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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jun 9, 2015 11:03:58 GMT -5
Yeah, this isn't exactly for me. I loved Hollow Moon, but I'm not a fan of this one. It's too poppy for me. I would've preferred Windows, Jailbreak, Kookseverywhere (yes), or Run to be the second single.
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Post by Cody on Jun 9, 2015 11:48:54 GMT -5
I don't usually agree with Dr Indie, nor do I subscribe to any of his extreme views about the rock/alt music industry by any means, but I think he's bang on about the "Demons" comparison. This song is extremely similar to that.
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Post by ben777 on Jun 9, 2015 22:59:24 GMT -5
Can't get into this guy (even after two or three years of him putting out singles), but his songs are so innovative I want them to do well - still think these lyrics are kind of dumb though, especially compared to Demons
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Post by maine on Jun 10, 2015 20:06:20 GMT -5
Steve Aoki remix:
http%3A//soundcloud.com/steveaoki/awolnation-i-am-steve-aoki-remix
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jun 19, 2015 6:04:42 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
61 48 AWOLNATION I Am 208 104 104 0.534
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Post by dm2081 on Jun 19, 2015 8:46:31 GMT -5
I don't hear the "Demons" comparisons at all, and I think this song is much more adventurous in it's production. I really hope this becomes the huge hit it deserves to be, easily my favorite Alternative song of the year.
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Post by shakermaker on Jun 19, 2015 8:59:05 GMT -5
Well in terms of the overall emotional vibe this does bear a lot of comparisons to "Demons" but as much as I loathed that song for all its cliches I really enjoy this. Not as much as "Hollow Moon", but I agree that the production's pretty unique and that's a huge part of its appeal for me.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jun 26, 2015 5:59:43 GMT -5
Impacts Alternative on July 7. ETA: Please ignore the advertisement as Red Bull Records have changed it to promote the song further, but the ad at that time posted the ads date
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jun 28, 2015 6:04:56 GMT -5
Top 40 on Alternative:
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Post by Superundercover on Jun 29, 2015 14:46:52 GMT -5
Music video!
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 8, 2015 4:45:21 GMT -5
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Post by No Brake$ on Jul 8, 2015 12:41:04 GMT -5
This is a very good song, but I just don't think it's a song that is going to explode and dominate the radio waves. I can see it sticking around for a while in the 7-11 range, which I'm sure isn't a bad thing.
I really have grown to love "Woman Woman" off the album.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 11, 2015 4:19:05 GMT -5
This one strikes me kinda odd as most AWOLNATION songs do. Don't find too much difference between this song's chorus and "First".
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Post by maine on Jul 11, 2015 10:38:09 GMT -5
This one strikes me kinda odd as most AWOLNATION songs do. Don't find too much difference between this song's chorus and "First". I don't find anything similar between this and "First"...
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 11, 2015 19:12:56 GMT -5
This one strikes me kinda odd as most AWOLNATION songs do. Don't find too much difference between this song's chorus and "First". I don't find anything similar between this and "First"... Knowing Dr. Indie, I shouldn't be surprised. He compares things to the weirdest.
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Post by Pipa on Jul 11, 2015 19:58:25 GMT -5
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 12, 2015 1:50:36 GMT -5
I would never do that. Something would have to strongly compel me to do so and I would have to love the genre. Most of you go hand in hand with the names you chose and that cool. I'm thinking I would proudly be , Dr. 80s, Dr. New Wave or better yet Dr. Hair Metal, but I did kinda change it up a bit with word play on Indie.
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Post by H. on Jul 12, 2015 12:11:15 GMT -5
I would never do that. Something would have to strongly compel me to do so and I would have to love the genre. Most of you go hand in hand with the names you chose and that cool. I'm thinking I would proudly be , Dr. 80s, Dr. New Wave or better yet Dr. Hair Metal, but I did kinda change it up a bit with word play on Indie. Dr. Indiependant
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 13, 2015 0:58:47 GMT -5
I would never do that. Something would have to strongly compel me to do so and I would have to love the genre. Most of you go hand in hand with the names you chose and that cool. I'm thinking I would proudly be , Dr. 80s, Dr. New Wave or better yet Dr. Hair Metal, but I did kinda change it up a bit with word play on Indie. Dr. Indiependant You know I thought I could get a free pass on the spelling for being dyslexic and shitty on grammer.
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Post by maine on Jul 15, 2015 15:45:54 GMT -5
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Post by Web on Jul 15, 2015 17:02:23 GMT -5
Okay so I've given this a handful of listens now that it's officially rising up the chart, and I can't help but feel they didn't pick the best single. I'm sure it will do fine, but I can't see this smashing and replicating anything close to Hollow Moon's success. I'm guessing it will scrape the bottom of the Top 10, maybe even as high as #7 and then drop pretty quickly.
