Singles Out

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

New Singles - 22 March 2004

 

Agnelli & Nelson - Holding On To Nothing

Amen - California's Bleeding

Anastacia - Left Outside Alone

Billy Talent - Ex

Blue - Breathe Easy

Datarock - Computer Camp Love

Go Home Productions - Pistol Whipped EP

Grand Transmitter - Under The Wheel

I Am Kloot - From Your Favourite Sky

Kanye West - Through The Wire

Keys - From Tense To Loose To Slack

Kid Symphony - Meet You On The Other Side

KoRn - Y'all Want A Single

Laura Veirs - Cloud Room

Missy Elliot - I'm Really Hot

Mountaineers - I Gotta Sing

Needles - Under The City EP

Outkast - The Way You Move

Pink Grease - Fever

Ryan Adams - This Is It

Seal - Waiting For You/Love's Divine

Sleepy Jackson - This Day/Come To This

So Solid Crew - So Grimey

South - Colours In Waves

Sugababes - In The Middle

The Darkness - Love Is Only A Feeling

The Delays - Nearer Than Heaven

The Divine Comedy - Come Home Billy Bird

The Generator - Where Are You Now?

Travis - Love Will Come Through

X Is Loaded - Laugh, Point & Wave/The Start Of Everything

 

 

Can't see a great deal in there that appeals. The Delays' one is certainly the pick of the bunch, but I imagine I'll also pick up the Sugababes' and Darkness ones.

 

 

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Delays, Darkness, I am Kloot, OutKast, Sugababes, Divine Comdedy and possibly Travis could be purchased if I was on one of my infamous impulse HMV buying sprees

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Also out this week... the Needles and Daniel Wylie.

 

Will be buying those five singles!

 

 

[Claire!]

I hate it when you can hear a tune on the radio and you have to wait months before you can buy it!!!!

 

I have to wait until April 12th before i can get my hands on "Don't Want You Back" by Eamon. Such a gorgeous track, and i can't have it yet!!!!

 

 

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Claire, you are right.

 

Twenty years ago this wasn't the case. Indeed most radio stations wouldn't play records until they'd made the charts.

 

That is why records, twenty years ago, would often take over a month from their initial chart entry (usually very low) to reach their peak position, and you could watch over the weeks as your favourite records climbed the charts.

 

Nowadays, records go in at their peak position, and then drop the following week.

 

The charts are no fun anymore. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

 

 

[Laz]

I noticed on Soccer AM that they have "release date" when they name the track and artist.

 

If a single is finished why isn't it released instantly?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Seems all the promotion for a single these days is done in the weeks running up to its release - hence, everyone knows the record when it finally comes out, and all the sales are made in the first week.

 

Once the record has charted, the promotion seems to stop instantly bar the odd TOTP performance.

 

 

[Claire!]

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Zealster EFM 10k said:
Claire, you are right.

I know!!!!!!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I mean, i heard Milkshake on the radio 3 months before it was released!!!!!!


My only complaint about the Eamon track is that it is so good, i want it, but i'm going to have to wait ages for it!!!! I'm going to have to keep listening to Kiss to keep hearing it!!!!!

Oh, thinking about that, i wonder if Twister is out yet!!! Another gorgeous track!!!!!!

There are a load of good tracks out at the moment!!!!!!!!

Yey!!!!!!!

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

When I say you are right, I wasn't referring to your appraisal of the Eamonn (Holmes?) track which, I have no doubt, will be absolutely dire.

 

 

[Claire!]

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Zealster EFM 10k said:
When I say you are right, I wasn't referring to your appraisal of the Eamonn (Holmes?) track which, I have no doubt, will be absolutely dire.

LOL!!!!!!!!! I know you wern't referring to that!!!!!!

No, it's not Eamon Holmes!!!!!! Just Eamon!!!!! Gorgeous!!!!! The track is fantastic, yet i don't think that you'd like it as it comes under RnB. However, i think you should give it a go, see what you think after listening to it!!!!!!

