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Post by dm2081 on Jan 27, 2015 22:02:17 GMT -5
Yeah I like this song well enough that it's almost reached 40 plays on my iPod already without ever binging on it really, but it does leave something to be desired. The guitar is catchy and the chorus can get stuck in your brain, but it still doesn't excite too me too much. What bothers me the most is there are some stellar songs on his new album that will most likely remain album cuts because they released this song instead. While I like this song, seeing how it hasn't moved the needle all too much, I can say with a fair amount of confidence that Two Night Town, Tryin' To Love Me, Don't Change Gone, Miss That Girl, or Gonna Know We Were Here would all at least be doing the same amount on the charts, and would have offered something slightly different from Jason than the same truck/girl/full moon type of song.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jan 27, 2015 22:05:42 GMT -5
In all honesty, I actually like this song. It's kind of catchy. Aldean could have sounded better though.
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Post by zjames on Feb 1, 2015 11:18:21 GMT -5
"Just Gettin' Started" is free this week on the Google Play Store.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 11:31:55 GMT -5
"Just Gettin' Started" is free this week on the Google Play Store. From the same artist still not on Spotify? Hmm... In other intriguing news, Brantley Gilbert's "Just As I Am" is back on Spotify as far as I can tell...
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Post by myeverything on Feb 1, 2015 13:34:34 GMT -5
I love everything this guy puts out. Honestly. I love the fact that he's so daring and willing to try new things. Not everyone can say that, that is for sure. Sometimes I may not be crazy for a song on the first listen but once I give it a chance they're always really catchy, etc and end up being some of my favorites. Jason is high on my list and this song is another great one.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 13:46:07 GMT -5
I love everything this guy puts out. Honestly. I love the fact that he's so daring and willing to try new things. Not everyone can say that, that is for sure. Sometimes I may not be crazy for a song on the first listen but once I give it a chance they're always really catchy, etc and end up being some of my favorites. Jason is high on my list and this song is another great one. How is this "daring" or new for a Jason Aldean song, though? By this point, he's basically releasing the same song with similar topics and production. At this point, releasing a good, thought provoking song would seem daring and different for him, honestly.
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Post by myeverything on Feb 3, 2015 11:28:14 GMT -5
Because it's different. Have you heard the album?! "Sweet Little Somethin" is so different than what you hear on country radio these days. Obviously we all know how different "Dirt Road Anthem" was and a couple others. He just doesn't care what someone's gonna say about it, he's gonna release it because he wants to. He stays true to himself and I dig that. Miranda and Kip are two other perfect examples. I think that's a really important thing if you want to get anywhere and it's a good way to distinguish yourself from the rest of the pack.
You do have a great point though about him releasing a more thought provoking song though. That would be "different" in another kind of way, Have you ever heard "Black Tears?!"
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Post by rsmatto on Feb 3, 2015 12:23:48 GMT -5
I love everything this guy puts out. Honestly. I love the fact that he's so daring and willing to try new things. Not everyone can say that, that is for sure. Sometimes I may not be crazy for a song on the first listen but once I give it a chance they're always really catchy, etc and end up being some of my favorites. Jason is high on my list and this song is another great one. How is this "daring" or new for a Jason Aldean song, though? By this point, he's basically releasing the same song with similar topics and production. At this point, releasing a good, thought provoking song would seem daring and different for him, honestly. This song may not be 'daring' but "Burnin' It Down" was. A huge risk. It could've backfired like a few of his songs have over the years. He DOES take chances with some of his singles and does have interesting songs but he also knows to give radio something they can play in between, which is why this one's there now.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 3, 2015 13:15:34 GMT -5
How is this "daring" or new for a Jason Aldean song, though? By this point, he's basically releasing the same song with similar topics and production. At this point, releasing a good, thought provoking song would seem daring and different for him, honestly. This song may not be 'daring' but "Burnin' It Down" was. A huge risk. It could've backfired like a few of his songs have over the years. He DOES take chances with some of his singles and does have interesting songs but he also knows to give radio something they can play in between, which is why this one's there now.
