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Posted by: admin | 12/12/2004 at 21:56
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In an interview with Danny Goldberg, chief executive and chairman at Artemis Records, New York, Goldberg says;
"When it comes to picking what song should be a single from an album, it's usually better to listen to what the marketplace wants. We had an idea on what the single would be from Bad Religion's new album at Atlantic, and KROQ, a Los Angeles station, had another in mind; it kept playing "Infected." I said: "We're not going to pick what one station likes. We pick what we like." In retrospect, I wish I had done what KROQ suggested."
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"When it comes to picking what song should be a single from an album, it's usually better to listen to what the marketplace wants. We had an idea on what the single would be from Bad Religion's new album at Atlantic, and KROQ, a Los Angeles station, had another in mind; it kept playing "Infected." I said: "We're not going to pick what one station likes. We pick what we like." In retrospect, I wish I had done what KROQ suggested."
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12/13/2004 at 20:43
I think when Nirvana's Nevermind came out, someone (don't remember if the company or Cobain) wanted In Bloom to be the 1st single instead of Smells like Teen Spirit.
What a great WHAT IF? story that would make. I mean, History of Rock could be much different now, or not. |
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12/13/2004 at 20:39
im pretty sure that stranger than ficition was the first single from stf. and that 21st was the second and infected the third.
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12/13/2004 at 19:33
Wasn't Sorrow made available for download much earlier than any singles were released? You might be thinking of Broken and The Defense. They made a video for Broken but The Defense recieved much more airplay.
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12/13/2004 at 18:46
Well the video for 21st Century Digital Boy had Brett in it, and Infected had Brian Baker in it so I'm assuming 21st came out first.
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12/13/2004 at 06:44
The first single may have been "21st century digital boy" - I remember that getting a lot of video play on Mtv. If "Infected" was in fact the first single, it probably wasn't the first choice. KROQ probably played and it just became so popular. I remember reading the same thing happened with "Sorrow" a few years ago. BR was talking about "The Defense" or another song as the first single, but Sorrow just became so popular because of radio play.
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