And in typical radio fashion...

vedderoffdead

They hyped the shit out of 'Brother', played it damn near every hour on the hour, and here we are only a week later and I haven't heard it in quite a while. Granted, I'm not listening to the radio 24 hours a day, but it's just like radio to do this. They pulled the same shit with 'Light years', 'I am mine', 'Love reign o'er me', 'World wide suicide', etc...


Just makes me angry. :x

greenmanny

Radio stations piss me off. When you want to hear something, they seem to never play it. That's why I have lots of cds.

igotid88

vedderoffdead wrote:

They hyped the shit out of 'Brother', played it damn near every hour on the hour, and here we are only a week later and I haven't heard it in quite a while. Granted, I'm not listening to the radio 24 hours a day, but it's just like radio to do this. They pulled the same shit with 'Light years', 'I am mine', 'Love reign o'er me', 'World wide suicide', etc...


Just makes me angry. :x

They usually do that with PJ songs. Play it a good amount for 2 weeks. Then nothing.

Ledbetterman1O

vedderoffdead wrote:

They hyped the shit out of 'Brother', played it damn near every hour on the hour, and here we are only a week later and I haven't heard it in quite a while. Granted, I'm not listening to the radio 24 hours a day, but it's just like radio to do this. They pulled the same shit with 'Light years', 'I am mine', 'Love reign o'er me', 'World wide suicide', etc...


Just makes me angry. :x

It's been like that for every Pearl Jam single starting with Nothing As It Seems. Their stuff just doesn't mesh good with the stuff being played on alternative rock radio....thankfully.

Thunderclap

Well at least you got to hear it for a week or two. I haven't heard any of the new ones on the radio station that they have on the PA system at work that I'm forced to listen to at gunpoint :x . But I shouldn't complain, I have an office with internet access so I can listen to whatever I want, which these days is usually KEXP

dustinpardue

Radio keeps in rotation what they are paid to keep in rotation. If PJ wanted to get in bed with Clear Channel, you would hear Brother on the radio just as much as fucking Nickelback or Kanye West.

Jeremys Spoken

Krock here in NY has played it every day and night.. almost.

soulsinging

vedderoffdead wrote:

They hyped the shit out of 'Brother', played it damn near every hour on the hour, and here we are only a week later and I haven't heard it in quite a while. Granted, I'm not listening to the radio 24 hours a day, but it's just like radio to do this. They pulled the same shit with 'Light years', 'I am mine', 'Love reign o'er me', 'World wide suicide', etc...


Just makes me angry. :x

That's because PJ hasn't released a single with a lot of staying power in a very long time. WWS was close, Given to Fly did ok... but otherwise you've got to go back to Vitalogy.

A satellite forever orbiting

who cares? who needs radio for pj? it's not like we haven't all heard brother w/lyrics even though the vocals sound rerecorded like wash was on lost dogs. i don't turn on the radio if i want to hear pj; i put on a disc or my mp3 player or sometimes my vinyl.

cundall23

Or it could be like the radio station here where the dj talks about how much their "new single sounds like early Pearl Jam."

MB_Angel10

From Billboard:
Pearl Jam previews the March 24 reissue of its 1991 debut album, "Ten," as the previously unreleased "Brother" debuts on Modern Rock at No. 18. It is one of six new bonus tracks from the forthcoming revamp of "Ten." The album originally spawned four Modern Rock chart hits: "Alive," "Even Flow," "Jeremy" and "Black." The new "Brother" is the group's 33rd Modern Rock entry, second only to U2's 36.

http://billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_disp ... a398?imw=Y

PJam82

Uhhh...Brother is tearing up the charts. It's already at #18 in its 2nd week. This will be another top 10 hit on alternative radio. I wouldn't be surprised to see this get close to the top again. They are just playing it out in California with some verocity. It's already keeping up with U2's new (much more hyped) single. Relax guys, it will do fine. That is one hell of a first week debut for a b-side.


1 1 INCUBUS Love Hurts 1964 1899 65 9.928
2 2 KINGS OF LEON Sex On Fire 1815 1785 30 9.604
3 3 SHINEDOWN Second Chance 1765 1740 25 7.083
4 4 SEETHER Breakdown 1355 1428 -73 5.065
6 5 AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT Sometime Around Midn... 1342 1260 82 6.211
9 6 KILLERS Spaceman 1307 1185 122 4.909
5 7 U2 Get On Your Boots 1304 1368 -64 4.808
12 8 PAPA ROACH Lifeline 1180 1014 166 4.521
7 9 OFFSPRING You're Gonna Go Far,... 1172 1226 -54 6.746
10 10 OFFSPRING Kristy, Are You Doin... 1152 1099 53 4.047

Artist Title TW lw Move Aud/mill
11 11 ANBERLIN Feel Good Drag 1123 1043 80 5.330
8 12 PARAMORE Decode 1117 1208 -91 5.117
16 13 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody 1095 909 186 5.436
13 14 MGMT Kids 1045 1008 37 4.109
14 15 BLUE OCTOBER Dirt Room 1034 1002 32 4.089
15 16 APOCALYPTICA I Don't Care f/Adam ... 1033 989 44 5.547
17 17 RISE AGAINST Audience Of One 985 860 125 4.239
46 18 PEARL JAM Brother 935 149 786 4.637

youngster

greenmanny wrote:

Radio stations piss me off. When you want to hear something, they seem to never play it. That's why I have lots of cds.

Yeah, and for the trillionth time I have to hear Bush, Green Day or another band that was popular in 1996. Not that PJ wasn't popular in 96 but I see your point. Most of the songs I hear are from the 90's from bands that have long since broken up. I heard Brother twice in the last 2 weeks and I'm in the car 2 hours a day.

blondieblue227

igotid88 wrote:

They usually do that with PJ songs. Play it a good amount for 2 weeks. Then nothing.

i agree
my station does that with their new stuff then goes back to Ten songs on their rotation. like Ten is their only album.

Actually i can't believe radio is still around.

nukeboot

I still think Severed Hand should have been the first single off of Avocado.

I like WWS, but SH is one of the better PJ songs ever, IMO.

Stoney.G.Girl

At least u get PJ on the radio over there, here they are rarely on the radio (IF EVER!!!) So I have to have my cd collection to keep me going!!!