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Post by JCMF3 on Aug 11, 2004 13:56:42 GMT -5
With the surprising longevity of their first single "Our Lives" on Hot AC, I guess the record company is ready to take a second stab at Hot AC radio with this new track. I wonder if this will perform as well or better than "Our Lives".
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Post by singingsparrow on Aug 11, 2004 17:00:39 GMT -5
Doubt it.
The Calling just don't have it in them to be a long-lasting artist. They already have lost 3/5 of their original members, and their album sales are lackluster.
They'll be cursed to the same fate as Sister Hazel and Vertical Horizon.
Sincerely,
Noah Eaton
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Post by Mega248 on Aug 13, 2004 21:12:19 GMT -5
With the surprising longevity of their first single "Our Lives" on Hot AC, I guess the record company is ready to take a second stab at Hot AC radio with this new track. I wonder if this will perform as well or better than "Our Lives". What makes the song's longevity "surprising"? The song is Hot AC-friendly enough to be in the top 10 IMO. |
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Post by JCMF3 on Aug 14, 2004 6:49:52 GMT -5
What makes the song's longevity "surprising"? The song is Hot AC-friendly enough to be in the top 10 IMO. It's not often that songs spend 20 weeks on the Hot AC chart and not make the top 15 at least. That is my point. The song has just hung around the bottom part of the top 20 for a very long time. Usually songs either rise to the top 10 and fall or scrape the top 20 and then fall off naturally. |
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Post by ultramix1978 on Aug 14, 2004 9:57:27 GMT -5
remember the days when a good song was just a good song and a hit was a hit not because it was #11, #14, #17 spent 21 weeks or 37, who give a hoot about analyzing a song to pieces. Either it's a hit or it's not and it seems to me i hear 3 times a day on local hot ac stations for the past few months , so it is!!! Leave it be, timing is everything just like Box Office success, release the song during a dry stale period maybe it is a top 10 who knows who cares, it's the audience who counts.......
This reply in no means is meant to be mean or to stir anything up, i'm just an old timer type programmer who gets sick of seeing songs get picked apart when there can only be 10 songs in the top 10 not 20, that's why they made a top 20 if top 20 wasn't a hit they'd just count down the top 10. I remember last year someone on the pop message boards picking Matchbox Twenty's Unwell to death, It won't chart with a banjo, it won't hit top 30, it won't go top 20, top 10, ok it's #3 but with alot less spins than 'If You're Gone" had in 2001, it's a odd #3. Who cares they were all wrong, it one some awards, nominated for a grammy, went #1 at Hot Ac for ages, and wound the #2 song of 2003 across all formats. Does anyone else see the picking of songs and over analyzing of songs to death here but me......... Don't curse em'...
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Post by EvanJ on Sept 9, 2004 20:50:53 GMT -5
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Post by allow that on Sept 9, 2004 20:57:41 GMT -5
I like this, but it's not evewhat "Our Lives" was so there's no way this will impact.
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Post by arebomb on Sept 9, 2004 22:42:01 GMT -5
Something about this band just annoys me. Now that I think about it, it's their lead singer. I don't know why, but he just seems real pompous or self-rightous or something.
"Adrienne" was the best single I've heard by The Calling. Other than that, they're stuff hasn't really been great.
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Post by MoreAdventurous on Sept 13, 2004 19:30:19 GMT -5
I don't know why, but he just seems real pompous or self-rightous or something. Yeah I think that too. Anyways, we won't have to see much more of him - this one hit wonder band is done for. Their album is so been-there, done-that. Boring. |
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Post by reception on Sept 15, 2004 18:31:54 GMT -5
I like it and I hope it does better than "Our Lives".
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2004 13:17:35 GMT -5
Billboard Review
The Calling is practically frolicking on "Anything," a highly spirited, thoroughly positive midtempo romp that could lift the spirits of a storm cloud. In fact, the only thing that keeps this track from being pure, unadulterated pop is the credible, rock-studded voice of Alex Band and enough wrist-breaking percussion to keep Radio Disney at bay. Hey, there's nothing wrong with writing accessible music; this song is expertly crafted, eminently singable ("Whatever you want/Whatever you need/Whatever it takes/I'll do anything") and a crisp musical breath of fresh air. With this played beside Bowling for Soup's "1985," adult top 40 will be having more fun than anyone else on the dial.—CT
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Post by mst3k on Sept 22, 2004 23:38:57 GMT -5
Most added at Hot AC this week, with 15 adds. It's also #4 in New & Active, with 8 spins. Uhh...
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Post by EvanJ on Sept 23, 2004 20:31:53 GMT -5
Most added at Hot AC this week, with 15 adds. It's also #4 in New & Active, with 8 spins. Uhh... LOL it's not the first time a song has had more adds than spins. |
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Post by Mega248 on Sept 23, 2004 22:26:11 GMT -5
Most added at Hot AC this week, with 15 adds. It's also #4 in New & Active, with 8 spins. Uhh... The 15 is how many stations agreed to add the song to their playlist this week. That doesn't mean that they actually did this week, or that they ever will for that matter. |
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Post by mst3k on Sept 23, 2004 23:08:20 GMT -5
I just find it humorous that a song that only has 8 spins for the entire week ranks at #4 in N&A simply because it's been added (on paper) to 10+% of the panel, whereas other songs with more spins that actually got real airplay on more stations than "Anything" don't qualify. :)
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Post by irice22 on Sept 24, 2004 16:57:39 GMT -5
Finally someone who agrees with me!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2004 16:59:36 GMT -5
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I agree too. "Adrienne" is their highest peaking song on my personal chart. It still didn't make it that high though. I think it peaked around #26.
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Post by EvanJ on Oct 27, 2004 18:22:20 GMT -5
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Post by JCMF3 on Oct 28, 2004 9:41:07 GMT -5
Wow, this song is top 30 on Hot AC. I wonder if it can go top 20...
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Post by allow that on Oct 28, 2004 17:16:13 GMT -5
I also think "Adrienne" is their best single. I also liked "Wherever You Will Go" before it reached overkill, and thought "Our Lives" wasn't all that bad and actually deserved a little more than it got. I haven't heard "Anything" yet.
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