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Post by pen on Mar 3, 2009 18:26:26 GMT -5
It's a Simon Says cover, bastards.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 4, 2009 2:35:41 GMT -5
It's a Simon Says cover, bastards. Wow, I forgot about that band. To Wikipedia! ... Hmm....I would've thought someone relatively famous was involved. They had one video I saw on MTV, but can't remember which song it would have been.
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Post by pen on Mar 4, 2009 2:43:25 GMT -5
That song is from Shut Your Breath, which is their best album. And only good album. And also their last album! Hat trick!
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Post by borlando on Mar 6, 2009 13:13:12 GMT -5
i cant wait for this to hit radio..311!!!
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Post by borlando on Mar 10, 2009 23:30:19 GMT -5
being released mid-april according to their website
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Post by pen on Mar 10, 2009 23:37:34 GMT -5
being released mid-april according to their website "Hey, you." "What?" "We've got a new album on June 2nd." "Cool." "Hey, you." "WHAAAAT?" "We've got a new single on April 14th too." "Okay." "Hey, you." "AAGGGH!" "Guess what it's called?" "WHAT?!" "Hey, you." Reading is fun, kids.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Mar 11, 2009 0:06:07 GMT -5
That song is from Shut Your Breath, which is their best album. And only good album. And also their last album! Hat trick! Changing the subject back to Simon Says for a moment, the song "Life Jacket" off their 1999 album Jump Start was by far my favorite of theirs. I remember when I was in middle school, The Disney Channel played a music video of it everyday for like 6 months as a promo to their made for TV movie, Johnny Tsunami, which featured "Life Jacket" in a snowboarding action scene. Definitely the heaviest song Disney ever backed in any way. I believe it was around the top 20 of active rock too. The only song I know off Shut Your Breath was "Blister," which was pretty ehh. I think the drummer went on to join a band with Ex-Splender frontman Waymon Boone called Headrush, but now that Splender is reuniting, I think that band is off too.
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Post by pen on Mar 11, 2009 0:27:44 GMT -5
Yes, you're right about Headrush.
And I think there are far better tracks on Shut Your Breath than "Blister". But I'm a big fan of heavy melodic rock, so take that for what you will.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Mar 11, 2009 1:53:03 GMT -5
I only know about them because Splender was my favorite band in middle school before I went through my Metallica phase. I saw Splender open up for Third Eye Blind and Vertical Horizon back in 2000...my first concert. I went mostly for the headliners and left a converted Splender fanatic.
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Post by American Idiot on Mar 11, 2009 18:16:23 GMT -5
Wow. I didn't know Splender was reuniting. I remember "Yeah, Whatever" & "Save It For Later." Good stuff that I haven't heard in forever.
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Post by borlando on Apr 4, 2009 21:11:17 GMT -5
this is premiering within the week..im predicting already this is gonna go top 5. theyve had high peaks on alt in recent years. theres a soundcheck on youtube where u can hear most of the song
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Post by American Idiot on Apr 7, 2009 22:36:11 GMT -5
Hear the entire song here. blogs.1077theend.com/aharms/2009/04/07/new-311-hey-you/I'm not "jizzing in my pants" over how this sounds, but it's freaking 311 so of course I think it kicks ass. Since it's their debut single, I'm expecting this to do rather well, but I'm hoping there's some better songs on the rest of "Uplifter."
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Apr 8, 2009 3:00:31 GMT -5
Probably the weakest lead single they've ever had. (I'm biased because any other contenders would've come at a time when I liked 311 considerably more.) But I'm betting it'll be a grower and also I like how it's a love note to music.
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Post by Ron57 on Apr 8, 2009 15:18:33 GMT -5
I like it a lot.
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Post by borlando on Apr 9, 2009 16:35:56 GMT -5
this song is sick
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Post by pen on Apr 9, 2009 17:15:11 GMT -5
This is classic, no frills, old style 311. It feels like it could've been from the self-titled.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Apr 9, 2009 18:58:33 GMT -5
I'm diggin it.
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Post by fran182 on Apr 10, 2009 17:19:10 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 40 on Mediabase Alternative:
- 32 311 Hey You 356 - 356 1.925
64 stations playing.
It didn't even appeared between #40 and #50. I wonder if this is the first update, in which the song received airplay... Huge debut :o
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Post by pen on Apr 10, 2009 17:29:03 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 40 on Mediabase Alternative: - 32 311 Hey You 356 - 356 1.925 64 stations playing. It didn't even appeared between #40 and #50. I wonder if this is the first update, in which the song received airplay... Huge debut :o No, because if you look, Incubus has a bigger bullet. It probably was at the upper fifties and then jumped up from there. Besides, at that range of numbers, everyone's so close together anyway. EDIT: Upon further examination, I think I might be wrong. Because it doesn't mention a previous peak. So maybe it really is debuting that high. If so, I am fucking stoked.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Apr 11, 2009 1:12:07 GMT -5
It feels like it could've been from the self-titled. I don't hear that at all. To me it sounds like a leftover from the Evolver or Don't Tread on Me sessions.
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Post by pen on Apr 11, 2009 1:21:27 GMT -5
It feels like it could've been from the self-titled. I don't hear that at all. To me it sounds like a leftover from the Evolver or Don't Tread on Me sessions. I don't agree. Maybe they're reusing riffs or something but I get a "Down" vibe from the opening and some of the bits feel like older 311 songs. It doesn't feel like anything from their newer albums. It feels somewhat leaner and I hate saying "old school vibe" again, because it really doesn't mean anything, but that's how it feels to me.
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Post by American Idiot on Apr 11, 2009 17:07:40 GMT -5
It feels like it could've been from the self-titled. I don't hear that at all. To me it sounds like a leftover from the Evolver or Don't Tread on Me sessions. I have to agree. Their pre- Soundsystem stuff didn't seem to be as "island-beat sounding" I guess you can call it, which definitely shows a prevalence in this song.
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Post by pen on Apr 11, 2009 17:22:49 GMT -5
I don't hear that at all. To me it sounds like a leftover from the Evolver or Don't Tread on Me sessions. I have to agree. Their pre- Soundsystem stuff didn't seem to be as "island-beat sounding" I guess you can call it, which definitely shows a prevalence in this song. How far back in their history are you going?
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Post by American Idiot on Apr 11, 2009 17:55:06 GMT -5
I have to agree. Their pre- Soundsystem stuff didn't seem to be as "island-beat sounding" I guess you can call it, which definitely shows a prevalence in this song. How far back in their history are you going? Figure 1999 and beyond. Actually, I think this would most fit on "Soundsystem" than any other.
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Post by allnightmarelong on Apr 11, 2009 21:44:45 GMT -5
another excellent 311 song. can't wait to hear the rest of this. hope it's as 'heavy' as the band says it will be.
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Post by Cody on Apr 11, 2009 21:49:41 GMT -5
I actually like this one, it's no "Amber" or "Creatures (For A While)" but it's good
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Post by fran182 on Apr 13, 2009 15:59:44 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 20 on Mediabase Alternative:
- 20 311 Hey You 807 - 807 4.197
69 stations playing.
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Post by interpol977 on Apr 16, 2009 1:17:02 GMT -5
Why is this blowing up so big???
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Post by pen on Apr 16, 2009 1:33:29 GMT -5
Why is this blowing up so big??? Because nothing says "summer's coming" like a new 311 song.
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Post by American Idiot on Apr 16, 2009 13:25:35 GMT -5
Why is this blowing up so big??? Because 311 OWNS ALL!!! ;)
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