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Post by Az Paynter on Nov 3, 2015 7:43:44 GMT -5
POP: 42 42 SIA Alive 935 846 89 2.151
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Post by Ryan on Nov 5, 2015 8:02:14 GMT -5
Queen of Taekwondo.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2015 9:10:29 GMT -5
What a craptastic video. STS. I love Sia but this was a MAJOR let down from her previous videos, even her older videos are a lot better than this. Youd think after her last era, they wouldnt put out something so weak.
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Post by getonthebus on Nov 5, 2015 10:23:58 GMT -5
Sia, sis. I hope there was an idea that had to be scrapped for you to release this...10 year old karate demonstration as a video....
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Post by KellyK on Nov 5, 2015 10:44:04 GMT -5
Love Sia, but that's an awful video, clearly trying to recreate the magic of Maddie and the Chandlier video but failing miserably.
I mean, the girl's movements could at least be coordinated with the music somehow, but instead it's just random karate moves with the track dubbed over the top with no real connection between the two, at all. Disappointing, and boring, and it makes Sia look shtick-y at this point.
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Post by musiciscool on Nov 5, 2015 11:38:30 GMT -5
Well, that's 5 minutes of my life I won't get back. So boring.
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Post by yuh yuh on Nov 5, 2015 11:43:52 GMT -5
Dissapointed by the video :(
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Post by foxxden on Nov 5, 2015 15:29:29 GMT -5
Her videos have only gone downhill since the epicness that was "Chandelier". She is coming across as one note with her visuals...this was 5 minutes of a little kid doing karate...WTF The lyric video was 100x better than this. Still like the song though.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Nov 5, 2015 15:34:58 GMT -5
Still not on board with this song. And the video did nothing to help matters. Just bland all around.
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Post by getonthebus on Nov 5, 2015 16:03:15 GMT -5
For an artist who has lived and died on streaming boosts to get chart traction, this was a colossal mistake. It's not even daring in its minimalism; just boring.
She needs to BRING IT on the most controversial episode of SNL in years.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Nov 5, 2015 16:11:26 GMT -5
I just don't know how she can really bring it in a performance now. All she's gonna do is hide in a closet and sing this, while YET ANOTHER person mimes or dances onstage. It has gotten so boring, I'm so over this performance method.
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Post by anafan on Nov 5, 2015 17:03:11 GMT -5
I love the song but the video concept is so tired.
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Post by Dylan :) on Nov 5, 2015 17:07:33 GMT -5
I still love the song, but the video.. so boring. And doesn't match the audio at all. This should've been the lyric video, the current lyric video is much better! I hope she does something weird on SNL to get that iTunes position back up..
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Post by Az Paynter on Nov 7, 2015 7:13:56 GMT -5
POP: 42 42 SIA Alive 967 898 69 2.375
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Post by Dylan :) on Nov 7, 2015 19:54:46 GMT -5
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Post by Glove Slap on Nov 7, 2015 20:21:38 GMT -5
Bad video, and just a bad move overall to have it be that boring considering that the videos were key to her previous singles breaking through.
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Post by anafan on Nov 8, 2015 0:13:49 GMT -5
I liked her SNL performance except having the karate kid on stage.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2015 0:15:16 GMT -5
It was super boring but she sounded great
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Post by upsidedown on Nov 8, 2015 9:38:11 GMT -5
The back up gospel singers ruined it. Whenever they sung with Sia it took away from the rawness of the song.
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Post by Dylan :) on Nov 8, 2015 10:25:37 GMT -5
Good performance, but her one for Bird Set Free was much better
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Post by Glove Slap on Nov 8, 2015 10:35:36 GMT -5
#35 iTunes
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Post by getonthebus on Nov 8, 2015 12:37:01 GMT -5
Bird Set Free was better, but I think the Alive performance was good enough that people will check it out on iTunes.
The eyes on her cheeks are slaying me though.
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Post by surfy on Nov 9, 2015 0:12:44 GMT -5
YAS at the look, especially the eyes.
But no to the choir and the dancer... it should have been her in a single spotlight. Raw and emotional.
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Post by skizzo on Nov 9, 2015 7:40:14 GMT -5
#20 on I-Tunes
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Post by getonthebus on Nov 9, 2015 10:40:08 GMT -5
YAS at the look, especially the eyes. But no to the choir and the dancer... it should have been her in a single spotlight. Raw and emotional. If the choir had just sung chords behind her, it would have been 100x more powerful.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Nov 9, 2015 10:43:30 GMT -5
I like the performance. Well, the choir at least. I feel like the song can be very grating and the choir softened it up a bit.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Nov 9, 2015 11:36:33 GMT -5
I consider Chandelier and Elastic Heart to be among the best, most memorable pop videos released in the last decade. I am not kidding. So, this is a pretty steep drop in quality. However, I guess my expectations were pretty high and you can't make iconic videos forever. Some artists never even get one. Little girl is adorable though and the song is growing on me.
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Post by ljayii on Nov 9, 2015 13:34:29 GMT -5
The vocals for both were great but the performance aspect was lacking, in regards to SNL. Makes me wonder where the "acting" bit comes from? I thought at first the project was going to be about her becoming these artists?
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Post by lancey on Nov 10, 2015 3:59:11 GMT -5
Video is a major letdown and her SNL performance was mediocre at best... The Choir ruined it for me, just didn't go with her voice at all IMO. Still love her and the song is one of my favorites currently on the radio..
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Post by popbox on Nov 11, 2015 3:08:13 GMT -5
That video is so boring it is legitimately hard to get through once. So disappointed. Still adore the song though, but this will not get the vid streaming help that Chandelier and EH enjoyed.
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