How is Secret Love holding up? - Page 3

jeffd8382 · #31 03-03-2011, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith

I'm at 188 listens on my ipod...

Wow! "Secret Love" actually is the most listened song on my ipod at a whopping "18" plays.. lol. I have had my ipod for a year and a half and have over 5500 songs on there, so there is a huge variety.. I rarely listen to the same stuff over and over (at least not in succession). But that is a LOT of plays for me considering I've only had the song for a month and a half... the song is ingrained in my mind from those plays and I sing it to myself a lot. I think it's the first favorite new Stevie track I have fallen in love with for a long time.. probably since the title track of TISL (which also gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it).. well I guess I loved "Not Make Believe" also from first listen, but that one didn't give me goosebumps. With "Secret Love", it was the vocal that gave me goosebumps on the first listen.. incredible!

SapphireSister · #32 03-03-2011, 08:13 PM

I think I'm up to a whole 20 listens and I've come to the same conclusion - I just don't love this song. It's o.k. to me but I'm just not that crazy about the music or lyrics. The production and mixing is fabulous though! It is however better than Every Day but that's not saying much. I'm not bummed out though because I know there are other songs on the album I love.

Hawkeye · #33 03-03-2011, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSister

I think I'm up to a whole 20 listens and I've come to the same conclusion - I just don't love this song. It's o.k. to me but I'm just not that crazy about the music or lyrics. The production and mixing is fabulous though! It is however better than Every Day but that's not saying much. I'm not bummed out though because I know there are other songs on the album I love.

of the 8 songs you heard, about how many would you say are better then Secret Love. An I don't remember is fine but IF you can.

SapphireSister · #34 03-03-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye

of the 8 songs you heard, about how many would you say are better then Secret Love. An I don't remember is fine but IF you can.

Well before I answer your question a couple points: first of all, I screamed out loud when Secret Love started playing because I was excited to hear something I knew and I wanted Stevie to know how excited we are for the new single. Secondly, they had the most amazing sound system so to hear it like that "in stereo" made it slightly more desirable.

To answer your question honestly, I really have to listen to a song more than once to make a judgment on it. I definitely like 2 (Annabelle and LFTM/Twilight) of the songs better but cannot make an accurate assessment until I hear them again. It wasn't really a fair measure because I've heard Secret Love before if that makes sense.

APerfectLie · #35 03-03-2011, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSister

Well before I answer your question a couple points: first of all, I screamed out loud when Secret Love started playing because I was excited to hear something I knew and I wanted Stevie to know how excited we are for the new single. Secondly, they had the most amazing sound system so to hear it like that "in stereo" made it slightly more desirable.

To answer your question honestly, I really have to listen to a song more than once to make a judgment on it. I definitely like 2 (Annabelle and LFTM/Twilight) of the songs better but cannot make an accurate assessment until I hear them again. It wasn't really a fair measure because I've heard Secret Love before if that makes sense.

How did Secret Love mesh into the song after it? Did the abrupt ending fit in any way with the intro of the next song?

SapphireSister · #36 03-03-2011, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by APerfectLie

How did Secret Love mesh into the song after it? Did the abrupt ending fit in any way with the intro of the next song?

I didn't notice any of the songs NOT meshing well together but remember, my eyes were on Stevie rockin' out in the corner the entire time so I wasn't 100% focused on the music.

johnnystorms · #37 03-04-2011, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Does your BFF remember what station played it?

she has a friend with child, living with her and her new husband so she is a tad distracted. she was just excited about a new Stevie song and the fact that it wasn't some "believe-esque" grasp at popularity.

ejof17 · #38 03-06-2011, 03:44 PM

It's a much better single than Planets or Every Day. Every Day was the AC single and to me it just dragged and was lack luster. No real hook. Sorcerer was too "out there" to be a main stream hit though a great song.

Her voice is much richer on Secret Love than anything she has done recently in my humble opinion.

Jondalar · #39 03-06-2011, 04:18 PM

There were no real singles off TISL except maybe Everyday. The only people who champion Planets and Sorcerer are her fans. The record company did a good job selling that album. They got VH1 to do that promotion. Hence, Stevie sold over 100,000 the opening week. That's why the album went gold. It was not there fault that people did not take to her singles. I do think that Secret Love is a much better single. However, now I think Stevie has to deal with agism prejudice.

Hopefully, the record company can do something ingenious to get that album sold. And I hope that this album gets good word of mouth and has some staying power.

