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Post by Matt4319 on Aug 27, 2009 7:43:14 GMT -5
Just tweeted by the band as the next single:
It's probably one of my 3 favorites on the album (which sadly doesn't even approach Blue and their self-titled for me; it's about as good as OOTV) and a better 2nd single choice than "Crystal Baller" from OOTV, but as far as Alt goes, I think CYTM would have been better. Who knows, maybe they're giving up on Alt and focusing on Hot AC this time.
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Post by singingsparrow on Aug 27, 2009 11:08:15 GMT -5
Just tweeted by the band as the next single: It's probably one of my 3 favorites on the album (which sadly doesn't even approach Blue and their self-titled for me; it's about as good as OOTV) and a better 2nd single choice than "Crystal Baller" from OOTV, but as far as Alt goes, I think CYTM would have been better. Who knows, maybe they're giving up on Alt and focusing on Hot AC this time. They should have released "Can You Take Me" as the lead single, in further testing the Alternative waters, then release "Bonfire" as the second single for Top 40 appeal. As much as I enjoy "Don't Believe A Word", it just wasn't lead single material and I'm surprised that was released to begin with. Sincerely, Noah Eaton |
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Aug 27, 2009 12:05:56 GMT -5
I love Third Eye Blind. I'll just get that outta the way. If you go back though and listen to pretty much any of their stuff it is what the current state of Hot AC is. Alternative radio long ago took a different direction and pretty much all the late 90's bands would have to change their style to get even a sniff at Alt. Vertical Horizon, Better Than Ezra, Goo Goo Dolls etc. they have become alternative to the grown ups and some fans who still follow them. But that Alternative is almost all found on Hot AC now. There may be little dents here and there but you wont find a lot of these bands tearing up the Alt charts without a completely different sound which honestly I doubt they care that much about anymore. They have fan bases, they make money and they get to do what they love.
I didnt get that much out of Dont Believe A Word, but I do like Bonfire and Can You Take Me. Will be checking the rest of the album soon.
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Post by American Idiot on Aug 27, 2009 13:31:33 GMT -5
When I first heard the album, I knew this would be a single at some point. Of course, I'm still only heard the album once so I can't really say whether it was a good choice, but I remember it being one that said to me "you'll hear this on the radio at some point..."
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Post by Matt4319 on Aug 27, 2009 13:41:51 GMT -5
They should have released "Can You Take Me" as the lead single, in further testing the Alternative waters, then release "Bonfire" as the second single for Top 40 appeal. As much as I enjoy "Don't Believe A Word", it just wasn't lead single material and I'm surprised that was released to begin with. Sincerely, Noah Eaton This would have worked too. I just know "Bonfire" will go next to nowhere on Alt if they even push it here, considering "DBAW" barely cracked the top 50. When I first heard the album, I knew this would be a single at some point. Of course, I'm still only heard the album once so I can't really say whether it was a good choice, but I remember it being one that said to me "you'll hear this on the radio at some point..." When I saw them in April, they played "Bonfire" but I didn't get the name of the song at the time. It was definitely the most memorable out of whatever new songs they did because they played up the "whoa-oh-ohhhh-ohhhhhh" part and even ended the show getting the whole audience to chant it as we walked out the door. |
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Aug 27, 2009 13:48:38 GMT -5
They've actually been playing Bonfire for a few years. It was called Campfire before and has probably had a few re-works before the album came out but the whoa oh oh, was always there.
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Post by Cody on Aug 28, 2009 0:50:04 GMT -5
Did anyone else hear several similarities between "Don't Believe A Word" and "Baba O'Riley" by The Who? They sound dangerously similar to me.
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Post by singingsparrow on Aug 28, 2009 3:37:52 GMT -5
They've actually been playing Bonfire for a few years. It was called Campfire before and has probably had a few re-works before the album came out but the whoa oh oh, was always there. It was one of the two first songs they tested in a live setting featured on "Ursa Major" (the other being "Summer Town"). It was originally titled "Campfire", then was temporarily named "A Campfire" and then "Bonfire". There was even a leaked demo version that was titled "Lightning Comes, Lightning Goes" on some file-sharing service (probably deliberately titled that in hopes of eschewing legal issues) Sincerely, Noah Eaton |
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Post by atlmusicfan on Aug 28, 2009 23:54:52 GMT -5
This is easily my fav song on the album. I think it's a strong choice.
