The Band Perry’s Failed Single “Live Forever” Pulled from the Internet – Then Added Back (Updated)
This story has been updated (see below).
The strange saga of the Big Machine-signed The Band Perry and their curious new direction continues. The latest shoe to fall is their official, big production video for the failed single “Live Forever” has been pulled from YouTube, pulled from their social network pages, and no trace of the video can be found anywhere. Live performances and other offshoot videos of the song can still be found, though The Band Perry many not have control to pull these.
Then after fans began to notice the disappearance of the video, it became apparent the songs had been pulled from all digital outlets such as Spotify and iTunes. Any and all official traces of “Live Forever” appear to have been expunged from the internet.
“Live Forever” was supposed to launch a new era for The Band Perry as a pop band in country a la Taylor Swift and Sam Hunt. The song was a collaboration with pop producer RedOne and two other pop songwriters, and was accompanied by a huge marketing rollout including custom-made logos and the color yellow painted on everything. However the public was not impressed, and all the song could muster was a brief showing at #27 on the Country Airplay chart before quickly plummeting out of the Top 50, despite some huge nationally-televised performances by the band.
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Since then The Band Perry’s album Heart + Beat has been delayed indefinitely. It was originally scheduled to be released November 20th. “Well we actually had a date chosen, and then we had a very exciting collaboration that just happened,” Kimberly Perry said to News4Jax on November 2nd. “So we kind of got this last jolt of creative energy, so we feel like we’re going to push it back a little bit further to early 2016.”
However there’s still no release date, and no word on what this big collaboration might be. Meanwhile video surfaced of a new song called “Put Me in the Game Coach” the band unveiled as part of the College Football Championship game in mid January, and the reception for the new song was even worse than the one for “Live Forever.” Video of the “Put Me in the Game Coach” performance was also pulled.
All of this leaves The Band Perry drifting without a direction, and fans unsure of what fans can expect next. What once was one of the fastest-rising and promising bands in country is now very much in limbo.
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UPDATE: The Band Perry says they will address this issue on social network at 8:30 p.m. EST. So we’ll see…
UPDATE #2: Both the “Live Forever” single and the video have been added back to the internet, but not attributed to Big Machine.
UPDATE #3: The Band Perry posted a live video on social network Friday evening (see below). Here’s the upshot from Kimberly Perry:
We saw you guys we’re all talking about “Live Forever.” And it’s being pulled from the internet! In fact I think I even saw one very dramatic comment saying, “Has ‘Live Forever’ been purged from the internet?” Anyway, ‘Live Forever,’ yes! It was pulled from iTunes, YouTube, Vevo and everything for about 24 hours. Team TBP was doing a little housekeeping and reorganization. But we were just told … that it’s back up on iTunes now, and Team TBP has told us it will be back up on Vevo and YouTube in the next couple of days. So you guys stay tuned, keep your eyes peeled, so a little reorganization there. But thank you for your concerns.
More than that though we wanted to get on here and talk about something a little bit more important. And we wanted you guys to all look us in the eye and say, “The Band Perry is not going anywhere.” We are here to stay. Our music is here to stay. We need everybody to take a deep breath in, and a deep breath out.
Thank you for your concern. One more thing, real soon you guys are going to hear some news and we want you to know today, it’s great news, it’s very positive, and we can’t wait to talk about it with you. We love you guys dearly. Every decision that we make is for you guys. It’s all about getting this music to you as quickly as possible, and as excellently as possible.
There’s no “reorganization” that would normally occur that would result in an artist or band taking down online media, especially videos which now hypothetically will start at zero again with views. Though many are speculating they are parting ways with Big Machine, there was no conclusive announcement of this in their statement. Likely ownership of the “Live Forever” media changed hands, but what exactly that means we’ll have to see.
Posted by The Band Perry on Friday, February 12, 2016
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 12:05 pm
I’m dying to know what they’ll say now… they’ve claimed to be “pop tarts at heart” and that this was the authentic, real TBP. So now what? Will they just pretend they never claimed such things and put “We’re The Band Perry and we play country music” back in their bio?
It’s not just the video… it was removed from iTunes, streaming services… everything!
Joel
February 12, 2016 @ 10:12 pm
“pop tarts at heart”… To me it looked like the second coming of AQUA.
