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On July 29, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Dakke said:

The main problem with the trilogy was the lack of promotion and visibility after iHeart (Warner is to blame here)

No wrong Billie is to blame for the lack of visibility after Iheart promoting albums without bands are high risk promoting albums properly costs hundred of thousands to millions of dollars money that isn't a guarantee to be made back even with an active band (21st didn't get out of the red until a couple years after release)  

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8 hours ago, Jane Lannister said:

Even though I like that song I have to admit the chorus is a bit weak especially when most of it is silenced. 

Didn't they have a radio version of it?  'Someone kill the DJ, someone shoot the DJ', 'hold him underwater til he suffocates and drowns'.  I'm sure I remember hearing that on the radio or TV.

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1 minute ago, WhiteTim said:

No wrong Billie is to blame for the lack of visibility after Iheart promoting albums without bands are high risk promoting albums properly costs hundred of thousands to millions of dollars money that isn't a guarantee to be made back even with an active band (21st didn't get out of the red until a couple years after release)  

Partly, yes, but no one in their sane mind would have let Billie promote the records when the effects from his addiction/abuse were painfully apparent. Warner could not totally substitute the band doing promotion, but at least they could have advertised Dos! and Tre! more profoundly than they have. You can't put all the blame on Billie for the commercial fiasco that the Trilogy was.

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5 minutes ago, Dakke said:

Partly, yes, but no one in their sane mind would have let Billie promote the records when the effects from his addiction/abuse were painfully apparent. Warner could not totally substitute the band doing promotion, but at least they could have advertised Dos! and Tre! more profoundly than they have. You can't put all the blame on Billie for the commercial fiasco that the Trilogy was.

didnt say Warner would or should let Billie go on in his state but Billie chose to put himself in that position (Warner didn't MAKE him be an addict right? I also realize how harsh that sounds not meaning to be harsh but Billie bears the majority of the blame) You can't blame a company for not wanting to invest a huge amount of money  in something they don't have an artists to tour do interviews for they did print ads and I even heard radio spots for all three albums don't forget Warner has to make back what it's spent on the recording of the albums plus promo 

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8 hours ago, Jane Lannister said:

Even though I like that song I have to admit the chorus is a bit weak especially when most of it is silenced. 

Exactly.  I wonder if this is the first time they have asked outside their circle which song should be the lead single.

50 minutes ago, WhiteTim said:

No wrong Billie is to blame for the lack of visibility after Iheart promoting albums without bands are high risk promoting albums properly costs hundred of thousands to millions of dollars money that isn't a guarantee to be made back even with an active band (21st didn't get out of the red until a couple years after release)  

Im not sure they knew what was going to happen with GD - a lot of people lapse after rehab.  

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39 minutes ago, BillyjoelxkidXx said:

Exactly.  I wonder if this is the first time they have asked outside their circle which song should be the lead single.

 

It is usually the record company that picks the singles.  The band, especially one as established as GD might hve a say in it, but ultimately it is the record companies choice

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Just now, JJ1964 said:

It is usually the record company that picks the singles.  The band, especially one as established as GD might hve a say in it, but ultimately it is the record companies choice

Well thank god for that - because the choices are usually shite.

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3 minutes ago, BillyjoelxkidXx said:

Well thank god for that - because the choices are usually shite.

Hopefully the next single will have something to do with showering 

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5 minutes ago, JJ1964 said:

Hopefully the next single will have something to do with showering 

Oh fuck off now.  Its your fantasy not mine:sick:

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10 hours ago, Second favourite son said:

Didn't they have a radio version of it?  'Someone kill the DJ, someone shoot the DJ', 'hold him underwater til he suffocates and drowns'.  I'm sure I remember hearing that on the radio or TV.

I don't know. Paradoxically, the only redio I heard it play has the uncensored version. 

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13 hours ago, Second favourite son said:

Didn't they have a radio version of it?  'Someone kill the DJ, someone shoot the DJ', 'hold him underwater til he suffocates and drowns'.  I'm sure I remember hearing that on the radio or TV.