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

R'n'B??

 

Don't give me that crap.

 

I hate the way all that modern, urban rubbish (Usher, Alicia Keys, Wayne Wonder etc) gets labelled as R'n'B.

 

Authentic R'n'B is Rhythm and Blues, which started out in the 1940s and paved the way for Rock'n'Roll in the 1950s.

 

Same as all this garbage gets called 'Soul' now.

 

Soul? That's not fking soul.

 

Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye - now that's soul.

 

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[mala_D]

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I know where you're coming from Colin! Too right!

 

 

[Claire!]

Quote:

Zealster EFM 10k said:
R'n'B??

Don't give me that crap.

I hate the way all that modern, urban rubbish (Usher, Alicia Keys, Wayne Wonder etc) gets labelled as R'n'B.

Authentic R'n'B is Rhythm and Blues, which started out in the 1940s and paved the way for Rock'n'Roll in the 1950s.

Same as all this garbage gets called 'Soul' now.

Soul? That's not fking soul.

Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye - now that's soul.

<img src="/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Now, hun, calm down, i'm only saying that it's RnB, it wasn't me who put the f-ing labells on the types of music out there.

I'm just stating that it was RnB, if you don't like the way it's labbeled, tell the fecking musci companies!!!!!!!!

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Good rant about r'n'b and soul mate, hate all this modern crap under a classic music genre unbrella. Call it something new like Rag'n'Bollox or Souless!

 

Quote:

Zealster EFM 10k said:

 

That is why records, twenty years ago, would often take over a month from their initial chart entry (usually very low) to reach their peak position, and you could watch over the weeks as your favourite records climbed the charts.

 

 

Agreed again, I used to be a bit of a sad chart buff a few years ago and watching records climb etc was part of the fun but nowadays I just check them once a week to see if what I purchased made the chart because I know it won't be in there next week.

 

For example I brought Pure by the Lightning Seeds in 1988 and it entered the chart at number 100, next week it was 91 and gradually over the next 16 weeks it rose to number 16 where is stayed for two weeks before gently slipping out the charts, the whole process taking about 4 months

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

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Claire! said:
Now, hun, calm down, i'm only saying that it's RnB, it wasn't me who put the f-ing labells on the types of music out there.

I'm just stating that it was RnB, if you don't like the way it's labbeled, tell the fecking musci companies!!!!!!!!

I wasn't having a go at you, you dozy bìtch.

[Claire!]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

 

That's good 2 know!!!!!!!! Glad we've got that sorted!!!!!!!!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Stu B]

Surely having to wait 3 months to finally get a single means by the time it comes out you've heard it so much your bored of it,or you get so fed up of waiting you just download it of the internet...nice one record companies.

[Claire!]

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Fleet boy said:
or you get so fed up of waiting you just download it of the internet...nice one record companies.

I would download it, but i havn't got a clue how to do it!!!!!!

[Chubbhead EFM]

That track by Pete Docherty and Wolfman('This is for lovers') is out on 12th April as well (I think). Also, the Streets will be releasing their new stuff soon, not quite sure when though. I can't wait! Heard the new single 'Fit But You Know It' yesterday and it's top!

[Simon BTFC]

Quote:

Zealster EFM 10k said:
Same as all this garbage gets called 'Soul' now.

Soul? That's not fking soul.

Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye - now that's soul.

<img src="/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Soul - now you're talking <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Interestingly there's a few new albums coming out which are very much in an old fashioned soul vibe - bought the Joss Stone album the other day. Not totally convinced by her voice, but I'm very much loving her backing band with some excellent organ and horns. Similar sound to some of the stuff Etta James was doing on Chess many moons ago. Also good to see some of the remaining "old guard" soulies putting out some good stuff in recent years - Solomon Burke, Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave fame...) and Al Green have all released good albums recently. Unfortunately they get 0 radio play, and sell correspondingly few albums <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />