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Post by roentgenizdat on Sept 11, 2009 13:37:11 GMT -5
Goes for adds next week.
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Post by metalfan87 on Sept 11, 2009 13:38:54 GMT -5
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Post by PHOBES on Sept 11, 2009 13:43:08 GMT -5
Do wha???
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Post by roentgenizdat on Sept 11, 2009 13:49:28 GMT -5
AllAccess added it to the impacting songs list sometime within the past 24 hours.
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Post by aTunes on Sept 11, 2009 14:39:41 GMT -5
HELL YEAH!!!
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Post by Myth X on Sept 11, 2009 14:43:41 GMT -5
I thought the next single was "21st Century Breakdown"? But this is a better choice. So I hope it's true!
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Post by aTunes on Sept 11, 2009 14:45:20 GMT -5
I thought the next single was "21st Century Breakdown"? But this is a better choice. So I hope it's true! It was, apparently they changed it. And I for one couldn't be happier.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Sept 11, 2009 16:47:53 GMT -5
well it was never said that the next single was 21st Century, Ron57 just posted they were filming a video and everyone jumped on it as next single.
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Post by when the pawn... on Sept 11, 2009 16:48:51 GMT -5
:) :) :) I hope they perform this on Sunday @ the VMAs!
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Post by aTunes on Sept 11, 2009 20:29:19 GMT -5
well it was never said that the next single was 21st Century, Ron57 just posted they were filming a video and everyone jumped on it as next single. Didn't it have an adds date?
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Post by metalfan87 on Sept 11, 2009 20:54:54 GMT -5
well it was never said that the next single was 21st Century, Ron57 just posted they were filming a video and everyone jumped on it as next single. Didn't it have an adds date? i don't think so. it'll be a video single
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Ron57
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Post by Ron57 on Sept 11, 2009 21:00:04 GMT -5
well it was never said that the next single was 21st Century, Ron57 just posted they were filming a video and everyone jumped on it as next single. Wtf? i never said that.
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Post by Ron57 on Sept 11, 2009 23:02:01 GMT -5
By the way. My friend said he heard this on the radio today.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Sept 11, 2009 23:19:08 GMT -5
well it was never said that the next single was 21st Century, Ron57 just posted they were filming a video and everyone jumped on it as next single. Wtf? i never said that. sorry dude, it was lockebox, I just had read one of your posts and got the names mixed up when I posted, cheers
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Post by Ron57 on Sept 12, 2009 9:34:48 GMT -5
sorry dude, it was lockebox, I just had read one of your posts and got the names mixed up when I posted, cheers It's cool. It was just like, say what? xD
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Post by lockebox on Sept 12, 2009 14:40:29 GMT -5
well it was never said that the next single was 21st Century, Ron57 just posted they were filming a video and everyone jumped on it as next single. The names lockebox ;). And well, everyone was right to presume that "21st Century Breakdown" would be the next single. Tunelab reported that they would be filming a video for the song as the next single. I for one didn't think Green Day were the sort of band to film videos for non-singles. I fully expect them to go back to "21st Century Breakdown" in the future. To release "East Jesus Nowhere" is the correct decision however.
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Post by aTunes on Sept 12, 2009 19:45:30 GMT -5
This should put them back at #1 on Alt. With 21 Guns missing the top though, who knows for sure.
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Post by Young Money on Sept 12, 2009 21:47:22 GMT -5
This will be performed live on the Video Music Awards tomorrow night.
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Post by Gravity. on Sept 12, 2009 22:29:21 GMT -5
This will be performed live on the Video Music Awards tomorrow night. I was actually kinda hoping for a 21 Guns performance...Oh well, this'll do.
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Post by Young Money on Sept 12, 2009 23:00:31 GMT -5
According to a MTV article, the band played a mini concert during their sound check tonight.
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Post by alexcuse on Sept 12, 2009 23:19:38 GMT -5
While musically one of the better 3rd single choices from the album, lyrically the song is missing a catchy sing-along component, which will prevent it from reaching Top 5. Still, at least it's a 100x better choice than 21st Century Breakdown.
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Post by American Idiot on Sept 13, 2009 15:36:38 GMT -5
I heard this sometime last week on the radio while I've been in Las Vegas over the past week and was wondering if they changed the single now. I'm glad it's official since I think it's a better choice for radio than "21st Century Breakdown."
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Sept 13, 2009 16:29:59 GMT -5
lyrically the song is missing a catchy sing-along component, which will prevent it from reaching Top 5. Um, the chorus has a pretty anthemic feel to it.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Sept 19, 2009 11:14:36 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
56 50 GREEN DAY East Jesus Nowhere 158 104 54 0.647
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Post by alexcuse on Sept 19, 2009 12:19:16 GMT -5
lyrically the song is missing a catchy sing-along component, which will prevent it from reaching Top 5. Um, the chorus has a pretty anthemic feel to it. Musically, yes, but can you recite the lyrics back? For the fan who actively pays attention to the song and memorizes all Green Day lyrics, maybe, but not for the casual radio listener. This is the thing this song lacks that almost all past Green Day singles don't have such a problem.
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Post by pen on Sept 19, 2009 12:39:55 GMT -5
A fire burns today of blasphemy and genocide, the sirens of decay will infiltrate the faith fanatics.
From memory, and I haven't even heard the song recently.
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Post by Gravity. on Sept 19, 2009 12:45:29 GMT -5
"In the church of wishful thinking" is the line that really sticks out in my mind.
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Post by aTunes on Sept 20, 2009 1:51:24 GMT -5
I don't know if I'd say it's the lyric that sticks out the most, but my personal favorite lyric from the song is "I wanna know who's allowed to breed, all the dogs that never learned to read."
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Post by Ron57 on Sept 20, 2009 2:23:02 GMT -5
I don't know if I'd say it's the lyric that sticks out the most, but my personal favorite lyric from the song is "I wanna know who's allowed to breed, all the dogs that never learned to read." Funny. I don't even remember that line. I do remember the chorus very well though.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Sept 20, 2009 2:25:15 GMT -5
Musically, yes, but can you recite the lyrics back? For the fan who actively pays attention to the song and memorizes all Green Day lyrics, maybe, but not for the casual radio listener. This is the thing this song lacks that almost all past Green Day singles don't have such a problem. The pace is about the same as "Holiday" and it has fewer lyrics to learn than the chorus of say, "American Idiot."
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