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Post by Marv on Jun 9, 2015 13:16:10 GMT -5
Just as dull and underwhelming as the rest of their singles with the very noteworthy exception of 'Dirt', but when your vocals are as dreadful as anybody at country radio if not even worse than the lead singer of Rascal Flatts which I thought was impossible, it says a lot about the state of country radio that these guys are so huge at what used to be the most LISTENABLE format in existence.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Jun 11, 2015 22:04:09 GMT -5
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Post by sabre14 on Jun 15, 2015 17:02:51 GMT -5
"Anything Goes" is the second most added song on MB this week with 43 first week adds.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Jun 16, 2015 22:57:59 GMT -5
While I enjoy this, and it was probably the safest choice for radio, I can't see this being a huge seller. I mean, it'll probably go gold, but I don't see it being able to match what some of their HTTGT singles did (though part of that is obviously due to a downward trend in digital sales across the board.)
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Post by Cody on Jun 19, 2015 19:13:57 GMT -5
lol at this being the next single, you guys must hate this. I however love this one, though "Sippin' On Fire" was the unmatchable jam on the album IMO
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Post by sabre14 on Jun 21, 2015 20:06:54 GMT -5
"Anything Goes" debuts in the MB top 50 at #43 this week.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Jun 21, 2015 23:38:59 GMT -5
What a bunch of crap. FGL will release anything. Anything Goes is definitely a terrible choice for radio. The production is terrible and of course Tyler Hubbard's vocals are terrible. Hope that after this album era is over they won't do well with their third album era. It's hard to believe that they were inspired by Garth Brooks. I know he doesn't approve of this crap.
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Post by samsager3 on Jun 22, 2015 8:00:09 GMT -5
What a bunch of crap. FGL will release anything. Anything Goes is definitely a terrible choice for radio. The production is terrible and of course Tyler Hubbard's vocals are terrible. Hope that after this album era is over they won't do well with their third album era. It's hard to believe that they were inspired by Garth Brooks. I know he doesn't approve of this crap. You know Garth brooks doesn't approve of this? Have you asked him? And actually this is Taylor Made for radio it's horrible for you. Tyler's vocals are just as good here as they are on anything he's done I don't think he'll ever be considered an excellent vocalist but he does well enough. And to hope any artist does not do well is just crazy. There are artists I hope do better than others, I'm not a big Carrie underwood fan, but I don't want her to not do well at all.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Jun 22, 2015 22:20:04 GMT -5
I'm sorry I came off a little harsh. It's just so damn frustrating that there is a lack of Traditional Country being played on the radio. I don't want FGL to fail it's just I'm not a fan of their songs. I think Garth doesn't like "Bro Country" because it just seems like it's not his cup of tea. I definitely know he wouldn't like objectifying women.
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Jun 23, 2015 10:37:14 GMT -5
There’s two terms that’s going around right now. One’s called Bro-Country. You familiar with these? Are you familiar with hick-hop? "Um, I don’t think my stuff’s either one of those.” –Garth Brooks
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Post by samsager3 on Jun 24, 2015 16:14:57 GMT -5
There’s two terms that’s going around right now. One’s called Bro-Country. You familiar with these? Are you familiar with hick-hop? "Um, I don’t think my stuff’s either one of those.” –Garth Brooks If this is a response to me saying there isn't any proof to Garth Brooks not approving of their music. There still isn't as he just said his music wasn't either of those things not that he didn't approve of either. And in any event who cares if he does or doesn't approve of it. His refusal to get with the times and release his stuff on iTunes like every other artist has hurt his popularity dramatically but this is a thread for Florida Georgia lines song, so I'll say it this way whether you like them or not is a matter of opinion but wether the song is good for radio is not based on your opinion but rather that of the djs spinning it which usually eat stuff like this up.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jun 24, 2015 20:56:08 GMT -5
so I'll say it this way whether you like them or not is a matter of opinion but wether the song is good for radio is not based on your opinion but rather that of the djs spinning it which usually eat stuff like this up. It's funny that you should bring up deejays. Have you noticed the apparent (and arguably convenient/self-aggrandizing) turn in Bobby Bones' views on this style of music? A couple of his recent rather pointed remarks seem aimed at the likes of Florida-Georgia Line. For example, there's this quote from Rolling Stone Country's article on Chris Janson and "Buy Me a Boat":And then there's this:Granted, Bobby Bones isn't a program director (though he's thrown around a little weight of late), and most deejays aren't the ones making the programming decisions. Still, it's interesting to hear Bones embrace and echo the widespread criticism of Florida-Georgia Line style music, and this may be a sign that what radio has "eaten up" for the past few years is not what it sees as the music of its future. I'm sure "Anything Goes" will still be a hit, though.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Jun 25, 2015 0:18:23 GMT -5
