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Post by rockmaniac on Mar 1, 2011 16:32:40 GMT -5
So any 7th single predictions? Lol If they were actually to do so, I'd go for "What a Shame". But I think it's time to move on to a new album. definitely move on to a new album
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Post by Devin on Mar 1, 2011 16:33:19 GMT -5
Fix your votes in the Weekly Rock Countdown, please Artie.
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Post by Devin on Mar 1, 2011 16:37:59 GMT -5
Read what you wrote down, what i wrote down, then fix your votes in the Weekly Rock Countdown.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 1, 2011 16:39:51 GMT -5
Ah, I see. I've never seen a chart posted or read any other comments or top fives. I just post and run. Will fix.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Mar 1, 2011 19:19:51 GMT -5
If they were to release a 7th single...given the re-release, I feel like the version of "Breaking Inside" featuring Lzzy Hale would be the most obvious single. My vote is for "Call Me", but I have a feeling that their label would go with the former or just wait until the next album.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 1, 2011 20:26:49 GMT -5
Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide easily. Shinedown is dangerously close to Hot ACing themselves right out of the rock market.
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Post by pen on Mar 1, 2011 20:45:20 GMT -5
Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide easily. Terrible song and if we can escape this era without promoting that then the band will be all for the better.
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Post by Devin on Mar 1, 2011 20:50:57 GMT -5
Um 7 consecutive Top 6 active rock Top 5's with 5 #1's isn't really Hot AC-ing theirselves out of the rock format. Lots of bands have maintained a very good rock career with a pop hit or two thrown in. So, no, they are not in danger of losing their rock fans.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 1, 2011 21:14:04 GMT -5
No they haven't yet, clearly with the stats they put up from Madness. If they run another album cycle with more ballads than rockers, it may start leaning that way. And it's also possible Alternative radio will by shying away from this sound someday not too far away.
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Post by david112 on Mar 1, 2011 22:55:14 GMT -5
I at least haven't heard anything yet from Skillet that has been strong. Each to his own...even if you are wrong.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 2, 2011 9:15:35 GMT -5
Wrong? How could you possible know what I've heard from them. The singles and album tracks I have heard sound completely standard rock at best.
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Post by david112 on Mar 2, 2011 14:22:23 GMT -5
Wrong? How could you possible know what I've heard from them. The singles and album tracks I have heard sound completely standard rock at best. I was joking. ;) And you're right I wouldn't have a clue what you've listened too. We're both allowed our opinions. Mine is just that Skillet's a damn fine band.
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Post by lockebox on Mar 2, 2011 15:36:15 GMT -5
Dave, this is Artie. He probably mistook "Use Me" for Skillet, and is now bashing the band.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 2, 2011 20:43:45 GMT -5
Nothing to bash, really. Just average from the songs I've heard.
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Post by lockebox on Mar 2, 2011 20:47:09 GMT -5
^ What songs have you heard, Mr. Ziff? Let me guess, the songs were so average that you didn't catch the title(s)?
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 2, 2011 20:50:17 GMT -5
The Awake CD and pretty much every song from Alien Youth (?I think) when we hosted them. Just nothing I would ever own. So far.
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Post by Devin on Mar 2, 2011 21:13:23 GMT -5
"Comatose" and "Saviour" are awesome. Check those out.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Mar 2, 2011 22:28:15 GMT -5
I think "Rebirthing" is gonna be the way to go. Brian Howes himself said it's the song he's most proud of and Artie seemed to dig talking to him on here a lot.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Mar 2, 2011 22:32:22 GMT -5
It just dawned on me how nuts it is that Shinedown has scored #1s in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011...and then the fact that they're all from the same album. The number of singles is obviously amazing. But to have #1s off the same album in 4 calendar years is something that I feel has yet to be addressed and makes what they're doing all the more mind-bogglingly dominant.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 2, 2011 23:02:57 GMT -5
But it should also be addressed that Diamond Eyes was not recorded for this album. It's basically a greatest hit repackaged with the original record. A big juicy asterisk would sit next your claim. Still, three years is a nice feat.
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Post by rockmaniac on Mar 13, 2011 7:58:47 GMT -5
looks like this will be the last single cuz they're in progress with album #4 and they're targeting an early 2012 release
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Post by Devin on Mar 13, 2011 14:15:50 GMT -5
Hopefully this will start bleeding spins like mad to allow "Awake & Alive" to become #1 soon.
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Post by david112 on Mar 13, 2011 16:13:12 GMT -5
Hopefully this will start bleeding spins like mad to allow "Awake & Alive" to become #1 soon. AAA has a 155 bullet and is within 50 spins of #1. Diamond eyes lost 30 spins yesterday so hopefully Skillet will achieve their first number 1 song before Rope passes them.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 23, 2011 16:54:37 GMT -5
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Post by rockmaniac on Mar 23, 2011 17:09:21 GMT -5
not a snowball's chance in hell
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 23, 2011 17:32:26 GMT -5
That hackneyed response means 0% I assume? Based on their success I'd bump it up to 25% chance of a radio single from this.
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Post by pen on Mar 23, 2011 21:27:02 GMT -5
If there's not I'm sure you can hallucinate one.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Apr 6, 2011 18:06:19 GMT -5
The biggest gainer on Rock radio the past week. Any ideas on the resurgence? This still sounds really good to me.
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