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Post by lockebox on Jan 18, 2011 19:32:09 GMT -5
Agreed on rather KOL topping the chart than Green Day. I was hoping for "The End". That one seems to be the single in Canada, it's already hit their Alt chart.
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Post by Devin on Jan 18, 2011 20:47:43 GMT -5
Yeah it's been added on like 3 stations here in Canada. I think Canada just basically picks their own singles when it comes to rock acts until it officially goes for adds in the states.
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Post by American Idiot on Jan 18, 2011 21:55:29 GMT -5
I think I may be the only person on the planet that has always found KOL incredibly overrated. I just listened to "Pyro" to see if it was any better than "Radioactive," which I thought was decent because I did listen to "Come Around Sundown" when it was released and thought a few songs were ok, but nothing grabbed my attention. I couldn't finish more than 2/3 of the song without thinking that I didn't like it. However, I do like "Sex On Fire," "Notion," "Closer," and "Crawl" quite a bit.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Jan 18, 2011 22:12:26 GMT -5
Really? I'd much rather see Green Day at the top. These guys are listenable, but IMO they're not really #1 material.
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Post by Ragin on Jan 19, 2011 7:03:32 GMT -5
I'm sure someone has said that about literally every artist that has hit #1
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Post by pen on Jan 19, 2011 12:39:09 GMT -5
Kings Of Leon seem real. Green Day has always seemed staged to me. Staged? Dare I ask what you mean by that?
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Post by pen on Jan 19, 2011 15:15:39 GMT -5
By staged I meant a label taking fake-punkers, mainstreaming their sound, dolling them up in makeup and passing them off as actual punk rock. It worked well, and they made a few good songs along the way for me. But Kings Of Leon appears completely honest and concrete. There's nothing fake about Green Day. They always had a mainstream sound and they paid their dues in the underground like every other band. There's nothing less punk about them than any other punk band.
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Post by pen on Jan 19, 2011 15:16:10 GMT -5
And I'm not even sure why I'm discussing this with you. Chances are you don't know anything about Green Day anyway, seeing as how you never know a single damn thing about any band you "discuss".
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Post by Ragin on Jan 19, 2011 15:40:48 GMT -5
Kings Of Leon seem real. Green Day has always seemed staged to me. Staged? Dare I ask what you mean by that? Every time I see them, they are on a stage.
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Post by lockebox on Jan 19, 2011 17:44:17 GMT -5
And I'm not even sure why I'm discussing this with you. Chances are you don't know anything about Green Day anyway, seeing as how you never know a single damn thing about any band you "discuss". Artie talking about Green Day? Sorry I just gotta pluck this little infamous gem out regarding "21 Guns". I'm surprised it went top 40 on the rock stations.
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Post by pen on Jan 20, 2011 20:06:14 GMT -5
Fake may have been too harsh. Manufactured seems the more à propos term. Like I said, some good material mixed in over the years. Sure, manufactured. They were manufactured by Lookout Records, the independent label they released two albums with before signing to a major and releasing Dookie. You don't know anything about music.
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Jan 20, 2011 20:15:01 GMT -5
No band deserves automatic passes, but truthfully, I'm more annoyed when a band like Green Day gets them than someone like Kings of Leon that seem nothing but humble to me. Based on some of their comments I've seen (particularly the ones about the Arcade Fire and "hipsters"), I don't know if I'd say they're that humble. That said, after being in the "KOL are overrated" camp for a while, these guys finally have clicked with me. Hearing their albums in full helped with that, and seeing them live sealed the deal. Maybe it's just me, but I get the feeling that they sent this for adds a bit too late, and their momentum might have died down too much for this to be a big hit. I hope I'm proven wrong though.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 21, 2011 3:29:21 GMT -5
Streamed "Pyro" a couple of times tonight. I thought "Sex on Fire" and "Use Somebody" were overrated, "Notion" was underrated, and "Radioactive" got #1 on name recognition rather than actual song quality, but this song I found oddly refreshing, though I doubt it charts particularly well.
I've gathered they're a bunch of prima donnas now, from the suspicious circumstances of their infamous pigeon-gate concert, to reading stories of their diva behavior at a festival last summer, but their hype has deflated back to a tolerable level and, finding "Pyro" to be "oddly refreshing," I'm more curious than ever about looking into their back catalog (after previously liking only a handful of Because of the Times songs), now that I'm slowly but surely growing more and more receptive to indie-leaning rock. Definitely need to give their first two albums a chance, despite the singles not doing anything for me, revisit BOTT, and bone up on these last two records. I just feel like I haven't given their catalog a fair shot yet.
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Post by Devin on Jan 22, 2011 12:54:59 GMT -5
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Post by rockmaniac on Jan 22, 2011 13:19:56 GMT -5
we need to close the poll
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Jan 26, 2011 12:33:47 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
66 48 KINGS OF LEON Pyro 180 80 100 0.365
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Post by lockebox on Jan 29, 2011 11:36:41 GMT -5
Top 40 - Alternative
56 37 KINGS OF LEON - Pyro 235 120 115 0.646
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 1, 2011 10:42:34 GMT -5
Top 30 on Alternative:
51 30 KINGS OF LEON Pyro 294 161 133 0.995
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Post by Devin on Feb 1, 2011 10:58:12 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me, but I get the feeling that they sent this for adds a bit too late, and their momentum might have died down too much for this to be a big hit. I hope I'm proven wrong though. You were proven wrong
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Post by lockebox on Feb 1, 2011 13:26:11 GMT -5
I wouldn't call this a "big hit" just yet...
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Post by Devin on Feb 1, 2011 14:18:15 GMT -5
Well by no means is it a "big hit", it's has a great start and a lot of potential now.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 9, 2011 12:24:06 GMT -5
Top 20 on Alternative:
29 20 KINGS OF LEON Pyro 425 313 112 1.568
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 9, 2011 14:05:59 GMT -5
It may be a bigger hit than the early numbers told.
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Feb 9, 2011 15:36:51 GMT -5
Glad to see this moving up so fast.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 12, 2011 13:15:11 GMT -5
Yeah, when I start hearing the same Kings Of Leon song three times a day, it's about to hit #1. That must be a good sign for this song.
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Post by lockebox on Feb 12, 2011 22:10:37 GMT -5
What's your peak prediction for this one then, Artie? Your last two predictions for KOL (Notion & Radioactive) have been spot-on in all fairness.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 12, 2011 23:35:08 GMT -5
I think this'll only end up around #7-#8 or so, seeing as how Radioactive didn't have as much hype.
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Post by Devin on Feb 13, 2011 1:00:35 GMT -5
I think it may slip a week at #1, or stall at #2.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 13, 2011 10:30:18 GMT -5
I'd assume with the most-hyped album of their careers, radio would be pushing this to #1. While it has more than a fair chance to do that, they may have needed to send something a bit more urgent, like Radioactive.
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Post by lockebox on Feb 13, 2011 12:18:28 GMT -5
I'd go for #3 on Alt. I'm guessing this will fail to reach top 40 on Active.
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