This is great news about radio not willing to always play Bro Country. I think it's high time they killed it off. Even after thinking most Bro Country would be gone, artists like Michael Ray and Cole Swindell decided to jump on that bandwagon. I didn't expect that. Sam Hunt and FGL go find some other genre. You should be in either hip hop or pop radio because that's basically what y'all are. I'm extremely tired of hearing songs that sound the least bit country. I thought Cole would be better than this to keep releasing Bro Country songs. His last two singles were actually good and then he releases "Let Me See Ya Girl". And Michael Ray is a new artist that should be proving why he won CW's The Next. I'm sick and tired also how radio is not letting many traditional songs become hits. I just hope that someone can stand up for country music and make some changes. Why not let fans be the real determiners of successful singles? It should be that way.
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Post by dm2081 on Jun 25, 2015 7:08:27 GMT -5
Why not let fans be the real determiners of successful singles? It should be that way. They are, hence why Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line are extremely popular.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2015 4:51:31 GMT -5
I'm not ready to believe Bobby Bones is being remotely authentic when he expresses a desire for deeper lyrics than bro-country songs generally offer. Bones really just seems to love attention and publicity, and of course he loves to push his favorite artists. Bobby Bones was a huge champion of Eric Paslay's bro-country songs "Friday Night" and "Song about a Girl," so I get the sense his praise of Chris Janson's "Buy Me a Boat" was more of an effort to use his position on the most heard syndicated country morning show to push an artist he personally roots for, rather than an ideological jab at bro-country.
If Bobby Bones decides to advocate against bro-country, I fully believe he's just doing it for the media attention. He'll do whatever gets the most people talking about him and his show, and I personally doubt he has any sort of strong convictions either way about which type of music is best. I don't listen to the show much admittedly, but from what I have heard Bobby Bones is always looking for the next stunt to pull that will attract the press, and these stunts have included: trying to start feuds with Chris Young and Kacey Musgraves, costing IHM a million dollars by setting off a national emergency alert system, taking chart manipulation to a grander scale than ever before to help his favorite songs reach #1, and pretending that he was considering quitting his show, so I don't trust that Bones is sincere when he expresses a desire for more "heart" in country music.
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Post by carriekins on Jun 26, 2015 8:36:57 GMT -5
It's definitely easy to be cynical where BB is concerned @daydrinker, but he was also a huge early supporter of "Girl Crush" and is pretty much the sole reason Cam's "Burning Home" is the newest On The Verge choice (which he started championing in conjunction with the aforementioned "less wallet-chains more heart" quote). Whether he's doing it for selfish reasons, the point is he is doing something and is hugely influential.
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Post by sabre14 on Jun 26, 2015 13:06:14 GMT -5
It's definitely easy to be cynical where BB is concerned @daydrinker, but he was also a huge early supporter of "Girl Crush" and is pretty much the sole reason Cam's "Burning Home" is the newest On The Verge choice (which he started championing in conjunction with the aforementioned "less wallet-chains more heart" quote). Whether he's doing it for selfish reasons, the point is he is doing something and is hugely influential. I agree. I don't like Bobby Bones' radio program, nor his demeanor the past few years, but his actions have been helpful for country radio lately IMO with Cam's "Burning House" being the latest "On The Verge" selection, after being responsible for Janson's song (which has triggered a fantastic fan reaction thus far) getting the selection last time around. Who knows if any of Cam's material would have cracked the top 30 without the exposure from his program and even though I would have bet on Janson getting another record deal, his road would have been much tougher. I agree that he comes off as attention hungry and ego driven when conducting himself in the media and during his radio show, along with being "bandwagon'ish" when bashing "bro-country", but whether his intentions are sincere or not, the outcomes lately have been for the better, and that's all I care about.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Jul 6, 2015 16:06:08 GMT -5
So I finally listened to this...