Robert S
February 14, 2016 @ 9:26 am
If the world didn’t suck, we would all fall off…
Lorenzo
February 12, 2016 @ 12:17 pm
woah, this has to be the most idiotic and self-destructive marketing strategy I have ever seen. Hell the only thing that could help The Band Perry’s song right now was the official video of it: YouTube is a very powerful system if you know how to use it and it can help a song to find its popularity. Apparently after the song stalled at #31 on the HAC chart despite a big push their label is trying to simulate the song has nothing to do with their upcoming album.
See Ya
February 12, 2016 @ 12:30 pm
So Hot AC radio actually wasn’t *that* opposed this one.
This shot pretty quickly into the Top 40 (it got off to a better start than Cam’s Burning House has, for sure) and still had a bullet when Republic removed it from its promo playbook (presumably to focus on Die A Happy Man). Even then, it still went up for a few weeks — and cracked the Top 30 — before beginning its fall.
This probably could have been Top 20 at Hot AC if Republic kept its foot on the gas.
Granted, that’s not necessarily a good outcome. You don’t risk flopping at your core format to squeak into the Top 20 at the mainstream format.
JC Eldredge
February 12, 2016 @ 12:20 pm
Next to be released will be the video of them telling us to watch the mind zapper thing from Men In Black so they can try and erase this embarrassing yellow pop tart phase from everyone’s mind.
Nadia Lockheart
February 12, 2016 @ 12:22 pm
This seems to bolster my earlier suspicion that The Band Perry and Big Machine may be preparing to go their separate ways.
Not to excuse how atrocious their recent offerings have been by any stretch, but I’ve also felt like the trio have been desperately flailing to escape their contract over these past several months.
Trigger
February 12, 2016 @ 1:14 pm
Your theory is still in play for sure. But is Big Machine the type of albatross other artists face on Music Row? Do they just expect everyone to forget the song just because they pulled it? The more they struggle, the worse it gets for them.
Stephanie
February 12, 2016 @ 1:03 pm
As if the phrase “heart + beat” itself wasn’t lame enough, that image up there is SO TERRIBLE! Which I assume fits the music though. I actually haven’t heard either of the songs mentioned.
Ben
February 12, 2016 @ 7:43 pm
I think the only people allowed to use a “+” symbol are Joey+Rory…. It seems like if that’s used, with the exception of the Feek’s, whatever it is sucks. *cough cough, Dan + Shay…*
Charlie
February 12, 2016 @ 1:19 pm
The Band Perry”™s Failed Single “Live Forever” Dies Forever
Sandra
February 12, 2016 @ 1:30 pm
They should of just stuck with what they know because sometimes trying new things can kill a career.
10-GEN-NC
February 12, 2016 @ 1:32 pm
LOL
Mike W.
February 12, 2016 @ 1:53 pm
The Band Perry has always been overrated in a lot of circles in my eyes. Even before they went full on Pop, Kimberly Perry was so obviously trying to court the Taylor Swift audience it was sad.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 2:06 pm
They’re doing a Q&A about the whole thing today
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBs1bk5wAU2/?taken-by=thebandperry
Cowboyal
February 12, 2016 @ 2:29 pm
The Band Perry should cut their losses now, press the reset button and start again.
It would do less damage in the long term if they just cancel the new album and stop following the new direction they are in. If they push ahead with it and release the new album, I fear that would be the end of their career.
Better to start fresh again. Given the changes occurring in main stream country music, they should start the new album all over again and go back to their more country sound of the first album. That has a much better chance of success then the new pop direction they took.
It will delay everything and take more time, but better a delay than total destruction of their career!
Trigger
February 12, 2016 @ 3:06 pm
Yes, that might be what they’re doing here.
Mike W.
February 12, 2016 @ 5:09 pm
Realistically though, that has like a 5% chance of working for them. It might appease their small cluster of fans, but once you stall out at Country radio it seems increasingly impossible to get started again. I guess it can happen—see Randy Houser, but for every Houser there are like 10 Jerrod Niemann’s. Point being that barring Big Machine getting massively behind them it sure seems that the Band Perry’s radio days are over.
WBK
February 12, 2016 @ 2:36 pm
This was just stupid by The Band Perry and Big Machine. Did they really think switching their style so dramatically all at once would work? I’ve never seen, across multiple genres of music, an artist switch up their sound dramatically and have it go over well. If you’re gonna change, do it over time. As much as I can’t stand Luke Bryan, and how different he sounds from when he started, at least he (or his label) was smart with it. Tailgates and Tanlines was a combination of his original sound, and what he’s become, and he’s become a superstar ever since that album. When you sellout as dramatically as we’ve seen artists do in country recently (Gary Allan, TBP, Eli Young, Scotty McCreery, etc), it doesn’t work, and careers are ruined. Makes me wonder why the labels keep thinking it’ll work for them.
