SPARKS

E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: We've got a hit single!

With all these displays of effection towards other songs of HYL you might think that Perfume was the last track they should have released as a single. Or at least that we don't seem to think it will go very far anywhere soon. So is that true... and so say all of us? I say let's put it to a vote.

I ran out of options: i wanted to add 2 or 3 more

11) Any of the HYL tracks can make it as a single.
12) I can't believe you think we got a chance, i don't even like them (that much)
13) Don't ask me, just don't. Polls and charts are all the same to me, i don't like 'em, and don't like those that do.

Please explain why you think you choice will do better in the charts, radio, tv, internet, recordstore, club, supermarket, bingohall.
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deadcalm · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:07 am Post subject:

My vote goes to METAPHOR not because its the most interesting TK on
the Album but IMO it is a Song that you like On a 1st Listen and you dont
really get tired of.. Its a good crossover TK that any radio station could
play at anytime on any Show ... Its a Winner given the "LUCK" and Promotion ..

loz · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:07 am Post subject:

My vote went to Rock, Rock Rock....
The Live version is a massive hit! Ron, the guitar player to die for.

Eve · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:45 am Post subject:

Baby baby - anti war crowd
Waterproof - all those who enjoyed mr Hawkins attempts at falsetto would like it BUT to radio friendly it the sax bit would have to go....they may feel why should we have to radio friendly anything- sod em it's staying in.
Metaphor - love it but I also liked perfume...

hannu a peltoniemi · Power Groupie Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 298

[quote="E-Clect-Eddy"]11) Any of the HYL tracks can make it as a single.
That´s my opinion too.

Perfume is compelling song and it´s good to dance. No 1 choice for
a single. Other singles to choose could be Waterproof and Metaphor.

Achoo · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject:

I voted for waterproof but feel that this song along with Metaphor have an equal chance of hitting the top 20.................and sadly i feel they have little chance.

Would love to see them both share number 1 and number 2 slots in either order mind you.

I just feel that every song off HYL is not conducive to charting. Whilst we all love what the Mael brothers have done with song structures, i am not confident that the masses will.

Still I think that this album is the best since Number one song in heaven, possibly even Propaganda. I am loving this work of genius.
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wonder girl · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:18 am Post subject:

I went for Metaphor purely for the reason I just can't get it out of my head at the moment....................and cruely a certain member of my family now goes round singing "who's up for the menopause" ..........cheeky little bugger

I do hope that not me he's refering to ........LOL

E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject:

E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject:

When i put this poll up i assumed that Perfume was gonna be the favourite and that most would vote it to be SPARKS best chance of (chart)succes. I did not put this up as a what's your favourite track-poll, i'm sure Alex will run that one!(?) Have SPARKS, management, marketing or whomever made the right choice with Perfume? Since none of the so far 15 voters have supported that song yet i guess there seems to be some big hesitance even if we also are divided towards the alternative although Waterproof plunged to the top.

Which song do you thing will get noticed (and remembered) most of all if an unsuspecting member of the public would hear it for the first time? Not just thinking of why you like it the most?
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powpowpow · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject:

well i voted dick around, and if released i don't think it should be edited.. there must be some dj somewhere who'd take it up and play it. and it's not easily ignored - perfume and waterproof are commercial sounding but they don't seem to cut it enough, a bit too rounded and maybe easily forgettable in between all the sunshine pop melodies and indie guitar in the chart. dick around would hit the 'this is a bit odd' spot in the back of the head, it's familiar and somehow astoundingly different to everything else. and if it came on the radio you'd stick around until the final 30 seconds when it really gets going.. and the lyrics are much better, more than just the catchiness of waterproof and perfume, which both sound a little like they could be used in the back of adverts (i do like both tracks, i just think it was a wrong decision to release perfume first..)

E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject:

powpowpow · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject:

E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:50 pm Post subject:

E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:43 pm Post subject:

So am i to believe that there are no posters that like Perfume. Or have the criticism been to harsh? Those that want to buy several copies of HYL won't do the same for Perfume? Come on folks, it's the single that's out there to please/tease the public.

Lyricly is there anything out there that compares to Perfume? Or is that it's greatest weak point as well?

As it stands Waterproof and Metaphor lead the uprise. Do you think the other posters are right about that??? Not even a single vote for Perfume?

VOTE

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rainbow · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject:

I agree with the choice for perfume, from the point of view of a commercial eye. Of course, I like dick around better, that could be an excellent choice too, or waterproof or metaphor.
Most of the time, what I like is not the commercial thing ( although I like all tracks of HYL), that started when I was a child, I hated it when my favourites did not chart, I felt so sorry for the artists. Now I know that it is far more important to do art, do what you feel is the right thing to do, apart from success!
Too bad you need money...
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Uhu_Rodion · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject:

I didn't cast my vote yet, I'm confused - though I substantially agree with Rainbow; only thing, if Perfume couldn't reach the charts, I believe none of the other tracks from #1 to #9 will do.

Maybe the average audience is anaesthetized with too much less-than-average music to perceive the difference, and so a big shock might achieve better success, so I'd rather think of As I Sit...

Ok, perhaps it's rather bold, and a bit longer than usual too, but at this point, why not? And if the mass can't stand it, well, screw the mass... but here it comes again that you need to make a living from it... Argh!

CALI · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject:

Rock Rock Rock - every time. Very hard to choose though. HYL is an absolute masterpiece.
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E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject:

Uhu_Rodion · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject:

Perfume stops looking commercial when you dig a bit deeper into the lyrics (and you pay care to the brief intermission that interrupts the perfumes' enlisting), but at first it's just easy to catch up because of a peculiar mesmerizing pace, which doesn't fail to attract attention. So I don't think it was a bad choice as a first single.

But, be it that it takes a lot wider tv coverage to reach deaf ears, or be it that Perfume's qualities - so evident to us - are too subtle to be generally appreciated, you need something more shocking to shake people and focus their attention. I believe As I Sit... should have made the trick.

Marco

Alex Robertson · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject:

Just out of curiousity...how widely played was Perfume in Italy...was HYL also pushed there...as much as it was in say the UK?