I'm pretty sure you could take an instrumental of any of their singles, layer it on top of any of their other singles, and it would sound no different because every single one of their songs is exactly the same. How do people not get sick of the same exact sound time after time with them? Is their music catchy? Sure. But it literally is the same exact thing single after single from them.
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 6, 2015 16:37:31 GMT -5
So I finally listened to this... I'm pretty sure you could take an instrumental of any of their singles, layer it on top of any of their other singles, and it would sound no different because every single one of their songs is exactly the same. How do people not get sick of the same exact sound time after time with them? Is their music catchy? Sure. But it literally is the same exact thing single after single from them. "Stay", "Dirt" and "Sun Daze" don't sound like anything else being produced, so I don't agree with this. Obviously it's all a matter of opinion, but I think they have variety in their sound. Some sound more similar to each other than others, but there's still enough unique sound. It's the lyrics that are a little undistinguishable.
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Post by Kat5Kind on Jul 6, 2015 20:13:48 GMT -5
I can hear the differences in their songs. Sun Daze sounds nothing like Cruise (for example). There's way more I want to say, but I doubt any of you would hear me out, so I'm not wasting my time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2015 0:49:42 GMT -5
Scott Borchetta revealed in an interview with Hits Daily Double that Florida Georgia Line is already hard at work on their 3rd album. Here's an excerpt: hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=296678
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2015 8:39:49 GMT -5
This one's not moving all that fast. I mean, it's not moving slow like new artists' songs do, but it's moving quite a bit slower than FGL's singles typically do.
"Anything Goes" wasn't able to gain 2 million on either of the last 2 Billboard charts, whereas Kenny Chesney's latest has increased by more than 3.2 million on each of the last 2 charts.
FGL will almost certainly pass Lady A, Dan + Shay, and Old Dominion on Billboard this week, but they're running a few weeks behind the pace that they typically set. This one will probably need 8 chart weeks to crack the top 20, and I think most of their other singles needed only 4-5 weeks to go top 20.
I wonder if this will be the last single from the album? It's not like the album has done badly -- it's sold nearly 700,000 copies and will probably be certified Platinum before the end of the year -- but it's definitely a sharp drop from the nearly 2.2 million copies that Here's To The Good Times has sold to-date. And I know sales are continually decreasing across the board, but other format stars such as Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, and Eric Church haven't seen nearly as big of a drop in sales from their previous albums to their current ones.
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 21, 2015 9:04:33 GMT -5
This one's not moving all that fast. I mean, it's not moving slow like new artists' songs do, but it's moving quite a bit slower than FGL's singles typically do. "Anything Goes" wasn't able to gain 2 million on either of the last 2 Billboard charts, whereas Kenny Chesney's latest has increased by more than 3.2 million on each of the last 2 charts. The interesting part is it's selling really well already too, currently at #76 on the All-Genre chart, about 30 spots higher than Kenny's new one is selling. I know the airplay charts don't always need to reflect the sales chart, but it does seem rather odd to see FGL's song struggling a bit (At least for them it is) when there's no indication yet that "Anything Goes" won't be popular. Perhaps once the current top 5 clears out, radio will start converting FGL's new one.
