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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 9:30:41 GMT -5
I'm trying to like this, really I am. But the "woahs" are just a big turn off for me, along with the more pop-esque production. I don't dislike this, but only because of David's superb vocals, which are always in top notch form. For now, I'm indifferent to this, but I'm still very excited for this album.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 20, 2015 20:33:56 GMT -5
"Night's On Fire" is second most added on MB this week with 30 adds on impact day.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 3, 2015 20:28:27 GMT -5
"Night's On Fire" debuts at #53 on Billboard Airplay this week.
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Post by Kentucky25 on Aug 3, 2015 20:53:35 GMT -5
Gosh this chorus in infectious...I just love it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 21:27:39 GMT -5
I really like this one. I think a lot of the songs on I'm A Fire were even better, but a lead single was probably the right call here, and I do really enjoy this one.
I think this one really sounds like something Keith Urban would do, or at least I think Keith would do a great version of this as well. In fact, I'm getting big-time "You Gonna Fly" vibes here. Both songs have mentions of a blackbird, and in the 2nd verse of "You Gonna Fly", the couple is in the truck bed as the sun is going down -- just like in "Night's On Fire".
I don't think this is a masterpiece but it's really catchy and radio-friendly...and yet it doesn't really sound like any other current or recent singles. I think that's a good thing, and I hope this will be another big hit (#1) for David.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 3, 2015 21:43:20 GMT -5
Seems like a nice enough start for this one! Hope radio at least keeps up their trend of letting David at least get a #1 hit with his lead single.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 30, 2015 21:05:00 GMT -5
"Night's On Fire" cracks the MB top 50 this week, at #50.
I don't see this moving up much faster than David's last couple lead singles and while I expect another hit here, I think we're looking at a peak sometime in the winter.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 21:06:42 GMT -5
"Night's On Fire" cracks the MB top 50 this week, at #50. I don't see this moving up much faster than David's last couple lead singles and while I expect another hit here, I think we're looking at a peak sometime in the winter. It's bullet is fine.
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Post by tim on Aug 30, 2015 21:13:22 GMT -5
"Night's On Fire" cracks the MB top 50 this week, at #50. I don't see this moving up much faster than David's last couple lead singles and while I expect another hit here, I think we're looking at a peak sometime in the winter. Coming from a big David Nail fan, I have to say this song hasn't grown on me at all. It is easily my least favorite single he's released so far. I'm hoping this does well for him, but I'm not so sure.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 30, 2015 21:23:33 GMT -5
"Night's On Fire" cracks the MB top 50 this week, at #50. I don't see this moving up much faster than David's last couple lead singles and while I expect another hit here, I think we're looking at a peak sometime in the winter. It's bullet is fine. Pardon? Where did I bring up David's bullet?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 21:32:55 GMT -5
Pardon? Where did I bring up David's bullet? Well since it cracked the Top 50. I figured you'd know how it's bullet is. Can't get access unfortunatley.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 30, 2015 21:39:57 GMT -5
Pardon? Where did I bring up David's bullet? Well since it cracked the Top 50. I figured you'd know how it's bullet is. Can't get access unfortunatley. Oh okay. Next time use a question mark, lol. :) His bullet is 47 (spin increase) on MB but his total audience is pretty low at 1.6 million. Every station is at light rotation.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Sept 8, 2015 19:10:20 GMT -5
This one isn't grabbing me at all. It sounds way too boyish, like he's trying to do the Hunter Hayes/Dan + Shay thing.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Sept 8, 2015 20:29:25 GMT -5
I got to see him live on Sunday night opening for Little Big Town and I have to say he's very awkward on stage seems very nervous and he didn't look at the crowd once...Also his band played very loud so he was singing at a much higher range than he does on record so every song sounded different imo. I liked some of the changes but for the most part I missed hearing his beautiful voice. Also of all the songs he performed This one came of especially weak, but I'm hoping it goes somewhere because I do generally love his albums. He played what he hoped would be the title track a love song about his wife. It was called "Fighter"
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2015 20:50:13 GMT -5
I got to see him live on Sunday night opening for Little Big Town and I have to say he's very awkward on stage seems very nervous and he didn't look at the crowd once...Also his band played very loud so he was singing at a much higher range than he does on record so every song sounded different imo. I liked some of the changes but for the most part I missed hearing his beautiful voice. Also of all the songs he performed This one came of especially weak, but I'm hoping it goes somewhere because I do generally love his albums. He played what he hoped would be the title track a love song about his wife. It was called "Fighter" As someone who has seen David in concert a few times already this isn't anything different from what he normally does. He often closes his eyes when he is on stage singing, though this never bothered me or thought much of it other than thinking that's just what he does on stage. Sometime ago there was a similar post about a fellow poster who saw David Nail in concert and thought he came across shy or nervous as well, and I replied mentioning that David has spoken out about his anxiety and nervousness and I'm sure it's something that he is still working on. I'm not surprised you caught on to that actually as I did to when I saw him these past few times. I'll also add that I've met David twice and both times he was very shy lol.
