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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2015 13:31:38 GMT -5
Ok sorry about that. It's just I wish that'd for some of these artist would break out. Gloriana is like what Lady A should be. Kacey Jana and Ashley class A talent Kip well he's always worked for me. Like I don't mind Blake but you'd think given Jason Aldean's personality and controversy and Luke Bryan in general negative reviews you'd figure that would translate. Where as the artists I mentioned never have that bad of reviews. I understand but why is it that songs that work their tail off keep getting buried like I mean come on since when did country radio became the latest hip-hop phase. I'm a novice typed I'm working on it. Negative reviews don't matter in the eyes of radio. Luke, Jason and Blake sell like hot bread in a bakery. Personal lives and personality shouldn't factor into radio success. If personality played a factor then Chase Rice wouldn't have a top 5 single in his pocket. Like I said, millions of fans crave Luke's music and millions of fans like this music. Playing new Luke music is good for business and country radio (if you haven't noticed, lol) is a business. The reason that those artists you mention never have bad reviews is because they aren't big enough to fuel bad reviews. Most artists charting have "A-talent." I think everyone knows that doesn't mean that everyone will be format superstars. I hate that Luke's song is going to debut so high as well, but that's just the way radio works and has worked for quite some time, so I personally don't think it should be something to go off on a tangent over. Well I hope the call-out scores are bad enough to have this peak in the teens. Wait what makes Chase Rice a bad person I want an example. Well you'd also figure that at least country radio would play stuff that's at least somewhat country I find it sad that we live in a world where Sun Daze Burning It Down and Drink To That All Night get #1 and Something In The Water Little Toy Guns (which I'm thinking Sangria will block unfortunately ) What We Ain't Got She Don't Love You. It's crap so why can't radio just gives songs that do well digitally and reception wise #1 while the stuff that gets polarizing results get the Top it's unfair. This just proves a guy can release any garbage heap while artists who give a crap struggle.
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Post by sabre14 on May 20, 2015 13:43:14 GMT -5
Negative reviews don't matter in the eyes of radio. Luke, Jason and Blake sell like hot bread in a bakery. Personal lives and personality shouldn't factor into radio success. If personality played a factor then Chase Rice wouldn't have a top 5 single in his pocket. Like I said, millions of fans crave Luke's music and millions of fans like this music. Playing new Luke music is good for business and country radio (if you haven't noticed, lol) is a business. The reason that those artists you mention never have bad reviews is because they aren't big enough to fuel bad reviews. Most artists charting have "A-talent." I think everyone knows that doesn't mean that everyone will be format superstars. I hate that Luke's song is going to debut so high as well, but that's just the way radio works and has worked for quite some time, so I personally don't think it should be something to go off on a tangent over. Well I hope the call-out scores are bad enough to have this peak in the teens. Wait what makes Chase Rice a bad person I want an example. Well you'd also figure that at least country radio would play stuff that's at least somewhat country I find it sad that we live in a world where Sun Daze Burning It Down and Drink To That All Night get #1 and Something In The Water Little Toy Guns (which I'm thinking Sangria will block unfortunately ) What We Ain't Got She Don't Love You. It's crap so why can't radio just gives songs that do well digitally and reception wise #1 while the stuff that gets polarizing results get the Top it's unfair. This just proves a guy can release any garbage heap while artists who give a crap struggle. Chase Rice is not a bad person, I never said that. His past behavior (which was posted in the "Ready Set Roll" thread) shows his immaturity and lack of respect that is usually not a problem with country recording artists. Bad call-out scores are not enough to make a song stall with somebody like Luke Bryan, and I really don't think they'll be all that bad anyway. "Burnin' It Down" and "Drink To That All Night" did not have bad call-out scores and they weren't deemed polarizing. Look, I agree completely on the lack of musical quality on country radio these days and I agree that too many songs peak far lower than they should, but that's how country radio goes. It's not just now. I could give you a couple hundred songs over the past 20 years that failed to reach the top 30 that were worthy of being major hits.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2015 13:48:24 GMT -5
Well than what is it going to take for Luke to miss out on the top because I can't handle this anymore.
Wait how were they not polarizing just look at them are you kidding me. I get that but I didn't think there was bad call-out scores for Something In The Water Automatic it's just not fair.
What did cause them to miss the top.