Was "Burnin' It Down" different? Yes. Different as in almost no resemblance to country music but I digress. I never had one doubt that song would succeed due to country radio and they're willingness to play anything that a format superstar throws they're way. The song itself wasn't as grating and comical as other pushing the boundaries songs like "Donkey" and "1994" which were different varieties of flameouts. Plus the massive digital sales off the bat and the ever expanding reach to non-country fans with that song and its potential made radio eat it up before Broken Bow could even remove it from the oven.
I agree he takes some chances time to time ("Dirt Road Anthem"), but I don't think it was a "huge risk".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2015 13:52:26 GMT -5
Jason used to be my favorite artist and I lost a lot of respect for him after he released "Burnin' it Down". That was a trainwreck of a song that had dollar signs written all over it. He even had to push his label to allow him to release it first, right? The only thing more pathetic than the song itself was his performance of it on the CMAs. In my opinion, I could sleep through this entire album, with the exception of perhaps "I Took it With Me" and "Gonna Know We Were Here" which are both strikingly similar. This song may not be 'daring' but "Burnin' It Down" was. A huge risk. It could've backfired like a few of his songs have over the years. He DOES take chances with some of his singles and does have interesting songs but he also knows to give radio something they can play in between, which is why this one's there now. I may be misunderstanding you here; but I don't think that's a good thing. To me, that's essentially saying "well, I like to push the boundaries and I don't care much for the music you care for, but I'm going to give you this one just to make you happy so you play the next thing I put out." As I expect of any artist, Jason should be putting music out that he loves and pours his heart and soul into. Can anyone here legitimately say that they feel 'heart and soul' emanating from this tune ("Just Gettin' Started")? Furthermore, I really don't see how "something they can play in between" should be racing up the charts the way this one has. When I think of a song that fits that bill, I think "All Alright" by Zac Brown Band or "Gentle on My Mind" by The Band Perry. The fact that he is releasing songs like "Burnin' it Down" and saying songs like "Tonight Looks Good on You" will be a huge hit is just baffling. This is not the same Aldean who released "Hicktown" and "Amarillo Sky" which in my opinion were lightyears beyond the two singles from this era. I disagree that Aldean pushes the boundaries and then gives radio "safer" (if that's in fact what you were inferring) choices in between to keep himself relevant. I see different definitions in "daring" and "risky" but nonetheless, I found "Dirt Road Anthem" to be both. He then followed it with "Tattoos on this Town" and "Flyover States", neither of which was anything but what we expected from Aldean at the time. I saw his first two singles off the next album ("Take a Little Ride" and "The Only Way I Know") to be more of an evolution than anything. "1994" was definitely poppier than we are used to from him (not to mention the uneventful lyrics) and that's why it was essentially rejected. As risky as "1994" was, "Burnin' it Down" was miles beyond that. And I honestly feel that if it weren't for its digital and online popularity, it wouldn't have hit number 1 on the airplay side of things. The song was just boring, overproduced, poorly written, shallow, and a complete abandonment of Aldean's style. His most similar risk "Dirt Road Anthem" at least had Aldean flavor in it, with heavy acoustic strumming and a smooth electric riff. And of course (perhaps not so necessary in the current state of country), it even featured a steel. YES, Aldean was rapping. And YES, the structure of the song absolutely followed that of a mainstream rap or R&B song. But he put Aldean country into it and it was a smash. I love that song. It's got sass and heart. "Burnin' it Down" could not be any further from that risky endeavor just 3 years earlier. To me, I took "Dirt Road Anthem" as Jason's attempt to incorporate some aspects of a different genre into his style. I look at "Burnin' it Down" as forgetting the genre completely (even saying things like, "who's to say what 'country' is?") in an attempt to cash in with his popularity. Obviously a great success for his wallet, I can't help but think it may be an unfortunate stain on his career when looking back in 3-5 years. To me, he is dangerously teetering with staying true to his loyal fanbase for the appeal of a fickle and quickly-changing demographic.
