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Post by Cody on Nov 5, 2014 23:45:24 GMT -5
Well, these guys released the right next single. Now we can say goodbye to the hot "Blow Up the Outside World" ripoff for good. I can't say I've really liked anything they've released.
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Post by Green Baron on Nov 8, 2014 11:27:40 GMT -5
So, yeah, speaking of Devin, do any of you think this could work on radio? He detests the notion of getting airplay, but then again, it couldn't hurt. Also featuring an interpolation of everyone's favorite Usher song...
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Post by Pipa on Nov 9, 2014 23:31:18 GMT -5
And now for something completely different:
It's actually a pretty nice song. I'm curious what you guys think.
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Post by Cody on Nov 9, 2014 23:37:55 GMT -5
And now for something completely different: It's actually a pretty nice song. I'm curious what you guys think. Their ballads have always been underwhelming, but this is alright. Was hoping for a hot The Wanted remake
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Post by Green Baron on Nov 9, 2014 23:40:15 GMT -5
WHY AREN'T ANY OF YOU TALKING ABOUT DEVIN
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Post by Pipa on Nov 10, 2014 21:19:51 GMT -5
The Arkells' new single:
https%3A//soundcloud.com/arkells/leatherjacket
Well damn. This is really good. Best single since "Michigan Left" IMO.
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Post by Cody on Nov 10, 2014 23:24:35 GMT -5
The Arkells' new single: https%3A//soundcloud.com/arkells/leatherjacketWell damn. This is really good. Best single since "Michigan Left" IMO. I feel like you and I are the only ones who can pull off grading them, but: Oh! The Boss Is Coming: D+ (overrated as all hell) Ballad Of Hugo Chavez: C+ Pullin' Punches: C+ John Lennon: B (underrated) Whistleblower: A Michigan Left: B On Paper: C Coffee: B- Come To Lights: B+ Leather Jacket: I like it so far, but grade TBA
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Post by Cody on Nov 10, 2014 23:31:14 GMT -5
oh and they played this live at The Edge a few months back, sounds amazing:
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Post by Pipa on Nov 11, 2014 9:36:28 GMT -5
Oh! The Boss Is Coming: A- Ballad Of Hugo Chavez: B+ Pullin' Punches: C+ John Lennon: B- Whistleblower: A- Michigan Left: A+ On Paper: B Coffee: C+ Come To Light: A- Leather Jacket: A+
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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 12:11:15 GMT -5
Oh! The Boss Is Coming: A- Ballad Of Hugo Chavez: B+ Pullin' Punches: C+ John Lennon: B- Whistleblower: A- Michigan Left: A+ On Paper: B Coffee: C+ Come To Light: A- Leather Jacket: A+ That's some pretty serious Arkells fandom haha
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Post by Pipa on Nov 11, 2014 12:14:38 GMT -5
Oh! The Boss Is Coming: A- Ballad Of Hugo Chavez: B+ Pullin' Punches: C+ John Lennon: B- Whistleblower: A- Michigan Left: A+ On Paper: B Coffee: C+ Come To Light: A- Leather Jacket: A+ That's some pretty serious Arkells fandom haha Well the majority of these went top 10 on my chart, so my general rule is it gets at least an A- if it does that. Also, why didn't we count "Never Thought That This Would Happen"?
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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 14:16:33 GMT -5
That's some pretty serious Arkells fandom haha Well the majority of these went top 10 on my chart, so my general rule is it gets at least an A- if it does that. Also, why didn't we count "Never Thought That This Would Happen"? Don't know why I forgot that...I'll give it a B, and I'll probably chart it next week for shiggles just because it's a kinda/sorta single and deserves a week before "Leather Jacket" makes its run. And lol, I feel like I've said this before, but you're in the wrong province to be an Arkells fan. They're a huge deal among our age group in Ontario...in Sudbury anyway because they tend to come here once a year and we have a large student population.
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Post by Pipa on Nov 11, 2014 14:53:58 GMT -5
Well the majority of these went top 10 on my chart, so my general rule is it gets at least an A- if it does that. Also, why didn't we count "Never Thought That This Would Happen"? Don't know why I forgot that...I'll give it a B, and I'll probably chart it next week for shiggles just because it's a kinda/sorta single and deserves a week before "Leather Jacket" makes its run. And lol, I feel like I've said this before, but you're in the wrong province to be an Arkells fan. They're a huge deal among our age group in Ontario...in Sudbury anyway because they tend to come here once a year and we have a large student population. And just what exactly am I in the right province to like, anyways? Bryan Adams?
