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Post by Cody on Jan 28, 2010 18:15:42 GMT -5
see now what I've been following. I'm Your Daddy was next, then it was canceled for Let It All Hang Out, which was then switched back. And now Put Me Back Together is going to Canada apparently
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Post by The Party Captain on Jan 29, 2010 2:00:01 GMT -5
I feel like Put Me Back Together has the best chance as a CHR hit.
Let It All Hang Out is the best chance at a Rock smash.
I'm Your Daddy would do well on the Adult Top 40.
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Post by Cody on Jan 29, 2010 13:45:50 GMT -5
After actually giving this album an entire listen I've come to the conclusion that it is one of the most unique albums I've ever listened to. There are several different kinds of songs on here, and there is at least one song that would specifically fit into one of their other 6 albums. I feel that if they go away for a while maybe people will increasingly start to appreciate this like they did with Pinkerton, just not to as great of an extent. This once again though is definitely something new that they tried, and I'm fully satisfied.
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Post by The Party Captain on Jan 29, 2010 18:49:24 GMT -5
I agree. I think in later years, this album will be a fan favorite because Rivers and companies loosened their ties on this one and just went out to have fun regardless of genre.
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Post by Matt4319 on Jan 30, 2010 21:43:33 GMT -5
This is about to hit the "published" top 50 chart (the one we most often cite around here). It's #50 on the "all stations" panel:
64 50 WEEZER I'm Your Daddy 173 86 87 0.639
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Jan 31, 2010 0:06:24 GMT -5
This song isn't half bad.
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Post by Cody on Jan 31, 2010 0:08:49 GMT -5
Pork & Beans > I Want You To I'm Your Daddy > Troublemaker Push so far
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Post by The Party Captain on Jan 31, 2010 1:32:52 GMT -5
Pork & Beans > I Want You To I'm Your Daddy > Troublemaker Push so far Dead wrong on both comparisons IMO.
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Post by Cody on Jan 31, 2010 1:35:19 GMT -5
Well I found that I Want You To got old VERY fast, and Troublemaker was just boring, but we're all different.
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Post by The Party Captain on Jan 31, 2010 3:43:12 GMT -5
I always thought the only original part about Pork and Beans was the buzzer-like note in the main riff. The concept was old. Even the music video had been done before (Sound of Your Voice by Barenaked Ladies). It was meant to be a big F**k You but came out just bland. It was nothing but a token song where the fact that Rivers and friends were "rebelling against the establishment by rocking, man!" seemed more important to them than the actual rock itself. The whole song seemed like a gimmick. Most of the Red Album was a gimmick.
I consider Troublemaker and I'm Your Daddy in the same league. Troublemaker was a song that kept playing in my head for a long time.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 31, 2010 3:50:07 GMT -5
This song isn't half bad. At the end of the "Keep Fishin'" video, no less. Statler & Waldorf: "Hey, those guys aren't half bad." "Nope. They're all bad." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....etc.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Jan 31, 2010 4:14:38 GMT -5
Rivers is nearly 40 years old and he writes like a child.
From what I can tell, the band is on its way out. The only chance they have to hold on to a bit of relevance is Put Me Back Together. The song's pretty much a guaranteed hit.
They could get away with Trippin' Down The Freeway though. That could do something on active.
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Post by Matt4319 on Jan 31, 2010 17:05:58 GMT -5
This is about to hit the "published" top 50 chart (the one we most often cite around here). And now it is: 56 49 WEEZER I'm Your Daddy 187 100 87 0.724
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Jan 31, 2010 18:39:24 GMT -5
Rivers is nearly 40 years old and he writes like a child. From what I can tell, the band is on its way out. The only chance they have to hold on to a bit of relevance is Put Me Back Together. The song's pretty much a guaranteed hit. Um....what? Weezer is no where near on the way out. Did you not notice the very long run at #2 with I Want You To. It would have been number one for at least 5 weeks had Uprising not been around. This band is actually pretty much as strong as ever.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Jan 31, 2010 20:58:55 GMT -5
I wasn't really referencing runs of current singles. The album debuts are charting lower each time, the sound is growing further from alternative rock and entering straight pop rock territory, I never hear anyone talk about Weezer around school, and the songs are just boring. The fanbase is already starting to leave. I just can't see people getting excited about an album like this again.
