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Post by Cody on May 6, 2009 18:21:31 GMT -5
Second Overall, but first radio single from their upcoming album, "Tripolar"
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Post by PHOBES on May 6, 2009 18:30:44 GMT -5
Thank God they're not releasing "Street Fighter" first. Although, judging by the title, it appears that this song will be quite similar :(
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 6, 2009 18:50:58 GMT -5
God I hope not. That song was TERRIBLE!!! And I'm one of the few people who still likes the occasional nu-metal track.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 7, 2009 2:37:56 GMT -5
I guess since they're coming to my station's festival later on, they've been playing "Street Fighter (War)" quite a bit. Though, their R&R playlist claims they've yet to officially add it. That was the last time I looked, though. God, "Street Fighter" is a terrible song. A pathetic attempt at up-tempo, aggro, dude rock. Would've been perfect for that imaginatively titled recent Fighting movie.  |
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Post by pen on May 7, 2009 12:08:49 GMT -5
I really hope these guys aren't going to disappoint me this album cycle. I was really impressed with Dressed Up As Life. "Street Fighter" was like taking a kick to the gonads.
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Post by Crushcrushchris on May 14, 2009 13:08:51 GMT -5
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Post by American Idiot on May 14, 2009 13:26:29 GMT -5
This definitely made my ears perk up on first listen. It almost sounds like if Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, and Chevelle all made a song together. I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of the new album now for sure more than after I heard that mediocre other song.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 14, 2009 13:34:56 GMT -5
I can't open that link. Is it a link to a website or a file? And if it's a file, what format is it?
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Post by Matt4319 on May 14, 2009 13:39:09 GMT -5
I dunno, this is closer to "Street Fighter" on the quality continuum (which happens to be perfectly negatively correlated with their "unnecessary aggressivness" continuum) than it is to their other stuff. Choice lyric I picked out on the first listen: "Don't cry like a bitch when you feel the pain."
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Post by pen on May 14, 2009 13:39:19 GMT -5
Well for some strange reason, I can't open that file with Windows Media Player. And I don't care enough to fix it, I'm just going to wait until they put it up in another format. I'm not anticipating it anyway, from the title it sounds like it'll just be another War.
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Post by pen on May 14, 2009 13:41:36 GMT -5
I dunno, this is closer to "Street Fighter" on the quality continuum (which happens to be perfectly negatively correlated with their "unnecessary aggressivness" continuum) than it is to their other stuff. Choice lyric I picked out on the first listen: "Don't cry like a b itch when you feel the pain." And thank you for confirming my suspicion. Man, it's great that a band that used to have somewhat meaningful and intelligent lyrics is now choosing to simply do the same cockfighting as everyone else on the radio. How lucky we are to have this kind of a music industry. I'm so jaded I shit green. |
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Post by Crushcrushchris on May 14, 2009 13:43:58 GMT -5
And thank you for confirming my suspicion. Man, it's great that a band that used to have somewhat meaningful and intelligent lyrics is now choosing to simply do the same cockfighting as everyone else on the radio. How lucky we are to have this kind of a music industry. I'm so jaded I s**t green. For the record, I'd rather hear them do this than go the Hinder route. Unless you're equating it to that. In a sense, they're almost forced to go this route. They're playing and catering to the Rock on the Range crowd and they're certainly not going to want to hear anything too soft. |
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Post by pen on May 14, 2009 13:46:02 GMT -5
And thank you for confirming my suspicion. Man, it's great that a band that used to have somewhat meaningful and intelligent lyrics is now choosing to simply do the same cockfighting as everyone else on the radio. How lucky we are to have this kind of a music industry. I'm so jaded I s**t green. For the record, I'd rather hear them do this than go the Hinder route. Unless you're equating it to that. Yes and no. I guess I'd rather have tough guy anthems than fuck a lot of women anthems, but I'm not sure it's a fair trade. I'll reserve my full judgement for when I hear the song, I guess. |
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Post by PHOBES on May 15, 2009 12:24:18 GMT -5
It's decent, and better than WAR. But still, it doesn't hold a candle to most of their material, especially not "All the Same," "My World," and "What Are You Looking For."
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 19, 2009 16:17:39 GMT -5
Well this track certainly blows, too. Slightly better than "War," but it also sounds tailor-made for either movies like Fighting or movies like Fast and the Furious.
