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Post by rbundy1987 on Apr 4, 2015 0:08:44 GMT -5
Single Cover Art as shown on KJ97's Facebook page.
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Post by matty005 on Apr 4, 2015 6:35:26 GMT -5
"Let It Go," sounds like it may be country's version to, "Shake It Off."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 7:16:50 GMT -5
^I let it go, I let it go.
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Post by tim on Apr 5, 2015 23:53:36 GMT -5
The clip I heard is very, very promising. I'm not sure how radio is going to warm up to this, but this song sounds like a hit. Almost tomorrow....can't wait
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Post by jdbowman on Apr 6, 2015 14:44:13 GMT -5
I don't know how to do it but the full audio is up on All-Access now. It's not going to be a radio hit, but it's a good George Strait song.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 6, 2015 14:52:23 GMT -5
I don't know how to do it but the full audio is up on All-Access now. It's not going to be a radio hit, but it's a good George Strait song. Here You go. :) All Access
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 6, 2015 15:05:00 GMT -5
My goodness that steel guitar solo is such a wonderful thing. :)
This sounds like a classic George song from the late 90's or early 2000's. I don't expect him to get be getting too many (if any) more hits but I know I'll be playing this one 'til my ears bleed.
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Post by McCreerian on Apr 6, 2015 15:06:13 GMT -5
Oh I SO love this!
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Post by Kentucky25 on Apr 6, 2015 15:18:27 GMT -5
I cannot get past the 3/3 step of registration on AllAccess so I can't listen to this, does anyone have any advice?
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Post by straitfan87 on Apr 6, 2015 15:41:58 GMT -5
Great news! So happy to see this new single. Just took a listen and it sounds great, what an easy listening tune! Hope it does well for George, but we'll see with the current state of country music.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 6, 2015 15:50:01 GMT -5
I love everything about this. I hope it can still make a decent dent in radio, because I'd love to hear this on the airwaves.
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Post by rsmatto on Apr 6, 2015 16:09:03 GMT -5
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Post by Sean on Apr 6, 2015 16:43:07 GMT -5
Totally agree with sabre14! This is oh so good and that steel guitar is absolute perfection! In a perfect world this would sit on the top of the charts for a while, but I'm content with just getting the music in general! So excited for this album!
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Apr 6, 2015 16:59:33 GMT -5
I've given up on country music lately and resorted to a lot of older folk songs (and 1989, a guilty pleasure), but it looks like I just needed my favorite artists to come back from albums I played to death. Between this and "Biscuits" and even "35 MPH Town" which I just heard, I am finally optimistic about what country can produce again (not necessarily in the mainstream). Even the indie country stuff (that I've found quite middling) hasn't managed to touch the instrumentation on this one! As artists I used to like (Chris Young, Thompson Square, Blake Shelton, Lady A, etc. etc.) continue releasing what sounds to me like obnoxious pop music or just boring sounds and artists with strong material (Dierks and Miranda really) keep digging deeper and deeper into their releases from last year, I couldn't be more ecstatic to finally have SOMETHING new to listen to.
This is by no means a King George classic and honestly not the elite stuff that was on the last album, but boy is this gonna be fun to listen to when you see the alternatives.
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Post by matty005 on Apr 6, 2015 18:56:29 GMT -5
Wow, this is GREAT! I know George has had trouble with his last few singles, but to be fair, other than, "I Got A Car," I thought a lot of his singles were sub-par (for him). This is just fantastic. Perfect warm weather, windows down type of song. I love it.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 6, 2015 19:33:30 GMT -5
Add date is April 20th according to Aircheck.
Also, to nobody's surprise, George will be performing this on the ACM's.
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Post by StrongerThanTheTruth on Apr 6, 2015 20:48:50 GMT -5
George's music is very give and take for me. There is a solid handful of his songs that I love and could listen to. This is one of them for sure!!
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Post by kw9461 on Apr 6, 2015 20:53:41 GMT -5
Classic George - nothing less, nothing more. There were a few stronger songs on his last album, but this is still quite good. The steel guitar solo is my favorite part of the song (similar to his last lead single), but by the end I was tapping my toe to the chorus as well. I wish the chorus melody stood out a bit more, but that's nitpicking. I won't begin to predict what radio will do with it, but it is a lead single so I don't think top 20 is unrealistic.
