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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 10:47:47 GMT -5
This sounds like something Boys Like Girls would have released 5 years ago.
Any song that starts with "hey girl" or "damn girl" or "hot damn yo sweet mama on dat tailgate" is probably going to have to work a little hard to gain my interest back.
It's not a *bad* song but it's not really great either. Dust was better.
I'm gonna pass on this EP.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 10, 2015 12:38:22 GMT -5
Countrymusicrocks Interview with the Eli Young Band
They mentioned how they don't know yet if this EP will be followed by a full studio album or another EP. Mike Eli also mentioned towards the end how they wanted to sound different this go around and think outside the box, when asked about what they think sets country music apart from other genres.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Mar 10, 2015 13:54:00 GMT -5
Countrymusicrocks Interview with the Eli Young Band
They mentioned how they don't know yet if this EP will be followed by a full studio album or another EP. Mike Eli also mentioned towards the end how they wanted to sound different this go around and think outside the box, when asked about what they think sets country music apart from other genres. Ugh. I hope they do a full length album. Two EP's would be kind of lame IMO.
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Post by rsmatto on Mar 10, 2015 15:29:43 GMT -5
They said they didn't know what was happening in my conversation with them too. But I'd expect that even if the digital EP of 6 tracks follows this one, they'll put out a physical CD with all the tracks, not unlike the Luke Bryan Spring Break releases.
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Mar 11, 2015 14:37:08 GMT -5
Ouch. While I've never really "gotten" the praise of the Eli Young Band outside of a few of their songs. This is the epitome of "selling out" to me. And can the mainstream writers quit the very annoying and lazy habit of repeating the same lines? Repeating the same lines? Repeating the same lines? Repeating the same lines? Repeating the same lines? Repeating the same lines?
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Post by bamafan2102 on Mar 11, 2015 17:03:42 GMT -5
I got into the EYB from hearing Guinevere. I went and got the album Jet Black and Jealous and LOVED it.I liked the next album, then fell off the bandwagon on 10,000 Towns. I just listened to the EP and it's not good to put it nicely. Not sure why they are going in thus direction because it doesn't suit them at all. This is not what got them where they are. Mike's voice stood out enough and they had the right songs. Now they go and do this......yuck
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2015 12:29:05 GMT -5
I just previewed their EP.....Yikes...
What happened guys? None of the four songs sound like anything these guys have done before. They're all pretty much generic. The only one I liked a bit was "Your Place Or Mine" but even that was just ok. "Drink You Up" could have probably been on Sam Hunt's latest album. Granted, I only heard the previews but nothing was prompting me to buy the EP. I'm not liking the direction these guys are heading.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Mar 15, 2015 14:07:45 GMT -5
Yeah it is kind of a crazy all over the place EP. Wish they were to go fully Traditional Country. I think they are selling out already which is a shame because I know they can do better than "Turn It On". I'm surprised Scott Borchetta liked their new sound; he should have advised them to do better than this EP.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2015 14:23:14 GMT -5
This is the sound that's going to keep them relevant at radio. Going traditional wouldn't make sense as it would only accelerate their departure from relevance. I think it was pretty clear after "Dust" flamed out at #15 that this band's career wasn't headed in the right direction. I think EYB and their label were probably anticipating three to four pretty big radio hits from their last album (the first two singles, "10,000 Towns" and either "Just Add Moonlight" or "Prayer for the Road") and so when a second single started struggling just inside the top 30 (and only a month after the album was released) they realized it was best to move on to new material and find a new sound.
I expect "Turn It On" will get the Eli Young Band back on top the charts and I can see them getting another #1 off this EP, probably "Your Place or Mine." It was a wise move to go with an EP instead of investing in a full album again, though, since the last era turned out so poorly.