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Post by sabre14 on May 20, 2015 13:51:11 GMT -5
Well than what is it going to take for Luke to miss out on the top because I can't handle this anymore. Wait how were they not polarizing just look at them are you kidding me. I get that but I didn't think there was bad call-out scores for Something In The Water Automatic it's just not fair. What did cause them to miss the top. "Automatic" was a MB only #1 that RCA was perfectly content on reaching since labels follow that chart just as much as Billboard. "Something In The Water" was just horrible timing and poor management of Carrie's final push by Arista Nashville. We desperately need to get back on topic here though. This is the "Kick The Dust Up" thread. :)
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Post by onebuffalo on May 20, 2015 14:03:10 GMT -5
Well than what is it going to take for Luke to miss out on the top because I can't handle this anymore. Wait how were they not polarizing just look at them are you kidding me. I get that but I didn't think there was bad call-out scores for Something In The Water Automatic it's just not fair. What did cause them to miss the top. First, welcome to Pulse Music Board, raylatch98. Second, Luke Bryan did miss out on the top spot with That's My Kind Of Night on the airplay chart. It was #2 while Thomas Rhett was tops with It Goes Like This. Third, not to be critical, but please use some punctuation in your posts. It would help making your posts look better. Thanks.
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Post by Kristin on May 20, 2015 14:35:12 GMT -5
I like Luke and his most of his music but this has to be the worse song he has ever recorded
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on May 20, 2015 16:55:31 GMT -5
Looking thru several posts on multiple threads on Pulse the last few months I suddenly realize why I'm so out of touch. When did they change the definition of "catchy" to mean s**t? I see nothing catchy about this (or Thomas Rhett or Sam Hunts music either since they are often called "catchy" as well). Its just s**t pop music sang through passionless white boy vocals. I sincerely wish I had just stopped at the live version of this song cause the studio version is ten times worse than that. Luke Bryan may indeed be a "nice guy" but he has the integrity of a crack head prostitute.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2015 22:14:32 GMT -5
Well than what is it going to take for Luke to miss out on the top because I can't handle this anymore. Wait how were they not polarizing just look at them are you kidding me. I get that but I didn't think there was bad call-out scores for Something In The Water Automatic it's just not fair. What did cause them to miss the top. "Automatic" was a MB only #1 that RCA was perfectly content on reaching since labels follow that chart just as much as Billboard. "Something In The Water" was just horrible timing and poor management of Carrie's final push by Arista Nashville. We desperately need to get back on topic here though. This is the "Kick The Dust Up" thread. :) Fair enough I still believe the songs godawful and only hopes it misses the Top 10 and sorry for the punctuation stuff sorry I'm not a perfect typer.
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Post by Kentucky25 on May 21, 2015 17:06:19 GMT -5
I'm generally forgiving of bro songs and bro-artists, but there is one bit of this song that just angers me to no end...\ "And it’s like knock knock knock goes the diesel, If you really wanna see the beautiful people"
Be annoyed by the "up" rhymes in the chorus all you want, but this is one of the most insane lyrics I've heard.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2015 17:11:34 GMT -5
^What does that line even mean (PG appropriate terms if necessary)
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Post by 14887fan on May 21, 2015 17:23:47 GMT -5
Strange to think that this is the same guy who was releasing gems like "Do I" and "All My Friends Say". His career is the picture-perfect representation of the classic success-quality dichotomy of the music industry. Hopefully one day, long after his commercial peak, he'll get back to making music that's genuinely good, and not...this. "Automatic" was a MB only #1 that RCA was perfectly content on reaching since labels follow that chart just as much as Billboard. "Something In The Water" was just horrible timing and poor management of Carrie's final push by Arista Nashville. We desperately need to get back on topic here though. This is the "Kick The Dust Up" thread. :) Fair enough I still believe the songs godawful and only hopes it misses the Top 10 and sorry for the punctuation stuff sorry I'm not a perfect typer. No need to apologize about your punctuation! You mentioned you're a novice typer above, so I'm sure we'll see it progress as you continue to post here. Nobody's grammatically perfect, anyways, so don't worry if anyone gives you a hard time.
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Post by Kentucky25 on May 21, 2015 23:26:04 GMT -5
^What does that line even mean (PG appropriate terms if necessary) only thing I can assume is that you've got to go way out in the woods (in a diesel truck), until you're hearing "knock-knock" (like the roads getting bad?) and then you'll see all the beautiful people partying? All of this is said with a question mark in my mind lol.
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Post by trebor on May 22, 2015 6:48:06 GMT -5
^What does that line even mean (PG appropriate terms if necessary) only thing I can assume is that you've got to go way out in the woods (in a diesel truck), until you're hearing "knock-knock" (like the roads getting bad?) and then you'll see all the beautiful people partying? All of this is said with a question mark in my mind lol. The only thing that I can think of is narcotics as both "knock" and "diesel" are slang terms and the association with beautiful people would make some sense. On the other hand, Luke Bryan is such an innocent looking and perfect son-in-law, so IDK; but Tyler Farr now sings about Mary Jane, so, well.. I'm really confused.
