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Post by Gravity. on Feb 16, 2012 15:12:59 GMT -5
First single from Born & Raised. No adds date yet, but a clip is out. Click here to listen. It should be coming soon. Too soon for a thread? Maybe...
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Post by Kurt on Feb 16, 2012 15:18:52 GMT -5
Fine; you can have this post since I posted the clip first (I was gonna wait until we had an adds date ).
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Post by Gravity. on Feb 16, 2012 15:22:47 GMT -5
Fine; you can have this post since I posted the clip first (I was gonna wait until we had an adds date ). We all know that it will go for adds at AAA/HAC, and will likely hit the top ten on both.
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Post by allow that on Feb 16, 2012 15:32:24 GMT -5
I'm a big fan but I'm really not feeling the clip. I want more stuff in the vein of "Believe" and "Neon." This is way too folky for me.
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Post by Rumors on Feb 16, 2012 17:21:28 GMT -5
Wow, looks like we are getting new music from several established HotAC acts in the next few months. Train and Jason Mraz are already out. Then we have John coming soon with a new No Doubt probably before summer and Matchbox's first single this summer. Plus, Kelly, Daughtry, and Nickelback are or will be on second singles. There's a top 10 for the summer right there. Who will ultimately rise to the top in a crowded landscape? Personally, I love Kelly's and Jason's and hate Train's.
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Post by The Party Captain on Feb 17, 2012 0:51:03 GMT -5
Who will ultimately rise to the top in a crowded landscape? Somebody else.
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Post by allow that on Feb 17, 2012 0:55:41 GMT -5
Wow, looks like we are getting new music from several established HotAC acts in the next few months. Train and Jason Mraz are already out. Then we have John coming soon with a new No Doubt probably before summer and Matchbox's first single this summer. Plus, Kelly, Daughtry, and Nickelback are or will be on second singles. There's a top 10 for the summer right there. Who will ultimately rise to the top in a crowded landscape? Personally, I love Kelly's and Jason's and hate Train's. There will also be the fourth Adele single which is basically a lock on Top 10 for months. Daughtry and Nickelback hopefully won't have any more Top 10s this year. No Doubt is a wildcard. Who knows what type of sound they'll even come back with? Hopefully Gotye dominates, the Coldplay/Rihanna single becomes a hit, and unlikely as it is The Script's latest pulls a "Good Life." Wishful thinking but hopefully this scenario will accompany John in the Top 10 :)
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Post by Kurt on Feb 17, 2012 2:15:24 GMT -5
Wow, looks like we are getting new music from several established HotAC acts in the next few months. Train and Jason Mraz are already out. Then we have John coming soon with a new No Doubt probably before summer and Matchbox's first single this summer. Plus, Kelly, Daughtry, and Nickelback are or will be on second singles. There's a top 10 for the summer right there. Who will ultimately rise to the top in a crowded landscape? Personally, I love Kelly's and Jason's and hate Train's. There will also be the fourth Adele single which is basically a lock on Top 10 for months. Daughtry and Nickelback hopefully won't have any more Top 10s this year. No Doubt is a wildcard. Who knows what type of sound they'll even come back with? Hopefully Gotye dominates, the Coldplay/Rihanna single becomes a hit, and unlikely as it is The Script's latest pulls a "Good Life." Wishful thinking but hopefully this scenario will accompany John in the Top 10 :) I think it's more likely that they pull "If You Ever Come Back" and switch to something else *cough*WALK AWAY OR SCIENCE & FAITH*cough*, haha.
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Post by Kurt on Feb 22, 2012 19:48:33 GMT -5
Impacts AAA on March 5. No HAC adds date yet, though I'm sure it's coming.
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Post by Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 20:50:34 GMT -5
I really dislike this. I want more "Assassin."
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Post by allow that on Feb 22, 2012 21:28:43 GMT -5
Yes! That was easily my favorite song on his last album. He really avoids releasing songs in that style as singles though. "Neon," "Something's Missing," "Believe," and "Assassin" were all avoided. Imagine if all four of these were released instead of various second/third choices. How different would his radio career and image have gone?
