(Artie Ziff)
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 18, 2011 19:55:56 GMT -5
Agreed on Sing. But luckily, this hasn't left the top since it's been there.
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Post by lockebox on Feb 18, 2011 20:07:04 GMT -5
Well, it lost top spot to "Sing" briefly on the daily mediabase updates, Artie.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2011 20:40:52 GMT -5
Finally listened to this, not bad, but I don't think its as strong as some of their previous singles.
Nice to see it doing well, though.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 18, 2011 21:01:48 GMT -5
It's easily their most polished. Probably my favorite single they've had so far.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2011 21:06:35 GMT -5
It's easily their most polished. Probably my favorite single they've had so far. I gave this another listen and I do actually like it, it def. is more polished than anything they've done so far. May have jumped the gun.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 18, 2011 23:44:24 GMT -5
Back at #1 :) which is good, cause I think "Sing" is horrific. This is great on the other hand. 1 1 CAGE THE ELEPHANT - Shake Me Down 1844 1855 -11 8.198 Looks like we have differing opinions cause I'd much rather see "SING" at #1 than this decent-at-best song.
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Post by American Idiot on Feb 19, 2011 16:34:24 GMT -5
I like both bands, but neither song impresses me all that much. "Shake Me Down" is my least favorite single of their's and "Sing" may be one of my least favorite singles by MCR yet. I just don't see what all the hype about neither one is that they both hit #1.
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Post by American Idiot on Feb 19, 2011 16:47:58 GMT -5
To along with my previous post, I think the music currently on Alternative is just getting less and less appealing to me. I'm really not a big fan of most of the new indie acts out there and just consider them very plain and boring. My father said to me about fifteen years ago that the music I listen to is "crap." Of course I gave him hell about his classic rock sucking ass, which now later on I've learned to like quite a bit and I find myself listening to my local classic rock stations almost as much as my local Alternative one. He said one day I'm going to say the same thing about current music, and I said that will never happen. However, I hate to say it, but I think he's becoming correct years later and a good deal of the new music I listen to these days are bands that aren't popular on radio anymore, but once were. This weekend, WPBZ, my local station is having a "recycled weekend," meaning they're playing all songs they never play regularly from the 80s, 90s, and early 00s and with all the punk, ska, alternative, and grunge old school material I'm hearing, I am freaking loving it.
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Post by pen on Feb 19, 2011 19:52:56 GMT -5
I think I'm actually liking newer music more than older music as time goes on.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 19, 2011 23:43:42 GMT -5
To along with my previous post, I think the music currently on Alternative is just getting less and less appealing to me. I'm really not a big fan of most of the new indie acts out there and just consider them very plain and boring. My father said to me about fifteen years ago that the music I listen to is "crap." Of course I gave him hell about his classic rock sucking ass, which now later on I've learned to like quite a bit and I find myself listening to my local classic rock stations almost as much as my local Alternative one. He said one day I'm going to say the same thing about current music, and I said that will never happen. However, I hate to say it, but I think he's becoming correct years later and a good deal of the new music I listen to these days are bands that aren't popular on radio anymore, but once were. This weekend, WPBZ, my local station is having a "recycled weekend," meaning they're playing all songs they never play regularly from the 80s, 90s, and early 00s and with all the punk, ska, alternative, and grunge old school material I'm hearing, I am freaking loving it. I miss Alternative radio from 2004 to 2008. I honestly hope that this indie craze currently on Alternative passes, and the old chart toppers come back, such as Weezer, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc. I'd also like to see nu-metal and hard rock gain back ground on Alternative as well, back from the early 2000s. In fact, I'm pretty much a fan of most bands played on Alternative radio up from 2000 until 2009, which is when indie bands started to dominate.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 1, 2011 21:31:20 GMT -5
To along with my previous post, I think the music currently on Alternative is just getting less and less appealing to me. I'm really not a big fan of most of the new indie acts out there and just consider them very plain and boring. My father said to me about fifteen years ago that the music I listen to is "crap." Of course I gave him hell about his classic rock sucking ass, which now later on I've learned to like quite a bit and I find myself listening to my local classic rock stations almost as much as my local Alternative one. He said one day I'm going to say the same thing about current music, and I said that will never happen. However, I hate to say it, but I think he's becoming correct years later and a good deal of the new music I listen to these days are bands that aren't popular on radio anymore, but once were. This weekend, WPBZ, my local station is having a "recycled weekend," meaning they're playing all songs they never play regularly from the 80s, 90s, and early 00s and with all the punk, ska, alternative, and grunge old school material I'm hearing, I am freaking loving it. I think current music in general is getting less and less appealing to me, which is alarming.
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Post by Pipa on Mar 1, 2011 21:42:02 GMT -5
It's a combination of both for me. There are fewer songs overall that I enjoy, but the ones I do I love a lot.
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Post by atlantaboy on Mar 3, 2011 17:13:45 GMT -5
To along with my previous post, I think the music currently on Alternative is just getting less and less appealing to me. I'm really not a big fan of most of the new indie acts out there and just consider them very plain and boring. My father said to me about fifteen years ago that the music I listen to is "crap." Of course I gave him hell about his classic rock sucking ass, which now later on I've learned to like quite a bit and I find myself listening to my local classic rock stations almost as much as my local Alternative one. He said one day I'm going to say the same thing about current music, and I said that will never happen. However, I hate to say it, but I think he's becoming correct years later and a good deal of the new music I listen to these days are bands that aren't popular on radio anymore, but once were. This weekend, WPBZ, my local station is having a "recycled weekend," meaning they're playing all songs they never play regularly from the 80s, 90s, and early 00s and with all the punk, ska, alternative, and grunge old school material I'm hearing, I am freaking loving it. I miss Alternative radio from 2004 to 2008. I honestly hope that this indie craze currently on Alternative passes, and the old chart toppers come back, such as Weezer, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc. I'd also like to see nu-metal and hard rock gain back ground on Alternative as well, back from the early 2000s. In fact, I'm pretty much a fan of most bands played on Alternative radio up from 2000 until 2009, which is when indie bands started to dominate. I'm actually the exact opposite lol (I never listened to Alternative until this past year and now it's the only thing I listen to)
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Post by crash46 on Mar 5, 2011 9:57:57 GMT -5
It's funny because I still consider myself anti-indie, yet I enjoy many of the tracks that are being pigeon-holed into the indie category here. It's like anything at Alternative that isn't on the active rock chart, or at least performing well on the active rock chart, oh that's just the "indie craze". To me it's Alternative demonstrating an identity, more than it has in years, or even decades for that matter, and I'm liking that a lot.
My idea of a best-fit "indie" track would be a song like "Crystalised" by The XX, which I've heard a few times and actually think it's one of the most boring songs in recent years. It seems like it has a pretty distinct sound to me.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Mar 5, 2011 10:22:42 GMT -5
On an unrelated note, I feel like these guys are the epitome of a band who is way bigger at radio than in real life. All I know is, I want my band to hire their radio guy/team, cuz damn does he know what he's doing. And they overperform relative to their popularity at BOTH rock formats too. Their radio guy/team knows how to get a band some action. ;)
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Post by The Party Captain on Mar 6, 2011 2:14:00 GMT -5
^ Idk man they are pretty big with the college crowd. "Ain't No Rest For the Wicked" is a very big frat guy singalong.
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Post by Pipa on Mar 8, 2011 14:34:53 GMT -5
It's a combination of both for me. There are fewer songs overall that I enjoy, but the ones I do I love a lot. Alright, I take this back. I just realized I like 33 songs out of the Alternative Top 40. So it's safe I say I approve their change of direction.
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