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Post by mcbrearty on Jun 28, 2009 9:31:41 GMT -5
"21 Guns" was used alot in the movie and so was "New Divide".
"Burn It to the Ground" was used at a perfect place.
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Post by pen on Jun 28, 2009 9:34:43 GMT -5
Was "Burn It To The Ground" used? Jesus Christ, I didn't even notice. I guess I wasn't paying that much attention to the soundtrack. I didn't even remember "New Divide" being used.
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Post by Ron57 on Jun 28, 2009 9:47:04 GMT -5
21 Guns was used a lot, but it was only like a tiny clip...I think they only actually played the chorus of the song once, and one of the other times had the first verse I think.
Otherwise it was just like a little instrumental of it.
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Post by mcbrearty on Jun 28, 2009 10:19:28 GMT -5
Was "Burn It To The Ground" used? Jesus Christ, I didn't even notice. I guess I wasn't paying that much attention to the soundtrack. I didn't even remember "New Divide" being used. Yeah when the blonde chick was coming onto "Shia La Beouf" at the party and in the car before, the car started to play songs to suggest he was cheating on "Megan Fox".
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Post by pen on Jun 28, 2009 11:40:47 GMT -5
I didn't realize the song played during that scene.
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Post by American Idiot on Jun 28, 2009 12:17:54 GMT -5
I remember at the end of the movie they played some Taking Back Sunday song from the new album as well.
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Post by Cody on Jun 28, 2009 12:20:59 GMT -5
^ yep that song is called "Capital M-E"
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Post by American Idiot on Jun 28, 2009 12:22:47 GMT -5
^ yep that song is called "Capital M-E" That's right. I couldn't think of the name of it. Thanks.
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Post by mcbrearty on Jun 28, 2009 12:34:49 GMT -5
My Linkin Park loving friend was pissed off when they cut the credits short.
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Post by fran182 on Jul 4, 2009 17:02:50 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 5 on Mediabase Alternative:
6 5 GREEN DAY 21 Guns 1396 1262 134 5.627
73 stations playing.
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Post by FacetheFacts on Jul 5, 2009 22:52:12 GMT -5
This is such a good song
This song has wanted me to buy the cd is the cd good? I know it is coming from a biased thread but I am also a Green Day fan and I want to know if I should buy the cd or are there stand out tracks that I should just buy. thanks
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Post by pen on Jul 6, 2009 6:54:50 GMT -5
Just get the whole album and experience it as the artist intended.
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Post by Cody on Jul 6, 2009 10:16:21 GMT -5
This is such a good song This song has wanted me to buy the cd is the cd good? I know it is coming from a biased thread but I am also a Green Day fan and I want to know if I should buy the cd or are there stand out tracks that I should just buy. thanks yes it's good, it's no American Idiot of course, that was a unique album, but it's still really good, if you liked American idiot you will still enjoy this.
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Post by FacetheFacts on Jul 6, 2009 13:06:58 GMT -5
okay thanks I guess i will buy it and i liked American Idiot and their old stuff so I will buy it
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Jul 7, 2009 12:15:40 GMT -5
More of the same to me. I'm still not sure that's a good thing.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 21, 2009 19:39:16 GMT -5
Number 4 on Mediabase alternative...
This is also number 12 on iTunes now. :O
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Jul 22, 2009 15:07:59 GMT -5
Top 20 on Mediabase Active
23 20 GREEN DAY 21 Guns 661 597 64 2.334
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 20, 2009 1:42:11 GMT -5
Looks to be a #3 peak on Alternative. Would've been nice to see this hit #1 :/. Hopefully their next single will, although I doubt it.
Any thoughts on the next single?
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Post by Physical on Aug 20, 2009 1:59:00 GMT -5
I think their next single will be "East Jesus Nowhere" as it's spins have been increasing for the past week or two on Alt.
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Post by fran182 on Aug 20, 2009 11:06:16 GMT -5
This underperformed everywhere. At least, I thought it would do a lot more. Not only on Alternative and Active, but also on CHR/Top 40 and Hot AC.
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Post by Cody on Aug 20, 2009 11:48:25 GMT -5
to be fair its just starting on chr and is still going on hot ac
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Aug 20, 2009 12:14:44 GMT -5
I didn't think this was going to make a huge Active dent, there are other songs on the album suited to that format. #3 on Alt isn't too bad, I don't necessarily think its underperforming, there is some strong competition out there. Personally I don't really think its a number one song anyway, Viva La Gloria and East Jesus Nowhere probably have better shots. Know Your Enemy (which I really liked) only got there because of the initial surge of being new Green Day.
