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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2015 10:23:52 GMT -5
No if he's a mega-star he should use his star power to release quality true country songs. Not this bonehead garbage. I really am only looking forward to the I presume duet with Karen Fairchild. I feel like since Luke's the biggest name in country music he should make at least a little better material than what he's been dolling out at us lately. What you consider garbage might be quality to some of us. But I'm not here to argue. What I'm saying is if he released I'll stay me now it would completely derail his megastar status it happens look what happened to brad paislely when he released wheelhouse and look what happened to lady antebellum when they tried to experiment it does not work. Once someone reaches his status they know what radio and fans expect and they aren't gonna risk their career to change that. The thing with Brad is that his star power started to slowly go away due to how long he's been in country music. Lady A just kept on shooting themselves in the foot with awful single choices like Wanted You More Goodbye Town or Freestyle. Luke is bigger than those 2 were ever were in their hayday. Luke has rised so far that he and I'm willing to throw Blake Shelton here. Both men have the power to make country music that's really good and that won't piss off critics. Unless Kick The Dust Up is a guilty pleasure there is no defending this song. I tried to like it but I can't.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 17, 2015 10:50:28 GMT -5
What you consider garbage might be quality to some of us. But I'm not here to argue. What I'm saying is if he released I'll stay me now it would completely derail his megastar status it happens look what happened to brad paislely when he released wheelhouse and look what happened to lady antebellum when they tried to experiment it does not work. Once someone reaches his status they know what radio and fans expect and they aren't gonna risk their career to change that. The thing with Brad is that his star power started to slowly go away due to how long he's been in country music. Lady A just kept on shooting themselves in the foot with awful single choices like Wanted You More Goodbye Town or Freestyle. Luke is bigger than those 2 were ever were in their hayday. Luke has rised so far that he and I'm willing to throw Blake Shelton here. Both men have the power to make country music that's really good and that won't piss off critics. Unless Kick The Dust Up is a guilty pleasure there is no defending this song. I tried to like it but I can't. They should make music that's true to them, no matter what critics say. They have to make the music they make, whether people deem it awful or not.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 17, 2015 12:57:11 GMT -5
You could argue that he is bigger than lady antebellum but brad paisley had a string of hits for a while that could rival anyone's. And actually I say he lost momentum with camaflouge. Lady A shot there self in the foot because they released slower material thinkin that's what the fans want and it didn't work. I believe if Luke did what your saying that there is a slew of people behind him waiting in the wings for it to happen that could take his place easily and would. Sam hunt could take it as could jake Owens as could cole swindell as could Thomas Rhett so he has to release what he releases to radio because he knows that's what they want and will keep his megastar status.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2015 13:08:00 GMT -5
You could argue that he is bigger than lady antebellum but brad paisley had a string of hits for a while that could rival anyone's. And actually I say he lost momentum with camaflouge. Lady A shot there self in the foot because they released slower material thinkin that's what the fans want and it didn't work. I believe if Luke did what your saying that there is a slew of people behind him waiting in the wings for it to happen that could take his place easily and would. Sam hunt could take it as could jake Owens as could cole swindell as could Thomas Rhett so he has to release what he releases to radio because he knows that's what they want and will keep his megastar status. First off if Sam Hunt or Thomas Rhett become huge like Luke I will lose it with country radio. The thing with Camaflauge is that that was a 4th single ftom that album. Luke last time went 6 deep last time with this album he could do the same since his star has shined even more now. The thing is he shouldn't be giving into what radio wants. It should be what he wants that's why I reward Dierks Bentley for releasing Riser. Star power should equal more flexibility and to release more quality music. Lukes fans will buy the songs and radio would be willing to play the quality songs since it's Luke Bryan.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 17, 2015 13:10:48 GMT -5
You could argue that he is bigger than lady antebellum but brad paisley had a string of hits for a while that could rival anyone's. And actually I say he lost momentum with camaflouge. Lady A shot there self in the foot because they released slower material thinkin that's what the fans want and it didn't work. I believe if Luke did what your saying that there is a slew of people behind him waiting in the wings for it to happen that could take his place easily and would. Sam hunt could take it as could jake Owens as could cole swindell as could Thomas Rhett so he has to release what he releases to radio because he knows that's what they want and will keep his megastar status. First off if Sam Hunt or Thomas Rhett become huge like Luke I will lose it with country radio. The thing with Camaflauge is that that was a 4th single ftom that album. Luke last time went 6 deep last time with this album he could do the same since his star has shined even more now. The thing is he shouldn't be giving into what radio wants. It should be what he wants that's why I reward Dierks Bentley for releasing Riser. Star power should equal more flexibility and to release more quality music. Lukes fans will buy the songs and radio would be willing to play the quality songs since it's Luke Bryan. and dierks is on the same level as Luke? But regardless you better be prepared to be done with country then because Thomas and Sam hunt are on their way to star status and are moving toward Luke's status as some point if Luke makes a misstep they could take over as the formats star one of the two I mean.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2015 13:17:29 GMT -5
No Dierks isn't but he showed he has a say. I am more than confident that Luke wants to release good music but he cuts himself short. It would take a Donkey or a Freestyle to really de-rail his momentum.