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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 22:43:14 GMT -5
Don't know why I forgot that...I'll give it a B, and I'll probably chart it next week for shiggles just because it's a kinda/sorta single and deserves a week before "Leather Jacket" makes its run. And lol, I feel like I've said this before, but you're in the wrong province to be an Arkells fan. They're a huge deal among our age group in Ontario...in Sudbury anyway because they tend to come here once a year and we have a large student population. And just what exactly am I in the right province to like, anyways? Bryan Adams? I donno...Sheepdogs? Which makes Saskatchewan the ideal MOnster Truck province by association, since Monster Truck are like The Sheepdogs' Theory Of A Deadman.
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Post by Devin on Nov 11, 2014 22:45:00 GMT -5
We have our Great Big Sea and Hey Rosetta!
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Post by Pipa on Nov 11, 2014 22:45:28 GMT -5
And just what exactly am I in the right province to like, anyways? Bryan Adams? I donno...Sheepdogs? Which makes Saskatchewan the ideal MOnster Truck province by association, since Monster Truck are like The Sheepdogs' Theory Of A Deadman. Yes, both the Sheepdogs and Monster Truck are huge here. One Bad Son as well.
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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 22:47:29 GMT -5
I donno...Sheepdogs? Which makes Saskatchewan the ideal MOnster Truck province by association, since Monster Truck are like The Sheepdogs' Theory Of A Deadman. Yes, both the Sheepdogs and Monster Truck are huge here. One Bad Son as well. Ah yeah, here it's Arkells, Hollerado, and Tokyo Police Club...probably because they all come play here on average once a year, which is unheard of for Sudbury. Speaking of bands playing here, The Pack A.D. play here on the 26th...I'm thinking about going to see them.
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Post by Pipa on Nov 11, 2014 22:48:57 GMT -5
Yes, both the Sheepdogs and Monster Truck are huge here. One Bad Son as well. Ah yeah, here it's Arkells, Hollerado, and Tokyo Police Club...probably because they all come play here on average once a year, which is unheard of for Sudbury. Speaking of bands playing here, The Pack A.D. play here on the 26th...I'm thinking about going to see them. Yeah, just head to Alberta and that's the big names there too. Meanwhile we're stuck in 1997.
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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 22:52:29 GMT -5
Ah yeah, here it's Arkells, Hollerado, and Tokyo Police Club...probably because they all come play here on average once a year, which is unheard of for Sudbury. Speaking of bands playing here, The Pack A.D. play here on the 26th...I'm thinking about going to see them. Yeah, just head to Alberta and that's the big names there too. Meanwhile we're stuck in 1997. "Hey Saskatoon do you like live rock music? Well this Thursday only, come on out to see the hot new up and comers, Nickelback!"
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Post by Pipa on Nov 11, 2014 22:58:18 GMT -5
Yeah, just head to Alberta and that's the big names there too. Meanwhile we're stuck in 1997. "Hey Saskatoon do you like live rock music? Well this Thursday only, come on out to see the hot new up and comers, Nickelback!" This is so accurate it's not even funny. After a successful classic rock festival this summer a station said they wanted to bring newer acts and everyone's first thought was Nickelback. And they're coming.
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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 23:02:12 GMT -5
"Hey Saskatoon do you like live rock music? Well this Thursday only, come on out to see the hot new up and comers, Nickelback!" This is so accurate it's not even funny. After a successful classic rock festival this summer a station said they wanted to bring newer acts and everyone's first thought was Nickelback. And they're coming. "The 2013 edition was such a success with new rockers on the block, Econoline Crush. This year's newbies Nickelback will be joined by other hot new rockers Sum 41, Custom, and the brand new solo project of Moist's David Usher"
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Post by Pipa on Nov 11, 2014 23:03:23 GMT -5
This is so accurate it's not even funny. After a successful classic rock festival this summer a station said they wanted to bring newer acts and everyone's first thought was Nickelback. And they're coming. "The 2013 edition was such a success with new rockers on the block, Econoline Crush. This year's newbies Nickelback will be joined by other hot new rockers Sum 41, Custom, and the brand new solo project of Moist's David Usher" Believe it or not their rock station is finally playing more than 10 new songs in regular rotation since, well, they started. And now "By This Time Tomorrow" gets 20 spins a week. Because...I don't know?