MH
February 12, 2016 @ 5:00 pm
“Makes me wonder why the labels keep thinking it”™ll work for them.”
Arrogance and cluelessness.
Anthony
February 12, 2016 @ 2:43 pm
Lmaaoooo. Woowww. I have seen it all now. That’s amazing. I guess they’re not going to Liivvee Foreevveerrrr after all hahahahahaaa.
Amanda
February 12, 2016 @ 2:47 pm
Nashville Gab posted something about this as well…some other insight about not being at CRS + appearing on Big Machine promo materials.
“Perhaps what struck us first was the fact that The Band Perry went on a follow spree on Twitter, zeroing in on those with the words “country music” in their bios. One by one we began to see people we know or follow ourselves thank the sibling trio for a follow, which sparked an interest regarding what was going on behind closed doors. ”
Full article here: http://nashvillegab.com/2016/02/the-band-perry-big-machine-part-ways.html
Trigger
February 12, 2016 @ 3:03 pm
Well, I guess we’ll learn more at 5:30 EST. Like I don’t have anything better to do this evening 🙂 I don’t think it’s strange that they weren’t part of CRS. That’s usually more for up-and-coming artists and Big Machine has a massive roster, so I don’t necessarily take that as a sign they’re off Big Machine. We’ll just have to wait and see.
marc
February 12, 2016 @ 3:03 pm
So Band Perry should we now…… “bury you in satin
Lay you down on a bed of roses
Sink you in a river at dawn
Send you away with the words of a love song”
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 3:59 pm
They’re adding the song to everything again… meaning this era is probably still on… some artists just like to fail…
Klancy
February 12, 2016 @ 4:37 pm
one of two possible outcomes:
1. Their about to get the boot.
2. Label is going to give them another shot with them “returning to their roots” but they’ll be on a very short lease.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 4:46 pm
given the fact the new Live Forever on itunes is not attributed to BMLG, I guess #1 might be right!
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 4:44 pm
Interesting turn of events… single is back on itunes but attributed to TBP, no BMLG mentioned at all.
Does this mean BMLG + TBP is no more?
Summer Jam
February 12, 2016 @ 5:29 pm
I dunno why they pulled it from sites, but the music video was just reuploaded to youtube an hour ago and its also back on iTunes.
Proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-yBejAuns4
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live-forever-single/id1027167137?app=itunes
Trigger
February 12, 2016 @ 5:40 pm
Not only are The Band Perry ruining their careers, they’re ruining our Friday night. Just let folks know what’s going on. I’m not sure if I even care anymore.
Jen
February 13, 2016 @ 1:05 pm
Anymore? I never did, but I must admit I’m bored and curious.
CJ
February 12, 2016 @ 5:50 pm
Is this some kind of publicity stunt by the group? Ugh.
Trigger
February 12, 2016 @ 6:40 pm
Update coming . . .
JC Eldredge
February 12, 2016 @ 6:50 pm
Publicity stunt…
Tiffany
February 12, 2016 @ 6:59 pm
In another words, they are still not saying too much. They still left a lot of unanswered question, one being on whether or not that they are still with Big Machine.
Mike W.
February 12, 2016 @ 7:01 pm
I kind of figure they have split ways. Anytime artists tell you “we have some exciting news or its positive news or whatever is just bullcrap that their publicists tell them to say so their delusional hardcore fans won’t freak out that they got dumped by the Borchetta beast.
Trigger
February 12, 2016 @ 8:20 pm
Yes, the whole line about how it’s “super positive” news tells you it’s going to be perceived as negative whatever it is.
They just keep digging the hole deeper.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 8:41 pm
Watch it be them announcing the new single feat Nicki Minaj… #barf!!
Mike W.
February 12, 2016 @ 6:59 pm
Just as an aside, I can’t believe we are really at a point in “Country Music” where country artists are wearing stupid Beats headphones and using Periscope.
Not that the Band Perry is anything resembling Country music, but still…..
