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[Korey]

It's like a European Third Eye Blind mixed with Lion King. What the hell? I cringe every time it comes on.

 

[Phire Phox]

Never heard of this song. Gonna go give it a listen.....

 

[kirblar]

It's like a European Third Eye Blind mixed with Lion King. What the hell? I cringe every time it comes on.

It's amazing how my local rock station (DC101) has just completely degenerated over the past decade as they've been forced onto a corporate playlist. Thankfully, there's an alternative in Baltimore still.

 

[Piano]

I find it quite catchy.

 

[Rei no Otaku]

My wife loves this song so I hear it all the time. It's ok.

 

[Kard8p3]

The Coheed cover of the song is pretty good, I've actually never heard the original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjPyR1FUads

 

[ivysaur12]

It's fine, though its definitely getting too overplayed on the alt-rock stations I listen to. Their album is pretty good.

 

[CitizenVectron]

Fact for the day: When Pompeii was covered in ash, most of the city had already evacuated. So it wasn't as bad as many think it was in popular culture.

On this song, it seems ok, but it has some pretty jarring cut in and outs of samples/sounds. It could have been edited a bit better, I think.

 

[Ydahs]

I love it.

 

[Divvy]

I like the song. It might be overplayed, but I don't listen to the radio so I don't care. Or else I'd hate Royals with a seething hatred right now.

 

[BronsonLee]

What are you talking about, Pompeii is not Reflektor by Arcade Fire!

 

[kirblar]

What are you talking about, Pompeii is not Reflektor by Arcade Fire!

Arcade Fire getting commercial mainstream radio airplay? lol

 

[jaxword]

What does the

say?

 

[idlewild_]

It's amazing how my local rock station (DC101) has just completely degenerated over the past decade as they've been forced onto a corporate playlist. Thankfully, there's an alternative in Baltimore still.

Started going downhill when 99.1 suddenly changed to a latin channel and 101 became basically THE rock station for DC :-/

 

[Crumpet Trumpet]

It's like a European Third Eye Blind mixed with Lion King.

that sounds amazing. let me listen

 

[Syf]

Eh, I like it. The lyrics have some meaning to me.

 

[Nevasleep]

I quite liked it. Prefer their Rhythm of the Night cover.

 

[John Rabbit]

sounds like methodically engineered pop music for car commercials.

 

[kirblar]

Started going downhill when 99.1 suddenly changed to a latin channel and 101 became basically THE rock station for DC :-/

At least when 99.1 picked up bizarre things like Swing music they were legitimate trends.

 

[McNei1y]

It's amazing how my local rock station (DC101) has just completely degenerated over the past decade as they've been forced onto a corporate playlist. Thankfully, there's an alternative in Baltimore still.

Started going downhill when 99.1 suddenly changed to a latin channel and 101 became basically THE rock station for DC :-/

Another DC area user here. I remember that HFS to Latin channel switch... *shudder*. Luckily, I'm in range of that Baltimore Alt-Rock station so I'm not too upset. I do miss Whitney's lunch hour though. I think her themed sessions were much better than the constant overplay of 90s tunes (and I love 90s tunes).

Anyways, I really like this song. I haven't heard it too much on the radio (I also listen to Pandora) so I'm not overwhelmed by it's constant play... I hope it doesn't happen though. That really sucks when songs wear out due to overplay.

 

[illmatic6596]

I remember listening to this song almost everyday during the summer , now it is all over the radio and I find myself changing the station because I am so fed up with it .

 

[Divvy]

I remember listening to this song almost everyday during the summer , now it is all over the radio and I find myself changing the station because I am so fed up with it .

Yeah what's up with that? This song was a thing months ago, and they're just now starting to overplay it to death.

 

[OrlanisWorks]

Kat Krazy remix is pretty alright. Better than the original version, so check that out. Warning: its a bit... crazy.

 

[Dr. Malik]

I like it

Yeah what's up with that? This song was a thing months ago, and they're just now starting to overplay it to death.

Its radio performance is pretty poor right now but it is starting to grow
if it continues getting positive updates the song might be huge come early 2014

 

[Smiley90]

It's fine, though its definitely getting too overplayed on the alt-rock stations I listen to. Their album is pretty good.

I like the song. It might be overplayed, but I don't listen to the radio so I don't care. Or else I'd hate Royals with a seething hatred right now.

.

 

[kirblar]

I remember when they revealed Franz Ferdinand had massive payola behind it. Explained why that crappy song of theirs was suddenly all over the place despite being completely obnoxious. Had assumed most of that stuff has that behind it anyway with the rise of corporate playlists.

 

[BronsonLee]

Arcade Fire getting commercial mainstream radio airplay? lol

That awful song is ALL OVER SiriusXM.

And I love Arcade Fire, but haaaaaate that song now

I remember when they revealed Franz Ferdinand had massive payola behind it. Explained why that crappy song of theirs was suddenly all over the place despite being completely obnoxious. Had assumed most of that stuff has that behind it anyway with the rise of corporate playlists.

Wait wat

 

[Talon]

It's amazing how my local rock station (DC101) has just completely degenerated over the past decade as they've been forced onto a corporate playlist. Thankfully, there's an alternative in Baltimore still.

The funnier thing is that Clear Channel has mastered the art of making competing radio stations look like independent stations, when they have completely overwhelmed American radio stations.

NPR's Planet Money did a short episode about making hits, and the radio play section was pretty funny.

