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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Sept 23, 2009 14:58:52 GMT -5
Just arrived Promo Only October. No exact date yet.
Sounds a little too much like Say It to me, but this may hit a couple of formats.
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Post by The Party Captain on Sept 23, 2009 15:08:09 GMT -5
Sweet. Glad I'm a DJ now cause I get to meet them.
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Post by American Idiot on Sept 23, 2009 22:58:47 GMT -5
Ahh, I was hoping for "Jump Rope" or "Blue Skies."
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Post by grievous on Sept 23, 2009 23:21:08 GMT -5
It didn't interest me that much.
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Post by pen on Sept 24, 2009 0:06:01 GMT -5
Ahh, I was hoping for "Jump Rope" or "Blue Skies." This. Should've been "Jump Rope", or if not that then "My Never", because that is a beautiful song that has plenty of pop appeal. |
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Sept 24, 2009 12:06:50 GMT -5
My favourite is 'Been Down'. I'm glad there's at least some light for a third single. I'm really liking this album.
I hope for never 'Jump Rope' though. It's really catchy but unless it's going to be part of a Nickolodeon-made movie soundtrack or something, it shouldn't get released. LOL
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Post by pen on Sept 24, 2009 12:17:36 GMT -5
What, cause of the kids? What's so wrong with having kids sing? There's nothing Nickelodeon about it. I find it pretty touching.
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Post by Rich P. on Sept 24, 2009 12:53:50 GMT -5
Kids singing, isn't that a bit cliche`? Then again, how many Blue October songs have kids singing? Jump Rope is just one of a bunch.
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Post by The Party Captain on Sept 25, 2009 0:48:45 GMT -5
^If kids singing is cliche, then guitar playing is cliche. Why do they have a drummer on each song? Every band does that. Hell, why do they even write music when it's all be done before. I'm going to sit on my ass and stare at the ceiling cause I know nobody has done that.
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Post by pen on Sept 25, 2009 1:09:27 GMT -5
I've done that. I remember when I was younger and they had that one X-Files where the alien face dropped from the ceiling, I could never sleep facing the ceiling again, in fear that the alien face would come for me.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Sept 26, 2009 13:40:12 GMT -5
What, cause of the kids? What's so wrong with having kids sing? There's nothing Nickelodeon about it. I find it pretty touching. Not even. The melody of the song and the way the verses are sung reminds me, honestly, of how Barney (yes, the purple dinosaur) sings songs. I think the song has the qualities of a kids song through and through. It's not a bad thing at all though. I have warmed up to the song and I like listening to it when it comes on now but I really can't see rock or alternative radio warming up to it. |
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Oct 16, 2009 17:47:16 GMT -5
Not much early play, but I'm really getting hooked on this. Probably the best song they've released to me.
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Post by Slinky on Oct 16, 2009 21:08:35 GMT -5
This album has had a weird staying power for me. At first, I thought "pretty good album, but it's no Foiled". Since then, I feel like I have a new surprise favorite song from it every couple of months. Now it's right up there with Green Day contending for my favorite album of the year.
This song was my favorite for the past couple of months. Just recently, I've moved on to "Been Down". "Should Be Loved" is probably the song on the album that has the best chance at Alt. though.
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Post by Slinky on Oct 16, 2009 21:10:52 GMT -5
Ahh, I was hoping for "Jump Rope" or "Blue Skies." This. Should've been "Jump Rope", or if not that then "My Never", because that is a beautiful song that has plenty of pop appeal. I like the idea of pushing "Jump Rope" (one of the album's standout tracks IMO) to Hot AC/CHR, but I don't really see the point in pushing to Alternative. |
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Post by The Party Captain on Oct 16, 2009 22:24:02 GMT -5
This album has had a weird staying power for me. At first, I thought "pretty good album, but it's no Foiled". Since then, I feel like I have a new surprise favorite song from it every couple of months. Now it's right up there with Green Day contending for my favorite album of the year. I dunno. I feel Green Day competing for biggest disappointment of the year. |
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Post by Matt4319 on Oct 22, 2009 14:06:01 GMT -5
:( www.blueoctoberfan.com/approachingnormal/news.php#22310/22/2009 ANNOUNCEMENT: Blue October Cancels The Pick Up The Phone Tour BLUE OCTOBER ANNOUNCES THE CANCELLATION OF
THE PICK UP THE PHONE TOUR 2009
DUE TO LEAD SINGER’S HOSPITALIZATION(New York, NY – October 22, 2009) The Pick Up The Phone Tour 2009 has been canceled due to the hospitalization of Justin Furstenfeld, lead singer of the tour’s headlining band Blue October. Furstenfeld, who was also the spokesperson for Pick Up The Phone Tour 2009, is being treated for suffering from an extreme mental anxiety attack. His doctors have ordered that the tour—which was committed to reducing the stigma associated with mental health, depression, and suicide—be canceled to allow for his recovery. “Mental health diseases are unpredictable,” says Furstenfeld. “And on the eve of this tour in support of a cause that means the world to me, I am in need of time to heal from a setback in my own personal life, which is severe enough for me to seek hospitalization. I hope that my action to seek the strength and safety of treatment will inspire others that are suffering to do the same.” The Pick Up The Phone Tour was to benefit suicide prevention and was created through a partnership between the non-profit organizations To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA), Postsecret.com, Synclive.com, and 1-800-SUICIDE—The National Hopeline Network. Ticket refunds will be available from the point of purchase for each date and venue. For more information about the Pick Up The Phone Tour 2009, please visit www.putp.org. National Hopeline Network 1-800 SUICIDE (784-2433) and the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC):