Yeah they did, I thought it was pretty good and it didn't lose much from not having the swearing. I've never heard it bleeped/silenced, only with those alternative lyrics. And "hold him underwater til he suffocates and drowns" is really even more graphic than "hold him underwater til that motherfucker drowns" so it still had plenty of bite.

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7 hours ago, Hermione said:

Yeah they did, I thought it was pretty good and it didn't lose much from not having the swearing. I've never heard it bleeped/silenced, only with those alternative lyrics. And "hold him underwater til he suffocates and drowns" is really even more graphic than "hold him underwater til that motherfucker drowns" so it still had plenty of bite.

It's much better than Woo-Time :lol:

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14 minutes ago, WalkingContradictionPL said:

It's much better than Woo-Time :lol:

It's not Woo Time. It's F-woo Time

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20 minutes ago, MysticManiac said:

It's not Woo Time. It's F-woo Time

Sorry. I heard it only once as it's terrible. OK, first "fwooo" was funny. But only that one.

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I enjoyed F-woo Time :lol:. Don't think it was actually on the radio though, I think someone just made it for fun.

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21 minutes ago, Hermione said:

I enjoyed F-woo Time :lol:. Don't think it was actually on the radio though, I think someone just made it for fun.

It was the dude that coined the phrase Fwoo Time.  He is a southern gentleman and doesn't like to say Fuck.  I'm from NJ, Fuck was my first word.

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There's so many great musical moments in Cuatro. I love the tapping part in Fuck Time, and the versions of Nightlife and Loss Of Control. That bit of music when Billie plays Nightlife in the studio is fucking perfect. 

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2 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

There's so many great musical moments in Cuatro. I love the tapping part in Fuck Time, and the versions of Nightlife and Loss Of Control. That bit of music when Billie plays Nightlife in the studio is fucking perfect. 

Yeah, when I watched Cuatro! I understood better why they thought the Trilogy would be one of their works. When listening to the album versions of many Uno! and Dos! songs, however, I'm left with disappointment.

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Just now, Dakke said:

Yeah, when I watched Cuatro! I understood better why they thought the Trilogy would be one of their works. When listening to the album versions of many Uno! and Dos! songs, however, I'm left with disappointment.

It actually makes me feel so sorry everytime I listen to live recordings of those songs. They kicked ass. I was so excited for the Trilogy. If they did stuck with the sound they had in Cuatro I'd love it. 

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2 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

It actually makes me feel so sorry everytime I listen to live recordings of those songs. They kicked ass. I was so excited for the Trilogy. If they did stuck with the sound they had in Cuatro I'd love it. 

Yeah. If only the Trilogy had been more like Demolicious, with a raw sound and one album with only the better songs

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4 minutes ago, Dakke said:

Yeah. If only the Trilogy had been more like Demolicious, with a raw sound and one album with only the better songs

Im going to listen to it now.  Its been awhile.

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Just now, BillyjoelxkidXx said:

Im going to listen to it now.  Its been awhile.

It's worth it. 99 Revolutions is less bland than on Tré! and the acoustic version of Stay the Night is just fantastic.

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Just now, Dakke said:

It's worth it. 99 Revolutions is less bland than on Tré! and the acoustic version of Stay the Night is just fantastic.

Pretty sure I am the only person who likes 99 Rev.  Stay the Night is fab song & I don't listen to it enough.

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10 minutes ago, BillyjoelxkidXx said:

Pretty sure I am the only person who likes 99 Rev.  Stay the Night is fab song & I don't listen to it enough.

I'm not sure that I agree with the lyrical content of 99 Revs, but I think that it sounds fantastic live. I agree with you on Stay The Night.

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I'm sad they never bothered to perform the majority of Tré! live. It's only Brutal Love and 99 Revolutions and occasionally Little Boy Named Train. Walk Away and DRB at the least should make an appearance in the future.

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