Sam Hunt will probably cross over to pop sooner or later. Thomas Rhett I can deal with. Even if Crash & Burn is a garbage turd.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 17, 2015 13:30:21 GMT -5
No Dierks isn't but he showed he has a say. I am more than confident that Luke wants to release good music but he cuts himself short. It would take a Donkey or a Freestyle to really de-rail his momentum. Sam Hunt will probably cross over to pop sooner or later. Thomas Rhett I can deal with. Even if Crash & Burn is a garbage turd. Well you used dierks as an example and riser isn't really all that country and look what happened when he released a trulely country song bourbon in Kentucky because it was a huge hit. And really how do you know Sam hunt won't stick around for a while he's bound to have more success on the core format even Taylor swift released a few albums to country first. And I actually like crash and burn and felt it was a step toward evolution from his first album. And for Luke at this point a slow country song would be his donkey or freestyle.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 17, 2015 15:42:32 GMT -5
No Dierks isn't but he showed he has a say. I am more than confident that Luke wants to release good music but he cuts himself short. It would take a Donkey or a Freestyle to really de-rail his momentum. Sam Hunt will probably cross over to pop sooner or later. Thomas Rhett I can deal with. Even if Crash & Burn is a garbage turd. I doubt Sam Hunt ever goes full on pop like Taylor Swift. I just don't see him doing that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2015 15:46:49 GMT -5
No Dierks isn't but he showed he has a say. I am more than confident that Luke wants to release good music but he cuts himself short. It would take a Donkey or a Freestyle to really de-rail his momentum. Sam Hunt will probably cross over to pop sooner or later. Thomas Rhett I can deal with. Even if Crash & Burn is a garbage turd. I doubt Sam Hunt ever goes full on pop like Taylor Swift. I just don't see him doing that. Depends on a couple of things. How much more polarizing does his music get. How far will he push the envelope to where country music can't take it. Or if he finds that it song to break into pop. This guy has the chops to be the mega-star Taylor Swift is. Not on her level of course. As I don't see anyone matching that level.
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Post by bjer127 on Jul 17, 2015 16:27:53 GMT -5
The thing with Brad is that his star power started to slowly go away due to how long he's been in country music. Lady A just kept on shooting themselves in the foot with awful single choices like Wanted You More Goodbye Town or Freestyle. Luke is bigger than those 2 were ever were in their hayday. Luke has rised so far that he and I'm willing to throw Blake Shelton here. Both men have the power to make country music that's really good and that won't piss off critics. Unless Kick The Dust Up is a guilty pleasure there is no defending this song. I tried to like it but I can't. They should make music that's true to them, no matter what critics say. They have to make the music they make, whether people deem it awful or not. I totally agree with making music true to them. BUT honestly do these people have ears? I mean cmon lets be serious here. The drum loop electronic percussion needs to stop in country music. It's everywhere. Why would anyone think that makes a song better? It's a lazy attempt at production and making EVERYTHING sound the same. again my theory on a vanilla world. Some instruments , fiddle and steel etc would be perfect. The live version of Strip It Down had me impressed. But hearing the studio version they completely ruined it. Not one element of country. Might as well be Burnin It Down v2. But rsmatto, I hope you're right with the album being sonically like his first 2. Or he needs to switch producers. As others have stated, he's the flagship artist of our genre. Like Alan and George in the 90s people will follow him and listen. I appreciate his more mature lyrics, but the music quality needs to step it up.