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Post by layne on Mar 15, 2015 14:31:05 GMT -5
This is the sound that's going to keep them relevant at radio. Going traditional wouldn't make sense as it would only accelerate their departure from relevance. I think it was pretty clear after "Dust" flamed out at #15 that this band's career wasn't headed in the right direction. I think EYB and their label were probably anticipating three to four pretty big radio hits from their last album (the first two singles, "10,000 Towns" and either "Just Add Moonlight" or "Prayer for the Road") and so when a second single started struggling just inside the top 30 (and only a month after the album was released) they realized it was best to move on to new material and find a new sound. I expect "Turn It On" will get the Eli Young Band back on top the charts and I can see them getting another #1 off this EP, probably "Your Place or Mine." It was a wise move to go with an EP instead of investing in a full album again, though, since the last era turned out so poorly. You may end up being right about this keeping them relevant but I think it's going to do the opposite. I think the reason the last singles/album failed was because it sounded too much like everything else out there. These guys broke out initially because the first few big hits stood out and were different than the norm and better than the norm. Not one single song off the last album or this new LP is better or even as good as anything on Life at Best. I predict this new direction will be the undoing of EYB.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2015 15:00:17 GMT -5
At what point does an artist dig deep inside themself to determine what would provide the most gratification and self-rewarding results: having a successful but ever-changing and volatile relationship with someone who is "telling" you what type of songs to write, or writing songs that really bring out the emotion and epitome of who you are and the experiences that have shaped you as an individual?
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 15, 2015 15:19:02 GMT -5
At what point does an artist dig deep inside themself to determine what would provide the most gratification and self-rewarding results: having a successful but ever-changing and volatile relationship with someone who is "telling" you what type of songs to write, or writing songs that really bring out the emotion and epitome of who you are and the experiences that have shaped you as an individual? Well right now I lean towards the former in regards to EYB. I agree with most of @daydrinker's point about changing their sound to have a greater chance at immediate success in airplay right now, since the 10,000 Towns era ended abruptly, but I do agree with layne that it could very well ended up hurting them in the long run. To me this appears to be pretty simple. Republic Nashville came to them and gave them the cold hard truth about their future at country radio if they continued their typical music (great music, IMO) but in order to continue forward, they would need to change things up to help their commercial viability. I'm sure EYB didn't want to change things up this drastically in an ideal world (if "Dust" was able to do as well as "Drunk Last Night" did), but most want to continue a good healthy relationship with their employer. I also don't think any member of EYB actually doesn't like "Turn It On" - I'm sure they do enjoy this song and EP and think it was a good test of going in a different direction, but do they enjoy this song and this EP as much as let's say Level? Or Jet Black And Jealous? Or Life At Best? I have my doubts. I also agree with @daydrinker that this will most likely be a hit for them. 49 adds in first week adds and it jumps to #48 this week from a debut of #57 on MB. I'm going to hold off predicting on whether Republic decides on another EP or full length album as I think that hinges on how sales and airplay play out for "Turn It On" and its follow up single.
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Post by dm2081 on Mar 15, 2015 16:42:56 GMT -5
Honestly, I think they overreacted to "Dust" and it's shortcomings. That song too was pretty radio friendly, but it just came out during a tough time on the charts where there was little room and pretty much every country star you could think of had a new single out. It might have been wise to move on to a new EP/album era, but I don't think they needed to drastically change their sound and go as commercial as they possible could. Sure they might be able to have higher peaks or slightly better radio chart success, but at what cost? To me it seems they've lost any originality and distinctness they had (I say this while not considering myself to be a fan of theirs), and I think that could lead to a less passionate fan base.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Mar 15, 2015 17:30:56 GMT -5
Honestly, I think they overreacted to "Dust" and it's shortcomings. That song too was pretty radio friendly, but it just came out during a tough time on the charts where there was little room and pretty much every country star you could think of had a new single out. It might have been to move on to a new EP/album era, but I don't think they needed to drastically change their sound and go as commercial as they possible could. Sure they might be able to have higher peaks or slightly better radio chart success, but at what cost? To me it seems they've lost any originality and distinctness they had (I say this while not considering myself to be a fan of theirs), and I think that could lead to a less passionate fan base. Hit the nail on the head here. I don't think releasing another single from 10,000 Towns would have been the right call, but I don't think they needed to change their sound very much, if at all.
