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Post by American Idiot on Jun 10, 2010 14:27:32 GMT -5
Are other markets still playing this song? Wasn't this song a flop compared to other Killers songs in most markets? Is there some kind of reason why this song is being hammered to death in LA still in mid-2010? I don't really know about the other stations, but WPBZ played it for a very short time last year. I didn't realize that it actually peaked at #8 on Alternative because I definitely didn't hear it as much as most of other singles by The Killers. I think maybe KROQ brought it back to compete with it's cross-town rival station, but otherwise it's "for reasons unknown" ;)
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Post by jvandyck87 on Jun 10, 2010 14:27:50 GMT -5
I was gonna ask, is there some reason why a thread from a year and a half ago was being revived, but I realize that just makes your point all the more salient. My local alternative station is obsessed with recurrents, but I think this isn't one of the ones they're still playing 40 times a week. I'd have to check to be sure though.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jun 10, 2010 14:29:19 GMT -5
It's kinda ridiculous that in the LA market, on KYSR 98.7 this song is still their #1 most played this week (53 spins) and has been in their Top 5 most spins every single week since early 2009. Meanwhile, competitor LA station KROQ 106.7 dropped this song by mid-2009, yet all of a sudden brought this song back last month into regular rotation again. This week it is getting more spins on KROQ than such songs as Phoenix - Lisztomania and Muse - Neutron Star Collision. Are other markets still playing this song? Wasn't this song a flop compared to other Killers songs in most markets? Is there some kind of reason why this song is being hammered to death in LA still in mid-2010? I wouldn't say it was a comparative flop, given the preceding album era "Sam's Town" only produced one major hit and a secondary single ("Read My Mind") that barely made the Top Ten. Even during their most successful era with their debut album, half the album's singles didn't exactly conquer this format. "All These Things That I've Done" just scraped the Top Ten. I don't expect "Spaceman" will be remembered much beyond their core fanbase five years from now on radio, but it performed about as well as the rest of their catalog commercially on average. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by PDC1987 on Jun 10, 2010 15:48:50 GMT -5
It's kinda ridiculous that in the LA market, on KYSR 98.7 this song is still their #1 most played this week (53 spins) and has been in their Top 5 most spins every single week since early 2009. Meanwhile, competitor LA station KROQ 106.7 dropped this song by mid-2009, yet all of a sudden brought this song back last month into regular rotation again. This week it is getting more spins on KROQ than such songs as Phoenix - Lisztomania and Muse - Neutron Star Collision. Are other markets still playing this song? Wasn't this song a flop compared to other Killers songs in most markets? Is there some kind of reason why this song is being hammered to death in LA still in mid-2010? I hear this everyday on WKRK 92.3 here in Cleveland. I love it, so I don't mind.
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Post by The Party Captain on Jun 10, 2010 19:40:20 GMT -5
Spaceman is really the only song rock stations can cling to from Day & Age. I've only heard A Dustland Fairytale on the boardwalk of Myrtle Beach.
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Jun 10, 2010 20:40:37 GMT -5
I wish the stations around here still played this. I think it's their best post-Hot Fuss single.
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Post by Ace on Jun 10, 2010 20:54:20 GMT -5
Wow, random bump. This was one of my favorite songs from the last album. Was really surprised it didn't do more, but Human may have driven away some of their more alternative-based audience.
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Post by Gravity. on Jun 10, 2010 20:58:09 GMT -5
"Human" was actually one of my favorite singles from The Killers. I liked it more than this one. This was a great song though.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jun 11, 2010 2:21:42 GMT -5
Wow, random bump. This was one of my favorite songs from the last album. Was really surprised it didn't do more, but Human may have driven away some of their more alternative-based audience. Given that it was the era's highest peaking single and also showed moderate longevity after peaking, I'm doubtful it alienated much of their core audience at all. Everyone I've talked to who listens to Portland's indie alternative station 94.7 FM considers "Human" among the band's best offerings to date, in fact. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by jvandyck87 on Jun 11, 2010 2:23:22 GMT -5
I don't like The Killers all that much, but I STRONGLY dislike "Human".
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jun 11, 2010 3:01:33 GMT -5
I heard "Spaceman" just last night, driving into St. Louis on its secondary Alternative station. But the spin is insignificant because the station isn't monitored by Mediabase.
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Post by Ace on Jun 11, 2010 13:51:27 GMT -5
Given that it was the era's highest peaking single and also showed moderate longevity after peaking, I'm doubtful it alienated much of their core audience at all. Everyone I've talked to who listens to Portland's indie alternative station 94.7 FM considers "Human" among the band's best offerings to date, in fact. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus A lot of people I know who listen to alternative were turned off by the more dance-oriented Human and consequently didn't give the rest of the new material a fair chance. I'm sure they would have liked Spaceman, had they heard it. I also would imagine that being the first single from an established name gave it more immediate traction at alternative radio, regardless of the sound. The attention it received at pop radio certainly didn't hurt its performance, either.
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Post by PDC1987 on Jun 11, 2010 19:40:21 GMT -5
Human was a terrible choice for the first single.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Jun 11, 2010 23:20:05 GMT -5
I was surprised Human couldn't reach Top 5. Was it because it was too dance-y and less of an Alternative song?
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Post by WotUNeed on Jun 12, 2010 19:00:57 GMT -5
I don't think "Human" was a horrible choice, but I don't think it ever had a chance at becoming an Alt staple. Since they wanted to release it, first single was the right decision, because it got the added boost of lead single hype. I like the song, but it wasn't immediate for me the way "Spaceman" was. "Spaceman" is the only single they released from Day & Age to which the alternative format can cling, I believe, as others have stated in this thread. That's likely why it's still getting spun as much as it is.
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Post by The Party Captain on Jun 12, 2010 21:12:38 GMT -5
I was surprised Human couldn't reach Top 5. Was it because it was too dance-y and less of an Alternative song? That's a question that really answers itself.
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Post by singingsparrow on Jun 13, 2010 1:26:22 GMT -5
I don't think "Human" was a horrible choice, but I don't think it ever had a chance at becoming an Alt staple. Since they wanted to release it, first single was the right decision, because it got the added boost of lead single hype. I like the song, but it wasn't immediate for me the way "Spaceman" was. "Spaceman" is the only single they released from Day & Age to which the alternative format can cling, I believe, as others have stated in this thread. That's likely why it's still getting spun as much as it is. "Day & Age", overall, I think was too eclectic to appeal squarely to any one radio format. It didn't quite fit into Alternative largely due to the heavy emotional and sweeping atmosphere of many of the tracks, while it didn't quite fit into Hot AC and Mainstream Top 40 because their dabbling with all kinds of different sounds from steel drums to saxophones resulted in something with too much depth to be accessible to the format. What I'm most surprised about, more than anything, is why Triple A wasn't more receptive to the album. "A Dustland Fairytale" was tailor-made for Adult Alternative much the same reason "Read My Mind" was: descriptive and poetic lyrics, an arena-ready resonance in the vein of U2 and a climatic emotional feel that bowls you over by the end when Flowers is wailing "Can't you see the kingdom's under siege?" I'm still scratching my head to why that never got a push there, though it's no mistake why it didn't go anywhere at Alternative. "Neon Tiger" and "The World We Live In" would have complemented the format perfectly too. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by The Party Captain on Jun 13, 2010 10:45:40 GMT -5
I'm surprised Spaceman didn't get a push on pop. It could have worked well there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2010 18:08:30 GMT -5
This was one of my favorite songs from the last album.
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