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Old 11-12-2008, 08:34 PM
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The only ones I really have to say are from the last two albums.

HAND: Dirty Little Secret- this song is absolutely radio friendly and it would of been a hit. Unbreakable could have worked in Europe. If Nothing would have made it on the album then they should have released it as a single, would of been a hit.

Lost Highway: Any other day obviously. They also should of just released Summertime as an official release in Canada being that it was a hit there already.

I forgot one from New Jersey: 99 in the shade, great summertime song.

All these other songs are not radio friendly, they weren't meant to be singles: Last cigarette, Stay, Just older, Blood etc......
These songs were meant for the band to keep the songs for themselves and leave them as deep album tracks.
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Unbreakable could have worked in Europe. If Nothing would have made it on the album then they should have released it as a single, would of been a hit.
First of all, the 80's are over!!! Unbreakable??? Are ya nuts?

Nothing could have worked for other bands, but it's too "normal" it's sound like so many other songs. An american post-punk/emo/frustrated-teenageer-band could might make it, but not grown ups
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Unbreakable could have worked in Europe.
Yeah, because here in Europe we're all gay and still do the robot. Why the **** would it have worked in Europe? Your charts are way shittier than ours.

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Yeah, because here in Europe we're all gay and still do the robot.
haha! god i hope this isn't what people from other continents think of us!
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Yeah, because here in Europe we're all gay and still do the robot. Why the **** would it have worked in Europe? Your charts are way shittier than ours.
megaLOL & ROFLMAO!!! That's the rude way of sayin' what I just said
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First of all, the 80's are over!!! Unbreakable??? Are ya nuts?

Nothing could have worked for other bands, but it's too "normal" it's sound like so many other songs. An american post-punk/emo/frustrated-teenageer-band could might make it, but not grown ups
You don't say; I thought the year was 1986... yeah the eighties have been over for quite some time now But yeah I think unbreakable could have worked maybe.
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Yeah, because here in Europe we're all gay and still do the robot. Why the **** would it have worked in Europe? Your charts are way shittier than ours.

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God I hope not. I didn't say anything about whose charts were better and believe me I agree that are charts haven't been so great for quite some time now, but I just think Unbreakable might have worked it's a big maybe,but still a maybe. I wasn't trying to imply that Europe listens to shit music you just said that because you personally don't like the song; your just twisting this whole thing around.
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HAND: Dirty Little Secret- this song is absolutely radio friendly and it would of been a hit. Unbreakable could have worked in Europe.
Wait....what? Why Europe. It wouldn't be a hit anywhere.


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haha! god i hope this isn't what people from other continents think of us!
Nah, at least not me. Most of the rock acts that I like are not American. Besides I don't think Europe is gay, if anything you are probably more progressive than the U.S. right now.
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God I hope not. I didn't say anything about whose charts were better and believe me I agree that are charts haven't been so great for quite some time now, but I just think Unbreakable might have worked it's a big maybe,but still a maybe. I wasn't trying to imply that Europe listens to shit music you just said that because you personally don't like the song; your just twisting this whole thing around.
No I'm not. You're saying that it could've worked in Europe and when looking at what's in your charts and what's in ours it's obviously got a bigger chance in yours. If that's not the reason, what is?

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