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Post by countrymusic20 on Mar 15, 2015 22:38:17 GMT -5
At what point does an artist dig deep inside themself to determine what would provide the most gratification and self-rewarding results: having a successful but ever-changing and volatile relationship with someone who is "telling" you what type of songs to write, or writing songs that really bring out the emotion and epitome of who you are and the experiences that have shaped you as an individual? Well right now I lean towards the former in regards to EYB. I agree with most of @daydrinker's point about changing their sound to have a greater chance at immediate success in airplay right now, since the 10,000 Towns era ended abruptly, but I do agree with layne that it could very well ended up hurting them in the long run. To me this appears to be pretty simple. Republic Nashville came to them and gave them the cold hard truth about their future at country radio if they continued their typical music (great music, IMO) but in order to continue forward, they would need to change things up to help their commercial viability. I'm sure EYB didn't want to change things up this drastically in an ideal world (if "Dust" was able to do as well as "Drunk Last Night" did), but most want to continue a good healthy relationship with their employer. I also don't think any member of EYB actually doesn't like "Turn It On" - I'm sure they do enjoy this song and EP and think it was a good test of going in a different direction, but do they enjoy this song and this EP as much as let's say Level? Or Jet Black And Jealous? Or Life At Best? I have my doubts. I also agree with @daydrinker that this will most likely be a hit for them. 49 adds in first week adds and it jumps to #48 this week from a debut of #57 on MB. I'm going to hold off predicting on whether Republic decides on another EP or full length album as I think that hinges on how sales and airplay play out for "Turn It On" and its follow up single. I'm pretty certain that there's an above average chance that EYB likes Turn It On since EYB's Mike Eli and James Young are both writers on it. Also, maybe EYB has grown bored with writing the same music over and over again to try to satisfy their texas music fan base and are finally branching out to a different sound cuz it's what THEY want to do. I read in an interview where Jon Jones said this new music is a return to the style of music they played when the band first got together at North Texas State University. Then they evolved into the Texas music scene. I bet radio eats this up and Turn It On is a huge summertime hit.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 15, 2015 23:02:43 GMT -5
Well right now I lean towards the former in regards to EYB. I agree with most of @daydrinker's point about changing their sound to have a greater chance at immediate success in airplay right now, since the 10,000 Towns era ended abruptly, but I do agree with layne that it could very well ended up hurting them in the long run. To me this appears to be pretty simple. Republic Nashville came to them and gave them the cold hard truth about their future at country radio if they continued their typical music (great music, IMO) but in order to continue forward, they would need to change things up to help their commercial viability. I'm sure EYB didn't want to change things up this drastically in an ideal world (if "Dust" was able to do as well as "Drunk Last Night" did), but most want to continue a good healthy relationship with their employer. I also don't think any member of EYB actually doesn't like "Turn It On" - I'm sure they do enjoy this song and EP and think it was a good test of going in a different direction, but do they enjoy this song and this EP as much as let's say Level? Or Jet Black And Jealous? Or Life At Best? I have my doubts. I also agree with @daydrinker that this will most likely be a hit for them. 49 adds in first week adds and it jumps to #48 this week from a debut of #57 on MB. I'm going to hold off predicting on whether Republic decides on another EP or full length album as I think that hinges on how sales and airplay play out for "Turn It On" and its follow up single. I'm pretty certain that there's an above average chance that EYB likes Turn It On since EYB's Mike Eli and James Young are both writers on it. Also, maybe EYB has grown bored with writing the same music over and over again to try to satisfy their texas music fan base and are finally branching out to a different sound cuz it's what THEY want to do. I read in an interview where Jon Jones said this new music is a return to the style of music they played when the band first got together at North Texas State University. Then they evolved into the Texas music scene. I bet radio eats this up and Turn It On is a huge summertime hit. I'm sure they do like a song they helped write and recorded, which I eluded to already - but I would bet they are more at home at singing music off their previous four albums. Now obviously I'm not in any kind of know, so that's purely based on an educated guess. Again, I'm sure they are very happy with how "Turn It On" and the EP it's included on, turned out, and judging by radio's early reaction, they are as well. To be upfront, I don't completely hate this. Do I enjoy it as much as their previous material? No, but I can see some qualities within it (though lyrically it's not my thing), though I still don't like the song in terms of fitting Mike's vocals, but perhaps I'll get used to that, especially if EYB are sticking with this style for a while.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 18, 2015 11:12:00 GMT -5
