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Post by jvandyck87 on Dec 2, 2010 14:52:04 GMT -5
How this song has come this far without a thread is inexplicable to me. It's also done generally well on our weekly alternative/rock countdowns that we vote on each week. Anyway, I didn't find a thread for this, and I searched back pretty far, so hopefully I didn't miss anything obvious.
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21 20 MIDDLE CLASS RUT New Low 505 488 17 1.854
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Post by halo19 on Dec 4, 2010 17:13:02 GMT -5
The people championing the song listened to stuff that is sometimes ignored by this board entirely. I was pretty happy when it appeared and frankly I was expecting it to move a lot slower than it did considering the chart's state in recent times.  That said, I like this song so much that I listened to the album on myspace. I expected to be disappointed since I like "New Low" so much... most of the album doesn't compare, predictably, but the energy they have is impressive. |
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Post by Pipa on Dec 4, 2010 21:16:53 GMT -5
In the case of this song, it's so universally liked that I don't think anyone felt they needed to make discussion about it.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Dec 5, 2010 3:00:18 GMT -5
I'd never heard of the band when the song debuted, so I didn't really notice or care if it had a topic. Then once I listened to it and started to hear it a little bit on the radio (I like the song fine, for the record) and saw they were opening for My Chemical Romance, I just assumed we already had a topic for the song. I'm not so crazy over the song that I noticed we didn't, I guess is my point.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Dec 5, 2010 21:52:22 GMT -5
Top 50 on Active:
54 50 MIDDLE CLASS RUT New Low 121 102 19 0.31
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Dec 18, 2010 16:39:35 GMT -5
i charted this song nearly two years ago......it took a REALLY long time for the rest of the world to catch on
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Post by jvandyck87 on Dec 18, 2010 17:30:38 GMT -5
Hehe well some of us might have caught on sooner had we heard it for the first time before last month. How'd you stumble upon this gem way back?
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Dec 20, 2010 11:50:08 GMT -5
To be honest, i'm not 100% sure, for some reason I believe it was set to go for adds back then, I just checked and I debuted it on personal chart on July 13th 2008, it got to number 15 and spent ten weeks finished 2008 at 116....I remember thinking the whole time that I was surprised that this song wasn't catching on well at all....guess it just took some time.
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Post by halo19 on Dec 20, 2010 13:42:14 GMT -5
Maybe, but this is now being used to promote their first LP. Earlier, it was just released on an EP and I don't know if that was ever nationally released.
I wouldn't have minded hearing it in 2008, since the charts were atrocious then.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Jan 19, 2011 12:18:14 GMT -5
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13 10 MIDDLE CLASS RUT New Low 907 773 134 4.05
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Post by Pipa on Jan 19, 2011 23:16:51 GMT -5
i charted this song nearly two years ago......it took a REALLY long time for the rest of the world to catch on Funny thing, I think you showed it to me two years ago too. That must be how I found it. If this pulls a "Feel Good Drag" without literally...pulling a "Feel Good Drag", I'll be happy. |
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Post by crash46 on Jan 19, 2011 23:30:31 GMT -5
Is there any difference between the song some of you heard in 2008 and the song that's on the charts now? The version of the song I have just feels different than what I hear on the radio, but it's subtle enough that it seems a tall task to actually find the current version, if there is one.
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Post by Pipa on Jan 19, 2011 23:33:36 GMT -5
Is there any difference between the song some of you heard in 2008 and the song that's on the charts now? The version of the song I have just feels different than what I hear on the radio, but it's subtle enough that it seems a tall task to actually find the current version, if there is one. It's barely noticable. I think the newer version is shorter, but that's about it. |
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Post by killzone on Jan 20, 2011 2:15:36 GMT -5
I discovered this song late 08, they were mostly a local band back then so my local radio station (98.5) used to play them a lot; it still sounds awesome today.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Jan 20, 2011 6:00:04 GMT -5
I think this is bound for #1.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 21, 2011 2:44:23 GMT -5
That'd be nice. It's a really good song. We need fresh blood at #1 every once in awhile anyway, and if any "new" band deserves to get there, it's these guys.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 15, 2011 12:03:27 GMT -5
Top 40 on Active:
42 40 MIDDLE CLASS RUT New Low 185 169 16 0.38
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Post by jvandyck87 on Feb 16, 2011 1:08:49 GMT -5
I really hope they choose "Busy Bein' Born" as single #2 and active rock joins alternative in the party.
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Post by Devin on Feb 16, 2011 9:52:33 GMT -5
^ Why is this like a Jet-sorta band? One single sounds alternative while the next is a hard rocker?
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 16, 2011 13:11:30 GMT -5
I'm guessing he's saying the next single should do as well on Active as on Alt.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Feb 16, 2011 13:36:53 GMT -5
That's not quite what I'm saying. I'm just saying that they should choose that song because it's awesome, and a perk of that choice would be that if they choose it, it's heavy enough that active rock may want to take a second look at these guys. A danger of it is that it might be a bit too heavy for alternative. But if you listen to the album, "Busy Bein' Born" is a standout track that screams 'hit rock single' just as much as if not more than "New Low" does.
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Post by lockebox on Mar 15, 2011 10:17:16 GMT -5
Top 30 - Active
35 29 MIDDLE CLASS RUT - New Low 325 268 57 0.575
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Mar 15, 2011 11:43:08 GMT -5
This has made quite a move on Active the last few days.
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