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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 25, 2009 13:41:48 GMT -5
I've hated plenty of songs worse ("God Only Cries," "Streets of Heaven," "I'm Already There") but I agree. If this is what's in Craig's future, then bleah. What happened to the excellent songs like "Almost Home" and "Every Friday Afternoon," or even the rather-good ones like "Redneck Yacht Club" and "Tough"?
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Post by joey2002 on Nov 25, 2009 15:42:41 GMT -5
"Tough" didn't even make the top 10 (if i remember correctly) and I thought that had the potential to be a major hit. Anyway, I still find it ironic that "Bonfire" continues to keep the #1 spot on the country callout survey... The only way I can see anyone liking the Christmas version of this song is if you've had wayyyyy too much egg nog!!!
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 25, 2009 15:47:15 GMT -5
The only way I can see anyone liking the Christmas version of this song is if you've had wayyyyy too much egg nog!!! And spiked it to the point that it no longer tasted like eggnog.
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Post by countrygirl536 on Nov 25, 2009 18:36:54 GMT -5
It's time for this to burn out already. I usually like all his music, but not this one.
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Post by dcowboy77 on Nov 25, 2009 20:10:08 GMT -5
(in a larry the cable guy voice)
"my granmas special eggnog recipe & ill tell u what it is......its 1 cup bourbon.........................thats it."
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Post by kevin59 on Nov 25, 2009 20:13:49 GMT -5
[LISTEN] Craig Morgan - "Bonfire (Christmas Version)" (Allaccess)
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Post by gcizvolsfan on Nov 26, 2009 3:13:25 GMT -5
The only way I can see anyone liking the Christmas version of this song is if you've had wayyyyy too much egg nog!!! And spiked it to the point that it no longer tasted like eggnog. I will take some of this eggnog ..... .....it still wont make me like this song though
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Post by countryfan2002 on Nov 26, 2009 9:08:06 GMT -5
Wow, the Christmas version must mean he's desperate for #1.
-4 spins. In a way, I hate to see this get this high to die out here. Like I said earlier, a bad Craig #1 could give us some good top 10s in the future.
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Post by Typo on Nov 26, 2009 9:57:05 GMT -5
I've hated plenty of songs worse ("God Only Cries," "Streets of Heaven," " I'm Already There") but I agree. If this is what's in Craig's future, then bleah. What happened to the excellent songs like "Almost Home" and "Every Friday Afternoon," or even the rather-good ones like "Redneck Yacht Club" and "Tough"? How did I forget about that disaster.
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Post by ontheroadwith on Nov 26, 2009 13:16:25 GMT -5
It is just sad that he can not sell records.
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Post by mairy on Nov 30, 2009 13:40:56 GMT -5
Can't believe this his a hit. One of the most inexplicable things on the chart this year.
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Post by drock89 on Nov 30, 2009 13:46:34 GMT -5
Can't believe this his a hit. One of the most inexplicable things on the chart this year.
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Post by bigbluenote on Nov 30, 2009 23:24:25 GMT -5
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that this hit single isn't selling Craig albums.
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Post by joey2002 on Nov 30, 2009 23:49:52 GMT -5
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that this hit single isn't selling Craig albums. Maybe his Christmas (eggnog) Version of the single will help sell albums! ;)
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Post by someguy on Dec 5, 2009 17:37:53 GMT -5
You aren't serious are you By the way this song has certified GOLD!! :o You can see it from the river To the top of White Pine Ridge Burnin' like a summer sun Rudolph's nose was lit With Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixon Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen At the bonfire out in the sticks Country backwoods homegrown hicks Bonfire, dance a little jig Hold up your eggnog And take another swig Yes, these are real lyrics from the Christmas version. I wish I was making it up. I finally heard this today, and this has made an awful song even worse. I hate to be negative, but this is easily one of the worst songs of the decade. I wish radio would notice that absolutely no one is buying his CD for this song, but that isn't likely to happen. This will hit #4 this week, and hopefully that will be as far as it goes.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Dec 5, 2009 17:45:41 GMT -5
You can see it from the river To the top of White Pine Ridge Burnin' like a summer sun Rudolph's nose was lit With Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixon Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen At the bonfire out in the sticks Country backwoods homegrown hicks Bonfire, dance a little jig Hold up your eggnog And take another swig Yes, these are real lyrics from the Christmas version. I wish I was making it up. I finally heard this today, and this has made an awful song even worse. I hate to be negative, but this is easily one of the worst songs of the decade. I wish radio would notice that absolutely no one is buying his CD for this song, but that isn't likely to happen. This will hit #4 this week, and hopefully that will be as far as it goes. The song might not be selling albums, but why should radio care about that? Based on callout, the song seems to be well-liked by listeners, and that's radio's main concern. With that being said, I hope this song starts falling soon. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening until after the holidays because I think the Christmas version will help it stay alive.
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Post by joey2002 on Dec 5, 2009 17:56:55 GMT -5
If people really liked it that much, wouldn't they be buying it? Unless they don't have the money...which I guess is possible. Perhaps people are giving it a good rating just to mess with the callout system... : )
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Post by someguy on Dec 5, 2009 18:03:20 GMT -5
I guess I'm still of the mindset that listener interest = buying the album, but with record sales declining the way they are, that is probably an outdated model of thinking. I would think though, that if people really are enjoying his top 5 hit, then the album would be at least charting. While callout data is interesting, I don't put too much stock into it.