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Post by dajire4 on Feb 3, 2015 15:23:29 GMT -5
To add my 2 cents to the discussion going on here, I like Jason most of the time (Just Gettin' Started included), but one of the last things that comes to my mind when I think about his music is risk-taking. His music to me is exactly the definition of radio-bait. Nothing wrong with that; I just don't see Jason as a risk-taking singer.
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 3, 2015 19:56:13 GMT -5
It's all a matter pf opinion on what you consider to be a risk. I personally consider "Dirt Road Anthem", "1994" and "Burnin' It Down" as being slight risks, especially "Burnin' It Down". He really took a risk of alienating his core audience that is more accustomed to his rock/edgier songs like "She's Country" and "My Kinda Party". That song was pretty different from anything on the radio at the time. I know the lyrics weren't different, but the arrangement certainly was. There was definitely a chance that the song could have flopped hard IMO. I don't really know what kind of risks people want him to take. How many risky songs are there that are charting these days anyways? "Girl Crush" and Sam Hunt are sort of risky, but it's not like either of those are drastically different from the scope of songs being released today. What would a risk even be today? Would it be a more stripped down acoustic song? If you truly want "Risky" music, there's a genre called Alternative that's full of it.
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Post by zjames on Feb 3, 2015 20:24:43 GMT -5
It's all a matter pf opinion on what you consider to be a risk. I personally consider "Dirt Road Anthem", "1994" and "Burnin' It Down" as being slight risks, especially "Burnin' It Down". He really took a risk of alienating his core audience that is more accustomed to his rock/edgier songs like "She's Country" and "My Kinda Party". That song was pretty different from anything on the radio at the time. I know the lyrics weren't different, but the arrangement certainly was. There was definitely a chance that the song could have flopped hard IMO. I don't really know what kind of risks people want him to take. He's so hot right now that he can pretty much release whatever he wants and it will be successful. I want to see him release some of the slower material on his album, such as "Too Fast", "Tyin' To Love Me", and "Two Night Town". I want him to release something with some substance. I don't want to see him stick to his Aldean-ness by releasing "Sweet Little Somethin'" and "Gonna Know We Were Here". They're not bad songs, but I feel like we've heard Jason sing the same song about 15 times. He can take almost any "risk" and it will pay off so I'd like to see him release some, in my opinion, better singles instead of sticking to the same general sound that he's stuck with for a while now.
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 3, 2015 20:39:58 GMT -5
It's all a matter pf opinion on what you consider to be a risk. I personally consider "Dirt Road Anthem", "1994" and "Burnin' It Down" as being slight risks, especially "Burnin' It Down". He really took a risk of alienating his core audience that is more accustomed to his rock/edgier songs like "She's Country" and "My Kinda Party". That song was pretty different from anything on the radio at the time. I know the lyrics weren't different, but the arrangement certainly was. There was definitely a chance that the song could have flopped hard IMO. I don't really know what kind of risks people want him to take. He's so hot right now that he can pretty much release whatever he wants and it will be successful. I want to see him release some of the slower material on his album, such as "Too Fast", "Tyin' To Love Me", and "Two Night Town". I want him to release something with some substance. I don't want to see him stick to his Aldean-ness by releasing "Sweet Little Somethin'" and "Gonna Know We Were Here". They're not bad songs, but I feel like we've heard Jason sing the same song about 15 times. He can take almost any "risk" and it will pay off so I'd like to see him release some, in my opinion, better singles instead of sticking to the same general sound that he's stuck with for a while now. I agree with you 100% about Too Fast, Tryin' To Love Me, and Two Night Town: those are the 3 best songs on the cd in my opinion. I want him to release some substance too because it annoys me that he records so much quality material with substance, but never releases it as a single (Ex: Black Tears, Church Pew Or Bar Stool, This Nothin' Town). But I don't think any of those songs would be a risk at radio. In fact, I think radio would eat up a song like Too Fast or Two Night Town with a silver spoon, as they have that classic mid-tempo Jason sound to them. It's just the single sales where he could lag a bit, and that ultimately could steer his label to release more of the party jams.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Feb 3, 2015 21:47:41 GMT -5
I pretty much agree with @nickv1025 in regards to this man. I used to find him pretty cool, even throughout the Night Train era...but ever since "Burnin' It Down" was released, all I can do at the mere mention of Jason Aldean is cringe a little bit, maybe even roll my eyes too.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 3, 2015 21:52:45 GMT -5
I feel like Jason Aldean has recorded the same album three times in a row now because of how stale his formula has become. He really does need to switch it up some and start releasing stuff with more substance to radio.
