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Post by American Idiot on Jun 5, 2010 1:00:10 GMT -5
That's how my friend's ex-girlfriend broke up with him by changing her status to single without any notice to him. He called her to say "What the hell???" but she just answered the phone "My status says it all. Have a nice life." He's also a really nice guy which gave her no reason to break up with him. He's still pretty upset about it over a month later. Keep in mind these are people in their mid-20s I'm talking about. Immaturity at it's finest. So, pardon my French, but she's a f**king bitch Wow that sucks. The case I'm talking about, she had essentially been ignoring my friend for a week and flirting with other dudes whenever they hung out, and this was going into college after a two-month relationship, so there's a big difference. How long had your friend been going out with the girl? My girlfriend just broke up with me a month ago, out of nowhere. Maybe your buddy and I should get together over a couple beers, talk about our feelings, and help each other on our road to recovery haha. He was only with her for about two months, so nothing major was lost, but I think the main question he wants to know is "WHY???" She has sent him messages wanting to hang out as friends, but he refuses to since he's still a little distraught over it. That sucks about your former relationship. I'm sure if a car could go 1,000 miles per hour and gas was under a dollar a gallon, he'd be more than glad to meet you halfway in North Carolina or so for a brewski. I'm no relationship therapist. I mean I'm marrying the first girl that I've had a real relationship with, but it's like I tell him... if it's meant to be, it will work out again sometime in the future or else the next one who will be even better will come along and will make you forget about the former one :)
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Post by PHOBES on Jun 5, 2010 1:23:13 GMT -5
he'd be more than glad to meet you halfway in North Carolina. Hit me up when you get here.
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Post by Ace on Jun 5, 2010 11:37:50 GMT -5
Digging this song, and I'd like it to perform well for them, but I'm also anxious for another single from the album.
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Post by The Party Captain on Jun 5, 2010 17:54:44 GMT -5
I mentioned Crash Kings because they're making music that fits a pop aesthetic the media is currently promoting. So no wonder Alternative is playing their songs. Not only is their album flopping, though, but so are the singles digitally. Even when "Mountain Man" was at its spin peak, I never saw it once on the iTunes 200. So I'm saying, going with the band that's creating buzz with consumers thesmselves would have been a good decision, and this tap can't be hand waved because they don't have pop media behind them yet. It probably wouldn't have been the best decision, but who knows? Florence might have notched a top 75, even 50 hit with the digital sales. That's how Uprising achieved top 40, after all, in conjunction with just one faithful format. Now when you put it like that, I understand where you're coming from. The original post's wording was kinda confusing. I don't really see record companies taking many chances on soundtracks. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any band whose first breakthrough smash came on a soundtrack. The lead single from the Twilight soundtrack would sell well regardless, but there is now an additional audience that would buy the single simply because it's new Muse. Lead singles are usually the songs that stand to get the most exposure, and it's hard to pick a band unproven in this country over a band riding two quite recent #1s on Alt and a gold album. Soundtracks are about milking extra money from a movie, anyway.
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Post by orchbellzbab on Jun 6, 2010 14:22:54 GMT -5
this song :(
i miss the old muse
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Post by orchbellzbab on Jun 6, 2010 14:33:00 GMT -5
Uh, Muse and twilight are so tiring, this song is horrible, sorry. They should have gone with the Florence + the machine for first single, and left Muse alone. Nothing is ever going to top Supermassive Black Hole which wasn't even created for Twilight especially. Yeah, its always a good marketing ploy to go with a band that almost nobody has ever heard and bypass a band that has a massive album currently out, with two number ones on alternative plus a huge worldwide following..... So a good idea would be to go with the band with minimal commercial success and would get you a cross eyed look from 19 out of 20 people (that's being generous) if you asked them who Florence and the Machine were. This song is definitely NOT Muse's best, it is however good enough to be used as a single on a soundtrack to a movie geared to young girls. America isnt the only country in the world.
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Post by The Party Captain on Jun 6, 2010 16:30:12 GMT -5
America is nt the only country in the world.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Jun 6, 2010 16:53:21 GMT -5
America is nt the only country in the world. You're forgetting China.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Jun 8, 2010 6:59:43 GMT -5
I think this song will only manage Top 10.
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Post by Gravity. on Jun 8, 2010 17:05:51 GMT -5
For a soundtrack single, I'd say that a Top 10 is pretty good. As long as Undisclosed Desires or MK Ultra is released next, I'll be fine no matter how this does.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Jul 4, 2010 9:05:23 GMT -5
This is now starting to decrease more rapidly after reaching only #14. Possibly the shortest-lived Twilight single released.
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Post by lockebox on Jul 4, 2010 11:30:40 GMT -5
Good... unlike this song. Bring on "Undisclosed Desires".
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