Either way, I'm ready for this to go away, but with the Christmas version, I think you're completely right, rowdawg, that this will be on the radio until at least January.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Dec 5, 2009 18:29:57 GMT -5
If people really liked it that much, wouldn't they be buying it? Unless they don't have the money...which I guess is possible. Perhaps people are giving it a good rating just to mess with the callout system... : ) People are buying it, assuming the "it" you're referring to is the single and not the album. "Bonfire" is #34 on the Country iTunes chart. That might seem a little low, but once you take out the holiday songs and recurrent songs ahead of it, it moves up to #17. Still not great, but it shows that people are buying it.
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Post by joey2002 on Dec 5, 2009 19:46:12 GMT -5
I guess I'm still of the mindset that listener interest = buying the album, but with record sales declining the way they are, that is probably an outdated model of thinking. I would think though, that if people really are enjoying his top 5 hit, then the album would be at least charting. While callout data is interesting, I don't put too much stock into it. yeah, i totally agree.
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Post by RobbyFlorida on Dec 12, 2009 15:02:51 GMT -5
New Christmas Version of Hit Single Recorded In Hotel Bathroom--Really!
"This song is getting huge crowd response at all of my shows, and I’ve played it live A LOT over the past few months,” says Craig. “When you tour like I do, you spend a lot of hours on the bus, and one day I was just playing around with this song and also riffing on some Christmas stuff I was thinking about putting in the show, and then I started messing with the lyrics. Within about ten minutes I had this new version, and everyone got a kick out of the idea...my band, family, even management and the label, so we decided to run with it!”
But running with it was easier said than done, given Craig’s unrelenting schedule, and the new version of the song was literally recorded in a hotel bathroom. The bathroom of Room 418 of the Holiday Inn Express in Kennesaw, Georgia to be exact.
Craig has been on the road constantly and the new version of the song had to be recorded and shipped for Christmas. So, Craig’s co-producer Phil O’Donnell and engineer Mitch Malloy packed up some portable recording gear and headed to Kennesaw to meet Morgan in Georgia before a gig.
O’Donnell and Malloy set up their gear and converted Room 418 into a studio, using the bathroom as an isolation booth for vocals. When Craig arrived, they were ready to go and recorded the new version in just under an hour. “Talk about working in crappy conditions,” Craig joked about his make-shift vocal booth.
The next day, O’Donnell and Malloy returned to Nashville, where they finished the holiday track by adding jingle bells (borrowed from Malloy’s daughter’s toy box), tambourine, some percussion, and even their own vocals for background. Malloy mixed and mastered the song, sent it around for quick approval, and within four days the “Bonfire” Christmas Version was on its way to radio.
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Post by countryfan2002 on Dec 12, 2009 15:08:32 GMT -5
New Christmas Version of Hit Single Recorded In Hotel Bathroom--Really! "This song is getting huge crowd response at all of my shows, and I’ve played it live A LOT over the past few months,” says Craig. “When you tour like I do, you spend a lot of hours on the bus, and one day I was just playing around with this song and also riffing on some Christmas stuff I was thinking about putting in the show, and then I started messing with the lyrics. Within about ten minutes I had this new version, and everyone got a kick out of the idea...my band, family, even management and the label, so we decided to run with it!” But running with it was easier said than done, given Craig’s unrelenting schedule, and the new version of the song was literally recorded in a hotel bathroom. The bathroom of Room 418 of the Holiday Inn Express in Kennesaw, Georgia to be exact. Craig has been on the road constantly and the new version of the song had to be recorded and shipped for Christmas. So, Craig’s co-producer Phil O’Donnell and engineer Mitch Malloy packed up some portable recording gear and headed to Kennesaw to meet Morgan in Georgia before a gig. O’Donnell and Malloy set up their gear and converted Room 418 into a studio, using the bathroom as an isolation booth for vocals. When Craig arrived, they were ready to go and recorded the new version in just under an hour. “Talk about working in crappy conditions,” Craig joked about his make-shift vocal booth. The next day, O’Donnell and Malloy returned to Nashville, where they finished the holiday track by adding jingle bells (borrowed from Malloy’s daughter’s toy box), tambourine, some percussion, and even their own vocals for background. Malloy mixed and mastered the song, sent it around for quick approval, and within four days the “Bonfire” Christmas Version was on its way to radio. Well, he's fast.
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Post by joey2002 on Dec 12, 2009 15:13:39 GMT -5
but maybe not fast enough -- it looks like the bonfire is starting to burn out...
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Post by RobbyFlorida on Dec 12, 2009 15:19:52 GMT -5
not too sure Philly sent Reba down to #4 on their playloist this week and added 20+ spins to Bonfire replacing Reba at #1 on their playlist
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Post by countryfan2002 on Dec 12, 2009 15:20:03 GMT -5
Well, I did predict it. It started snowing this week, the same week this started dying out. B-) And it figures he'd get inspiration to write a song like this from a bathroom.
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Post by joey2002 on Dec 12, 2009 15:27:52 GMT -5
True...it is good bathroom music! lol
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Post by countryfan2002 on Dec 12, 2009 15:34:38 GMT -5
True...it is good bathroom music! lol -flush- At the bonfire out in the sticks! Country backwoods homegrown hicks!I'd get pretty freaked out if that came on every time I flushed.
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Post by gcizvolsfan on Dec 13, 2009 1:44:26 GMT -5
True...it is good bathroom music! lol -flush- At the bonfire out in the sticks! Country backwoods homegrown hicks! jeez
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Post by mairy on Dec 14, 2009 15:28:43 GMT -5
DIGITAL RELEASE: 21 DEC (Christmas Version)
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Post by phil1996 on Dec 18, 2009 15:45:57 GMT -5
Well thank god this is gonna be recurrent soon! [sigh of relief]
But before you know it we are gonna have 8 Second Ride in the top 10, with Backwoods and Whistlin' Dixie coming soon after it.
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