Jake W
February 12, 2016 @ 7:05 pm
I never cared. It’s a quarter after four, the band Perry sucks, I do not care. Or is that little big city? I don’t know,
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 7:07 pm
I agree this was a PR stunt.. no one was checking for them and this flop song and they made sure to remind everyone they have this stupid Yellow Bird era coming. It’s going to flop and they deserve it. Probably was a stunt to get people interested in the “big news” that must be this album going forward and we have to watch this trainwreck happen! I hope they’re happy that the song had more than 2m views and now that’s gone…
…They must have a second single coming soon if they don’t mind that the youtube views stop counting. This song is dead and they’re moving onto the next, but first a little stunt to make sure people are paying attention. I had little respect for them, now I lost it all, not only because of the stunt but also because they’re still pop star wannabes.
Trigger
February 12, 2016 @ 8:22 pm
I’m curious to see if YouTube will restore the views on the video, but you NEVER see something like this happen. Every once in a while, a video will get pulled, but not to be returned again in a few hours.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 8:30 pm
I don’t know what kind of “housekeeping” their team needed, but pulling the video because of it is some major bullshit. They wanted attention and they got it, notice how in the end they said “buy it on itunes!!” yeah f*ck off!
Jordan Kirk
February 12, 2016 @ 7:37 pm
Man that Glen Campbell cover they did was so awesome, then they put out this crap. I really hope they were forced into it, and want to go back to making music about something real.
Summer Jam
February 12, 2016 @ 7:54 pm
*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***
Trigger, I have been closely monitoring their facebook page, and they have removed ALL comments relating to fans commenting to “go back to your country sound”. They have also BLOCKED those people from ever “liking” their page or commenting on it again. I, myself, left them a comment saying that the pop crap has to stop and to go back to their country sound or their career will be over. My comment was removed within the hour and I was BLOCKED from the page. These people are some extremely immature, careless, worthless sacks of shit. Who blocks their fans over an honest, simple comment? The Band Perry will NEVER get a cent of my money ever again after this and I REGRET supporting them all the years that i have…..they truly are a bunch of scum bags and I hope their career bombs, fans do not deserve this kind of treatment and arrogance. They act like a bunch of 5 years olds and are doing ANYTHING they can to seek attention. TWO BIG MIDDLE FINGERS to this “band” and the way they shit all over their fans that supported their career!
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 8:09 pm
It’s DEAD OBVIOUS they do not want to do country anymore, the’re “pop tarts at heart”! Fans need to realize that ship has sailed! Anyway this whole comment deleting and blocking “haters” is nothing new, I reported this happening in a past article here. They’re extremely insecure and deserving of all the (hopefully) failure that will happen to them and this album. If you don’t like bubble gum pop TBP then you gotta go, ya mean hater!! Only people willing to pay for whatever shit they put out are welcome. I for sure will not spend one cent on their future crap “music”. Won’t see their overchoreographed show even if it’s for free or tickets are offered to me. I’ll live that to immature fans that can relate to the new TBP (or is it the TRUE TBP?) and 12 year olds.
Summer Jam
February 12, 2016 @ 8:21 pm
I encourage anyone who has 10 minutes of free time to look through all the comments on their recent posts, as well as all the comments that fans left on their facebook wall. TAKE NOTICE that ALL of the comments say absolutely “nothing” relating to the failure of Live Forever, or anything to do with them changing their sound. All comments anywhere on their facebook are virtually the same, all relating to “you guys are awesome” or “when are you coming to (insert town here)” or “when is your new album being released”. You can’t tell me that there isn’t just one, EVEN ONE, person out there that left a comment encouraging them to go back to playing country music and not this pop sellout garbage. ITS NOT BY COINCIDENCE….they are removing all the comments that do not pertain to what i listed above, and are BLOCKING the people leaving the comments on top of the comment removals. I watched them on and off for over an hour remove TONS of comments from people just leaving simple comments about the song and saying they need to go back to their old sound. I have never, not one day in my life, observed such disgusting, arrogant, despicable actions that these assholes are doing to their fans that bought their music and as a result gave them the money that is in their pockets. I’m very angry at these asswipes, NO FAN deserves to be stomped into the ground like this over a simple comment.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 8:27 pm
Team TBP must be very sad they can’t delete tweets, because you’ll find those on twitter. As if it’s not enough that they alienated big part of their fan base, they still block a good bunch of people because they’re not ~supportive. They keep losing money, good luck selling that crappy pop album!! “We do this for our fans, for you… as long as you give us your cash and leave comments kissing our asses!”