The EP, Turn It On lands at #11 on the country albums chart with 5000 sold. Congratulations, Eli Young Band.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Mar 21, 2015 1:30:24 GMT -5
I heard their EP was not good... anyway expected more of this song.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 21, 2015 10:31:53 GMT -5
I heard their EP was not good... I guess that all depends on the person. Some people enjoy the EP, I'm sure. I however am also disappointed. "Your Place Or Mine" is okay, but I didn't like "Plastic" and "Drink You Up" is pretty terrible and it pains me to say that about a EYB song.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Mar 21, 2015 19:49:03 GMT -5
I heard their EP was not good... I guess that all depends on the person. Some people enjoy the EP, I'm sure. I however am also disappointed. "Your Place Or Mine" is okay, but I didn't like "Plastic" and "Drink You Up" is pretty terrible and it pains me to say that about a EYB song. I'm talking about iTunes where the top 3 reviews are all negative
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 21, 2015 19:58:52 GMT -5
I guess that all depends on the person. Some people enjoy the EP, I'm sure. I however am also disappointed. "Your Place Or Mine" is okay, but I didn't like "Plastic" and "Drink You Up" is pretty terrible and it pains me to say that about a EYB song. I'm talking about iTunes where the top 3 reviews are all negative Oh, okay then. Well I'm currently looking at the iTunes reviews and there's quite a few one star grades, though there's only been 101 reviews, so it's an extremely small sample. That being said, I do think this one will definitely not go over well with the Texas fan base along with many EYB supporters over the past decade. It's just so different than any of their previous material and IMO does not suit them well at all. It's gains have slowed down considerably this week, compared to last week with a 364k in gained audience this week with one day left. I still expect this to be a sizable hit for them with it fitting right in radio's wheelhouse and the early support is telling (62 total adds the last two weeks).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2015 21:21:04 GMT -5
I actually like the melody of this one, but that's really the only thing I like about it. Mike Eli doesn't sound horrible (which is an insult because he normally sounds great), but the production isn't very good (it's too loud, bombastic, and generic), and the lyrics are of course pretty dismal.
I don't think this is the type of sound that these guys should be going after. This song will probably be a hit but in the end I think it's only a temporary solution to a bigger problem. The problem is that these guys got away from really cool-sounding songs with intriguing lyrics--the type of music that made them so popular in the first place. 10,000 Towns was a pretty good album but it didn't stand out as much as Life At Best did, and I think that if an artist wants to be successful on today's country radio, they need to establish their own sound and their own identity and not try to sound like every other male country artist out there. "Turn It On" sounds like a track that Luke Bryan or FGL passed on. I don't think EYB is going to be very successful in the long run if they try to sound just like everybody else.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 28, 2015 18:53:17 GMT -5
I actually heard this a few times since the beginning of last week on The Highway, and even WYRK this afternoon (my car was totaled on Friday, so no satellite radio for at least a couple days). Like jhomes87 said, the melody is pretty good with this song but man is that repetitive "turn it off, turn it off, turn it off the way you turn it, turn it on, turn it on, turn it on." lyric going to be soooo grating as the weeks wear on. Okay, so I was actually with my father (he's getting a lot of love from me here lately, lol) the whole afternoon today since my car was rear ended yesterday (he's helping me sort some things out). This song came on just before 1:00 this afternoon, and when the chorus started, my father (who's a huge EYB fan) literally said "This is Eli Young Band?" I said something to the affect of "yeah, what do you think?". I already kinda knew what he would say, but he simply said "what happened to them? - it sounds like everything else on the radio". So that's coming from a causal country fan.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 16, 2015 16:38:20 GMT -5
Okay, this song's officially not doing so hot. So far this week has seen a couple of decent updates (up 377k since Sunday) but overall this song hasn't been able to accomplish much. "Turn It On" has gained just 420k in audience and 99 spins over the past 26 days. If you just count the three weeks before this current week, this single accumulated 186k in audience and 72 spins.
