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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 15, 2011 10:53:43 GMT -5
Single five from Dear Agony is out next week from Billboard.biz. Haven't heard this yet, but I'm not sure anything has impressed me from these guys since album one.
EDIT : MODIFIED SONG TITLE
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Post by jvandyck87 on Feb 15, 2011 11:57:26 GMT -5
I thought we already had a thread for this. Maybe not, but I've definitely thought it was a single for a long time, so my guess is that we do. Unfortunately, I'm too tired to try to track down the other one now if there is indeed another.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 15, 2011 12:56:39 GMT -5
I thought we did too, so we'll just change it.
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Post by Ron57 on Feb 15, 2011 13:01:51 GMT -5
Don't really remember much except "I Will Not Bow" from this album. Single 5? Really?
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Post by HereIsGone on Feb 15, 2011 13:10:04 GMT -5
5?
Someone failed math. All I remember is I Will Not Bow, Give Me A Sign and Lights Out.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 15, 2011 13:44:58 GMT -5
The release said 5. All I remember is I Will Not Bow and remember seeing Give Me A Sign charting, but couldn't tell you how it goes. So it's single two to my ears.
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Post by lockebox on Feb 15, 2011 16:09:41 GMT -5
Only 3 have been released from this album. I don't think this'll be pushed. "Crawl" is the one in the top 80 on Active atm, aswell.
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Post by pen on Feb 15, 2011 16:33:40 GMT -5
Bad single choice in any case. The correct answer was "What Lies Beneath".
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Post by HereIsGone on Feb 15, 2011 16:39:30 GMT -5
Bad single choice in any case. The correct answer was "What Lies Beneath". I love that song.
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Post by Devin on Feb 15, 2011 17:49:25 GMT -5
The correct answer is that this is bogus, Artie's smoking somethin', and Breaking Benjamin is on hiatus, so no singles.
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Post by lockebox on Feb 15, 2011 17:56:09 GMT -5
This actually got a few spins today, but yeah I thought the band was on hiatus? Not sure how they can release singles, if so.
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Post by pen on Feb 15, 2011 18:13:53 GMT -5
A label can sometimes act independently of the band it markets.
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Post by PHOBES on Feb 15, 2011 18:58:44 GMT -5
Eh, I hope not. Worst song on the album. I'd much rather they go with "Crawl," "What Lies Beneath," or "Without You," but frankly I don't see anything being released.
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Post by lockebox on Feb 15, 2011 19:06:11 GMT -5
A label can sometimes act independently of the band it markets. True, but it doesn't really make much sense pushing another single. "Hopeless" would be a poor choice, also. I disagreed with the pickings of "Give Me a Sign" & "Lights Out" too.
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Post by pen on Feb 15, 2011 19:12:09 GMT -5
A label can sometimes act independently of the band it markets. True, but it doesn't really make much sense pushing another single. "Hopeless" would be a poor choice, also. I disagreed with the pickings of "Give Me a Sign" & "Lights Out" too. "Lights Out" was meh, but "Give Me A Sign" was a fantastic choice.
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Post by lockebox on Feb 15, 2011 19:27:04 GMT -5
I love the song, but a peak of #6 on Active suggests not. They should be targeting top spot with follow-up singles.
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Post by PHOBES on Feb 15, 2011 19:42:09 GMT -5
The song also broke the top 50 on pop without much of a push. Releasing another balls-out Breaking Benjamin track to active rock is the equivalent of beating a dead horse at this point. At least they released something that would attract another demographic.
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Post by lockebox on Feb 15, 2011 19:53:04 GMT -5
Maybe so, but I would have preferred "Dear Agony" or "Anthem of the Angels" for the slower option.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 15, 2011 21:57:46 GMT -5
To be fair, the release notes don't say to which format this is being pushed.
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Post by lockebox on Feb 15, 2011 22:03:56 GMT -5
Well, it's not being pushed to country, is it?
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 15, 2011 23:08:29 GMT -5
I cannot say. Is it tinged that way?
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Post by pen on Feb 15, 2011 23:30:02 GMT -5
Do you ever know anything about the music you love to "discuss"?
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Post by HereIsGone on Feb 15, 2011 23:51:13 GMT -5
Do you ever know anything about the music you love to "discuss"? I would laugh my ass off if I saw Ben Burnley in a cowboy hat. Oh, you meant music. Can't think of any topics unfortunately.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 15, 2011 23:55:36 GMT -5
Hey, it's worked for Mainstream Rock staples like Kid Rock, Bon Jovi, Mellencamp, and Darius Rucker....
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Post by pen on Feb 16, 2011 0:03:16 GMT -5
Hey, it's worked for Mainstream Rock staples like Kid Rock, Bon Jovi, Mellencamp, and Darius Rucker.... Yeah, but country wasn't such a stretch for them.
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Post by halo19 on Feb 16, 2011 0:22:41 GMT -5
Hot Wrens remake! ;)
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Post by jvandyck87 on Feb 16, 2011 0:24:26 GMT -5
You gotta admit that when you heard "Mudshovel", you weren't thinking, "man, this guy sounds like he has a future country song up his sleeve."
But it is quite a trend of Artie discussing music he hasn't heard. A tip bud, search the song on youtube and listen for a verse and a chorus and you can generally get a pretty good idea of the nature of song even if you don't feel like listening to more of it.
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Post by halo19 on Feb 16, 2011 0:30:50 GMT -5
"Mudshovel" was the first Staind song I heard, and I didn't think of country when I heard that one at all. It was later songs that revealed it, or maybe the other two singles from that album.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Feb 16, 2011 0:44:40 GMT -5
The other two singles from that album? Seriously? I mean they weren't as heavy as "Mudshovel", but they were certainly nu-metal/alt-metal sounding, and didn't really have any hint of a southern twang to them.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Feb 16, 2011 0:47:53 GMT -5
I appreciate the ideas, but if I wanted to hear this I would've already. Heck, I didn't want to start the topic but felt I had to since the original was already out there. And no, I'd never expect the guy with Mudshovel to hook up with Charlie Daniels.
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