Summer Jam
February 12, 2016 @ 8:30 pm
TBH, i think their career is done. All I can say is that it was a short one. They have already lost so many fans. Not everyone is stupid, there is alot of people out there that supported this “band” that realize they are trying desperately to get attention and don’t actually give a damn about their fans. It really sucks, because I really enjoyed their older music, it was pretty country by today’s standards.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 8:39 pm
I think they’re done too… they’re completely irrelevant. They have gone on a following spree and then unfollowed once the people followed back, who the f*ck is making these decisions? Do they think people are really that stupid? Do they only want people to provide numbers and cash? Many are still blinded by their smiles and fakeness, but slowly there are people opening their eyes and seeing the truth.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 8:49 pm
They’ll make enough money to survive as long as they keep fans with this mentality “Who cares about the style of the new album? No matter if they are country or more pop, we just have to be there for them as fan and support them till the end.”
That’s from a group on facebook.. So if they release an album full of their farts and burps are these “fans till the end” still gonna buy it? It concerns me that there’s people out there capable of spending money of that kinda product.
Summer Jam
February 12, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
They may make some money, but that means nothing if country radio doesn’t play them. Keep in mind that they are not Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Zac Brown Band, etc, they do not have a die hard fan base with a cult following that will buy their records just because they released some music. Jackson and Brooks (for i.e.) do not need radio airplay to sell their albums, people buy the albums anyway due to the quality of the artist and the quality of the music, and their longevity in country music. The only people that are still sucking TBP’s invisible dick defending them left and right are airheads that pay no attention to whats going on in the music industry, and know absolutely nothing about the people they are supporting. Basically, delusional stupid people that are oblivious to anything in general.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 9:37 pm
Yes, not having a cult following is their biggest issue. Cult followings are loyal forever. They could have that if they kept the southern gothic influence in their music and image. But now they threw it all away, they have nothing that makes them special or unique anymore. They’re dependent of radio and the fans that still stick around.
Trigger
February 12, 2016 @ 8:26 pm
Really sorry to hear this is happening Summer Jam. Folks should take screen shots of these comments, and document when they get deleted. I can guarantee you this is not Kimberly Perry personally doing this or something, these are PR interns and underlings being tasked by “Team TBP” to delete all negativity, which always backfires. Blocking your hardcore fans is never a good idea. The Band Perry can now join Mikel Knight and Shooter Jennings as not allowing any dissent. It’s a real shame because a lot of these fans are just showing their love for a band they once cared about. I’d hang on the page and take the screen shots myself, but they’ve already wasted too much of my Friday evening.
Summer Jam
February 12, 2016 @ 8:34 pm
Just like you Trig, I’m not going to waste my time screenshotting comments before they remove them. These people are worthless pieces of shit in my opinion and I think they are going to get what is coming to them. If anyone else reading this has the time and works at a day desk job or something they should screenshot these comments all day long if possible, it would be great proof to show how they don’t give a damn about their fans. Yeah, thats all I was doing was taking a few minutes of my time to tell them i liked their music and wished they’d go back to real country music cuz i cared about the band, but look at what all the true fans have gotten, a swift kick to the face for being loyal. To hell with em is what i say.
let us celebrate by the adding of chocolate to milk
February 12, 2016 @ 8:57 pm
Well Summer Jam, at least they can’t delete the comments on here!
Tiffany
February 13, 2016 @ 6:34 am
I noticed that too with their facebook page, with the comments. And, after you posted your comment on here, I went back and seen what seem like a love fest for this group, and definitely realized that that was not what I seen earlier.
I’m like everyone else in stating that their career is DONE. They may just be trying to milk it for as long as they can. By them doing this last stunt, they may be just trying to stay in the public eye somehow.
But, TBP isn’t getting any of my dollars either.
Marky Mark
February 16, 2016 @ 9:53 am
I had two of their songs in my iTunes collection, the Glenn Campbell song and Better Dig Two. I just deleted them and I have blocked them from returning my iTunes collection. Tit for tat I say!
PookieBear
February 12, 2016 @ 8:05 pm
I saw them do a St. Jude’s Benefit with Emily West right before the first record came out. Audience of maybe 75. Aside from If I Die Young, I didn’t hear anything that blew up my skirt. Kimberly’s voice is super thin, the brothers “style” is straight out of 1982 and their stage shtick got old real fast. I’m surprised they lasted as long as they did. I’ve always suspected they were the product of over aggressive stage parents. The fact that they got a shot and then squandered it with this yellow crap is downright tragic.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 8:12 pm
“I”™ve always suspected they were the product of over aggressive stage parents.”
hit the nail on the head with that one! It’s all about the fame and the money, and the parents are clearly behind this thirst for power.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 8:21 pm
There was this sort of recent post that was shared by this lady who was producing her record, working with pre-fame TBP producer Lynn Nichols. She tagged Lynn and introduced him as the person who “co-wrote The Band Perry’s If I Die Young”, Lynn later left a comment and did not deny the claim. Now Kimberly Perry is credited as the song’s main and only writer… does this mean this might not be true after all? It would explain why she hasn’t been able to write as song as good ever since, I always thought it was strange that she wrote the song on her own and never was able to repeat it.