Now the automatic disclaimer (along with every other song out right now) is the fact the chart is a clusterf**k and most songs are having a tough go. "Drunk Last Night' had already cracked the top 35 on MB and had over 7.0 million in audience at the 5 1/2 week point in it's chart run, while "Turn It On" is currently at #46 with an audience of 4.0 million at the same point. Plus the sales need to pick up soon as it's currently not in the top 1,000 of the all-genre chart. I'll be interested to see the chart run for this one and if it can become a sizable hit, but right now I'm actually not too optimistic for it.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 16, 2015 18:35:00 GMT -5
I love, no wait I f***ing love all their albums. They're super consistent in sound and songwriting and they alway felt like a band who knew who they were....this song is honestly a travesty, I still can't bring myself to listen to it in one go so for it to be struggling at radio makes me happy. I want them to succeed as much as possible but only if they can keep making good music. I'm not saying they can't evolve but this isn't an evolution of their sound, this is an abandonment of their sound. Somebody tell me when they are worth listening to again please cause I'm out for this era.
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Post by mus1cr0w on Apr 16, 2015 21:00:45 GMT -5
I personally don't care that this song is tanking.
I hate it for the guys, but love it for the fact that the label, from Jimmy and Allison on down (Scott couldn't give two sh1ts) has completely freaked out on how to "save" the EYB. This song was a sell-out from the beginning.
You just need to let them "be" and get out of the way. They can make great music if you let them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 22:44:28 GMT -5
mus1cr0w, I am curious why you think Scott Borchetta doesn't care about the Eli Young Band, or Waterloo Revival as you mentioned in the thread for "Hit the Road." I'm not saying I don't agree with this, but I'm just curious what reason you have to believe Borchetta isn't worried about the acts on his own label. I did, however, notice that Big Machine seems to be making some pretty poor decisions on single choices lately ("One Hell of an Amen," "Sun Daze," "Riot," "Hit the Road," "This Kind of Town," even "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" imo) and I've sort of wondered if Big Machine isn't putting much effort into choosing the best singles for some reason, possibly because they are making so much revenue from Taylor Swift's success that their country music yields too small a fraction of their income for country radio success to matter too much.' As for "Turn It On," I find this one quite catchy and a very reasonable choice to release to radio. Eli Young Band definitely tried some different production styles on their EP and only this and "Drink You Up" could be remotely considered bro-country. "Plastic" and "Your Place are Mine" are pretty close to classic EYB with simply different production styles. So I can't get on board with everyone who is already giving up on the band just because one single is aimed at winning back the 18-34 demo country music has been losing lately. I also don't think this will end up peaking low on the charts. It's so tough to maintain momentum on country radio these days and Eli Young Band, aside from never being a big name at country radio, is following up a #15 peak, so I wouldn't be surprised to see this last 40 weeks and climb into the top 20. I do, however, hope radio isn't getting the sense that the band's label isn't invested in them due to the release of an EP and no definite plans for a studio album anytime soon.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 23:13:24 GMT -5
I did, however, notice that Big Machine seems to be making some pretty poor decisions on single choices lately ("One Hell of an Amen," "Sun Daze," "Riot," "Hit the Road," "This Kind of Town," even "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" imo) and I've sort of wondered if Big Machine isn't putting much effort into choosing the best singles for some reason, possibly because they are making so much revenue from Taylor Swift's success that their country music yields too small a fraction of their income for country radio success to matter too much.' I think you might be overthinking a bit here. Tim decides his own singles, and both Brantley Gilbert and Florida Georgia Line wanted to release "One Hell Of An Amen" and "Sun Daze", respectively. "Sun Daze" still went #1 and Gold, and "Sippin' On Fire" is going to go #1 and Gold too, but probably not Platinum. Sales are just down -- Platinum singles are hard to come by right now, even for FGL. Aside from Sam Hunt's first 2 singles and Carrie's "Something In The Water", I think you have to go back to songs like "Drunk On A Plane", "Bartender", and "American Kids" to find the last Platinum hits. Neither Rascal Flatts nor Justin Moore had any momentum when their singles were released either. Justin Moore is a B-list artist at best, and Rascal Flatts' radio success has been decling for years now, so it's no surprise that they've seen diminishing returns (excluding their lead singles). As for Eli Young Band, they wanted a 3rd single from their last album but Republic didn't want to commit to it, and instead requested that the band go in and record some new music (hence, the super generic "Turn It On"). I do think something is up with Waterloo Revival though, and I've said as much already. For a new artist on BMLG, there was virtually no fanfare for them or their single. "Hit The Road" was featured on SiriusXM, but from there it seems like Big Machine just signed them on a whim and never bothered to actually get behind the band and give them any sort of promotion. As far as I can tell, Waterloo Revival hasn't gone on a full radio tour. They've visited some stations, but it really just seems like the label signed them as an afterthought, which I find really strange.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 16, 2015 23:26:45 GMT -5
