jesster
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Post by jesster on Jun 11, 2015 18:18:52 GMT -5
I could do without the sing-song-y bouncing treatment in the chorus (and the short bits of eye-rolling, finger-wagging). But a lot of this is very cute. I must give full and proper credit to any singer who serenades a live chicken
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trebor
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Post by trebor on Jun 12, 2015 7:04:42 GMT -5
MusicRow's secondary market radio chart: Kacey loses 31 markets and 711 spins and dwindles from #19 to #38. It's officially done here! So, so sad!
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Post by wonderstruck on Jun 12, 2015 22:54:56 GMT -5
Kacey after playing Biscuits at Bonnaroo tonight:
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Post by Tylerjamesnerd on Jun 13, 2015 0:07:17 GMT -5
Kacey after playing Biscuits at Bonnaroo tonight: She said that? she better watch out cause radio see those comments as being ungrateful and disrespectful. I would hate for that comment to blow up.
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matty005
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Post by matty005 on Jun 13, 2015 6:53:03 GMT -5
Kacey after playing Biscuits at Bonnaroo tonight: She said that? she better watch out cause radio see those comments as being ungrateful and disrespectful. I would hate for that comment to blow up. She is only quoted as saying, "They just pulled that one off the effing radio." "They" being her label. I don't see any any ill will towards radio from her in this quote.
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rjz
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Post by rjz on Jun 13, 2015 9:27:37 GMT -5
She is only quoted as saying, "They just pulled that one off the effing radio." "They" being her label. I don't see any any ill will towards radio from her in this quote. I could see radio reacting either way but she certainly is a Miranda Lambert or Toby Keith type personality who doesn't mince words. There are substantial numbers of listeners who appreciate that quality (although personally I wouldn't advocate that in a formal interview-but this was just spoken to an assumedly rowdy crowd at the big Indie concert event). Kudos to her in a world where everyone is so afraid to offend the big corporate radio. As we all know artists can suck up to radio with a million radio shows/events or even pander to radio in their lyrics and still not get played
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2015 18:17:21 GMT -5
Apparently the label has been pushing to move the album back to September: I doubt the album actually will get pushed back to September, as Kacey has already had quite a bit of promo and has lots more coming up (including those TV spots next week). But it's interesting that this is something the label was pushing for. My guess is it's related to the underperformance of "Biscuits" at radio. Perhaps the label wanted to release a different single before dropping the album? It doesn't sound like they're super crazy about "Biscuits," which makes me even more confused as to why it was the lead single. This tidbit about Kacey's refusal to edit "pissing" out of her single is a bit strange to me. All labels edit vulgar language out of singles when they are sent to radio. This isn't even something entirely unique to country radio, although I'm sure country radio is a bit more conservative about lyrics than other formats. Obviously I think it's silly for radio and listeners to be so nit-picky about curse words, marijuana and sex references, etc., but I don't see how Kacey's sacrificing any artistic integrity by editing one word to get a little more cooperation from radio. It's not like she's being asked to change the theme or nature of her song. To me, this comes across as almost a deliberate attempt to be stubborn just for the sake of being stubborn. I can't say I blame country radio at all for not playing this if they asked for a radio edit and were denied one. I don't think country radio has a responsibility to be family-friendly or "appropriate" for all ages, but from a PD's standpoint, if there's a chance a larger portion of your listeners will change the station when they hear that line than the portion of listeners you might lose by not playing the song, it makes sense not to play "Biscuits." I also think the traditional style of this song kept it from doing well at radio. Sure the digital sales were really high, but maybe the people buying this aren't the same people who listen to country radio. I think Kacey appeals to a large audience of country fans who are actually very disillusioned with the direction country radio has gone in (i.e. the people who have posted in this thread)and maybe hardly listen to mainstream country radio anymore. When 90% of the music being released to country radio is modern, pop-sounding stuff, I don't think simply playing one or two traditional songs like this would win back this crowd of traditional fans or bring up ratings, either. You'd need a much higher volume of traditional songs mixed in with the bro-country music to keep a lot of the older and more traditional fans listening, and so one or two traditional songs mixed in with pop country might only succeed in making the 18-34 demographic tune out.
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