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Post by tvoss20 on Nov 12, 2015 18:06:31 GMT -5
Being he's my favorite artist of any genre I must chime in re: concerts. I've been to like 12-15 of his concerts over the years. Is he the most engaging with the crowd? no. Is he cracking jokes make you laugh? no. He is a bit "awkward" or nervous or whatever you want to call it, but at the end of the day the dude blows it out of the water with his singing imho. No artist I'd rather plunk down any amount of money to go see than him.
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Post by rjz on Nov 13, 2015 9:52:04 GMT -5
Being he's my favorite artist of any genre I must chime in re: concerts. I've been to like 12-15 of his concerts over the years. Is he the most engaging with the crowd? no. Is he cracking jokes make you laugh? no. He is a bit "awkward" or nervous or whatever you want to call it, but at the end of the day the dude blows it out of the water with his singing imho. No artist I'd rather plunk down any amount of money to go see than him. Have to agree with this. I 'like' David Nail, own the last album and assorted hits, but finally saw him a year ago in a Colorado bar, which was filled to capacity (had to be 2k+ jammed in there). He is definitely not a good audience schmoozer but the concert exceeded my expectations. What a voice/singer-we need his voice in Country music. The music was too loud, but it seems like it always is in the bar venue. Hoping to hear this on my radio sometime soon, still waiting.
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 13, 2015 13:27:15 GMT -5
Being he's my favorite artist of any genre I must chime in re: concerts. I've been to like 12-15 of his concerts over the years. Is he the most engaging with the crowd? no. Is he cracking jokes make you laugh? no. He is a bit "awkward" or nervous or whatever you want to call it, but at the end of the day the dude blows it out of the water with his singing imho. No artist I'd rather plunk down any amount of money to go see than him. Hoping to hear this on my radio sometime soon, still waiting. The Highway is playing this but they've allocated it to their "On The Horizon" show, which is a hour long show from artists you don't normally hear on the radio and are outside the spotlight. Pretty bad when someone like David is not worthy enough of their "regular playlist." "Blue Bandana" was also allocated to that show but that's likely to stop since Jerrod's song is finished.
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Post by jesster on Nov 14, 2015 21:01:14 GMT -5
I saw him several years ago at a multi-artist showcase and he seemed to never look at the audience or move out from behind his mic stand at all. Sounded good, but didn't engage the audience (or even his own band) nearly as much as he could have - a lot of people stopped paying attention unfortunately as he stood in one spot and sang song after song with his eyes closed or looking at his feet.
Had a chance to see him within the past year. While I would not mistake him for some of his rough contemporaries who bounce all around the stage in a party with the audience, David did strike me as having significantly improved his personal stage presence and the way he managed his long set as a headliner. Pretty sure he traversed both corners of the stage, he spoke a little between songs, and even did a slightly geeky dance in one section ;)
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Post by killintime on Nov 14, 2015 21:32:01 GMT -5
Surprised at all the positive concert reviews! The one time I saw him, I found his accent to be overly forced. I'm a fan of his album singing. Seems once he starts singing it in concert, the accent ruins it for me. But his energy and connection with the crowd was good.
Also noticed he lowers the key of many of his songs but is still flat on the high notes. Check out nights on fire on YouTube. Every time he starts the chorus it's flat.
Also his backup singer sings the "oh"s and is very flat as well.
Not trying to dump on him, just stating fact!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 15, 2015 2:21:35 GMT -5
If this were the "good old days," David Nail's performance skills/stage presence would be your typical country artist. The complaints I'm seeing are very much 21st century ones brought on by a lot of these male artists who run around on stage but standing in one place and singing a song with a voice like David Nail would get no negative comments from me, honestly. I'll take an introverted David Nail performing with his eyes closed and getting into it the way someone like Adele might over someone like FGL who run around to compensate for the fact that they can't stand in one place and rely on their vocals to sell their music...
