(Artie Ziff)
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jan 4, 2011 9:32:07 GMT -5
Premiered on Sirius this morning as the new single. I have been completely underwhelmed by all 4 songs I've heard from this album. Wish them success, but also wish they'd make music that everyone likes again.
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Post by rockmaniac on Jan 4, 2011 9:49:05 GMT -5
although it's not confirmed, they're leaning towards "Burning In The Skies".
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Post by pen on Jan 4, 2011 9:57:59 GMT -5
This song is not from the album. This is the b-side that was a reward for completing the game they made to promote A Thousand Suns. I highly doubt this is going to be the actual single unless the label really has no hope for any other album tracks doing well at radio, which honestly I considered but seriously disappoints me if it's true. "Burning In The Skies" deserves a chance as does "Iridescent".
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Post by pen on Jan 4, 2011 9:58:47 GMT -5
I love how Artie makes the post and it's always up to someone else to actually do the research.
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Post by Jorge_Str [Som3on3] on Jan 4, 2011 10:37:41 GMT -5
"Burning In The Skies" deserves a chance". i guess this is the first time we agree on something pen |
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Post by Ron57 on Jan 4, 2011 11:12:11 GMT -5
God Artie, you piss me off.
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Post by HereIsGone on Jan 4, 2011 12:55:45 GMT -5
This song is not from the album. This is the b-side that was a reward for completing the game they made to promote A Thousand Suns. I highly doubt this is going to be the actual single unless the label really has no hope for any other album tracks doing well at radio, which honestly I considered but seriously disappoints me if it's true. "Burning In The Skies" deserves a chance as does "Iridescent". This times a thousand. I just bought Blackbirds the other day and was severely underwhelmed. Iridescent and Burning In the Skies definitely should be the ones for serious consideration; they're stellar. |
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(Artie Ziff)
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jan 5, 2011 12:58:51 GMT -5
Seems "underwhelmed" is the buzz word for this song.
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Post by mcbrearty on Jan 5, 2011 13:25:13 GMT -5
How did Waiting For the End and Catalyst chart ?
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jan 5, 2011 13:28:56 GMT -5
Waiting For The End began its first week at #1 just this week. I believe The Catalyst peaked at #1 as well.
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Post by rockmaniac on Jan 5, 2011 13:30:21 GMT -5
Waiting For The End began its first week at #1 just this week. I believe The Catalyst peaked at #1 as well. second week |
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jan 5, 2011 13:35:44 GMT -5
Using Billboard, of course. Its second week at #1 will run Jan 9 - 15.
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Post by Rich P. on Jan 10, 2011 10:14:12 GMT -5
Pen,
Blackbird was on the copy of A Thousand Suns that I bought in Week 1 from Best Buy. It underwhelmed me so much that I left it off the set of songs that I copied to my phone for regular listening. I also picked out Waiting for the End, Burning in the Skies, and Iridescent as the best next singles, with Robot Boy as a possible good choice and Whetches and Kings a possible choice that I just don't like.
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Post by pen on Jan 10, 2011 20:31:33 GMT -5
Pen, Blackbird was on the copy of A Thousand Suns that I bought in Week 1 from Best Buy. It underwhelmed me so much that I left it off the set of songs that I copied to my phone for regular listening. I also picked out Waiting for the End, Burning in the Skies, and Iridescent as the best next singles, with Robot Boy as a possible good choice and Whetches and Kings a possible choice that I just don't like. It's called a bonus track. Also glad we kind of agree on the single options. |
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Post by jvandyck87 on Jan 10, 2011 23:21:19 GMT -5
I'm probably in the minority here, but hearing this song for the first time, I like this better than I remember liking all the songs on A Thousand Suns other than "The Catalyst", "Robot Boy", "Wretches And Kings" and the good parts of "Blackout" when I listened a few months ago. Granted, since then, "Waiting For The End" has ascended from a 2/5 to a 4/5 for me in RateTheMusic surveys, so maybe I should give the rest of the album another chance.
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Post by Rich P. on Jan 11, 2011 11:26:59 GMT -5
I listened again and remembered my initial thoughts about this song. IMO, the first half of the song is a train wreck. Then, at 3:02, Mike's singing is about the best I've ever heard from him, and Chester's additions are a +. If this song could have been all that, it would be on my list of singles... wait a minute, Iridescent is a lot like that...
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jan 16, 2011 14:54:31 GMT -5
I can't believe this is better than anything left on the album. I do agree about the strong vocals, which has probably never been said about Linkin Park.
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Post by pen on Jan 16, 2011 18:09:58 GMT -5
which has probably never been said about Linkin Park. Is that a joke? |
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