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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2015 1:02:02 GMT -5
You know what, re: TOH and Turning On, I wasn't sure if I could hear something, then decided to play a live version of TO right after listening to the live TOH, and yes, I can hear what you mean now... TOH www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPVmRqjmUcTurning On www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpDi5jtU9V4God, I love that track, I just wish he'd return to rockier stuff, but I know I'm pissing in the wind... Now to check Another Lonely Night again... Thank you so much for posting the video freakydeaky I really appreciate it!!
freakydeaky from me too, honey!
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Post by geezlouise on May 23, 2015 1:40:22 GMT -5
Q3, I am actually surprised that you are hoping for 250K. I would be of course delighted, but that is higher than FYE and 3 times the first week sale of TSP. Yes, the run-up, as we all agree, was much better managed and he is now more known via QAL and Glee, but still, that is a big number in today's market. So, let's hope for the best. I love this album or what I know of it so far. Think they have done a wonderful job to bring Adam's skill to the forefront, without laying it on quite so thick. Created some interesting music. Given us a lot of variation. And TOH (the single snippet) sounds grand! Talk about some vocal gymnastics on that track. Thank you for pointing out how brilliantly this whole era 3 is going for Adam. I also don't understand how people can be unhappy with it, especially here in Pennsylvania. We have so many stations spinning it now. B104 and Q102 have been supporters of Adam forever, and especially in this era, they have the green light to go ahead and spin Adam's track and they do. Now my local CHR station in Harrisburg has joined, and I believe Wilkes-Barre has also got one station spinning it already. And that is just the eastern part of the state. For the first time in 6 years, I can pick between multiple stations to listen to his song, and it is played often. I am thrilled. During WWFM it took 4 months to reach anywhere close to that coverage that I am now finding after just a few weeks. I am thrilled, and given that the streaming data are coming along, Shazam is looking good, international reports are positive on various fronts, and radio is still adding, I am not sure what more I could possibly ask for. Actually, what I am really wishing for is that after the first week of TOH sales, that that high level of sales continues, that more people discover the album and buy it, and that he has some sustained sales for a while. That is what I would wish for him more than anything else. Oh, and a major Grammy nomination. I'm not greedy, am I? Pretty sure she was hoping for it to sell 250K total............. not in the first week. Here is a sales perspective quote she posted earlier. Note the ......"It will be a miracle if 40 albums released in 2015 sell over 250K units in the US this **." Q3 May 20, 2015 at 1:30pm Q3 said: The number of US album releases from major labels is way down. Album sales are also way down -- started to decline in 2002. Now running below 5 million units a week in the US -- almost every week. [10 million used to be considered the floor.] The total number of albums released in the US is also way down. It is still a huge number, over 50K -- but it was once much bigger, In 2008...released in the US: 115K total albums 6K sold more than 1K copies 1.5K sold more than 10K 110 sold more than 250K It will be a miracle if 40 albums released in 2015 sell over 250K units in the US this **. Kelly Clarkson's latest album (released Feb 27, 2015) has "only" sold 153,000 copies in the first 2 months -- it might get to 200,000 someday but will not hit 250K unless some dynamic changes. Wikipedia: "Opening with 83,000 copies of traditional album sales, Piece by Piece debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart with 97,000 units, which included track equivalent albums and streaming equivalent albums." That is a #1 album in 2015."
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Post by talon on May 23, 2015 1:50:19 GMT -5
Q3 is hoping for 250K total sales, cumulative! Not 250 first week! Also, I do not remember Adam ever saying Brian had "ideas" for Lucy. Just that Brian played the guitar riff. Nile played guitar on Shady. He was not a writer. Same situation. Brian is a performer on the track and it says, "featuring Brian May" on the track listing. Brian having ideas
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Post by freakydeaky on May 23, 2015 3:26:53 GMT -5
Thank you so much for posting the video freakydeaky I really appreciate it!!
freakydeaky from me too, honey!
No worries, hunnies, my pleasure...
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Post by freakydeaky on May 23, 2015 3:31:15 GMT -5
I don't believe there is any drama between Avicii and Adam. But it's a business. Adam's involvement with this came together quickly via Nile. It was just one of these 'carpe diem' moments and who knows when the contractual stuff was sorted out. Remember, Adam was woken by Nile and he got himself to the studio in spite of a hangover, on Nile's request. So who knows how all that exactly went down. Even Nile himself, gave us a couple of different versions on that one. But what was consistent in the message, is that there was a finished chorus, but that Nile and Adam added some lyrics and then Adam sang it, so that would be contribution in two ways, as a singer and song-writer. My understanding was always that Adam did get recognition and his share as a songwriter, just that the singing part was not mentioned on the track. I don't think that Avicii is doing himself any favors, by doing what he is doing. Don't think this is a prudent strategy on his or his manager's part. Not in the long run, at least. Now, on the other hand, Adam has mentioned many times that Brian came, listened to the Lucy track and had some great ideas for a riff that was added, and Adam is clearly giving credit in various interviews too. Yet, I remember, in an early listing of credits for this song, BM was not listed with songwriting credit, which I thought was strange. Maybe that was preliminary info. Would love to look up what it says there now. What was again the link to look this up? Tried to look it up via ASCAP, but was not successful with that, must be doing that wrong. I am sure that Adam has every intention to give everyone credit that deserves it, and probably therefore also expects that from others. Only fair, imo. I didn't know the story behind the Avicii track that Adam did, but I agree, I don't think Avicii is doing himself any favours by not crediting his singers. It might've been a bigger hit if he had...
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Post by freakydeaky on May 23, 2015 3:38:13 GMT -5
It means, like, 'cheers'... Awwwww, thanks, freakydeaky!! I had no idea!! LOL! Cheers back at ya! Just got back on here, so didn't see this before. Cheers!
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Post by Kamar on May 23, 2015 4:06:37 GMT -5
Evil In The Night : this song is just HOT makes mind go wild with a series of R rated visuals featuring Adam on a leash . yup . YES !!! LOL XD
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Post by Kamar on May 23, 2015 4:11:08 GMT -5
Oooooooooo, the Another Lonely Night iTunes just gave me, is the Explicit one!! Cool!!!!!!!! The "Moo" (as you all call it) isn't covering up anything. It's still there and IT IS NOT A MOO! IT IS AN EDM SOUND!! it is an EDM moo XD
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Post by devilwoman on May 23, 2015 4:34:15 GMT -5
Hi beatyfull glamberts. I have been lurking for quiet some time now. Well i have registered today ,and I am coming out of hiding. Not to beat a dead horse err cow. I read a comment on utube suggesting, That MOO sound could be the sound of an annoying alarmclock going off to Just another day,another lonely night. THAT`S a brilliant idea. Back to lurking.
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on May 23, 2015 6:02:03 GMT -5
Hi beatyfull glamberts. I have been lurking for quiet some time now. Well i have registered today ,and I am coming out of hiding. Not to beat a dead horse err cow. I read a comment on utube suggesting, That MOO sound could be the sound of an annoying alarmclock going off to Just another day,another lonely night. THAT`S a brilliant idea. Back to lurking. Heh heh heh. I see you sneaking in! </img> (And yeah, I could see that - particularly at this hour on the U.S. East Coast - as representing a truly annoying alarm clock!!)
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