After losing his wife, Kristin Brooks to suicide in 1998, Reese Butler founded the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC), which created the National Hopeline Network 1-800 SUICIDE. In 2000, Reese gained the support of the late Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN), Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and obtained more than seven million dollars to expand and support the National Hopeline Network which is comprised of 200 community crisis centers in 48 states. Callers in crisis to 1800-SUICIDE are routed to the closest crisis center in their immediate area so that quick referrals to behavioral health services and other supports can be offered. Since 1998, 1-800-SUICIDE has received more than 3 million calls and rescued more than 4,000 individuals who had already initiated suicide plans. www.hopeline.com
To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA):
In 2006, Jamie Tworkowski wrote a story, a glimpse into a friend’s life and her first steps to recovery from drug addiction, self-injury, and depression. The story, titled To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA), and t-shirts Tworkowski printed to help pay for his friend’s recovery, started a movement, not only within his local Orlando, FL community, but one that was swiftly embraced by people everywhere. Realizing a strong need to bring these mental health issues to light, Jamie created TWLOHA--a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide--and enlisted bands such as Paramore, Thrice, Anberlin, Switchfoot, Bayside, The Almost to spread TWLOHA’s message. Jamie and TWLOHA joined national and international touring bands spreading their message of hope before bands took the stage each night. In August 2007, MySpace awarded TWLOHA the winner of their “Impact Award” for “Community Building,” TWLOHA garnered the most votes in the history of the Impact Awards. To Write Love on Her Arms began with one broken girl, one painful night; addiction, depression, self-injury. It is the realization of what life can be when people commit to meeting a need. “A friend of mine told me there is no such thing as suicide prevention. This is an attempt to prove him wrong, to say that love can change a life. We can hold back the darkness. Rescue is possible,” says Tworkowski. www.twloha.com
Synclive.Com:
Synclive.com is a highly interactive music and entertainment Internet community that allows users to broadcast their live performances, as they happen, over the Internet to a worldwide audience. Synclive.com is currently reaching 127 countries with over 1 million video views a month. Shows can be broadcast from anywhere, at anytime. Synclive.com offers artists a tremendous promotional platform for worldwide exposure. It is a great way to promote new music, a new tour, new merchandise, and stay intimately connected with your fans. Shows are streamed live, recorded and stored at the artist’s discretion for future on demand viewing. Our most used tool is the embedded player which allows an artist’s live and on demand shows to be placed on all of their websites so fans can watch the show in the artist’s environment. Synclive.com is free for artists, fans, and venues to use and is open to all genres of music and live entertainment. www.synclive.com
PostSecret.com:
Called “the most trusted stranger in America,” Frank Warren is the sole founder and curator of the PostSecret Project: A collection of nearly 500,000 highly personal and artfully decorated postcards mailed anonymously from around the world, displaying the soulful secrets we never voice. The PostSecret.com site now receives more than 1,000,000 visitors every week. In 2005, the All-American Rejects approached Warren about using images of actual PostSecret images in their “Dirty Little Secret” music video. They offered Warren $1,000, but Warren instead asked them to donate $2,000 to 1800-SUICIDE where Warren is a volunteer. The donation was made and the music video became one of the most requested on MTV. The National Mental Health Association presented Warren with an award for his work in raising public awareness of Suicide. The PostSecret project has now raised over $210,000 for 1800-SUICIDE. PostSecret was awarded the December 2008 “Myspace Impact Award” and donated 100% of the proceeds to 1-800 SUICIDE. Look for the new PostSecret book titled Confessions on Life, Death and God due out October 6. www.postsecret.com |
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Post by pen on Oct 22, 2009 14:27:49 GMT -5
Oh man. I hope he recovers. Dude's always suffered from a lot of mental issues.
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Post by The Party Captain on Oct 22, 2009 15:43:00 GMT -5
It's strangely ironic that a tour to promote suicide and depression prevention would be canceled because of depression.
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Post by PHOBES on Oct 22, 2009 15:49:17 GMT -5
It's not ironic, his issues are the reason suicide prevention is so close to his heart.
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Post by American Idiot on Oct 22, 2009 17:45:05 GMT -5
Sad news. Justin has always made his issues relevant in his music and it seemed that the message in "Approaching Normal" was that he was happy to be in the recovering stage, but I guess his problems mentally are still not fully over with.
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Post by Slinky on Oct 22, 2009 18:13:36 GMT -5
Hopefully he is OK.
I've always thought Justin's mental health issues lend a certain insight to his music that make it more authentic than when other bands sing about topics like suicide and depression.
I'm not saying that you have to experience something to write about it, but at the same time, I can't picture any other band writing a song like, say, "HRSA".
I wonder how he was doing when he wrote the songs for Approaching Normal. It's interesting that Foiled is a very positive, "healthy" album- it's about apology and acceptance (Hate Me, Into The Ocean, Overweight, Congratulations, Let It Go). Approaching Normal is darker, more vengeful, with songs about confronting your demons and your enemies head on (Dirt Room, Say It, The End) and songs about failure (Weight Of The World, My Never, Picking Up Pieces) to the point that the positive tracks, 9-11, sound out of place (but I love those too of course). It all makes for great art but I'm a bit concerned for the guy.
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