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Post by countryfan15 on Sept 12, 2019 17:16:23 GMT -5
I guess either Jason missed the memo that Country Music is gravitating back to a Neotraditional sound or he's just an arrogant ass. I miss the days of him putting out great songs like Amarillo Sky, Why, and The Truth. His first few albums were great but I guess those days are long gone for him. This is pretty much the same exact song he releases every album cycle so I'll take a pass and I don't really care for the other 3 songs either. I really wish Drum Loops and Hip Hop beats would just go away from Country already.
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Post by countryisking on Sept 13, 2019 8:23:32 GMT -5
The weird thing is that Jason justifies this sound by saying this is how he came into country music and he hasn’t done it in a while. The problem with that is it’s all he’s been doing lately (generally) and if you listen to his first three album’s single cycles they sound nothing like this.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Sept 14, 2019 11:32:13 GMT -5
Boring and bland this will do nothing to further his career except maybe add a statistic of having another top 10 (hesitant to call #1).
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Post by Wackadoodle on Sept 16, 2019 14:50:41 GMT -5
I guess either Jason missed the memo that Country Music is gravitating back to a Neotraditional sound or he's just an arrogant ass. I miss the days of him putting out great songs like Amarillo Sky, Why, and The Truth. His first few albums were great but I guess those days are long gone for him. This is pretty much the same exact song he releases every album cycle so I'll take a pass and I don't really care for the other 3 songs either. I really wish Drum Loops and Hip Hop beats would just go away from Country already. The problem isn't really that this isn't neo-traditional. We have all kinds of music being played on the radio and the best songs win, regardless of whether they're traditional or modern. It's just that this is so repetitive, generic and downright boring. Plus I've never been a fan of Jason's voice. It literally makes me sick. |
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Post by CoJoFan on Sept 16, 2019 18:38:26 GMT -5
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Post by phil1996 on Sept 17, 2019 18:45:07 GMT -5
Why does Chris Stapleton take 6 months off between singles and this guy releases a new single the exact moment his current one peaks. Because Chris Stapleton writes his own songs and takes his time to make sure his music is high quality every record. Same thing Church does. Guys who release albums every year like Aldean and Blake don’t take time to write and instead find a bunch of vanilla that today’s kids eat up. |
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Post by justin5545 on Sept 17, 2019 18:52:33 GMT -5
^ yeah, he's just trying to pump out as many radio hits as he can before he becomes irrelevant.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 17, 2019 19:07:12 GMT -5
Why does Chris Stapleton take 6 months off between singles and this guy releases a new single the exact moment his current one peaks. Because Chris Stapleton writes his own songs and takes his time to make sure his music is high quality every record. Same thing Church does. Guys who release albums every year like Aldean and Blake don’t take time to write and instead find a bunch of vanilla that today’s kids eat up. I agree but I don't think it is the answer he is looking for. The reason of Chris Stapleton taking breaks between singles (e.g. Broken Halos and Millionaire) is more like poor decision/indecision from his team rather than spending time on songwriting. |
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Post by seak05 on Sept 17, 2019 19:12:45 GMT -5
Why does Chris Stapleton take 6 months off between singles and this guy releases a new single the exact moment his current one peaks. Because Chris Stapleton writes his own songs and takes his time to make sure his music is high quality every record. Same thing Church does. Guys who release albums every year like Aldean and Blake don’t take time to write and instead find a bunch of vanilla that today’s kids eat up. Chris Stapleton's last two albums of songs he's written years ago say hi. Also looks at how often Willie Nelson released. And realistically if you're willing to use outside writers, theoretically you're tapping a larger talent pool, so you could get higher quality. Like sorry, but this is just lazy analysis. Chris S isn't releasing because he's basically taken time off, Aldean doesn't. |
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Post by thewp on Sept 17, 2019 20:32:06 GMT -5