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Post by bjer127 on May 22, 2015 7:08:43 GMT -5
^What does that line even mean (PG appropriate terms if necessary) only thing I can assume is that you've got to go way out in the woods (in a diesel truck), until you're hearing "knock-knock" (like the roads getting bad?) and then you'll see all the beautiful people partying? All of this is said with a question mark in my mind lol. I agree that's one of the dumbest lines ever. But the knock knock knock refers to an old Diesel engines. They tend to knock. I've owned 2 diesel pick up trucks and can say one of them knocked a lot lol. Or if you've ever heard a Mercedes diesel car, they naturally knock a lot Not defending the line at all , it's rubbish. But just clarifying what it means. The beautiful people part I have no idea.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 7:23:42 GMT -5
Thank you for explaining. This songs still awful and I'm still baffled by Luke Bryan and his success.
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Post by matty005 on May 22, 2015 7:35:21 GMT -5
only thing I can assume is that you've got to go way out in the woods (in a diesel truck), until you're hearing "knock-knock" (like the roads getting bad?) and then you'll see all the beautiful people partying? All of this is said with a question mark in my mind lol. The only thing that I can think of is narcotics as both "knock" and "diesel" are slang terms and the association with beautiful people would make some sense. On the other hand, Luke Bryan is such an innocent looking and perfect son-in-law, so IDK; but Tyler Farr now sings about Mary Jane, so, well.. I'm really confused. You can sing about Mary Jane, and heck, even smoke it, and still be a good person (perfect son in law, etc).
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Post by trebor on May 22, 2015 8:03:39 GMT -5
The only thing that I can think of is narcotics as both "knock" and "diesel" are slang terms and the association with beautiful people would make some sense. On the other hand, Luke Bryan is such an innocent looking and perfect son-in-law, so IDK; but Tyler Farr now sings about Mary Jane, so, well.. I'm really confused. You can sing about Mary Jane, and heck, even smoke it, and still be a good person (perfect son in law, etc). That was humorous! :) I'm certainly not judging.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on May 22, 2015 8:28:15 GMT -5
Well, the impact of Pulse. jhomes87's 1/5 star review of the song is now the second most helpful review of the single so far on iTunes (12/17 listeners found it helpful). Just if you're interested, here's her review: Embarrasingly Bad by jhomes87My oh my, what has happened to country music? What happened to intelligent and creative lyrics about real people? This song make actual hard-working country folk sound like idiots and rednecks. It's an utter embarrassment. I'm from a small town (2500 people) in the middle of Iowa in the corn belt, and this is NOT what life in the country is like, ugh. I love country music from every decade right up into the 2000's. I love George, Garth, Reba, Tim, Shania, Keith, Lee Ann Womack, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, etc. Pretty much everybody. But for the first time in my life, I find the new crop of superstars (Jason, FGL, Luke, Blake) that's replacing the older stars at radio to be absolutely terrible. It used to be when an older artist would fade away at radio, then we'd have promising newcomers to take their place. But now we have this crap...
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on May 22, 2015 8:43:32 GMT -5
Yea , bjer127 is spot on . The Knocking line is a reference to diesel engines clattering or knocking. What that has to do with "beautiful people" is anybodys guess. Semi-related & not that it has anything with being a "good person" but I always took the "real good feel good stuff" under the seat line on "My Kind Of Night" as a weed reference.
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Post by tim on May 22, 2015 11:29:16 GMT -5
Did anybody catch the Bobby Bones show this morning? He played George Strait's "The Fireman" remixed with this song. Just no!
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on May 22, 2015 12:32:07 GMT -5
Did anybody catch the Bobby Bones show this morning? He played George Strait's "The Fireman" remixed with this song. Just no! *shudder* While I didn't hear it , the mere thought of it made my gag reflex kick in.
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Post by sabre14 on May 22, 2015 13:32:57 GMT -5
Well, the impact of Pulse. jhomes87's 1/5 star review of the song is now the second most helpful review of the single so far on iTunes (12/17 listeners found it helpful). It should be #1. I've never had the itch to write an iTunes review (though I have done my fair share of YouTube comments...) but good for Jamie - she nailed it.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 14:46:27 GMT -5
While I'm thinking of "Good Directions" can I just say: that is the perfect modern country song. Does it really get much better than that? It's a real, but hokey story and Billy sings it with great emotion. I still am amazed that Luke wrote that song.
