QueenZone discussion #1146744
Call me next single in the UK
| Togg 31.10.2008 05:14 |
Announced last night on radio 2 |
| YourValentine 31.10.2008 05:16 |
Call Me is the only song of the album that is often played on the radio here. |
| Fenderek 31.10.2008 05:39 |
Thank god it's not WE BELIEVE! That's pretty much the only song from that album that can get any DECENT airplay... What surprises me, though... The band don't play it. At all. Not even once, not one gig... I know, it's a bit different style but... could fit with the "catwalk" bit... but they don't- period. What kind of promotion is this? |
| QPRTOON 31.10.2008 06:59 |
i personally love time to shine and wee beleive, i would happily take one of them over call me, i honestly dont like that track, skip it everytime on the album, doesnt even make my ipod list! |
| Togg 31.10.2008 07:43 |
Bet they start playing it now... maybe in London, I think it's a little difficult for Brian to re-create the multi guitar part on stage, mind yo if he has his Digitec pedal with him....! |
| intimate rush 31.10.2008 08:36 |
i thought when they were all on the catwalk they were gonna do something like call me, for the amount of time they were there with spikes accordion etc it was a bit of a waste of time. |
| onevsion 31.10.2008 12:13 |
call me. weakest song of the album good choice.... |
| Fenderek 31.10.2008 12:47 |
Ducksoup wrote:
call me.
weakest song of the album
Nope- that's WE BELIEVE... Fall asleep every single time... |
| ggo1 31.10.2008 13:03 |
Nope, I agree.. Call Me IS the weakest song on the album. (IMHO) I can see it getting airplay but its hardly representative of the album. We Believe, Time To Shine or Cosmos Rockin would have made better choices... again IMO. |
| Adam Baboolal 31.10.2008 13:39 |
Call Me has some charms, but not enough to hold me. I find myself sometimes just skipping it cause there's better on the album. Like gg01 above says, either of those other 3 songs would've been cool to me. And yeah, strange they haven't played this one live and yet, now it'll be a single. Adam. |
| Lester Burnham 31.10.2008 14:38 |
Adam Baboolal wrote: Call Me has some charms, but not enough to hold me. I find myself sometimes just skipping it cause there's better on the album. Like gg01 above says, either of those other 3 songs would've been cool to me. And yeah, strange they haven't played this one live and yet, now it'll be a single. Adam. The Two* did this two years ago, when their newest single, 'It's Not Enough', was released as a single and for radio play, yet never once did it grace their set lists. And they'd done a really extensive tour (something like 13 months). *The Who Anyway, personally I would've liked to have seen 'Some Things That Glitter' be released as a single. 'Call Me', as charming as it is, consists of little else than "Call me if you need my love", with a brief verse or two in between. |
| FatBumGirl 01.11.2008 16:57 |
Oh God please no. |
| turini 01.11.2008 17:02 |
Should have been Small |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 01.11.2008 21:37 |
Call Me is a weak song compared to the rest of the album, BUT it may appeal more easily to the general public than those we like best. After all, it has a catchy chorus (very Queenie, I must say) repeated ad nauseum, a nice guitar solo and a "look daddy, I'm funny!" ending. Cheers, Ogre- |
| brians wig 02.11.2008 08:26 |
Proof that, yet again, they haven't got a F**king clue! |
| We Are The Champions 02.11.2008 10:13 |
brians wig wrote: Proof that, yet again, they haven't got a F**king clue! Agreed. The record company might know something we don't!! Absolute shit of a song from an average album!!!! Reminds me of the f****** shambles of single releases from Hot Space - another piece of shit as well!!! C'est la vie mon ami as they say!!! Might do well for the blue rinse brigade or country and western fans or even the conservative party whose average age membership apparantly is over 60!!!! Maybe it can be adopted as John McCain's campaign slogan - clutching at straws springs to mind!!! |
| April 03.11.2008 14:26 |
Fenderek wrote: Ducksoup wrote: call me. weakest song of the album Nope- that's WE BELIEVE... Fall asleep every single time... I agree. We Believe is boring. It's in Elton John line. I don't like him. |
| pat10 03.11.2008 17:11 |
for me its the best song on the new album as soon as i heard this track i loved it the rest of the album only grew on me after a few plays. |
| breakthru50 03.11.2008 17:21 |