MacMan · #40 03-06-2011, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

There were no real singles off TISL except maybe Everyday. The only people who champion Planets and Sorcerer are her fans. The record company did a good job selling that album. They got VH1 to do that promotion. Hence, Stevie sold over 100,000 the opening week. That's why the album went gold. It was not there fault that people did not take to her singles. I do think that Secret Love is a much better single. However, now I think Stevie has to deal with agism prejudice.

Hopefully, the record company can do something ingenious to get that album sold. And I hope that this album gets good word of mouth and has some staying power.

Three promo singles: Both Everyday and Planets were released at the same time to radio in late March, 2001 with both singles being reviewed at the same time by Billboard in April, 2001. Everyday was geared towards AC and Planets to Triple A, Mainstream Rock and Classic rock stations....

Planets was later remixed, released as a maxi single in June, debuted at #5 on the Top 50 Maxi Single Sales chart in July, debuted at #38 on the Top 50 Dance Charts in mid July, 2001, began it's life at #36 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales Chart in July, hit #1 on the dance charts in August & went on to be nominated for a Grammy for Rock Vocal Performance. Incidentally at the same time she was #1 on the Dance Charts with Planets, Bootylicious for which she received a writing credit was #1 on the Hot 100.

Sorcerer was released to radio in probably August/Sept, 2001, was reviewed by Billboard in late July, 2001 - made it's first appearance on the AC charts #27 in late October, 2001 and peaked at #21 on the AC charts in late Nov, 2001.

Jondalar · #41 03-06-2011, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MacMan

Three promo singles: Both Everyday and Planets were released at the same time to radio in late March, 2001 with both singles being reviewed at the same time by Billboard in April, 2001. Everyday was geared towards AC and Planets to Triple A, Mainstream Rock and Classic rock stations....

Planets was later remixed, released as a maxi single in June, debuted at #5 on the Top 50 Maxi Single Sales chart in July, debuted at #38 on the Top 50 Dance Charts in mid July, 2001, began it's life at #36 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales Chart in July, hit #1 on the dance charts in August & went on to be nominated for a Grammy for Rock Vocal Performance. Incidentally at the same time she was #1 on the Dance Charts with Planets, Bootylicious for which she received a writing credit was #1 on the Hot 100.

Sorcerer was released to radio in probably August/Sept, 2001, was reviewed by Billboard in late July, 2001 - made it's first appearance on the AC charts #27 in late October, 2001 and peaked at #21 on the AC charts in late Nov, 2001.

I already know this. Lets put it this way, there were no good "real" singles from TISL

Christopher · #42 03-06-2011, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

I already know this. Lets put it this way, there were no good "real" singles from TISL

Well, thats most certainly a matter of opinion. The singles were "real", just not good in your estimation. I'd argue that Warners made the mistake of hedging their bets and releasing 2 singles at the same time. They should have just released POTU and focused on that only. It did receive Triple A play here in Denver as did Sorcerer, but I never heard Everyday ever on the radio.
But I agree that Secret Love is ultimately a better single than any of her released ones from TISL because it single handedly covers both the AC & Triple A format and has a wider appeal because of Stevie's superior nuanced vocal and its simple pop song cred. I think SL has a real shot of going into both of these radio formats Top 10. And one can only hope that they are going to commission out some Dance remixes for the clubs, since Stevie did so well on the Dance Charts with Planets, Dreams & Stand Back.

UnwindedDreams · #43 03-06-2011, 08:01 PM

was fall from grace released as a single or a b-side to anything?

Christopher · #44 03-06-2011, 08:22 PM

^^^^^
No.

Jondalar · #45 03-06-2011, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Christopher

Well, thats most certainly a matter of opinion. The singles were "real", just not good in your estimation. I'd argue that Warners made the mistake of hedging their bets and releasing 2 singles at the same time. They should have just released POTU and focused on that only. It did receive Triple A play here in Denver as did Sorcerer, but I never heard Everyday ever on the radio.
But I agree that Secret Love is ultimately a better single than any of her released ones from TISL because it single handedly covers both the AC & Triple A format and has a wider appeal because of Stevie's superior nuanced vocal and its simple pop song cred. I think SL has a real shot of going into both of these radio formats Top 10. And one can only hope that they are going to commission out some Dance remixes for the clubs, since Stevie did so well on the Dance Charts with Planets, Dreams & Stand Back.

I would argue that they made a good decision. They knew that none of the singles were strong enough on their own to garner much radio play, so they released two to get more air time.