitchen sink Stick the pink umbrella in your drinkI'm just not sure how one can miss the innuendo here. My take away from that is exactly as they sing...he refers to his junk as Harley and he wants to get laid with the girl on the kitchen sink. I mean it seems blatantly obvious what they are insinuating (in my opinion of course), albeit in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way I suppose. I am of course being one-sided here as I'm obviously not a fan of this song, but I think they intentionally wrote this song about getting stoned (nothing new or wrong here with those lyrics imo) and getting laid. Suffice it to say that this song is a waste of 3:05 minutes of my life and energy that I probably won't be wasting on again lol The line actually is "you can pet on my Harley", and is a reference to the name of one of their new puppies. They named one Harley, and wanted to include him in the song. Fla Ga Line said so themselves in an interview on Billboard. Totally thought it meant a motorcycle. That's actually awesome that they did that haha
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Post by Zazie on Nov 9, 2014 9:14:59 GMT -5
^ Until FGL themselves say so, I'm not buying it. I don't get it. You are self-confessed to be poor at interpreting song lyrics, not according to me -- you've said it yourself a dozen times, and now all of a sudden you're the literary critic holding down the fort on behalf of FGL's innocence? You can interpret the song either way -- that's how double entendre works. Nobody's saying the innocent meaning isn't also there. But I'll bet you anything the songwriters saw the second interpretation and were amused by it, so they left it in the final version. I don't mind sexual references and double entendres, but this one's just so crude. When the crudeness dominates over the cleverness, that's when I can live without the image. If you feel different and want to go to bat for this brilliant and poetic lyric, knock yourself out. But you can't say what we're seeing isn't there. That's an unwillingness to read the English language in all its glory.
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Post by rsmatto on Nov 9, 2014 11:57:55 GMT -5
I just don't see the pink umbrella line as an innuendo at all. I think any of you who are seeing it as an innuendo are reading way too deep into it, and trying to find something that isn't there. In consideration of the following lyrics in the first verse of the song: If I'm lucky yeah I might get laid The way that it's going, the keg gon' be floatingThere's no being subtle about what they are singing about after that. The lyrics then continue on in the next verse with the ever so subtle: If you want you can get on Harley I sit you up on a kitchen sink Stick the pink umbrella in your drinkI'm just not sure how one can miss the innuendo here. My take away from that is exactly as they sing...he refers to his junk as Harley and he wants to get laid with the girl on the kitchen sink. I mean it seems blatantly obvious what they are insinuating (in my opinion of course), albeit in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way I suppose. I am of course being one-sided here as I'm obviously not a fan of this song, but I think they intentionally wrote this song about getting stoned (nothing new or wrong here with those lyrics imo) and getting laid. Suffice it to say that this song is a waste of 3:05 minutes of my life and energy that I probably won't be wasting on again lol The radio edit changes get laid" to "get paid."
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 9, 2014 12:58:39 GMT -5
I heard "get laid" on CT40. Listening to it again, I can definitely see the innuendo, but it doesn't bother me. Don't worry, Zazie, I'm not going down different paths than usual. This is far from the first country song to have an implication of getting laid (although I'd bet it's one of the first to use that exact term for it), and it's not remotely the first to mention getting stoned. Pretty sure Hank Jr. and Willie have sung about it. I'll openly admit it's not a lyrical masterpiece, and defending it will be a really hard battle, but so far, I see very little in it that bothers me. I just take it as being dopey and fun, nothing more. I probably won't put it in my top 40 favorite songs of the year, and I might even forget about it a couple years down the road. But for now, I can listen to it and call it good by my admittedly lax standards. Also, this has a sweet Dobro solo. I don't think I've heard that much Dobro on the radio since Pinmonkey. tl;dr: Song doesn't bother me significantly, but I get why others think it's atrocious.
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Post by itsurfriendjoel on Nov 17, 2014 10:01:49 GMT -5
So far, I haven't heard a single radio station use the "clean" radio edit, which is surprising. Even CMT, a station that previously bleeped out the line "roll a big fat one" in the Zac Brown Band favorite, is playing the video completely unedited. I think this definitely shows how much more open minded country music listeners are becoming. Also, I think the edgy lyrics are part of this song's appeal. In the same way, I don't think Blake Shelton's "Boys 'Round Here" would have been as successful if he didn't use profanity in the original version. I honestly like when popular country artists push the boundaries of what's acceptable, but then again I was also influenced by rock and hip-hop growing up. I understand why some people don't approve of it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 10:13:58 GMT -5
Good song!
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 17, 2014 12:54:41 GMT -5
So far, I haven't heard a single radio station use the "clean" radio edit, which is surprising. Even CMT, a station that previously bleeped out the line "roll a big fat one" in the Zac Brown Band favorite, is playing the video completely unedited. I think this definitely shows how much more open minded country music listeners are becoming. And yet Toby still can't say "ass" in "Drunk Americans".
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 17, 2014 12:58:04 GMT -5
So far, I haven't heard a single radio station use the "clean" radio edit, which is surprising. Even CMT, a station that previously bleeped out the line "roll a big fat one" in the Zac Brown Band favorite, is playing the video completely unedited. I think this definitely shows how much more open minded country music listeners are becoming. And yet Toby still can't say "ass" in "Drunk Americans". WYRK plays the "edited" version of "Sun Daze" and leaves "ass" in "Drunk Americans"
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 17, 2014 13:07:59 GMT -5
^ Bob Kingsley also plays this one uncensored. And considering that he edited "margari-daiquiri-screw-olada on the beach" in "One More Drinkin' Song" and "screw you, man" in "Johnny Cash", I'm surprised he didn't touch "a cold screw you" in "Neon Light".
He also played "Toes" totally uncensored when it was climbing the charts, but whenever he brings it up for a retrospective, he censors it.
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Post by SoMuchToSay on Dec 6, 2014 22:20:45 GMT -5
I've been thinking a lot about this and I think that a hot Ke$ha remix would be awesome for pop radio in the spring/summer! It's mainly b/c this song really reminds me a lot of her song "Gold Trans Am." Get that crossover smash (again)!
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Post by dm2081 on Dec 12, 2014 1:22:34 GMT -5
^I personally think Fla Ga Line would be best to avoid any extreme collaborations outside of the genre, and should focus on being big COUNTRY stars, and not Pop stars. As for this song, so much for the theory that radio won't play this due to being out of season. Radio has shown no hesitation so far, and it's up to #9 on MB now. Looks like it could be #1 right around Valentines Day right now.
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