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Post by dm2081 on Nov 15, 2015 2:53:41 GMT -5
If this were the "good old days," David Nail's performance skills/stage presence would be your typical country artist. The complaints I'm seeing are very much 21st century ones brought on by a lot of these male artists who run around on stage but standing in one place and singing a song with a voice like David Nail would get no negative comments from me, honestly. I'll take an introverted David Nail performing with his eyes closed and getting into it the way someone like Adele might over someone like FGL who run around to compensate for the fact that they can't stand in one place and rely on their vocals to sell their music... I think it all just depends. If I'm seeing a small show at a local bar, I'd rather have someone like David perform, who can give a more intimate show that showcases his vocal abilities. However, if I'm going to a big stadium type concert I'd much prefer someone with great stage presence and actually invests in the show production, like Florida Georgia Line or Kenny Chesney. I also think this is a good point to note that another reason why we are seeing so many up-tempo songs being released to radio besides the obvious preference from DJ's and radio programmers is the artist trying to get big hit songs that are stadium anthems. It's no surprise that country music has fit in rather nicely into the touring/concert void left by rock music, since rock music is unfortunately all but dead these days. Since touring is the #1 way artists make money these days, there's more incentive to make bigger stadium type songs. I think David tends to make the opposite: songs that are great for private and intimate settings. There's no need for pyro or anything else at David's shows and there's nothing wrong with that, its just a different type of show. P.S. Not all of this was directed at you .indulgecountry, I just used it as a branching off point to ramble about.
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Post by jesster on Nov 15, 2015 14:33:51 GMT -5
I think there's a balance. David doesn't need to do acrobatics or put pyro in his shows. It does go a long way to sing well, and true enough not all that many popular country acts are really good vocally. But...song delivery is more than just vocals IMO. And it is helping David that he is trying more to have eye contact with the audience and relate to his band on stage.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 15, 2015 15:46:25 GMT -5
If this were the "good old days," David Nail's performance skills/stage presence would be your typical country artist. The complaints I'm seeing are very much 21st century ones brought on by a lot of these male artists who run around on stage but standing in one place and singing a song with a voice like David Nail would get no negative comments from me, honestly. I'll take an introverted David Nail performing with his eyes closed and getting into it the way someone like Adele might over someone like FGL who run around to compensate for the fact that they can't stand in one place and rely on their vocals to sell their music... I think it all just depends. If I'm seeing a small show at a local bar, I'd rather have someone like David perform, who can give a more intimate show that showcases his vocal abilities. However, if I'm going to a big stadium type concert I'd much prefer someone with great stage presence and actually invests in the show production, like Florida Georgia Line or Kenny Chesney. I also think this is a good point to note that another reason why we are seeing so many up-tempo songs being released to radio besides the obvious preference from DJ's and radio programmers is the artist trying to get big hit songs that are stadium anthems. It's no surprise that country music has fit in rather nicely into the touring/concert void left by rock music, since rock music is unfortunately all but dead these days. Since touring is the #1 way artists make money these days, there's more incentive to make bigger stadium type songs. I think David tends to make the opposite: songs that are great for private and intimate settings. There's no need for pyro or anything else at David's shows and there's nothing wrong with that, its just a different type of show. P.S. Not all of this was directed at you .indulgecountry, I just used it as a branching off point to ramble about. There's a lot of truth to this and I certainly agree with that. I just think people are faulting David Nail too much for not trying to be someone other than who he is. If he's the kind of guy who performances with his eyes closed and stands in one spot, I see nothing wrong with that, especially given how talented he is vocally. George Strait filled that huge arena for his final concert in Dallas and no one was coming to that show wanting to see him run around on stage. He became one of the most successful artists of all time by mostly standing in one spot.
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Post by tim on Nov 16, 2015 13:28:46 GMT -5
The official music video was just released today. Click here to watch. This isn't my favorite David Nail song, but I'm still hoping it'll grow on me a bit.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 23, 2015 2:49:18 GMT -5
And here is the video embed from YouTube:
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Post by josephmorgan on Dec 4, 2015 18:12:37 GMT -5
Just listening to CT40 right now and Bob says that Fighter will be the title of David's next CD.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Dec 5, 2015 3:04:16 GMT -5
I'm liking this one more than at first, but am I the only one who thinks that he's trying to sound like either Dan or Shay on this one? The "Whoa oh"s sound straight out of their body of work.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2015 9:40:58 GMT -5
I'm starting to get a good feeling about how "Nights On Fire" will perform it's starting to knock on the Top 30 on BB and once the MB freeze is over we should see 7 songs above David leave soon after the freeze (Tim McGraw, Cam, Dan + Shay, Chris Young, Parmalee, A Thousand Horses, Blake Shelton) along with a bunch of other songs that shouldn't last long into the new year (Jana Kramer, Lee Brice, Chase Bryant).
But that's not what makes me think David Nail might start to take off is that his Christmas losses aren't that bad for his part of his chart and the sales have really started to take off.
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