14887fan
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Post by 14887fan on Sept 28, 2015 19:52:08 GMT -5
Because following up these last 2 singles with "Holding On To You" is asking to kill whatever this era has left. Great song, one of my favorites on the album, but not over some other material left for potential release.
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jenglisbe
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Post by jenglisbe on Sept 28, 2015 22:15:22 GMT -5
Why is no one mentioning "Holding Onto You" - with its "Thinking Out Loud" vibe - as a potential single? Anyway, I am more in the camp of "Why bother with a fifth single?" Although "Holding Onto You" isn't as obviously about Blake as "Priscilla" is, I can't see her releasing a love song right now, with everything that's happened over the last few months. I enjoy "Bathroom Sink," although it's always been one of my lesser-played tracks from Platinum. As others have already said, there are much safer choices if they must release a fifth single ("Another Sunday in the South" should be an obvious choice). I'm not usually an advocate for "safe" radio singles, but Miranda needs it right now. This is probably her most mishandled era in terms of radio singles - it's like the label didn't know how to handle the era, so they've just been throwing stuff out there and hoping it sticks. It doesn't seem like they've had a real plan for the era, though perhaps Miranda's personal issues threw the label's original single choices into turmoil and that's why it's felt so haphazard? I can understand them wanting to release a fifth single if it's still going to be a while before Miranda's next album is ready, but "Bathroom Sink" is another baffling choice. I can see not going with "Priscilla" because of the divorce (though frankly, Miranda said it was about the marriage when the album dropped so what's there to hide at this point?), but avoiding anything that could possibly be about Blake seems a stretch to me. Couldn't someone read "Bathroom Sink" as being Miranda struggling to deal with the divorce and what not? "But regret has a way of starin' me right in the face" and "I take my medication" can be seen in a lot of ways.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2015 22:17:25 GMT -5
I was hoping for Platinum if she was releasing anything else. I don't know how I feel about "Bathroom Sink".
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Post by countrygirl918 on Sept 28, 2015 22:32:40 GMT -5
I can see not going with "Priscilla" because of the divorce (though frankly, Miranda said it was about the marriage when the album dropped so what's there to hide at this point?), but avoiding anything that could possibly be about Blake seems a stretch to me. Couldn't someone read "Bathroom Sink" as being Miranda struggling to deal with the divorce and what not? "But regret has a way of starin' me right in the face" and "I take my medication" can be seen in a lot of ways. It's not about avoiding anything that could possibly be about Blake. It's that, considering how public her current relationship status is, it would just seem very strange right now for Miranda to be singing about being so in love with someone that there "ain't no moment like when I'm holding onto you". And yes, "Bathroom Sink" could be interpreted in different ways in light of everything as well, but to me there's a distinct difference between the two songs -- in one, Miranda is singing about being in love and feeling like there's no better feeling in the world than being in the arms of that person; in the other she is singing about her own personal insecurities (which are not solely about romantic relationships, but also familial relationships and her relationship with fame). One of those songs rings a lot truer right now than the other (even though "Bathroom Sink" probably would have been my last choice for a fifth single).
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Max_X5
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Post by Max_X5 on Sept 29, 2015 10:35:44 GMT -5
No love for "Girls"?
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