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Post by :) KUFan on Jul 17, 2015 17:33:45 GMT -5
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 17, 2015 18:25:30 GMT -5
No Dierks isn't but he showed he has a say. I am more than confident that Luke wants to release good music but he cuts himself short. It would take a Donkey or a Freestyle to really de-rail his momentum. Sam Hunt will probably cross over to pop sooner or later. Thomas Rhett I can deal with. Even if Crash & Burn is a garbage turd. Well you used dierks as an example and riser isn't really all that country and look what happened when he released a trulely country song bourbon in Kentucky because it was a huge hit. And really how do you know Sam hunt won't stick around for a while he's bound to have more success on the core format even Taylor swift released a few albums to country first. And I actually like crash and burn and felt it was a step toward evolution from his first album. And for Luke at this point a slow country song would be his donkey or freestyle. A slow song would derail all his momentum? You mean like "Drink A Beer" did? That's about as slow a song you can get, and it still went Platinum and #1. Luke's fans won't have any problem with a slow song here and there.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 17, 2015 20:30:37 GMT -5
They should make music that's true to them, no matter what critics say. They have to make the music they make, whether people deem it awful or not. I totally agree with making music true to them. BUT honestly do these people have ears? I mean cmon lets be serious here. The drum loop electronic percussion needs to stop in country music. It's everywhere. Why would anyone think that makes a song better? It's a lazy attempt at production and making EVERYTHING sound the same. again my theory on a vanilla world. Some instruments , fiddle and steel etc would be perfect. The live version of Strip It Down had me impressed. But hearing the studio version they completely ruined it. Not one element of country. Might as well be Burnin It Down v2. But rsmatto, I hope you're right with the album being sonically like his first 2. Or he needs to switch producers. As others have stated, he's the flagship artist of our genre. Like Alan and George in the 90s people will follow him and listen. I appreciate his more mature lyrics, but the music quality needs to step it up. The percussive electronic loops are going nowhere. So you better get used to them in the mainstream of country music.
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Post by :) KUFan on Jul 17, 2015 23:48:33 GMT -5
I'm not sure if anyone uses the IHeart radio app but if happen to have it and don't listen to the Bobby Bones Show, on today's show-7/17, Luke was in studio and they played a 20 second snippet of "Home Alone Tonight" feat. Karen Fairchild.
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 18, 2015 1:08:18 GMT -5
Well you used dierks as an example and riser isn't really all that country and look what happened when he released a trulely country song bourbon in Kentucky because it was a huge hit. And really how do you know Sam hunt won't stick around for a while he's bound to have more success on the core format even Taylor swift released a few albums to country first. And I actually like crash and burn and felt it was a step toward evolution from his first album. And for Luke at this point a slow country song would be his donkey or freestyle. A slow song would derail all his momentum? You mean like "Drink A Beer" did? That's about as slow a song you can get, and it still went Platinum and #1. Luke's fans won't have any problem with a slow song here and there. not a slow song but a country song like the stuff on his first album would derail his momentum in my opinion. Drink a beer was a risk that paid off but it was nothing like anything on his first album.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2015 7:20:17 GMT -5
A slow song would derail all his momentum? You mean like "Drink A Beer" did? That's about as slow a song you can get, and it still went Platinum and #1. Luke's fans won't have any problem with a slow song here and there. not a slow song but a country song like the stuff on his first album would derail his momentum in my opinion. Drink a beer was a risk that paid off but it was nothing like anything on his first album. So he shouldn't make actual country music. Instead more of this song or That's My Kind Of Night. That's ridiculous he has the star power to do that. Since when is making actual country music a bad thing?
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Post by tim on Jul 18, 2015 8:52:57 GMT -5
^I don't know about y'all, but this thread seems to be getting off track about debating what kind of music Luke and other artists should be making...in other words it's nothing we haven't discussed every time Luke or someone releases a song like this. There's a lot of assumptions being made about what Luke's and other artists thoughts/styles should/would/could be. I'm not a fan of this song, but could we maybe get back on topic?