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 3, 2015 22:36:56 GMT -5
I pretty much agree with @nickv1025 in regards to this man. I used to find him pretty cool, even throughout the Night Train era...but ever since "Burnin' It Down" was released, all I can do at the mere mention of Jason Aldean is cringe a little bit, maybe even roll my eyes too. So one single that you can't stand can ruin a whole artist for you? I'm not trying to argue with you, it's obviously your opinion and thoughts. But if you used to like him as recently as the Night Train era, it doesn't ruin the quality/substance of his previous work. Tim McGraw released a similar electro style song (Looking For That Girl) that many on here despised, but it doesn't ruin his prior work or subsequent work.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2015 22:46:55 GMT -5
I pretty much agree with @nickv1025 in regards to this man. I used to find him pretty cool, even throughout the Night Train era...but ever since "Burnin' It Down" was released, all I can do at the mere mention of Jason Aldean is cringe a little bit, maybe even roll my eyes too. So one single that you can't stand can ruin a whole artist for you? I'm not trying to argue with you, it's obviously your opinion and thoughts. But if you used to like him as recently as the Night Train era, it doesn't ruin the quality/substance of his previous work. Tim McGraw released a similar electro style song (Looking For That Girl) that many on here despised, but it doesn't ruin his prior work or subsequent work. Tim (or at least someone associated) re-gained my trust by pulling that song during it's chart rise in favor of a much more "Tim" song, followed by an equally "Tim" song, followed by perhaps one of the best "Tim" songs released. Jason pounded his into the ground, performed it horribly on the CMAs, complained about people saying it wasn't country, and then followed it up with this snoozefest. I see your point, but I disagree with the comparison. I'll re-iterate, Jason used to be my favorite. Now I kind of have a sour taste in my mouth about him.
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 3, 2015 23:04:29 GMT -5
^Yeah but Tim's song wasn't sitting in the top 10 all genre of iTunes either though. Doubt he pulls LFTG if it was selling that well. I can see your reasoning though, a lot of times people lose interest in a particular artist's work. I'm just a little surprised that one song could really ruin everything that much. Hopefully Jason will do the right thing and release a song with more substance as the 3rd single to rope you back in.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2015 1:41:29 GMT -5
This song is the definition of bland for me. Guy goes to the girl's house, she's ridin' shotgun, they're driving around under the moonlight...it's not even midnight yet and they're already having the time of their lives? I don't get it. What's so great about this moonlight driving, fooling around in the truck experience that makes it "the time of their lives"? Especially considering the fact that we get dozens of singles about driving trucks into town under the moonlight with a good-lookin' girl riding shotgun.
There are absolutely no details in the lyrics of this song. It leaves me wondering what else the characters in this song do for fun? They can't honestly find aimless nighttime driving 7 days a week to be the best thing ever, can they? But I only wonder about the characters for 5 seconds before I realize I'm wasting my time, because this song is just so boring to me.
