A selected poll of follow-up singles to breakthrough albums by 21st century alt-rock bands

boring answer, but 7NA

1 1251
2 seven nation army
3 when you were young
4 dirty little secret
5 walk idiot walk

^^solid 5 imo

1251 is an interesting one cuz it was kind of a break from the strokes sound esp when ppl were freaking out over whether or not they were using keyboards or not

boring answer, but 7NA

My first thought as well.

little sister is good too but it sounds too much like the strokes

the thought for this started with Killers/FOB/MCR and then I kept expanding and eventually included the 2001 "the" bands, kinda wishing I hadn't since the White Stripes will probably soak up a lot of votes and make it less interesting.

the answer should be 'gold lion'

obviously "The Black Parade" is the only sensible # 2 choice to 7NA though

the answer should be 'gold lion'

― lex pretend, Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:57 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

love:
When You Were Young
Do You Want To

hate:
Welcome To The Black Parade
In My Place

meh:
Dirty Little Secret
Seven Nation Army
Pain
Walk Idiot Walk
12:51
Somewhere I Belong
Ride
Little Sister

lmao @ how they changed they whole style up:
This Ain't A Scene
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Still Waiting

meh:
Seven Nation Army

really dude?

actually

Walk Idiot Walk
12:51

really dude?

yeah if I kept widening the field I totally could've included "Gold Lion," "Dashboard," and "I Will Possess Your Heart"

i think walk idiot walk was pretty good but i was glad to see that band disappear

is this some kind of n/l frontin thing saying you prefer the killers to "seven nation army" or youre for real

actually last time i heard "Walk Idiot Walk" i kinda liked it, never really had listened to it closely. kinda not a fan of the Hives or the White Stripes' whole steez, though. liked all the singles from the first Strokes album, though.

not frontin', "When You Were Young" is the shit.

"I Will Possess Your Heart"

Should be "Soul Meets Body"; Transatlanticism was their breakthrough album.

not frontin', "When You Were Young" is the shit.

a song completely saved by its "Jacques Lu Cont Thin White Duke" remix

I think this is between "When You Were Young, "Little Sister," and "Seven Nation Army" for me.

"I Will Possess Your Heart"

Should be "Soul Meets Body"; Transatlanticism was their breakthrough album.

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:06 PM (17 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm framing this in terms of U.S. radio play and sales certifications. Plans had 2 top 10 Modern Rock hits and went platinum, Transatlanticism did not.

i've never heard the "Young" remix, but i didn't really understand the hype over his "Mr. Brightside" mix and don't like the JLC-produced new stuff.

little sister is a total jam

obviously "The Black Parade" is the only sensible # 2 choice to 7NA though

― autogoblin (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:59 AM Bookmark

yahh

3. "This Ain't a Scene"
4. "Do You Want To"
5. "Walk Idiot Walk"

whither "Nine in the Afternoon"?

A bunch of pretty good tracks in here - "Walk Idiot Walk" is probably my favorite. But I'm voting based on "most improved," which means I'm giving it to..."Ride."

"Gold Lion" would have trumped that, though, if only for the "Play That Funky Music"-quoting guitar solo. Also I'm kind of attached to it b/c all last summer I was borrowing a phone to use as an alarm clock and the only plausible wake-up ringtones she had were "Blitzkrieg Bop," some Euro thing called "You Take Me Higher," and the aforementioned Yeah Yeah Yeahs song.

all shitty but walk idiot walk i guess

whither "Nine in the Afternoon"?

― The Reverend (rev), Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:11 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dag, i was racking my brain that there was at least one other big emo pop band i was forgetting.

7 nation army

but quotsa are slighted by this poll. rated r was their commercial breakthrough, though a modest one (strong sales, minor hit with "lost art of keeping a secret", radio & video play for "monsters in the parasol" & "feel good hit of the summer")

songs for the deaf was the follow up, and like elephant, the bigger hit

I'm framing this in terms of U.S. radio play and sales certifications. Plans had 2 top 10 Modern Rock hits and went platinum, Transatlanticism did not.

You're probably right. Transatlanticism did go gold, though, which was kind of a big deal for an album on Barsuk, and I heard "The Sound of Settling" on the radio at the time. (Plus, they played a couple of songs from the record on The O.C.)

7NA is the best song here, yeah (though QOTSA are the best band).

obviously "The Black Parade" is the only sensible # 2 choice to 7NA though

^^^

white stripes were at bonnaroo when i was there a few years ago. i was back at my tent when "seven nation army" started and the riff was actually vibrating through the earth. it's a monster.

re US attention & sales: rated r was a bigger deal in the UK. so fair play

yah QOTSA were one of those gray area bands i had second thoughts about including, was thinking more about bands that made a big impact all at once with one album.