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Post by samsager3 on Jul 18, 2015 12:30:47 GMT -5
not a slow song but a country song like the stuff on his first album would derail his momentum in my opinion. Drink a beer was a risk that paid off but it was nothing like anything on his first album. So he shouldn't make actual country music. Instead more of this song or That's My Kind Of Night. That's ridiculous he has the star power to do that. Since when is making actual country music a bad thing? I agree this has got off topic so this the last I will say on the subject. You may not like the direction he going in but what is the stuff that brought him popularity? It started with country girl shake it for me so yea that's what he needs to stick with otherwise someone can and will jump in and take his spot and be perfectly content to sing that kind of stuff. It's here to stay like it or not. As far as this song I like this song it's has really nice dance beat.
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 20, 2015 23:31:42 GMT -5
I actually like "Strip It Down", and I prefer it over "Kick The Dust Up". I still think "Games" and "My 'Ol Bronco" and "You And The Beach" from the Spring Break album are all better offerings though. Not sure if I can see "Strip It Down" being a single, as I'd have to believe there will be more instant big hit sounding songs on the album.
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Post by trebor on Jul 21, 2015 6:22:46 GMT -5
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Post by trebor on Jul 21, 2015 6:42:10 GMT -5
It's practically set that Luke Bryan will top both the Canadian Country Airplay Charts next week. Amazing at how he plowed through the chart in record time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2015 7:20:52 GMT -5
I just realized that there's no music video for this song. That seems really weird to me. I know the song climbed fast, but it's not like they didn't have time. They most likely had this song picked out as the lead single for quite a few weeks/months before it was released, since Luke had already named his tour after this song before "I See You" was even done on the charts. And then we had "Games" on the chart for a while...it just seems really strange that they couldn't find time to film a video for this, perhaps towards the end of the "Games" chart run/just prior to the release of KTDU to radio.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 23, 2015 1:47:30 GMT -5
I just realized that there's no music video for this song. That seems really weird to me. I know the song climbed fast, but it's not like they didn't have time. They most likely had this song picked out as the lead single for quite a few weeks/months before it was released, since Luke had already named his tour after this song before "I See You" was even done on the charts. And then we had "Games" on the chart for a while...it just seems really strange that they couldn't find time to film a video for this, perhaps towards the end of the "Games" chart run/just prior to the release of KTDU to radio. Maybe they figured they wouldn't need one? It's not exactly unheard of for a big star to skip doing a music video for a lead single: Miranda didn't do one for "Baggage Claim" and Blake Shelton didn't do one for "Neon Light," i.e. (Blake's single had one 'technically,' but it was just a live performance slapped together). Perhaps Luke could've done something similar to what Blake did for this single, but maybe they were just content with knowing the single would be successful without the extra investment of time and money.
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 23, 2015 7:40:02 GMT -5
Or maybe they are strategically waiting so they can vault up the Hot Country Songs Chart? He's been blocked by LBT for some time now, but with their airplay about to descend, if they released the video now he would get to the top easily. Otherwise he'll have to fend off "House Party" on that chart.
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Post by kml567 on Jul 26, 2015 18:45:58 GMT -5
I actually like "Strip It Down", and I prefer it over "Kick The Dust Up". I still think "Games" and "My 'Ol Bronco" and "You And The Beach" from the Spring Break album are all better offerings though. Not sure if I can see "Strip It Down" being a single, as I'd have to believe there will be more instant big hit sounding songs on the album. Luke announced at a recent pre-concert acoustic performance that "Strip It Down" may be the next radio single. Since he used the word "may", there's still a small chance he could change his mind. Although I do like the song, I agree with you that surely there's another song on the album with a more instant big hit sound that would be more worthy of being a 2nd single. I'm hoping Capitol/Luke will look at the acutal iTunes sales on August 7th and then decide on the 2nd single. This will help him avoid the mistakes that Aldean made with his 2nd single choice. Good news is that Luke confirmed both "Fast" and "Home Alone Tonight" (duet with Karen from LBT) will eventually be released as radio singles. Both songs sound absolutely amazing and I'm very excited that they'll likely be 3rd and 4th singles.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 19:08:35 GMT -5
Oh jeez Luke. So much for "moving forward."