Daniels breaks down the expenses roughly into thirds: a third for marketing, a third to fly the artist everywhere, and a third for radio.

"Marketing and radio are totally different," he says. "Marketing is street teams, commercials and ads."

Radio is?

"Radio you're talking about . . ." he pauses. "Treating the radio guys nice."

'Treating the radio guys nice' is a very fuzzy cost. It can mean taking the program directors of major market stations to nice dinners. It can mean flying your artist in to do a free show at a station in order to generate more spots on a radio playlist.

Former program director Paul Porter, who co-founded the media watchdog group Industry Ears, says it's not that record labels pay outright for a song. They pay to establish relationships so that when they are pushing a record, they will come first.

Porter says shortly after he started working as a programmer for BET about 10 years ago, he received $40,000.00 in hundred-dollar bills in a Fed-Ex envelope.

Current program directors told me this isn't happening anymore. They say their playlists are made through market research on what their listeners want to hear.

In any case, to return to our approximate tally: After $78,000 to make the song, and another $1 million to roll it out, Rihanna's "Man Down" gets added to radio playlists across the country, gets a banner ad on iTunes ... and may still not be a hit.

As it happens, "Man Down" has not sold that well, and radio play has been minimal.

But Def Jam makes up the shortfall by releasing other singles. And only then— if the label recoups what it spent on the album — will Rihanna herself get paid.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/05/137530847/how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-a-hit-song

The podcast has more details than the summary.

 

[Valhelm]

It's like a European Third Eye Blind mixed with Lion King. What the hell? I cringe every time it comes on.

I think it's a lot better than the majority of pop music. Bastille is an obscure indie band that managed to gain incredible success, and they should really be lauded for that.

Pompeii was actually originally written as an acoustic song.

 

[grap3fruitman]

In the forum of GAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaaF....

 

[kirblar]

That awful song is ALL OVER SiriusXM.

And I love Arcade Fire, but haaaaaate that song now



Wait wat

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1506321/sony-bmg-apologizes-payola-practices.jhtml

Same stuff you see with game/pharma companies, different market.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Arcade Fire getting commercial mainstream radio airplay? lol

Uh, yeah. Here at least it's hard to turn on the radio without hearing it.

They won a Grammy, they're not exactly low key.

I remember when they revealed Franz Ferdinand had massive payola behind it. Explained why that crappy song of theirs was suddenly all over the place despite being completely obnoxious. Had assumed most of that stuff has that behind it anyway with the rise of corporate playlists.

not all of FF's catalog is great but if you're 'avin a go at Take Me Out, them's fighin' words.

 

[kirblar]

not all of FF's catalog is great but if you're 'avin a go at Take Me Out, them's fighin' words.

It's just not a song that lends itself well to repeated listens in a short amount of time. Gets old fast.

Uh, yeah. Here at least it's hard to turn on the radio without hearing it.

They won a Grammy, they're not exactly low key.

 

[Valhelm]

They won a Grammy, they're not exactly low key.

I 'd say that Arcade Fire is slightly more mainstream than the Decemberists, but slightly less so than The Black Keys or NMH.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

My point being that they're not a low profile band, not that Grammys are worth a damn. Them getting radio airplay isn't exactly absurd.

 

[kirblar]

My point being that they're not a low profile band, not that Grammys are worth a damn. Them getting radio airplay isn't exactly absurd.

At least in my area, they and other bands like them (basically the ones hipsters like) pretty much see zero radio airplay.

 

[Valhelm]

My point being that they're not a low profile band, not that Grammys are worth a damn. Them getting radio airplay isn't exactly absurd.

I've only ever heard Arcade Fire on NPR.

 

[Talon]

I've only ever heard Arcade Fire on NPR.

Reflektor got a lot of play on the pop stations right when it came out.

I mean I heard it at the dentist for Christ's sake on the soccer mom station.

 

[Valhelm]

Reflektor got a lot of play on the pop stations right when it came out.

I mean I heard it at the dentist for Christ's sake on the soccer mom station.

It's probably a geographic thing, then. In Miami, Bastille is the only indie band I can recall hearing on the radio.

 

[H.Protagonist]

I like it. So there. I think Bad Blood and Laughter Lines are better, though.

 

[Talon]

Let's just be glad that they're not nearly as terrible as Embrace.

Dear God.

 

[waypoetic]

I hate it. I hate it SO FUCKING MUCH. Brittish pop music is the worst. ESPECIALLY THIS SONG!

 

[akira28]

Not feelin it, no.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Bastille and British Pop in general is a perfect example of why the UN should ban music in the UK.

 

[rhophiehalul78]

Guys, Bound 2 is the worst.... how can that music be released?

 

[DragonSworne]

It's just getting overplayed. I've heard the song on satellite radio since August and it's finally making it's round on FM stations.

The album is quality too. Good band.

 

[Starsunder]

I really like it.

 

[Escape Goat]

Thought this was an E.S. Posthumus thread.

 

[DragonSworne]

I think it's a lot better than the majority of pop music. Bastille is an obscure indie band that managed to gain incredible success, and they should really be lauded for that.

Pompeii was actually originally written as an acoustic song.

There acoustic performance of the song in paris is better much better than this.

 

[Valhelm]

There acoustic performance of the song in paris is better much better than this.

The one I posted is, afaik, the original incarnation of Pompeii. The acoustic rendition you heard was probably adapted from the electronic version.