As for "Turn It On," I find this one quite catchy and a very reasonable choice to release to radio. Eli Young Band definitely tried some different production styles on their EP and only this and "Drink You Up" could be remotely considered bro-country. "Plastic" and "Your Place are Mine" are pretty close to classic EYB with simply different production styles. So I can't get on board with everyone who is already giving up on the band just because one single is aimed at winning back the 18-34 demo country music has been losing lately. I also don't think this will end up peaking low on the charts. It's so tough to maintain momentum on country radio these days and Eli Young Band, aside from never being a big name at country radio, is following up a #15 peak, so I wouldn't be surprised to see this last 40 weeks and climb into the top 20. I do, however, hope radio isn't getting the sense that the band's label isn't invested in them due to the release of an EP and no definite plans for a studio album anytime soon. There comes a point though where the production matters so much so that it changes how an artists music is portrayed and this EP, including those two songs are completely different from what they've done in the past. Production is a pretty large aspect of any music today and they clearly intended on changing their sound and IMO it doesn't sound anything like "classic EYB". I can't say with enough conviction that this one will under perform (I guess I would predict it if I was forced to chose), but this song might become grating on radio and listeners alike after a while, plus the sales haven't exactly gotten off to a great start, but it is relatively early so we'll see. I did, however, notice that Big Machine seems to be making some pretty poor decisions on single choices lately ("One Hell of an Amen," "Sun Daze," "Riot," "Hit the Road," "This Kind of Town," even "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" imo) and I've sort of wondered if Big Machine isn't putting much effort into choosing the best singles for some reason, possibly because they are making so much revenue from Taylor Swift's success that their country music yields too small a fraction of their income for country radio success to matter too much.' As for Eli Young Band, they wanted a 3rd single from their last album but Republic didn't want to commit to it, and instead requested that the band go in and record some new music (hence, the super generic "Turn It On"). I do think something is up with Waterloo Revival though, and I've said as much already. For a new artist on BMLG, there was virtually no fanfare for them or their single. "Hit The Road" was featured on SiriusXM, but from there it seems like Big Machine just signed them on a whim and never bothered to actually get behind the band and give them any sort of promotion. As far as I can tell, Waterloo Revival hasn't gone on a full radio tour. They've visited some stations, but it really just seems like the label signed them as an afterthought, which I find really strange. Here's an interview that Countrymusicrcoks.net did with Waterloo Revival (apologies for having this off-topic discussion in the EYB thread). During the interview they mentioned how they talked to multiple labels and their manager insisted on signing with BMLG simply because of the label group's track record. Here's an excerpt: Source
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2015 21:16:01 GMT -5
This song has had a pretty bizarre chart run:
58-50-43-44-44-46-45-37
It seemed like it was going to move into the top 40 pretty quickly, but then it stalled out for a good month before jolting up 8 spots last week with a gain of nearly 1 million in audience (it helped that 4 top 30 songs went recurrent).
It almost feels as if Republic worked really hard to get the big move last week in hopes that that would light a fire under this song, but it doesn't appear that it worked, at all, as "Turn It On" is down over 200k in the last 5 days at Mediabase.
No one's likely to go recurrent on Monday - maybe Eric Paslay but I think he'll manage to stay on for at least another week. And what's worse for the EYB is that it looks like they'll get passed (on Monday's Billboard) by Dan + Shay, Parmalee, Brothers Osborne, Thomas Rhett, Brett Eldredge, Zac Brown Band, and possibly Jana Kramer as well. So it looks like they're gonna lose all the ground (in terms of chart position) that they gained last week, lol.
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