Can't wait to hear "Burnin' it Down": Part 2 on the radio.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 27, 2015 15:33:41 GMT -5
I actually like "Strip It Down", and I prefer it over "Kick The Dust Up". I still think "Games" and "My 'Ol Bronco" and "You And The Beach" from the Spring Break album are all better offerings though. Not sure if I can see "Strip It Down" being a single, as I'd have to believe there will be more instant big hit sounding songs on the album. Luke announced at a recent pre-concert acoustic performance that "Strip It Down" may be the next radio single. Since he used the word "may", there's still a small chance he could change his mind. Although I do like the song, I agree with you that surely there's another song on the album with a more instant big hit sound that would be more worthy of being a 2nd single. I'm hoping Capitol/Luke will look at the acutal iTunes sales on August 7th and then decide on the 2nd single. This will help him avoid the mistakes that Aldean made with his 2nd single choice. Good news is that Luke confirmed both "Fast" and "Home Alone Tonight" (duet with Karen from LBT) will eventually be released as radio singles. Both songs sound absolutely amazing and I'm very excited that they'll likely be 3rd and 4th singles. "Fast" is one of the older sounding songs. "Home Alone Tonight" is very good but it's not unlike stuff from his last 2 records, same goes for "Razor Blade" (with loops and a pop leaning melody), "Way Way Back," “Scarecrows,” “To The Moon And Back” and “Huntin,’ Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day” are more like the first two records. The Tom Douglas/Hillary Lindsey/Tony Lane “To The Moon And Back” is a song that Garth Brooks probably wishes he got and has some lovely female harmony that kinda sounds like Miranda. It’s great but maybe not a radio song in 2015 (though with Luke any song would be a guaranteed hit so why not something soft and lilting like this, especially with the strong lyrics). All in All I'd say Kill The Lights has 5 songs like "Crash My Party" and the rest which are more like his older stuff. So he wasn't lying when he said it was more like the earlier records. Lyrics for "Home Alone Tonight": roughstock.com/?p=36563
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 16:08:23 GMT -5
Luke announced at a recent pre-concert acoustic performance that "Strip It Down" may be the next radio single. Since he used the word "may", there's still a small chance he could change his mind. Although I do like the song, I agree with you that surely there's another song on the album with a more instant big hit sound that would be more worthy of being a 2nd single. I'm hoping Capitol/Luke will look at the acutal iTunes sales on August 7th and then decide on the 2nd single. This will help him avoid the mistakes that Aldean made with his 2nd single choice. Good news is that Luke confirmed both "Fast" and "Home Alone Tonight" (duet with Karen from LBT) will eventually be released as radio singles. Both songs sound absolutely amazing and I'm very excited that they'll likely be 3rd and 4th singles. "Fast" is one of the older sounding songs. "Home Alone Tonight" is very good but it's not unlike stuff from his last 2 records, same goes for "Razor Blade" (with loops and a pop leaning melody), "Way Way Back," “Scarecrows,” “To The Moon And Back” and “Huntin,’ Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day” are more like the first two records. The Tom Douglas/Hillary Lindsey/Tony Lane “To The Moon And Back” is a song that Garth Brooks probably wishes he got and has some lovely female harmony that kinda sounds like Miranda. It’s great but maybe not a radio song in 2015 (though with Luke any song would be a guaranteed hit so why not something soft and lilting like this, especially with the strong lyrics). All in All I'd say Kill The Lights has 5 songs like "Crash My Party" and the rest which are more like his older stuff. So he wasn't lying when he said it was more like the earlier records. Lyrics for "Home Alone Tonight": roughstock.com/?p=36563Thanks for the rundown. I'm really excited for this one because no matter what I say, I always like Luke's songs. They're always well-put together (even the shallow ones) and I feel he always delivers the material passionately. Do you think this CD can get 6 singles? Some may say that going back to the sound of the first two CDs may limit his radio options (not me obviously).
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 27, 2015 16:22:40 GMT -5
They'll go 4-5 depending on speed of releases. Doubt they go 6 deep and he won't limit his radio options.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Jul 27, 2015 19:51:54 GMT -5
#1 this week on Billboard Hot Country Songs!!!
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