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Post by tim on Jul 21, 2015 9:09:31 GMT -5
^I always thought there was going to come a point in time when they oversaturated the market with their music, especially considering it's rather hard to distinguish much of a difference in their songs thus far at radio. Listen to "Round Here," "Get Your Shine On," "Sippin' On Fire," and this back to back and you'll probably have a hard time remembering what was what. I knew these guys were going to have a successful sophomore era, but the true test for them will be their third album. I'm not expecting them to change up the formula much (why fix something that isn't broke?), but surely they are going to have expand their sound and output in order to continue to have a lasting presence in the next couple of years. And although this is a generalized view/opinion, I believe the demographic that their music targets is more tepid in their loyalty to an artist (if there's any loyalty there at all).
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 3, 2015 22:16:17 GMT -5
Every once in awhile I hear something ridiculous on the radio from one of the DJs but the intro this song got the other day is one of the wildest ones I think I've ever come across:
"Florida-Georgia Line is in the studio working on album #3. This is the debut single from that record, here's 'Anything Goes'"
...... wut.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Aug 4, 2015 0:24:55 GMT -5
"Florida-Georgia Line is in the studio working on album #3. This is the debut single from that record, here's 'Anything Goes'" ...... wut. Oh man.. That is just.. Embarrassing. Especially considering 'Anything Goes' is the name of the current album. *facepalm*
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 9, 2015 12:31:50 GMT -5
This song is just so, boring. I mean this one sounds like FGL going through the motions. Everything from the production, to the lyrics, to the melody is just so blaze. Even though I dislike "Sun Daze" with its dreadful lyrics, at least the production and instrumentation was tasteful by FGL standards. But this song is pure background music. Joey Moi's production doesn't help as usual, drowning out the melody and once again making Tyler have to sing above the music. I'm on mobile so I don't have the numbers handy but I can totally see this falling short of #1 in the end.
I'll also add that I absolutely loathe the "Victoria's Secret ain't a secret no more" lyric.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 12:56:17 GMT -5
This song is just so, boring. I mean this one sounds like FGL going through the motions. Everything from the production, to the lyrics, to the melody is just so blaze. Even though I dislike "Sun Daze" with its dreadful lyrics, at least the production and instrumentation was tasteful by FGL standards. But this song is pure background music. Joey Moi's production doesn't help as usual, drowning out the melody and once again making Tyler have to sing above the music. I'm on mobile so I don't have the numbers handy but I can totally see this falling short of #1 in the end. I'll also add that I absolutely loathe the "Victoria's Secret ain't a secret no more" lyric. Glad someone agrees with me. They passed up a few better songs for this one. Overall I thought the CD quality was down from their first release but there were still better options. I don't have concrete numbers but this isn't selling nearly as well as it should be for a FGL single. It was also left in the dust by Kenny Chesney's fourth single a while ago. Now it's seeing similar gains to the songs around it. I'm not ready to say this will miss #1 but it wouldn't surprise me at all if this peaked around #5. Pop fans follow the pop(ular) trends. For FGL's sake, I hope they built up enough of a legitimate fanbase or they'll be just an average joe in 5 years. It'll be interesting to see because they are really this genre's first "pop" act that has stayed within the format.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 9, 2015 13:24:07 GMT -5
This song is just so, boring. I mean this one sounds like FGL going through the motions. Everything from the production, to the lyrics, to the melody is just so blaze. Even though I dislike "Sun Daze" with its dreadful lyrics, at least the production and instrumentation was tasteful by FGL standards. But this song is pure background music. Joey Moi's production doesn't help as usual, drowning out the melody and once again making Tyler have to sing above the music. I'm on mobile so I don't have the numbers handy but I can totally see this falling short of #1 in the end. I'll also add that I absolutely loathe the "Victoria's Secret ain't a secret no more" lyric. Glad someone agrees with me. They passed up a few better songs for this one. Overall I thought the CD quality was down from their first release but there were still better options. I don't have concrete numbers but this isn't selling nearly as well as it should be for a FGL single. It was also left in the dust by Kenny Chesney's fourth single a while ago. Now it's seeing similar gains to the songs around it. I'm not ready to say this will miss #1 but it wouldn't surprise me at all if this peaked around #5. Now that I'm on