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Post by pen on Mar 2, 2009 23:10:22 GMT -5
Look at the link pen posted, there are 288 votes total among all four choices for the new single. Below that, there are 457 comments, and that's just from people registered on their site. I voted, and I'm not registered. Don't you think that, if the fans could vote more than once, there would be more votes than comments? Why would they waste their time commenting if they could give their choice a few more votes instead? Because they can't, and if they try it's not being counted again. Well for one, we don't know how many unique folks are commenting on that poll, and also, it seems to me you are suggesting that rather than talk about the song, these people would just be hitting the poll again and again and again. Granted, there are some obsessive people out there in the world, but they only need a few to rig the poll. Not enough for what you say to be incorrect, but enough for it to be inaccurate. Also, I'm a little skeptical. In the course of one day, that song is in the lead when yesterday it was still behind? And when this poll began, it was in dead last.
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Post by PHOBES on Mar 2, 2009 23:32:23 GMT -5
I think, in a way, your first statement supports what I said. I don't think either of us believe that there are more people commenting that voting. So, if there were 100 voters hanging around commenting, would they not at least try to vote again? Shoot, I tried voting a few times to see if the vote counter would go up (which it didn't). I'm sure there are people voting from different locations, which can make a difference in such a tightly contested poll, but other than that I don't think anyone's vote counts more than once.
Did you see my numbers? It only has 98 votes in total now. Dead last or not, it wasn't like it was an insurmountable deficit.
Fun fact: 84 of the 288 votes are from another site, sodahead.com, which is hosting the poll. Their members voted like this:
Breaking Inside: 31 Sound of Madness: 20 The Crow and the Butterfly: 19 Call Me: 14
EDIT: And yes, many of the early voters were pro-SoM.
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Post by pen on Mar 3, 2009 0:15:40 GMT -5
Polls can be hacked. It's not unheard of.
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Post by PHOBES on Mar 3, 2009 0:36:45 GMT -5
Polls can be hacked. It's not unheard of. You see now you're just looking for excuses
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Post by pen on Mar 3, 2009 1:49:06 GMT -5
I'm not looking for excuses, I'm finding answers.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Mar 3, 2009 1:53:15 GMT -5
They should just release both. Considering how well "Second Chance" is doing, this album has the legs to go 4 singles deep. "Sound Of Madness" should be next though cuz they should go heavy-softer-heavy-softer. It makes the most sense that way to me anyway.
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Post by Cody on Mar 3, 2009 15:26:33 GMT -5
They should just release both. Considering how well "Second Chance" is doing, this album has the legs to go 4 singles deep. "Sound Of Madness" should be next though cuz they should go heavy-softer-heavy-softer. It makes the most sense that way to me anyway. actually, if this does really well on Active, and they go with Breaking Inside/Call Me next for another pop single and it does well, I can see them finishing with a 5th rock single
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Post by PHOBES on Mar 4, 2009 13:32:10 GMT -5
Poll Closed.
Final Tally:
101 • 33% Breaking Inside 92 • 30% Sound of Madness 56 • 19% Call Me 53 • 18% The Crow and The Butterfly
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Post by Jorge_Str [Som3on3] on Mar 5, 2009 17:54:42 GMT -5
does this mean Breaking Inside will finally be their 3rd single? or its just a poll to see what people believe the next single should be?
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Post by pen on Mar 5, 2009 18:56:37 GMT -5
It means that 10 people didn't do their job.
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Post by Matt4319 on Mar 5, 2009 19:40:56 GMT -5
I haven't heard any of these songs (except maybe "Sound of Madness" once a while back), but Shinedown would be dumb to base their next single choice on an online poll where just over 300 people responded.
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Post by PHOBES on Mar 6, 2009 13:38:44 GMT -5
Yeah, I have a feeling SoM will be the next single regardless (even though I don't want it to). And the fact that there's already a video for it only reinforces that thought.
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Post by PHOBES on Mar 6, 2009 14:14:09 GMT -5
Ok, so now it's official. I guess they hurried up to take the poll down so no one would realize they weren't going with the poll.
"And the single is....'Sound of Madness,' you picked it (bull)."
Oh well, it's my second choice, but I'm still kinda pissed about it.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 15, 2009 15:47:03 GMT -5
The best choice in my opinion.
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Post by bamafan2102 on Mar 15, 2009 23:47:41 GMT -5
The best choice in my opinion. I agree. Release something with a little ass to it then close out the era with Crow and The Butterfly.
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Post by pen on Mar 15, 2009 23:51:21 GMT -5
"The Crow And The Butterfly"? More like "If You Only Knew".
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Post by PHOBES on Mar 16, 2009 0:03:29 GMT -5
I never thought of you as a guy who would enjoy a touching ballad. Now I'm gonna forever associate the Monarch with sappy love ballads.
On a serious note, I really like IYOK, but I don't see it being released as a single. It's just sounds too much like "Second Chance" to me. Now I'm torn between "Breaking Inside" and "What A Shame" for the next single.
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Post by pen on Mar 16, 2009 0:41:49 GMT -5
I love touching ballads. They make me cry.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 16, 2009 19:40:48 GMT -5
Ball ads? Gross. I think this song should finish of the album.
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Post by pen on Mar 16, 2009 19:56:46 GMT -5
Ah, I see you pulled that from seventh grade.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 16, 2009 20:01:08 GMT -5
It's actually from a Beavis & Butt-head episode. But hey, you're such a lovely audience!
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Post by pen on Mar 16, 2009 20:01:50 GMT -5
I never watched that show.
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Post by American Idiot on Mar 16, 2009 20:56:26 GMT -5
I wish Beavis & Butt-head were still on. Those were the days when I actually watched MTV because it had pretty good shows and they played something called music videos.
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Post by pen on Mar 16, 2009 21:05:26 GMT -5
Eh. I could take it or leave it. The only show MTV ever had that ever interested me was The Maxx.
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Post by pen on Mar 18, 2009 17:30:18 GMT -5
March 30th. Woo!
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 19, 2009 2:47:24 GMT -5
I've heard this song off and on since the album came out, so naturally my station has already added it to the playlist, certifying it with a "new music" tag. But since I never cared too much for it to begin with, I'm so over this song already.
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Post by PHOBES on Mar 20, 2009 13:06:11 GMT -5
They should release this before March 30th, it would be the perfect song for ESPN or CBS Sports right now: "The Sound of March Madness."
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Post by fran182 on Mar 21, 2009 13:48:10 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 50 on Mediabase Active:
59 50 SHINEDOWN Sound Of Madness 135 95 40 0.764
17 stations playing.
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Post by PHOBES on Mar 21, 2009 19:16:36 GMT -5
^Yeah, this song's gonna cruise.
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Post by Bluemargay on Mar 24, 2009 16:11:10 GMT -5
The sleep with a gun line wouldn't work and they don't like to edit their songs.
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