The Killers – “When You Were Young”

fyi i just listened to this on u-tube and it sucks dick

i hated it at first, but it's a real grower. do u like "Mr. Brightside" or any other Killers songs?

i dont think so

i think this is one of those things where like jaymc thinks "what you know" is the greatest rap shit he'll ever hear

thats like me n rock music i mean

i dont bump shit enough to appreciate the subtle shit that makes it good 2u im just down 4 novelty like white stripes joint has a big fkn bassline i dig

let's be clear than I would never ever call The Killers "subtle"

I agree that "When You Were Young is a total grower; I don't think I actually liked it until I got Rock Band.

I'm picking Franz Ferdinand here.

im listening to the hives joint right now & it bangs

btw im white

also lol at Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco trading places with their followups

1. Walk Idiot Walk
2. 12:51
3. Seven Nation Army
4. Little Sister
5. Black Parade (I only like the first part of this song....)

i think this is one of those things where like jaymc thinks "what you know" is the greatest rap shit he'll ever hear

haha

i voted This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race but in my heart i am probably voting for the kanye remix

also lol at Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco trading places with their followups

you mean success-wise or what? cause Cork Tree outsold A Fever You Can't Sweat Out and had more hits, just as Infinity On High outsold Pretty. Odd. and had more hits.

I think I like the QOTSA song more than anything else here but like the OP semi-suggested earlier it seems somehow cheap voting for it... tho i'm not sure why. Franz song would come closeish but that rhyme of party and arty made me want to stab every time

you mean success-wise or what?

I meant stylistically; FOB became full-on quirk-rock and P!ATD became conventional-sounding uptempo rock (both with dubious singers)

The Killers – “When You Were Young”

fyi i just listened to this on u-tube and it sucks dick

― it's darn and ielle is hot (and what), Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:21 PM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

for fucking real, and it always did. wth @ ringtone guys repping for this bs.

i stan for the killers regardless but "when you were young" is awesome. i mean the huge guitar refrain

btw yall are underrating "dirty little secret", it has the best pure hook out of any of these songs

lol @ post secret rip-off video

hmm i dunno, i don't really understand the FOB/PATD thing, Panic definitely went through a transition from A to B but I would describe those respective points as "quirk" and "conventional," although they definitely leaned more classic rock/sophistipop.

I agree with that, and I'm saying FOB went from "conventional" to "quirk" at the same time.

AAR like one of the only successful modern rock bands that reminds me of what successful modern rock was like when i was a kid. str8 hooky and fun punk-pop, none of this nickelback or whatever half-grunge sludge or the 34th offspring single

Why didn't these guys blow up?:

Jam of all-times

whoa i pee in the sink too

and yeah Jordon OTM about AAR, whenever their video comes on I don't change the channel which is more than I can say for like 99% of rock bands

lol "Jordon"

oh dude, i love that first rooney cd. funny, they did kind of blow up when metro station stole the hook from "i'm shakin" for "shake it"

http://ashiiqa.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/zordon.jpg

i also really liked the first single for rooney's last album that no one cared about, the riff is so perfect

AAR are cool but "Dirty Little Secret" is not my fav. "Gives You Hell" is actually growing on me, which I did not expect.

1. When You Were Young
2. Seven Nation Army
3. Little Sister

stuff like "Big Brat" is gonna start turning this thread into a '00s version of this list:

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-momentum-killing-follow-up-singles-to-breakthrough-post-grunge-albums.htm

1. “This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race”
2. anything else

What he said.

would thrid, but for 7NA

'This Ain't A Scene...' is the only song here to have changed my opinion on a band at least 90 degrees, so that

not 360?

that would mean arriving at the first opinion again

lol

keen insight

actual winner: Delays 'Valentine'

also Doves 'There Goes The Fear'

lol england

Love "In My Place" of course. There are other great songs here too (Franz Ferdinand, Killers, My Chemical Romance), but nothing better than Coldplay anyway.

"Is It Any Wonder" > "In My Place" though. :)

look guys, i caught a Geir in my butterfly net

-"Little Sister"
-"...Arms Race"
-"7NA"
-"When You Were Young"
-"...Black Parade"

just cause i love the relentless riff in the hook of little sister

the only songs i hate on this list are sum 41 and jet (maybe coldplay), most I really like. hard to chose between hives, qotsa and stripes, which oddly enough are from albums i like more than the previous breakthrough.

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man i screwed up by not making Evanescence's "Call Me When You're Sober" an option

I love 7 of those songs.