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Post by metalfan87 on May 19, 2009 16:18:51 GMT -5
the theme song of the WWE Extreme Rules PPV
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Post by allnightmarelong on May 19, 2009 16:39:25 GMT -5
just listened to the Street Fighter song. don't know what you're talking bout people. that song was so awesome! I mean everything bout it was... hahaha no I'm just fuckin with ya. it was pretty bad. sounds like a theme for UFC
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Post by Pipa on May 19, 2009 16:59:56 GMT -5
This isn't bad as much as it is completely uncharacteristic of these guys. I just want one "All the Same" or "What Are You Looking For" off this album...please.
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Post by Ron57 on May 20, 2009 16:06:45 GMT -5
This is awful. I mean, If this was some new undiscovered band, I might be a bit interested, but this is Sick Puppies and I know they're capable of much better than this. Dressed Up As a Life is an amazing album.
This doesn't even sound like them anymore.
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Post by fran182 on May 21, 2009 15:19:04 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 50 on Mediabase Alternative:
192 46 SICK PUPPIES You're Going Down 215 19 196 0.795
27 stations playing.
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Post by fran182 on May 21, 2009 15:50:48 GMT -5
Ugh, I just checked this and "Street Fighter (War)" and to be honest these two songs leave me without a single reason to listen to their upcoming album... I can't believe this is Sick Puppies! Honestly, this doesn't even seems to be the same band.  It's like they lost their unique and defined sound to sound like every other band on Active Rock radio. I'm shocked this getting so much airplay on Alternative. Dressed Up As Life was a solid record... Based on this two new songs, Tripolar is on its way to become one of the biggest disappointments of the year... Hope, I'm wrong. |
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 21, 2009 16:38:08 GMT -5
Yeah, this doesn't make sense for them. I understand that their three biggest influences are Silverchair, Green Day, and Sevendust...but they really don't have the Sevendust part down. And when this kinda faceless nu-metal stuff and cock rock are what represents active rock...it's a real shame that bands like Ra, Fair To Midland, Hurt, Sevendust, Drowning Pool, Killswitch Engage, among others have to deal with the stigma of blandness that's associated with the format. If alternative would just take in creative active rock bands and leave the bruiser boy redneck anthems to active rock. The thought that an average Tool fan would rather listen to Hinder than Muse--or that an average Muse fan would rather listen to Hinder than any of the bands I mentioned above--is sadly mistaken. I think Nick (Nicholas 2.0) mentioned this before that he wished alternative would just embrace the metal bands on active rock and leave the cock rock and the "WWE"-type metal for active rock. I for one agree.
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Post by pen on May 21, 2009 17:17:41 GMT -5
While I agree somewhat with your sentiments, I feel I should point out that I don't understand what you mean by "WWE" type metal, seeing as how the only bands that might be potentially like that on alternative are Disturbed and Mudvayne, and those two bands are just as creative as Sevendust and Drowning Pool, and in some cases more so.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 21, 2009 17:51:18 GMT -5
I guess what I mean by WWE type metal I'll define with songs. Both of the Sick Puppies songs would qualify. Saliva "Click Click Boom" and its knock-offs would qualify. Drowning Pool - "Step Up" and "Bodies" and Sevendust - "Enemy" and "Face To Face" would qualify but their other singles, probably not. I guess I meant mindless, anthemic metal. It's arbitrary, but no more so than Tool belonging more on a format with Hinder than with Muse.
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Post by fran182 on May 22, 2009 13:06:18 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 40 on Mediabase Alternative:
103 40 SICK PUPPIES You're Going Down 234 46 188 0.892
28 stations playing.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 23, 2009 2:15:47 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 40 on Mediabase Alternative: 103 40 SICK PUPPIES You're Going Down 234 46 188 0.892 Oh my god, that's disgusting! |
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Post by pen on May 26, 2009 0:15:36 GMT -5
I find it so horribly awkward that this is moving so far up Alternative and yet it hasn't even broke the 40 mark on Active yet. What the hell?
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Post by PHOBES on May 26, 2009 0:20:23 GMT -5
I think it just confirms my suspicion that the labels of "Active" and "Alternative" are becoming more "by-name" only. Once a band gets labeled one or the other, they're pretty much stuck with it.
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Post by fran182 on Jun 1, 2009 10:14:44 GMT -5
Yesterday, it reached top 50 on Mediabase Active. Here's today's update:
55 49 SICK PUPPIES You're Going Down 153 111 42 0.559
20 stations playing.
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Post by metalfan87 on Jun 1, 2009 11:56:46 GMT -5
Yesterday, it reached top 50 on Mediabase Active. Here's today's update: 55 49 SICK PUPPIES You're Going Down 153 111 42 0.559 20 stations playing. YES! IT'S ABOUT TIME! |
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It's like they lost their unique and defined sound to sound like every other band on Active Rock radio. I'm shocked this getting so much airplay on Alternative.