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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 23:06:59 GMT -5
"The 2013 edition was such a success with new rockers on the block, Econoline Crush. This year's newbies Nickelback will be joined by other hot new rockers Sum 41, Custom, and the brand new solo project of Moist's David Usher" Believe it or not their rock station is finally playing more than 10 new songs in regular rotation since, well, they started. And now "By This Time Tomorrow" gets 20 spins a week. Because...I don't know? Still not as bad as the fact that "Youth Without Youth" spent like 110 weeks in the Canada-Active top 50
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Post by Pipa on Nov 11, 2014 23:08:07 GMT -5
Believe it or not their rock station is finally playing more than 10 new songs in regular rotation since, well, they started. And now "By This Time Tomorrow" gets 20 spins a week. Because...I don't know? Still not as bad as the fact that "Youth Without Youth" spent like 110 weeks in the Canada-Active top 50 I blame Mediabase for not knowing what recurrent rules are. They sure cleared those Sarah McLachlan songs off the chart fast though.
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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 23:11:30 GMT -5
Still not as bad as the fact that "Youth Without Youth" spent like 110 weeks in the Canada-Active top 50 I blame Mediabase for not knowing what recurrent rules are. They sure cleared those Sarah McLachlan songs off the chart fast though. haha yeah, honestly sometimes I just have to laugh when I look at Canada-Alt or Canada-Active. They just look so bad when the whole top 50s are shown. I try to avoid looking past the #20 mark on each but I just can't resist haha.
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Post by Green Baron on Nov 11, 2014 23:13:27 GMT -5
Don't know why I forgot that...I'll give it a B, and I'll probably chart it next week for shiggles just because it's a kinda/sorta single and deserves a week before "Leather Jacket" makes its run. And lol, I feel like I've said this before, but you're in the wrong province to be an Arkells fan. They're a huge deal among our age group in Ontario...in Sudbury anyway because they tend to come here once a year and we have a large student population. And just what exactly am I in the right province to like, anyways? Bryan Adams? Devin's from British Columbia.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Nov 11, 2014 23:14:05 GMT -5
The new Moist album is quite good though. I'd say it's pretty solid.
As for provincial representation, we have Joel Plaskett, Sloan and Matt Mays (plus a bunch of other non-rock musicians).
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Post by Pipa on Nov 11, 2014 23:14:17 GMT -5
I blame Mediabase for not knowing what recurrent rules are. They sure cleared those Sarah McLachlan songs off the chart fast though. haha yeah, honestly sometimes I just have to laugh when I look at Canada-Alt or Canada-Active. They just look so bad when the whole top 50s are shown. I try to avoid looking past the #20 mark on each but I just can't resist haha. It gets even worse when looking at other charts. Pretty much the entire lower half of the AC chart is French. And then since the spin counts are low CHOM pretty much controls the bottom of the Active chart. And now Foo Fighters have like 3 songs in the top 30. And then you've got the personality complex of the bottom of the Alt chart, aka "Are we Alternative? Or are we AAA? Or are we dancer?"
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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 23:18:52 GMT -5
haha yeah, honestly sometimes I just have to laugh when I look at Canada-Alt or Canada-Active. They just look so bad when the whole top 50s are shown. I try to avoid looking past the #20 mark on each but I just can't resist haha. It gets even worse when looking at other charts. Pretty much the entire lower half of the AC chart is French. And then since the spin counts are low CHOM pretty much controls the bottom of the Active chart. And now Foo Fighters have like 3 songs in the top 30. And then you've got the personality complex of the bottom of the Alt chart, aka "Are we Alternative? Or are we AAA? Or are we dancer?" Then there's the biggest crime of all. The fact that allaccess still hasn't separated Canada-Alt and Canada-Active from the US charts pages. Even though the split happened 5 years ago, when you move from US Alternative or whatnot to Canada, it still says "Canada-Rock" and you have to switch into canadian charts before you can see the split.
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Post by Pipa on Nov 11, 2014 23:21:34 GMT -5
It gets even worse when looking at other charts. Pretty much the entire lower half of the AC chart is French. And then since the spin counts are low CHOM pretty much controls the bottom of the Active chart. And now Foo Fighters have like 3 songs in the top 30. And then you've got the personality complex of the bottom of the Alt chart, aka "Are we Alternative? Or are we AAA? Or are we dancer?" Then there's the biggest crime of all. The fact that allaccess still hasn't separated Canada-Alt and Canada-Active from the US charts pages. Even though the split happened 5 years ago, when you move from US Alternative or whatnot to Canada, it still says "Canada-Rock" and you have to switch into canadian charts before you can see the split. Which as a result Kworb doesn't list either chart on his site. Which sucks because I'd rather never use AllAccess again. The worst part of it though is that you can't find out any information about any songs on either chart. "Gee, I wonder how often stations are playing the #1 song? Oh wait, you haven't bothered to fix that in 6 years? Ok then."
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