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Post by dajross6 on Apr 6, 2015 21:19:36 GMT -5
This is fantastic. It sounds like something off of maybe his "Always Never the Same" album in vein with Meanwhile/What Do You Say To That, although a bit more uptempo. The steel guitar interlude is one of the best things I've heard inside a song in a long time...man I miss stuff like that.
I can do without the calypso beach sounds towards the end, but this is a fantastic lead single to my ears. Whether radio plays it is something entirely different, but I can honestly say that I'd rather George release this than compromise his sound to try and push a few singles or more chart achievements. I'm actually surprised with how strong his voice sounds here because he's lost a bit from a decade or two ago. I know it's easier to correct this in a studio so I'm curious how it will sound live on the stage. Hopefully the sound inside that monster stadium is top notch.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 21:33:21 GMT -5
When this becomes available someplace other than AllAccess I'll have to take a listen. Glad to hear its a good one!
I know a lot of you are scared of how this will do on the radio, but honestly who cares? George is sticking to his roots for this song (at least he is from what I've read here) and producing actual country music. What's the point in making a more pop leaning tune just to get more airplay and another top twenty? Its not like it would help his legacy. George is staying true to who he is and doesn't care if radio likes it or not. I wish more artists would think more like this. The only other one I can think of is Josh Turner....
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Post by matty005 on Apr 6, 2015 22:02:33 GMT -5
When this becomes available someplace other than AllAccess I'll have to take a listen. Glad to hear its a good one! I know a lot of you are scared of how this will do on the radio, but honestly who cares? George is sticking to his roots for this song (at least he is from what I've read here) and producing actual country music. What's the point in making a more pop leaning tune just to get more airplay and another top twenty? Its not like it would help his legacy. George is staying true to who he is and doesn't care if radio likes it or not. I wish more artists would think more like this. The only other one I can think of is Josh Turner.... It's on All Access now. The link is posted a few posts up.
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Post by someguy on Apr 6, 2015 22:05:22 GMT -5
All Access doesn't seem to be working (at least it isn't for me right now). I'm interested in hearing this, especially considering the positive feedback so far.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Apr 6, 2015 23:29:06 GMT -5
I sure hope this song becomes another hit from George Strait. This song has some pretty good lyrics and is carefree and I love that.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 5:44:18 GMT -5
When this becomes available someplace other than AllAccess I'll have to take a listen. Glad to hear its a good one! I know a lot of you are scared of how this will do on the radio, but honestly who cares? George is sticking to his roots for this song (at least he is from what I've read here) and producing actual country music. What's the point in making a more pop leaning tune just to get more airplay and another top twenty? Its not like it would help his legacy. George is staying true to who he is and doesn't care if radio likes it or not. I wish more artists would think more like this. The only other one I can think of is Josh Turner.... It's on All Access now. The link is posted a few posts up. I know, I said I'll take a listen when it becomes available someplace OTHER than All Access :)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 9:36:27 GMT -5
If this was a Kenny Chesney tune about 10 years ago, this could be a hit.
I like it enough and it's good to hear some new George. Like to hear the steel in there too. :)
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Post by matty005 on Apr 7, 2015 10:48:13 GMT -5
If this was a Kenny Chesney tune about 10 years ago, this could be a hit. I like it enough and it's good to hear some new George. Like to hear the steel in there too. :) I think George would have had a hit with this 10 years ago. Now, I'm not so sure. But 10 years ago, this would have easily been a #1 for George.
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Post by whynotnow on Apr 7, 2015 12:01:06 GMT -5
If this was a Kenny Chesney tune about 10 years ago, this could be a hit. I like it enough and it's good to hear some new George. Like to hear the steel in there too. :) I think George would have had a hit with this 10 years ago. Now, I'm not so sure. But 10 years ago, this would have easily been a #1 for George. I think this song stands a better then even chance to make it now. Lets say I'm more optimistic with this song then I've been for the last two.
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Post by Marv on Apr 7, 2015 13:51:49 GMT -5
I agree 100% with dajross6; the promotion effort forIGAC was fine, but radio treated it as a new song by a new artist hence the 30+ week long chart rum, a sharp contrast to April of 2002 when the downright wonderful 'Living And Living Well' was streaking up the charts en route to a three week run @ #1 and a #4 finish on the year-end Mediabase year-end chart.