Even taking I Want You To's run into consideration - so? Every first single since Green Album has reached the top 10. That doesn't mean this album will have the longevity of Make Believe. It could just as well fall off like Maladroit or Red Album.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Jan 31, 2010 21:55:52 GMT -5
The fanbase is already starting to leave. Already? You make them sound like one album wonders when this band is ten years away from a potential rock & roll hall of fame induction. Now granted, I think they need a couple more big hits to legitimize them to that status, but they're pretty close. Plus, college kids don't shut up about Weezer. It's almost obnoxious how much they love them.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Jan 31, 2010 22:17:26 GMT -5
Already? You make them sound like one album wonders when this band is ten years away from a potential rock & roll hall of fame induction. I mean "already" in relation to the change in sound.
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Post by PHOBES on Jan 31, 2010 22:45:29 GMT -5
I'll just take a moment to say this may be my favorite Weezer album...and I'll now see myself out.
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Post by The Party Captain on Feb 1, 2010 0:12:51 GMT -5
^ I'll back you up on it. Plus, college kids don't shut up about Weezer. It's almost obnoxious how much they love them. I can vouch for this. I'm part of a committee trying to bring them to my university. All my neighbors in the dorm went out and bought Raditude. Their albums are selling less and less because of illegal downloading. Their tours are still huge hits. That's more than Creed can say, seeing as how they gave away tickets for a quarter.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Feb 1, 2010 3:24:32 GMT -5
I can definitely see what he's saying in terms of their audience shifting away from their original core fans that love their first 2-3 albums. But clearly they're popular enough at this point that that hardly matters in terms of them sustaining a successful career in the mainstream. They've picked up enough new fans along the way that haven't been shaken off yet.
Weezer is pretty much dead to all my friends that loved them when they came out. And those of us that still listen strongly prefer the earlier material.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Feb 1, 2010 16:29:11 GMT -5
I'm of the category of people who was college aged when they first came out....loved them from the opening notes of Undone (The Sweater Song) and have never really been disappointed in them. I still love them as much today as I did back then and honestly some of their newer material rivals the older stuff for me. The only album that took time to really appreciate was Pinkerton, which was the same for many people at that time. I loved El Scorcho but couldn't get into the other songs til years later.
My favorite Weezer song is "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" but I'd say that "I Want You To" and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" are in my top 5-10.
For some reason I really like this new album.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Feb 1, 2010 18:30:22 GMT -5
Yea, Greatest Man is pretty sweet.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 2, 2010 9:36:24 GMT -5
Top 40 on Alternative:
52 38 WEEZER I'm Your Daddy 218 121 97 0.908
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Feb 8, 2010 4:00:55 GMT -5
You know, after hearing this song several times now, I'd like this song just fine if Rivers used another word or pet name in the title instead of "daddy." Dead serious. The title makes me mentally unable to like this song as much as it otherwise deserves.
That word (and mama) always makes my skin crawl as a relationship pet name. It's creepy.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 8, 2010 8:09:54 GMT -5
Top 30 on Alternative:
46 30 WEEZER I'm Your Daddy 339 201 138 1.55
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Post by pen on Feb 8, 2010 11:59:52 GMT -5
It's Oedipically delicious.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 11, 2010 9:55:27 GMT -5
This should do fine on Alternative. At least Top 10.
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Post by Gold Soundz on Feb 20, 2010 21:10:00 GMT -5
28 and rising. I really like the "Guitars Up" mix they sent to Alternative...the mix is a lot rockier. Since it's only available on the promo for the more active leaning stations, and won't be sold digitally, here's the link: www.zshare.net/audio/72775351a95721bd/
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 24, 2010 8:10:19 GMT -5
It sounds pretty much the same.....
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Post by The Party Captain on Apr 4, 2010 19:43:35 GMT -5
This is chugging along pretty quietly.
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