Because Chris Stapleton writes his own songs and takes his time to make sure his music is high quality every record. Same thing Church does. Guys who release albums every year like Aldean and Blake don’t take time to write and instead find a bunch of vanilla that today’s kids eat up. Chris Stapleton's last two albums of songs he's written years ago say hi. Also looks at how often Willie Nelson released. And realistically if you're willing to use outside writers, theoretically you're tapping a larger talent pool, so you could get higher quality. Like sorry, but this is just lazy analysis. Chris S isn't releasing because he's basically taken time off, Aldean doesn't. Yeah, Stapleton’s last two albums were not great. He’s coasting on touring because he’s making a shitload of $ on it right now. Wouldn’t exactly characterize Blake or Aldean’s fan base as “kids” as opposed to Stapleton, either. Lazy analysis indeed. |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 17, 2019 20:57:49 GMT -5
Because Chris Stapleton writes his own songs and takes his time to make sure his music is high quality every record. Same thing Church does. Guys who release albums every year like Aldean and Blake don’t take time to write and instead find a bunch of vanilla that today’s kids eat up. Chris Stapleton's last two albums of songs he's written years ago say hi. Also looks at how often Willie Nelson released. And realistically if you're willing to use outside writers, theoretically you're tapping a larger talent pool, so you could get higher quality. Like sorry, but this is just lazy analysis. Chris S isn't releasing because he's basically taken time off, Aldean doesn't. Yep, and look at how often George Strait used to churn out music and he didn't even really pick up the pen until within the last 10 years or so, long after he'd become the King of Country Music singing songs he didn't write himself. It's impressive when an artist can write their own killer song, but I've always thought it was misguided to put too much stock into songwriting skills being the measure of artistry. |
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 18, 2019 2:05:00 GMT -5
Chris Stapleton's last two albums of songs he's written years ago say hi. Also looks at how often Willie Nelson released. And realistically if you're willing to use outside writers, theoretically you're tapping a larger talent pool, so you could get higher quality. Like sorry, but this is just lazy analysis. Chris S isn't releasing because he's basically taken time off, Aldean doesn't. Yep, and look at how often George Strait used to churn out music and he didn't even really pick up the pen until within the last 10 years or so, long after he'd become the King of Country Music singing songs he didn't write himself. It's impressive when an artist can write their own killer song, but I've always thought it was misguided to put too much stock into songwriting skills being the measure of artistry. Especially when you consider that artists relying TOO heavily on their own songwriting can be a huge hinderance for their careers. Clint Black is a prime example. He grabbed peoples' attention right off the bat because he was a fantastic songwriter, but as time went on he pretty much refused to record songs that he did not write, and ultimately his career ended up going stale quicker than he probably deserved to. Alan Jackson, on the other hand, throughout the course of his career has written some of the biggest country hits of all time, and has also turned other songwriters' songs into the biggest country hits of all time. He has an extremely discerning ear for the type of music that country fans want to hear, and it has led to one of the longest and most prolific recording careers of the modern era, with a period of relevance that was pretty close to twice as long as Clint's. Aldean's music isn't stale because of the fact that he isn't much of a songwriter. Aldean's music is stale because he was never much of an artist to begin with. He found a gimmicky niche way back in the day that just happened to launch him into superstardom, and now that people are getting tired of it he doesn't know how to get off the horse. |
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Post by nncountrykid on Sept 18, 2019 7:53:24 GMT -5
It would be kind of foolish to expect a guy to change up what's gotten all but one of his singles for the last DECADE in the Top 3. He's mass market country music and doesn't pretend to be anything else. He's a massively successful artist, whether you like him or not, and any expectation that he'd change up what he's doing because a niche crowd is sick of him is a bit laughable, honestly.
His last four singles hit #1 and he's still playing to packed houses. That doesn't really scream "people are tired of this" to me.