my PC, I have my trusty numbers at my disposal. :) The sales have actually picked up considerably as "Anything Goes" is currently #16 on the Country iTunes chart and #61 on the all-genre chart. As for airplay, this song actually has had a nice past couple weeks gaining over 10.8 million in audience the past three weeks on MB, although W1 has added the song recently which have inflated those numbers a bit (800k of it added this week from Westwood One -- 8 spin increase). "Anything Goes" audience gains were 2.5 million this week though, v.s the 4.6 and 3.7 million in audience gains the two weeks prior. This song is doing just fine right now but things could change. I guess this one will probably be another top 2 peak for them but this song is just so lackluster and mediocre that at some point one of the these songs will stall to a less desirable peak than what they are accustomed to -- at the very least, I will say this one won't remembered at all a year from now. I've always wondered how successful they will be down the road, past their sophomore album. I mean, like tim pointed out earlier in this thread, FGL will not change who they are since this music has worked for them in spades so far and tbh, this is who they are anyway and I just do not see them having any other types of musical horizons to venture down. The listener they cater to hasn't always been a mainstay on country radio -- just in the past few years, from the wave of the likes of FGL, Cole Swindell, Thomas Rhett, etc., so if they have any kind of slump will they bounce right back or will they gradually recede in airplay? Who knows for sure but it's something I've always wondered with these guys; right now all I know is that they can do no wrong in the eyes of radio programmers as they are catering to the exact demographic that country radio has been going after. It didn't really matter what song they released, it most likely would have done well.
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Post by bjer127 on Aug 9, 2015 13:31:15 GMT -5
Glad someone agrees with me. They passed up a few better songs for this one. Overall I thought the CD quality was down from their first release but there were still better options. I don't have concrete numbers but this isn't selling nearly as well as it should be for a FGL single. It was also left in the dust by Kenny Chesney's fourth single a while ago. Now it's seeing similar gains to the songs around it. I'm not ready to say this will miss #1 but it wouldn't surprise me at all if this peaked around #5. Now that I'm on my PC, I have my trusty numbers at my disposal. :) The sales have actually picked up considerably as "Anything Goes" is currently #16 on the Country iTunes chart and #61 on the all-genre chart. As for airplay, this song actually has had a nice past couple weeks gaining over 10.8 million in audience the past three weeks on MB, although W1 has added the song recently which have inflated those numbers a bit (800k of it added this week from Westwood One -- 8 spin increase). "Anything Goes" audience gains were 2.5 million this week though, v.s the 4.6 and 3.7 million in audience gains the two weeks prior. This song is doing just fine right now but things could change. I guess this one will probably be another top 2 peak for them but this song is just so lackluster and mediocre that at some point one of the these songs will stall to a less desirable peak than what they are accustomed to -- at the very least, I will say this one won't remembered at all a year from now. I've always wondered how successful they will be down the road, past their sophomore album. I mean, like tim pointed out earlier in this thread, FGL will not change who they are since this music has worked for them in spades so far and tbh, this is who they are anyway and I just do not see them having any other types of musical horizons to venture down. The listener they cater to hasn't always been a mainstay on country radio -- just in the past few years, from the wave of the likes of FGL, Cole Swindell, Thomas Rhett, etc., so if they have any kind of slump will they bounce right back or will they gradually recede in airplay? Who knows for sure but it's something I've always wondered with these guys; right now all I know is that they can do no wrong in the eyes of radio programmers as they are catering to the exact demographic that country radio has been going after. It didn't really matter what song they released, it most likely would have done well. I'm gonna stick with my prediction from few years ago....Big & rich. Albeit a little more successful on radio. I. A few years they'll be forgotten, on a small label. Tyler and Brian will keep busy like big Kenny and john did. Then they will reunite for a few albums maybe a hit or two. I just can't see this sticking around. Remember all that muzik mafia nonsense? It took over country for like 2 years then disappeared. Just my predicitjon Or maybe they'll adapt to whatever new trend there is, which besides going back to traditiotional, I don't know what else country music can masquerade as. Maybe like Brazilian dance music or vaudeville. Who knows anymore. But my prediction is a big & rich type of endjng
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