Fly-bye post - sorry - don't have time for more:
Re: radio 1 and BTIKM and Leighton B's comment:
My hope is actually that his comment that they normally don't add mid project is exactly what will not hold up in Adam's case.
I can understand that radio 1 does not play BTIKM. The single is wrong for the UK market in general and it is even more wrong for radio1. Remember when we all of a sudden got those really weird single release dates for the UK back in November a week after those first round of UK listening parties. Everybody was saying that first single was going to be released soonish, then Adam announced that BTIKM was going first and there was a big pause. Eventually all countries announced single release dates in the Dec/Jan timeframe, but UK gave us this weird date of 3/12/12 if I am not mistaken, but certainly somewhere in mid-March.
Radio 1 is bureaucratic and rigid and works with strange rules and principles. I think the only announcement of this late mid-March date was to officially set the start date for Trespassing phase that late. Because Adam will roll out a second single world-side together with the album promotion and for the UK this will just be the de-facto first single.
Soshhanna is trying to ride the post EMA /Queen news cycle and therefore acknowledges the BTIKM ww single to some degree, but I think she is betting on the rest of the material and is expecting radio1 to come on board with that.
Leighton may be right in general about BBC coming along right away or not at all, but I think in this case, this may be an exception. What else is new, Adam is always an exception and officially they are going to declare the beginning of phase 2 in March for the UK.
I am not giving up hope yet, and won't do so next week either. If BBC though does not add the second and more dancey/rhythmic single, then yes, then he would have lost BBC again.
Btw: I think BTIKM could music wise very much fit on Radio 2, but given that it is not a hit anywhere, not even here in the US, and certainly not in the UK, they are not going to do that.
BTIKM is right now being held up by the video, which has made huge indents outside of the traditional fanbase already. It is doing its job of reaching new audiences, world wide.
Yes, I also shake my head when others have such a seemingly easy time like LDR to run up the charts based on nothing, but it also looks like she may be a one hit wonder. And that is the last thing I would wish for Adam.
So, slow and steady it is.
see my note above^^^^.
