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Post by blurple on Aug 3, 2007 1:13:14 GMT -5
Just heard this for the first time (on radio) on my Hot AC station (The Mix, Chicago). Just okay... :)
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Post by Kid Pulse on Aug 4, 2007 19:20:11 GMT -5
It's top 40. :)
51 40 JAMES BLUNT 1973 2007 Atlantic 316 151 165 1.206
Haven't heard it yet, but I hope I like it. I think it will do well because no other key solo males are releaseing songs for this fall, so realistically this could become a top 10 sleeper hit.
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Post by blurple on Aug 4, 2007 19:23:24 GMT -5
The HAC threads are alive again! Welcome back!  |
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Post by Kid Pulse on Aug 4, 2007 19:27:39 GMT -5
Hahah, thanks  |
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Post by KelownaGuy20 on Aug 4, 2007 19:32:01 GMT -5
This one is really a bore! I mean, "You're Beautiful" wasn't super exciting, but at least it was honest sounding, which was rather rare. But "1973" is just formulatic, and snoozeworthy!
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Post by Kid Pulse on Aug 8, 2007 12:19:57 GMT -5
This is top 30 now, with a bullet of over 200.
44 30 JAMES BLUNT 1973 2007 Atlantic 445 243 202 1.688
I think Daughtry and possibly Maroon 5 will leap-frog this soon though.
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Post by shocker on Aug 11, 2007 16:48:14 GMT -5
In this song, he sounds like Davey Jones (of the Monkees). Oooooh Marcia, Davey Jones is back! Are you going to get him to perform at your prom? :) |
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Post by mrclimbfall20 on Aug 12, 2007 15:40:21 GMT -5
This is a weird song for a "comeback" so to speak. It's pretty good, but it seems like it would have been a better second single off an album. But it's doing well so that's all that counts.
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Post by reception on Aug 26, 2007 14:03:12 GMT -5
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Post by mrclimbfall20 on Aug 26, 2007 15:34:08 GMT -5
I have a feeling this song won't crack the top 20 :(
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Post by reception on Sept 2, 2007 13:07:29 GMT -5
It debuted at #34 on Rick Dees and #35 on AT40 this week.
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Post by blurple on Sept 3, 2007 17:15:54 GMT -5
I have a feeling this song won't crack the top 20 :( Me too... I guess that's expected, this is nothing compared to You're Beautiful IMO. |
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Post by mrclimbfall20 on Sept 4, 2007 11:39:53 GMT -5
I have a feeling this song won't crack the top 20 :( Me too... I guess that's expected, this is nothing compared to You're Beautiful IMO. I think he should have released "Cry" as a single but he chose "Goodbye My Lover" which was a very poor choice in my opinion. |
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Post by jmason on Sept 5, 2007 7:43:56 GMT -5
This song reminds me of something you would hear in a coffee shop. I actually think this song is a bit of an improvement over Blunt's last album, which was sooooo slow. But I really don't see this being a come back song, maybe the 2nd single.
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Post by Kid Pulse on Oct 5, 2007 17:59:14 GMT -5
I really like this song, I'm surprised that it's not doing a lot better on Hot AC.
It has now re-entered the top 20.
21 20 JAMES BLUNT 1973 2007 Custard/Atlantic 945 931 14 3.597
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Post by atlantaboy on Oct 5, 2007 20:16:09 GMT -5
This seems really weak to me - if anyone else sung it, I doubt it'd be doin much of anything except on Triple A
Other problem..."1979" by Smashing Pumpkins, "1985" by Bowling For Soup, and "1999" by Prince (which is pretty big in recurrent play) - don't think HAC can keep playin new songs with years as the title (the novelty has worn off IMO)
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Post by Chase on Oct 12, 2007 15:21:47 GMT -5
Remarkable. This is Top 10 at Triple A, and I didn't think the format touched his last album. Does anyone know if anything from BtB charted there?
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Post by atlantaboy on Oct 12, 2007 20:06:43 GMT -5
Remarkable. This is Top 10 at Triple A, and I didn't think the format touched his last album. Does anyone know if anything from BtB charted there? Seems like Triple A and Hot AC are tryin to avoid each other's songs (at least in the past 5 years or so)...I think a lot of Triple A listeners don't want to hear songs that are overplayed on CHR and Hot AC like "You're Beautiful" cause they want an "alternative" to regular AC/Hot AC programming |
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Post by Kid Pulse on Oct 12, 2007 20:13:49 GMT -5
This seems really weak to me - if anyone else sung it, I doubt it'd be doin much of anything except on Triple A Other problem..."1979" by Smashing Pumpkins, "1985" by Bowling For Soup, and "1999" by Prince (which is pretty big in recurrent play) - don't think HAC can keep playin new songs with years as the title (the novelty has worn off IMO) Yeah, I agree. I think "1985" kinda closed the door for those songs for a while. Back in fall 2004 when I first heard that song, I thought it was awesome, but then I found out about those other older songs. Also high on recurrent rotation- "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams. |
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Post by atlantaboy on Oct 14, 2007 13:08:19 GMT -5
How can someone born in 1974 write a song about 1973? |
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Post by shocker on Oct 15, 2007 1:53:23 GMT -5
How can someone born in 1974 write a song about 1973? Maybe he was reincarnated?????????  |
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Post by WotUNeed on Oct 15, 2007 13:02:01 GMT -5
How can someone born in 1974 write a song about 1973? A little ignorant, isn't that? Should we be limited in our artistry by our own personal experiences? That would wipe out a large category of literary devices (metaphor, etc.) and greatly deplete the genre of fiction. |
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Oct 15, 2007 15:18:34 GMT -5
And even then it could be personal. We are living beings for up to 10 months before we're "born".
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Post by atlantaboy on Oct 15, 2007 16:46:32 GMT -5
How can someone born in 1974 write a song about 1973? A little ignorant, isn't that? Should we be limited in our artistry by our own personal experiences? That would wipe out a large category of literary devices (metaphor, etc.) and greatly deplete the genre of fiction. Wow didn't mean to spark big debate...but he says in the song somethin like "I remember dancin with you at a club in 1973" (prob. massacred those lyrics but somethin like that) - seems weird to me to write a song that sounds like a personal experience that turns out not to be a personal experience... I like the reincarnated idea better |
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Post by Kid Pulse on Oct 16, 2007 7:23:19 GMT -5
It's just a song, guys. Most people listening wouldn't even know (or care) that he wasn't born until 1974, hahah.
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Post by barryhatchet on Oct 16, 2007 20:07:32 GMT -5
All I know is that it's been keeping 'Hollywood' out of the top 20.
Maybe tomorrow.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Oct 17, 2007 14:10:40 GMT -5
Wow didn't mean to spark big debate...but he says in the song somethin like "I remember dancin with you at a club in 1973" (prob. massacred those lyrics but somethin like that) - seems weird to me to write a song that sounds like a personal experience that turns out not to be a personal experience... A dream? A wish? Spoken from someone else's perspective? Based on a book, movie, story of some kind? Maybe 1973 is a metaphor for something other than a year like a location or something. |
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Post by Kid Pulse on Oct 17, 2007 17:28:50 GMT -5
All I know is that it's been keeping 'Hollywood' out of the top 20. Maybe tomorrow. That's more like it, hahah. |
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