The Fixer's success (so far)

RiotAct10

I am lucky enough to live in a town with an independently owned alternative rock station. No Nickelback, or PApa Roach, or whatever crappy pop rock is out there today. And everyday they count down the most requested songs of the day. Well today, the second day the song had been out, 'The Fixer' came in at #2. So I would say the people like it, or want to hear it, so far, which is a good thing.

I was wondering, and perhaps I am reading too much into it, but maybe by not offering the song on iTunes or their website, it actually drums up interest in it, and people call in to their radio stations trying to get it played. Just a thought.

So anyways, this station has played it 5 times so far today. I wasn't awake, but apparently at 6:30 AM they played The Fixer, followed by Given to Fly, followed by Glorified G. They also throw on Wishlist one time. Pretty good day for PJ tunes I would say.

(http://www.cd101.com/sections/onair/Pla ... story.aspx)

But anyways, how is The Fixer doing in your market?

PJStatTracker

RiotAct10 wrote:

apparently at 6:30 AM they played The Fixer, followed by Given to Fly, followed by Glorified G.

man, I'd love to have a station near me that would play a song like Glorified G...

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

Eduardo Veduardo. wrote:

RiotAct10 wrote:

apparently at 6:30 AM they played The Fixer, followed by Given to Fly, followed by Glorified G.

man, I'd love to have a station near me that would play a song like Glorified G...

For some reason that and Dissident get played way too much around here...

LukinFan

people still request songs on the radio?

Stephen Flow

my boss, who isn't a PJ fan really at all heard it today in his car while we were on our coffee break and he said "hm this is pretty good, doesn't sound much like their older stuff..." then he turned it up and asked me when they album was coming out.

RiotAct10

LukinFan wrote:

people still request songs on the radio?

yeah, i think the thing here is, like i said, this is an independently owned and operated station. so i think it has a different fanbase that behaves differently than normal stations owned by clear channel or whatever, and this stations listeners actually help dictate what songs are played, because there is no corporate overhead telling the station what to play and when to play it. I don't listen to the radio a lot, but if I lived somewhere else that didn't have a station like this, I would probably never listen.

tvismyfriend

No love for it here in Vancouver. The Fox has played two Pearl Jam songs today, both were Brother.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

doesnt sound like anything rock radio is playing around here. im not sure id call this song radio-friendly. but if it takes off, good for them.

Not For You

Dont listen to radio that much but when I just got into my car I was listening to a live version of Daughter. Then I realized that it wasnt my cd player but the radio so I stayed. The next song was the fixer. Sounded good on the radio...just seems a little short in length.

IamBETEL

I'm so jealous of that radio station. I live in Minnesota and we had Drive 105 that would play a lot of good alternative/indie rock and I'm sure they'd play The Fixer a lot... but sadly like 1-2 years ago it turned into LOVE 105...sigh :(

BettrMan21

Lithium on Sirius/XM plays alot of Pearl Jam. And not all of the typical songs. We get from Crazy Mary to Low Light to Leash. Lithium is only 90's rock so Binaural tunes on, don't get as much airtime but I've heard all kinds of Pearl Jam all over satellite radio.

kiljoythemerciful

It's has received two positive reviews, EW and NYMag, and It is getting played a lot in the Chicago area. Definitely has the ability to be a big song.

ryph raph

RiotAct10 wrote:

I am lucky enough to live in a town with an independently owned alternative rock station. No Nickelback, or PApa Roach, or whatever crappy pop rock is out there today. And everyday they count down the most requested songs of the day. Well today, the second day the song had been out, 'The Fixer' came in at #2. So I would say the people like it, or want to hear it, so far, which is a good thing.

I was wondering, and perhaps I am reading too much into it, but maybe by not offering the song on iTunes or their website, it actually drums up interest in it, and people call in to their radio stations trying to get it played. Just a thought.

So anyways, this station has played it 5 times so far today. I wasn't awake, but apparently at 6:30 AM they played The Fixer, followed by Given to Fly, followed by Glorified G. They also throw on Wishlist one time. Pretty good day for PJ tunes I would say.

(http://www.cd101.com/sections/onair/Pla ... story.aspx)You would'nt know this was out if you listened to Cleveland radio.
But anyways, how is The Fixer doing in your market?

Back_Pedal

Eduardo Veduardo. wrote:

RiotAct10 wrote:

apparently at 6:30 AM they played The Fixer, followed by Given to Fly, followed by Glorified G.

man, I'd love to have a station near me that would play a song like Glorified G...

Mine played it a about a half hour ago. However, pretty much every other song is Nickelback/Saving Abel/Hinder/etc, so it's not worth it. Oh, and they've only played The Fixer 3 times since it came out.

youngster

Eduardo Veduardo. wrote:

RiotAct10 wrote:

apparently at 6:30 AM they played The Fixer, followed by Given to Fly, followed by Glorified G.

man, I'd love to have a station near me that would play a song like Glorified G...

Here in Boston, I hear Glorified G, Immortality, Nothingman, Given to Fly, Small Town, Off he Goes etc all on regular FM radio. Granted we don't hear much post Yield, but I was shocked about 2 weeks ago I heard I Am Mine. I almost shit.