Jason's had several good singles (Why, Amarillo Sky, The Truth, Dirt Road Anthem, Tattoos On This Town, Fly Over States, Night Train), but "Just Gettin' Started" is not one of them. The lyrics are as unimaginative and stale as they come, and Aldean has never sounded more lifeless to me.
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Post by samsager3 on Feb 4, 2015 7:35:46 GMT -5
I like a lot of Jason's past singles, fly over states, big green tractor, and dirt road anthem are some of my favorites, but I'm just not feeling this one. Honestly I didn't like burning it down either though. This album has some awesome songs on it such as, If My Truck Could Talk, Gonna Know We Were Here, Trying to Love Me, and Two Night Town, so I'm praying maybe the next real ease will be one of those and he can give me something to look forward to. And honestly with the quality of this songs he could go 5-6 deep but only if he avoids fluffy material such as, Laid Back, which is a lot like these last two singles.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Feb 4, 2015 17:49:51 GMT -5
Yep, @nickv1025 was able to take the words outta my mouth. Tim has legitimately redeemed himself while Jason has not. I also listened to Old Boots, New Dirt before it was pulled from Spotify and I don't really think there was anything special on there, more or less.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2015 19:09:54 GMT -5
This is definitely moving up slowly for a Jason Aldean single. As sabre14 mentioned earlier in the thread, this did have two pre-release weeks on the chart of getting just a little airplay, but taking those out of the chart run still equals a 13-week climb to #7. By comparison, Florida Georgia Line's "Sun Daze," which even started struggling in the top 5 and is looking like one of their weakest airplay hits so far, was at #7 after 11 weeks and Blake Shelton's "Lonely Tonight" is at #6 after 12 weeks. (I'm using these for comparison because they're both second singles from superstars as well.) iTunes sales are also kind of low for a Jason Aldean single (probably about in line with those of "The Only Way I Know"), although I'm sure this may have something to do with a lot of fans still buying the full album instead of downloading the singles.
There is the possibility Broken Bow is trying to stall Jason Aldean's single so they can push Randy Houser's "Like a Cowboy" to #1, but in the past I haven't seen Broken Bow do this sort of "family planning" in the top 10 the way other labels have. For example, "Cowboys and Angels" was blocked from #1 by Jason Aldean's three-week #1 "Take a Little Ride" and "The Only Way I Know" actually had some sort of big "power-up" ad the week "How Country Feels" did a #1 push. Maybe the Broken Bow Label Group is starting to realize that their top 10's may be far and few this year and so they decided it's better to get two #1 singles than one multi-week #1 and one top 5 peak.
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Feb 5, 2015 10:57:26 GMT -5
Truck (assumed) Check Drinking Check Moonlight Check girl getting "crazy' Check
This song is about as "daring" as ordering a Big Mac at McDonalds ....and about as satisfying . And has about the same nutritional value as well.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 5, 2015 13:13:42 GMT -5
There's a truck in the official lyric video, so I believe it's indeed a truck he's picking her up in.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 5, 2015 13:20:37 GMT -5
There's a truck in the official lyric video, so I believe it's indeed a truck he's picking her up in.
Well I sure can't imagine Jason Aldean pulling up in a minivan, that's for sure.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 16:09:17 GMT -5
Jason Aldean's new album "Old Boots, New Dirt" is free this week on Google Play
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 17, 2015 19:21:23 GMT -5
Jason Aldean's new album "Old Boots, New Dirt" is free this week on Google Play Not to get off topic on this thread, but what is Google Play? Is it like iTunes or Spotify?
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Post by carriekins on Feb 17, 2015 19:22:13 GMT -5
Jason Aldean's new album "Old Boots, New Dirt" is free this week on Google Play Not to get off topic on this thread, but what is Google Play? Is it like iTunes or Spotify? It's the Google Marketplace. Also includes apps, games, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 19:38:07 GMT -5
^Its pretty much the same thing. I just started collecting musically digitally so that's what I've been using.
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