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Post by phil1996 on Sept 18, 2019 9:21:26 GMT -5
I will say, Blame It On You is pretty good and sounds like a gigantic hit
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Post by Wackadoodle on Sept 23, 2019 3:59:46 GMT -5
It would be kind of foolish to expect a guy to change up what's gotten all but one of his singles for the last DECADE in the Top 3. He's mass market country music and doesn't pretend to be anything else. He's a massively successful artist, whether you like him or not, and any expectation that he'd change up what he's doing because a niche crowd is sick of him is a bit laughable, honestly. His last four singles hit #1 and he's still playing to packed houses. That doesn't really scream "people are tired of this" to me. i don't care if he doesn't change what he's doing. I agree that it's a winning strategy and understand all that. I'll just personally change the station when this song comes on. He's easy to ignore. |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 23, 2019 13:25:12 GMT -5
It would be kind of foolish to expect a guy to change up what's gotten all but one of his singles for the last DECADE in the Top 3. He's mass market country music and doesn't pretend to be anything else. He's a massively successful artist, whether you like him or not, and any expectation that he'd change up what he's doing because a niche crowd is sick of him is a bit laughable, honestly. His last four singles hit #1 and he's still playing to packed houses. That doesn't really scream "people are tired of this" to me. His singles from the last album were kind of a switch-up from the norm for him though, and it was seemingly brought on by the previous album era ( They Don't Know) yielding only one big hit and then three that didn't command the charts in the way that Jason Aldean singles typically do. I think the last era was influenced by that slight slump, and now it's clear he's like "okay, back to the regularly scheduled programming" with this single. I don't see "We Back" coming even close to the heights he reached with "You Make It Easy" or "Drowns the Whiskey," and his career won't be greatly affected by it because it'll still do well enough at radio and he'll still be a major touring draw, but the most recent set of singles he released was proof that switching it up a little works. |
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Post by countrymusicjunkie on Sept 29, 2019 12:41:49 GMT -5
"Dirt We Were Raised On" is another song that sounds the same as about 30 of his other songs. He really needs to change it up a bit, his music is becoming really stale.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Oct 10, 2019 9:25:12 GMT -5
Oh hey, another concert footage music video...
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Post by Darkest Hour on Nov 8, 2019 18:44:34 GMT -5
Ngl the bad callout restored a bit my hope on country radio listeners.
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Post by Troublemaker on Nov 8, 2019 18:53:24 GMT -5
Ngl the bad callout restored a bit my hope on country radio listeners. But when you realize that Ridin’ Roads is doing well on the same chart, you start to question everything... |
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Post by Wackadoodle on Nov 21, 2019 1:15:23 GMT -5
Thank God the callouts came out and started to stall this on the charts. Maybe it'll miss #1 now.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 21, 2019 18:49:27 GMT -5
I'd love to see the callout derail this one like it did "1994." Aldean shouldn't be immune to poor performance when he releases a dud, and this song is ridiculously lazy.
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Post by dm2081 on Nov 21, 2019 20:12:04 GMT -5
Can’t wait for this one to end so we can get “Got What I Got” next. I’m absolutely in love with that one and think it will be a huge hit.
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Post by Naos on Nov 25, 2019 16:52:55 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Nov 26, 2019 21:20:57 GMT -5
Album predicted to have 55-60k pure sales and 68-73k SPS first week. #3 overall.
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Post by Wackadoodle on Nov 26, 2019 22:15:53 GMT -5
I just don't see a clear path for this to climb much higher. If it does, it'll take 25-30 weeks. By that point, it'll have quite a high negative rate and a high burn rate. Maybe this scrapes the top 10 and another single gets released. Or they could just pull this now while the album is hot and release something else. I'm sure there are plenty of bigger hits in the bag. No big deal. Jason will get his momentum back. Everyone misses the top 10 every once in a while. Even the best of us. FGL, Carrie, even Blake potentially. No shame in an occasional teens peak. Just forget about it and move on.
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Post by LBTrocks on Nov 29, 2019 21:10:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I just can't get into this one. And you all know I'm an Aldean fan. The production in the verse is pretty cool, but that chorus is really annoying. The 'we back we back we back' got more grating, not less grating. I was hoping this would grow on me but it didn't. I want this to be done so they can move on to something better... AKA, "Some Things You Don't Forget." Now that song is incredible.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Nov 29, 2019 21:27:09 GMT -5
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Post by raylatch98 on Jan 19, 2020 17:18:55 GMT -5
Well "We Back" does finally manage to make it into the Mediabase Top 10 so at least Jason Aldean has another Top 10 under his belt. That being said I don't think this song is long for the charts as I imagine the callout is still poor, sales remain very underwhelming, and this song has been in Top 30 rotation since mid September and the bullet since the new year has been pretty consistently mediocre at best. I can see this song maybe snagging a Top 5 peak, but likewise with "Make Me Want To" I do think this song's #1 chances are pretty slim
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