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Post by crash46 on Oct 7, 2006 2:40:19 GMT -4
I thought this was such a lifeless song at first, but I love it now (although burnout is approaching with no signs of slowing down in the real world). This song is preposterously simple; it's got a couple basic notes and chords on the guitar and a melody that requires minimal range. But it's the feel-good lyrics that make this song work so well.
I had no idea this was one of those TV-to-radio hits until a couple weeks ago. I tell ya; the second Grey's Anatomy puts a song that sucks ass on their show, I'm gonna really get mad.
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Post by friday on Oct 7, 2006 21:07:37 GMT -4
Yeah, it's pretty good, but it's the simplicity that makes me like it the least of any of their songs. Gary himself said all he was writing was a straight love song, and that's fine and all, but it's like there's hardly any subtlety to it.
Plus, I was irked at how suddenly it pushed "Hands Open" aside, and I think that's also caused me to not warm up to it much. That and the ubitiquity it's achieved simply because it was on a TV show. It's such a craven way to get a hit song, too. Would it have been so hard to have taken an album cut from a prior album? Nonetheless, I'm placing the over/under on hit songs produced by TV shows (that aren't American Idol) this season at 4.5.
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Post by Mega248 on Oct 8, 2006 11:55:30 GMT -4
I love "Chasing Cars" as much any of their other singles, but this really doesn't deserve to be their biggest hit at Alternative, and likely by a large margin when all is said and done. They deserve their 5th top 10 with this, not their 1st.
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Post by mtm4319 on Oct 10, 2006 19:16:32 GMT -4
I wouldn't say this is a shoo-in for the top 10 just yet. They do deserve a top 10 hit, so I hope they get there, but I'd be surprised if it did so.
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