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Post by Kurt on Feb 22, 2012 21:35:12 GMT -5
Yes! That was easily my favorite song on his last album. He really avoids releasing songs in that style as singles though. "Neon," "Something's Missing," "Believe," and "Assassin" were all avoided. Imagine if all four of these were released instead of various second/third choices. How different would his radio career and image have gone? All of those (well, not so much for "Something's Missing") are among my favorite songs in his discography...I would love more of those types of songs and more (read: any) of them becoming radio singles.
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Post by Gravity. on Feb 23, 2012 21:56:14 GMT -5
John's Tumblr updated tonight with the picture of the single cover and that it is going to radio on MONDAY.
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Post by Kurt on Feb 23, 2012 22:19:33 GMT -5
Awesome!! Carrie tonight, John by Monday, and hopefully Norah Jones soon...lots of good stuff lately.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2012 12:44:10 GMT -5
I wasn't a big fan of the clip when I first heard it, but I listened again, and I like it. I know I'll like it more than "Who Says" at least. I'm looking forward to hearing this tomorrow!
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Post by @DiegoMarcondes_ on Feb 27, 2012 10:32:18 GMT -5
Here is it
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2012 23:38:52 GMT -5
I love it!
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Post by Gravity. on Feb 28, 2012 0:15:18 GMT -5
Does it go without saying that I love it?
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Post by CammyCan on Feb 28, 2012 2:03:12 GMT -5
I really like it! Much more than I was expecting to from the clip, and MUCH more than "Who Says".
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Post by Rumors on Mar 8, 2012 17:35:04 GMT -5
This sounds more country to me than anything else. I think it's a pretty weak lead single. Not a horrible song but it's really mellow and not in that interesting of a way because I love mellow stuff, too.
The guitar solos sound right off something from the Eagles Greatest Hits CDs but way, way laid back.
Good, easy listening music to listen to while reading but not really a great radio song, IMO.
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Post by atlantaboy on Mar 8, 2012 21:00:24 GMT -5
The whole concept of the song (lyrically) is a rip off of Dog Days Are Over
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Post by wastedtime on Mar 9, 2012 14:32:01 GMT -5
I just can't get in to this song at all. It goes nowhere and also sounds pretty country.
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Post by dbhmr on Mar 9, 2012 16:31:57 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of this, either. Still really looking forward to the album.
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Post by atlantaboy on Mar 12, 2012 20:59:22 GMT -5
I know the music's kind of boring, but it's really well put together lyrically IMO - actually think it's a pretty solid song that people are going to be able to relate to
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Post by Kurt on Mar 21, 2012 23:42:29 GMT -5
Scooting toward the top 20 on HAC: 28 22 JOHN MAYER Shadow Days 1005 690 315 6.502
But the big story is that it's #2 on AAA! 3 2 JOHN MAYER Shadow Days 499 430 69 1.796
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Post by singingsparrow on Mar 22, 2012 18:17:46 GMT -5
I know the music's kind of boring, but it's really well put together lyrically IMO - actually think it's a pretty solid song that people are going to be able to relate to This is the same impression I came to. Much like his previous lead single "Who Says", this isn't particularly accessible from a commercial standpoint. But I nonetheless believe this is one of his stronger, and more feel-good, releases to date. I think this was intended as a more optimistic counterpart to the decidedly depressing "Battle Studies" record. The lyrics say it all: acknowledging he had a rough start, but he has let go of what held him captive before and that his "shadow days are over." Mayer sounds really comfortable here, and gauging from the live performances I've heard of most of the album's eleven tracks, Mayer is making a decided shift toward alternative country and blues this time around. His recent cowboy get-up also suggests that, which is a nod to Bob Dylan in some ways, complete with him taking up the harmonica and pedal steel in numerous performances. While I have no doubt this will be his lowest-selling album to date, and his first not to go Platinum...........I also won't at all be surprised if this winds up being his most praised album among both die-hard fans and professional critics alike. He definitely won't leave fans who have felt dejected as of late lamenting the lack of guitar solos on studio albums down here, and there's much more meat to the songwriting at the same time (something which couldn't necessarily be said about most of "Battle Studies" minus "Assassin", "Edge of Desire" and "Heartbreak Warfare", while "Who Says" was lyrically uninteresting but sounded great production-wise). Namaste, lisping HIBISCUS
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