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Post by Matt4319 on Aug 20, 2009 13:55:38 GMT -5
I don't think it's necessarily done yet. With the slowness of the Alternative chart, you can spend several weeks in the top 5 without a bullet and a 1-2 week surge could be all you need.
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Post by singingsparrow on Aug 20, 2009 15:02:58 GMT -5
This underperformed everywhere. At least, I thought it would do a lot more. Not only on Alternative and Active, but also on CHR/Top 40 and Hot AC. Like I said, the national mood has shifted substantially since the Bush years, and thus I think it was to be expected that the new Green Day album would have a sharp commercial decline from its predecessor. I, too, thought "21 Guns" would be a large-scale hit regardless, but the more I think of it the song itself just has too much social-conscious weight behind it and would feel like a drag to a lot of more optimistic, youthful listeners. Nothing changes how excellent "21st Century Breakdown" is and how glad I am they recorded that record, but surely the band had to have known the great commercial risk of releasing that kind of record during a time where everyone is eager to move forward from the Bush era and eye better days ahead, rather than be overtly reminded of the chaos. Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by Cody on Aug 20, 2009 18:00:55 GMT -5
This underperformed everywhere. At least, I thought it would do a lot more. Not only on Alternative and Active, but also on CHR/Top 40 and Hot AC. Like I said, the national mood has shifted substantially since the Bush years, and thus I think it was to be expected that the new Green Day album would have a sharp commercial decline from its predecessor. I, too, thought "21 Guns" would be a large-scale hit regardless, but the more I think of it the song itself just has too much social-conscious weight behind it and would feel like a drag to a lot of more optimistic, youthful listeners. Nothing changes how excellent "21st Century Breakdown" is and how glad I am they recorded that record, but surely the band had to have known the great commercial risk of releasing that kind of record during a time where everyone is eager to move forward from the Bush era and eye better days ahead, rather than be overtly reminded of the chaos. Sincerely, Noah Eaton I agree, and I believe if they released this a year ago, heck they should have had this ready instead of that Foxboro Hot Tubs album, this would have been a much bigger album, and woulda been quite the Obama advertisement
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Post by crash46 on Aug 20, 2009 18:10:44 GMT -5
I think their next single will be "East Jesus Nowhere" as it's spins have been increasing for the past week or two on Alt. That'd be awesome, though I'd feel a lot better about it if "21 Guns" had performed like it should have. Save the 42-39 chart jumps (on CHR) for the Seethers of the world. Green Day is Green Day. I agree with Noah's commercial analysis of 21CB, except that I believe that "21 Guns" is relatable to the optimists and beyond, and thus, its failure to live up to expectations is inexplicable.
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Post by singingsparrow on Aug 20, 2009 18:25:56 GMT -5
I think their next single will be "East Jesus Nowhere" as it's spins have been increasing for the past week or two on Alt. That'd be awesome, though I'd feel a lot better about it if "21 Guns" had performed like it should have. Save the 42-39 chart jumps (on CHR) for the Seethers of the world. Green Day is Green Day. I agree with Noah's commercial analysis of 21CB, except that I believe that "21 Guns" is relatable to the optimists and beyond, and thus, its failure to live up to expectations is inexplicable. The video is optimistic, but the song certainly isn't, with the refrain of being in ruins, stark imagery ranging from faith walking on broken glass to something dying inside ones heart and the overall resignatory sentiment of the chorus. Sincerely, Noah Eaton
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Post by Matt4319 on Aug 21, 2009 9:55:16 GMT -5
I don't think it's necessarily done yet. With the slowness of the Alternative chart, you can spend several weeks in the top 5 without a bullet and a 1-2 week surge could be all you need. -120... OK, now it's done.
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Post by aTunes on Aug 27, 2009 21:37:29 GMT -5
Pretty shocked this didn't go #1 on Alt. It sure seemed like a sure shot.
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Post by Slinky on Aug 30, 2009 23:47:36 GMT -5
I, too, thought "21 Guns" would be a large-scale hit regardless, but the more I think of it the song itself just has too much social-conscious weight behind it and would feel like a drag to a lot of more optimistic, youthful listeners. I never saw this as social-conscious at all. "Lay down your arms" is a metaphor for an inner battle, not laying down weapons in an actual war. In the end, it is an optimistic song about letting your burdens go. It has a very serious tone, but that shouldn't have hurt it too much, especially on Alternative.
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