I just hope when this phase passes by, Luke is going to remember just how much this music really means to him. I'm going to second Jamie's iTunes review. I'm from a small town (smaller than 2000) and nobody says anything like "knock knock knock goes my diesel" or "let's tear it up up and fill our cup up". That's punk stuff and if we liked that, we would listen to rap. Nothing beats driving down a country back road in the summer hearing songs like "Good Directions" or hell, "Rain is a Good Thing". As silly as the latter is, that's real stuff. I'm not a farmer but I see it. We can joke about whiskey making her frisky, but nobody is joking about all the "beautiful people" filling their "cups up, up" with "jars of clear". It's like Davidson, DeStefano, and Gorley are WELL beyond out of things to talk about--they're really reaching now.
I was listening to Craig Campbell talk about Tracy Byrd (I guess The Highway is good for something, after all) and he said something that I never thought about. Make songs you're gonna wanna sing the rest of your life.
I'm sure Luke is gonna be just as happy singing about the "knocking diesel" when he's ol' George Strait's age as Billy singing about those good directions. Right? Right?!
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Post by sabre14 on May 22, 2015 14:56:16 GMT -5
While I'm thinking of "Good Directions" can I just say: that is the perfect modern country song. Does it really get much better than that? It's a real, but hokey story and Billy sings it with great emotion. I still am amazed that Luke wrote that song. Wow, what a coincidence to bring that song up. I was at the grocery store earlier today and as I was walking through the parking lot, a car passed by with the windows down and Luke's version of "Good Directions" was blaring through the speakers - and I mean obnoxiously loud, lol. That Craig Campbell comment was nice, I agree. It's like the whole "don't get that tattoo, cause what are going to think of it when you're 70?" Unfortunately Luke continues to sing these songs because radio has embraced them and they've sold like crazy. "Kick The Dust Up" really does sound like they wanted to write another type of "That's My Kind Of Night" song but they just came up short with the uncreative and weak lyrics.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 15:17:03 GMT -5
Even my few friends who like "country" (I quote because when I say they like country, I mean FGL, Luke, Sam Hunt...etc) couldn't get into this song. They couldn't explain why, they just hated it.
You know, with Luke and Aldean still riding the bro-train, Thomas Rhett and Sam Hunt churning out their pop/disco music, Bret Michaels and Steven Tyler trying their hand at country, and Zac Brown making a complete hodgepodge of genres on his latest album, I don't see how Country ,being as divided as it is right now, standing on two legs later on down the road. I'm not trying to be negative here. Like who you like, I couldn't care less at this point, but the genre has no idea what it is and has no direction of where it's headed. Is anyone else afraid that country is going to "Crash and Burn"? (See what I did?)
It's not so much adding a fiddle or steel guitar to the music that's the problem anymore (well I mean it is but....), it's trying to slow down this fast train before it derails...further
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on May 22, 2015 15:30:38 GMT -5
You know, with Luke and Aldean still riding the bro-train, Thomas Rhett and Sam Hunt churning out their pop/disco music, Bret Michaels and Steven Tyler trying their hand at country, and Zac Brown making a complete hodgepodge of genres on his latest album, I don't see how Country ,being as divided as it is right now, standing on two legs later on down the road. I'm not trying to be negative here. Like who you like, I couldn't care less at this point, but the genre has no idea what it is and has no direction of where it's headed. Is anyone else afraid that country is going to "Crash and Burn"? HA! I've been the crazy guy on the corner holding "The End Is Near" sign for quite some time now. And honestly , if THIS is the road its going down... I kinda hope it does. #countrymusicanarchist
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 19:07:16 GMT -5
^I will believe it when I see it. Am I like the only person who hates Drink A Beer I found it to feel so fake and Luke's delivery to be nothing short of flat. He needs to sound more into the ballads and maybe I'll take him seriously.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 19:28:06 GMT -5
I'll hold all my criticisms until I hear the album, as this is what I was HOPING would happen (but did not) with this lead single. I guess you're really onto something good when you've hooked a 5- and 7-year-old! (no offense to Luke's kids, who are wonderful I'm sure). But talk about dumbing things down for the audience, eh?
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on May 22, 2015 20:58:22 GMT -5
Well, the impact of Pulse. jhomes87's 1/5 star review of the song is now the second most helpful review of the single so far on iTunes (12/17 listeners found it helpful). It should be #1. I've never had the itch to write an iTunes review (though I have done my fair share of YouTube comments...) but good for Jamie - she nailed it. It's now #1, though the review below it had one more listener that found it helpful (but had more listeners found it not helpful) and is also 1/5 stars. This was the previous #1 Why??? by mckenzie20 Why do people like him? This is literal trash!
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