Hope it does better than DBAW.
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Post by pen on Aug 29, 2009 17:13:08 GMT -5
I love this album and "Bonfire" is a good enough single choice, but I really want "About To Break" for the third single. That song is epic.
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Post by Ron57 on Aug 29, 2009 18:24:27 GMT -5
I love this album and "Bonfire" is a good enough single choice, but I really want "About To Break" for the third single. That song is epic. Agreed. |
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Post by The Party Captain on Aug 29, 2009 22:26:19 GMT -5
Don't Believe A Word = Fail
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Post by pen on Aug 29, 2009 22:59:49 GMT -5
I actually love "Don't Believe A Word".
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Post by Cody on Aug 29, 2009 23:12:21 GMT -5
I actually love like "Don't Believe A Word". |
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Post by The Party Captain on Aug 30, 2009 12:31:35 GMT -5
How did Ursa Major debut at #3?
I guess the people who still listen to 3eb are the type of people who still buy CDs.
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Post by Matt4319 on Aug 30, 2009 12:50:23 GMT -5
How did Ursa Major debut at #3? I guess the people who still listen to 3eb are the type of people who still buy CDs. Or get them digitally. 52% of Ursa Major's sales its opening week were digital. Amazon.com was selling the mp3 album for $3.99. |
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Post by atlmusicfan on Sept 2, 2009 4:04:32 GMT -5
3eb will be performing (probably this song) on Conan tonight.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Sept 2, 2009 17:43:01 GMT -5
Don't know this one. But I only heard the first two singles a total of three times. So I wouldn't expect much out of this.
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Post by Ron57 on Sept 2, 2009 17:44:39 GMT -5
Don't know this one. But I only heard the first two singles a total of three times. So I wouldn't expect much out of this. This is the 2nd single. |
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Post by American Idiot on Sept 2, 2009 20:18:12 GMT -5
He may be talking about Non-Dairy Creamer, but that didn't make the album.
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Post by Matt4319 on Sept 3, 2009 0:20:59 GMT -5
Ursa Major fell from #3 to #45 this week.  |
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Post by pen on Sept 3, 2009 0:22:35 GMT -5
Unsurprising. I knew it couldn't last.
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Post by PHOBES on Sept 3, 2009 13:33:43 GMT -5
Doesn't Incubus have the record of biggest drop? Or maybe it was drop from number one...
I know Light Grenades dropped from number one to like number 36.
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Post by Mega248 on Nov 1, 2009 22:18:14 GMT -5
So this managed to sneak into the top 50 tonight. :)
When did it end up going for adds?
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 1, 2009 22:20:34 GMT -5
So this managed to sneak into the top 50 tonight. :) When did it end up going for adds? I don't believe it ever did on Alternative, but I'm pretty sure it did on Hot AC. I'm pretty surprised that it reached the Top 50 without any promotion. |
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Post by The Party Captain on Nov 2, 2009 0:02:33 GMT -5
Last I checked, it had sold somewhere around 80,000 copies.
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Post by lockebox on Nov 2, 2009 10:01:51 GMT -5
So this managed to sneak into the top 50 tonight. :) When did it end up going for adds? I don't believe it ever did on Alternative, but I'm pretty sure it did on Hot AC. I'm pretty surprised that it reached the Top 50 without any promotion. Nope. They are referring to Alternative. Top 50 - Alternative 52 50 THIRD EYE BLIND - Bonfire 120 106 14 1.087 |
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Post by PHOBES on Nov 2, 2009 15:08:42 GMT -5
He means it went for adds at HAC, not necessarily making a dent. Although, I haven't checked to see if it has. Assuming that it never went for adds at alternative, making the top 50 would just be a bonus.
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Post by American Idiot on Nov 2, 2009 20:34:19 GMT -5
It's #49 currently at Hot AC. Surprises me that it's around the same positioning when I think it only went for adds on one of the formats. FMQB doesn't show that it did at either format, but I like I said, I think I remember seeing it probably about a month ago on the list to go for adds on Hot AC.
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