Songs like Woman Woman, Dreamers, Jailbreak, Windows and even Run are all more enjoyable to me than this. It's not bad, it's just pretty vanilla until the very end.
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Post by Cody on Jul 15, 2015 17:05:01 GMT -5
Okay so I've given this a handful of listens now that it's officially rising up the chart, and I can't help but feel they didn't pick the best single. I'm sure it will do fine, but I can't see this smashing and replicating anything close to Hollow Moon's success. I'm guessing it will scrape the bottom of the Top 10, maybe even as high as #7 and then drop pretty quickly. Songs like Woman Woman, Dreamers, Jailbreak, Windows and even Run are all more enjoyable to me than this. It's not bad, it's just pretty vanilla until the very end. I disagree, I think this will be pretty big. I'm thinking top 3 and a Hot AC crossover at the very least.
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Post by Web on Jul 15, 2015 17:08:54 GMT -5
Okay so I've given this a handful of listens now that it's officially rising up the chart, and I can't help but feel they didn't pick the best single. I'm sure it will do fine, but I can't see this smashing and replicating anything close to Hollow Moon's success. I'm guessing it will scrape the bottom of the Top 10, maybe even as high as #7 and then drop pretty quickly. Songs like Woman Woman, Dreamers, Jailbreak, Windows and even Run are all more enjoyable to me than this. It's not bad, it's just pretty vanilla until the very end. I disagree, I think this will be pretty big. I'm thinking top 3 and a Hot AC crossover at the very least. I think the sweeping, anthemic sound the song is going for is muted, the verses build into what should be this powerful chorus but when it gets there I'm left thinking "that's it?". Could just be me though, and I do agree with you that it could do well on HAC.
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Post by Cody on Jul 15, 2015 18:12:14 GMT -5
I disagree, I think this will be pretty big. I'm thinking top 3 and a Hot AC crossover at the very least. I think the sweeping, anthemic sound the song is going for is muted, the verses build into what should be this powerful chorus but when it gets there I'm left thinking "that's it?". Could just be me though, and I do agree with you that it could do well on HAC. haha all a matter of opinion I guess. I think the chorus is epic, although it's a bit of a "Demons" rip off. I think this could be a sleeper pop hit too, and I really wouldn't be surprised if this hit #1 on alternative.
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Post by maine on Jul 15, 2015 20:52:09 GMT -5
"Woman Woman" is more than likely the follow-up to this. I would have rather seen that for the second single, as that is better for the summertime, and then this for the third single. The only other songs I could see as singles is "Dreamers" and "Jailbreak". They're weren't many radio friendly songs on the album.
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Post by ben777 on Jul 15, 2015 21:40:08 GMT -5
Okay so I've given this a handful of listens now that it's officially rising up the chart, and I can't help but feel they didn't pick the best single. I'm sure it will do fine, but I can't see this smashing and replicating anything close to Hollow Moon's success. I'm guessing it will scrape the bottom of the Top 10, maybe even as high as #7 and then drop pretty quickly. Songs like Woman Woman, Dreamers, Jailbreak, Windows and even Run are all more enjoyable to me than this. It's not bad, it's just pretty vanilla until the very end. I disagree, I think this will be pretty big. I'm thinking top 3 and a Hot AC crossover at the very least. That's what I thought at first, but sales for this have been plummeting - the more it gets played on Alt radio, the lower it falls - and this is a song that's been featured in multiple commercials I think
Top 10 Alternative IMO is still a big possibility, but I agree with thewebinator that this is going to burn quickly after that - I can see it charting on Hot AC, but I think it's still really left field for HAC, and I think it'll be an uphill battle there
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 24, 2015 4:53:43 GMT -5
Top 20 on Alternative:
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Post by ben777 on Jul 25, 2015 0:19:49 GMT -5
"Run" is killing this in sales - it freaks me out, though, and gives me nightmares
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Post by maine on Jul 25, 2015 0:41:18 GMT -5
"Run" is killing this in sales - it freaks me out, though, and gives me nightmares "Run" has been in a popular Vine (I think I posted it above), and that's what's fueling its sales. It wouldn't surprise me if it becomes a Vine meme.
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Post by jred on Jul 25, 2015 23:05:34 GMT -5
I loved Sail and his other songs from the last album were OK, but he's 0 for 2 with me this time. Hollow Moon wore out quick and I just can't get into this.
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