George's age should be 100% irrelevant as it pertains to radio's resistance to his recent music, but sadly that is not the case anymore, which explains my disenchantment with the current state of the format.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Apr 7, 2015 21:12:16 GMT -5
You don't think money changes hands to get songs played? I think we all know better than that :) And I'm not saying this to say MCA should pay radio stations, but sometimes it isn't worth putting time and resources into promoting someone from their catalog. George isn't going to sell 500k singles and very likely less than a million albums, so how far do you go to ensure the song gets into the top 20? Top 10? When "I Got A Car" was around it's height of popularity, there were ads almost every week for the song to receive airplay. The promotion was there, it's not like they didn't make any effort. Let's put it this way: name one genre of music nowadays where someone over 60+ years of age can still get continuous airplay hits? I can only think of one at the moment other than George (AC/DC, but they are a legendary act). George has had a great run, but with so many new singers being introduced every year, Country radio can't play everybody (well they could if they limited the audience/spins of the top 20 songs, but they will never do that), so it only makes sense that some of the older acts get weened out first. It wouldn't have mattered what label was promoting "I Got A Car", there was only so much it was going to be able to do being a 3rd single following an absolute flop from a 65 (he's 65 right?) year old man. I agree with your point about promotion for "I Got A Car," and I think that you have correctly characterized how country radio programmers feel about George Strait at this time. But with the disclaimer that this is not directed at you but at the reality of country radio, can I just be annoyed for a few seconds? Shuffling George Strait off country radio due to his age feels like acting based on an artificial construct. This is a guy who, at last check, retains a strong enough current market impact to be a strong album seller -- stronger than a number of established artists who haven't been around as long but who have also reached that point where their fans own a lot of their catalog and might need to be convinced to buy another new album from them. Both of George Strait's top-20 singles from his previous album went gold (in addition to the album itself going gold). While this is not a uniformly shared opinion, there are a lot of us in this forum who look at download figures for a sense of whether music fans who hear radio singles are really connecting to the music. A number of radio programmers, and even some people here at Pulse, would answer those of us who were beyond tired of bro-country's domination of country radio from 2012-2014 by telling us it was what was selling. But what George Strait's sales have shown, and what the market has shown all along, is that there is support for considerably more diversity than country radio seems willing to reflect. Why is it that the Luke Bryan/Florida-Georgia Line/Jason Aldean-based sales arguments used to justify the endless parade of wannabes don't seem to carry over to female artists (who have their own strong sellers), older artists (who have their own strong sellers), traditional-leaning artists who sell (who have their own strong sellers), or, really, anyone but the middle-of-the-road twenty- or thirty-something country male who lands somewhere in the corporate rock & hip-hop space? I don't care that the rock format is even more tilted against women, or that the pop formats may be even more tilted against older artists. I do understand that the likelihood of George Strait bringing new fans to the format is low at the moment, though he may be able to bring back listeners disaffected by the prevailing radio fare of the last few years. The bottom line: Strait's sales show that he has enduring current market appeal, and pushing him off mainstream country radio provides yet another illustration of the degree to which country radio has actively chosen to pursue an audience with much narrower taste and tolerance (in addition to less loyalty) than was the case five years ago. It's a strategy that started to hurt country radio last year, with much talk now of the across-the-board ratings declines since last year and particularly pronounced declines among the 18-34 demographic that country radio had so insistently pursued over the past few years. So doubling down on that approach and excluding someone like George should his new music prove to have current market appeal would be an extension of a self-defeating strategy. As for this song, it gets by on laid-back vibe and melody more than on lyrical imagination. The steel drums may prove a savvy move to place the song during the summer. This sounds like something that Billy Currington might be able to take up the charts (five years ago, if not now), so why not George? For all my ranting above, I don't feel strongly enough about the song to be offended if country radio doesn't embrace it. But on the other hand, if the song appears to resonate in the market, I hope that country radio will respect that regardless of the age of the artist who sings it.
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Post by rsmatto on Apr 7, 2015 21:43:32 GMT -5
This is super radio friendly. I'd be surprised if it's not a hit. Especially because George is still loved by programmers and fans, particularly with lead singles.
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