Although I think 'We Believe', 'Small' and 'Cosmos Rockin' are better songs I think the decision to release 'Call Me' could be a wise one by the record company. I personally think 'We Believe' is fantastic but a bit long for Radio play and I don't like the songs being butchered. I've always thought 'Small' would work as a 'Christmas single' but 'Call Me' will probably get more airtime and be a bigger hit with the casual listener. I hope they at least shoot a video for it this time and put a bit more effort into the release, ie better b-sides [img=/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif][/img] |
| Sunshine__123456 04.11.2008 07:57 |
Come on folks, How can you even imagine that Call Me will have any success on the charts??? It's an old fashioned filler tune on the album, wants to sound authentic but is just old fashioned and dull... Lyrics are the weakest of anything i have heard the last 5 yrs... I believe in Time To Shine as a possible single release but that is all on the album...it is just not a very commercial or strong album... |
| Benn 04.11.2008 10:07 |
Lester, you've got this almost right in that "It's Not Enough" *was* released to DJs for airplay, but as a promotional single only (along with "Tea And Theatre") in an alternate (better!) mix to the album version, but it never made it out as a single to the market. Why Queen + Paul Rodgers feel that they can have an impact on the UK chart these days is comepletely beyond me. Perhaps it's out of some kind of strange desire to prove the UK market wrong, but they have absolutely NO chance of dislodging the monopoly that's been created by various X-Factor winners, runners-up or blatant losers. And, regarding a comment about "promotion" in an earlier post. They have no need to promote anything - tickets for the shows have sold on reputation alone. The album has also sold on reputation and a limited sense of curiosity amongst the general music buyer. No one expected the album to be "gound-breaking" or earth shattering in terms of it's content and the reluctance to include anything other than the *easiest to play* material from the album shows just how much the band themselves are struggling with it themselves. Perhaps it's nothing more than Spike, Danny and Jamie not being able to handle the material as a backing band. I'm more inclined to believe that they're doing *EXACTLY* what Pete Townshend is doing these days and just settling for playing the material that they absolutely know inside out and doing the best job they can of it. Roger Daltrey has been pushing very hard for more obscure material to be included in their sets. Townshend's counter is that they can be the best live act in the world playing the stuff that they know best (Substitute, I Can't Explain, Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes etc) or they can be an average act playing rarities (Slip Kid, In A Hand Or A Face, Tattoo, A Quick One While He's Away etc) and he's not prepared to be average at this stage of his career. I've been seeing Who shows since 1989 and had missed none until 2006 when the set list stuck itself in the mud and the risk taking and danger element disappeared. To me, this is the dilemma Queen + Paul Rodgers are in at the moment and they're taking the option (the easiest in my book, but also the most sensible in commercial terms) that pleases the majority. For me though, it means that I'm not going to pay to see them - as with The Two (Who). Sadly, Queen + Paul Rodgers aren't as big as The Rolling Stones who were able to play Stadia, Arenas and Clubs with widely differing material at each type of venue; Queen + Paul Rodgers could do this if they were prepared to take the gamble and put the work in to make it happen (....as could The Two of course), but realistically, they're nothing more than a revival band playing Queen and Free hits. |
| pat10 05.11.2008 07:45 |
breakthru50 wrote: Although I think 'We Believe', 'Small' and 'Cosmos Rockin' are better songs I think the decision to release 'Call Me' could be a wise one by the record company. I personally think 'We Believe' is fantastic but a bit long for Radio play and I don't like the songs being butchered. I've always thought 'Small' would work as a 'Christmas single' but 'Call Me' will probably get more airtime and be a bigger hit with the casual listener. I hope they at least shoot a video for it this time and put a bit more effort into the release, ie better b-sides [img=/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif][/img] well said mate i agree and a video would be great. |
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