MH
February 12, 2016 @ 8:54 pm
This happens all the time in Nashville. “I’ll record your song if you put my name on it as a co-writer.”
However, if this Lynn Nichols guy was the only writer on it, it’s possible that Kimberly Perry cut him a check (hush money) so she could be listed as the sole “writer.”
Again, this happens all the time in Nashville. It’s one big fabrication.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 9:01 pm
So maybe it turns out Miss Perry is not as talented as she tries to make it look like… why am I not shocked? They haven’t done anything close to IIDY in the past 5 years. They’re good with instrumentation, the Glen Campbell cover is amazing but they did not write it. Now this all might just explain why they write crap like Put Me In The Game Coach.. they’re writing talent is limited!
Noteworthy is the fact that The Henningsens have been absent from this album.. I think they contributed A LOT for the greatness of TBP’s early music.
Tiffany
February 13, 2016 @ 6:28 pm
Right on point, Marie G. I went back and looked at one of their older unreleased songs that is on You Tube, “Sugar, Sugar”. In some ways, lyrically, it reminds me of some of the stuff that they are trying to do now with, In It Together, Best One Yet, and even Put Me In the Game Coach. And, even though I like “Sugar, Sugar”, lyrically it is no where close to the caliber of If I Die Young. https://youtu.be/yKRfiyZm3xE
Greg Green
February 14, 2016 @ 9:08 am
I remember one of those little CMT biography shows where she wrote “If I die young” in her bedroom, came down and played it for family and friends. Everyone loved and got her into Nashville. No mention of her solo career or co writers, just how talented they were.
Now that I think about it, I don’t remember high school friends or neighbors in the show talking about the past. It was as if they sprung fully formed with “If I die young.”
Ha! I initially wrote the song as “when I die young.” That’s probably more accurate.
Tiffany
February 16, 2016 @ 3:18 pm
I think I know which show you are talking about because I still have it on my DVR. What is bad is when a band can’t live up to their hype or PR. And, I would say that is what has definitely has happened to this group.
BwareDWare94
February 13, 2016 @ 11:51 am
I like If I Die Young a lot, but I can absolutely buy that she wrote it, not because it’s great, but because it’s a late night bullshit writing where half of the lines don’t even make sense. To be frank, as a song it’s so good to hear on radio but when one compares it to other material with depth, its lack of clarity deems it only the foundation of a great song, not a great song. I’ve wondered how great it could have been if she’d kept it on the shelf for a couple of years to touch it up.
Marie G
February 12, 2016 @ 9:17 pm
I ALWAYS keep proof what I claim… here it is, Lynn Nichols IIDY co-writer
http://imgur.com/4UEJ1DG
Six String Richie
February 12, 2016 @ 9:19 pm
So in the past week, the music video for “Limbo” by Daddy Yankee was pulled from Youtube. It had over 490 million views and was among the top 100 most viewed music videos on Youtube.
Does anybody know why an artist would do this? Now the most viewed video for “Limbo” has around 10 million views. Could it have something to do with royalties?
Roland of Gilead
February 13, 2016 @ 6:48 am
The Band Perry should give everyone a $1.29 that wasted their time on “Live Forever”.It’s a shame that artists like Leroy Virgil or Cody Jinks are relative unknowns but everyone knows these turd nuggets!!But that simple fact makes their downfall more hilarious.
NPC
February 13, 2016 @ 8:59 am
Well, even though they want to live forever, it’s clear that all they want to be is done. With the failure of these past two singles, we better dig two for this band. If TBP dies young, we can bury them in yellow and lay them down on a bed of unreleased albums. Even though they want to act like there’s great news on the way, they lie like a penny in the parking lot at the grocery store.
Summer Jam
February 13, 2016 @ 4:24 pm
I see what you did there…..hilarious!!!!
Jen
February 13, 2016 @ 12:58 pm
All she wanted to be was “Done”, and that’s exactly what’s going to happen! TBP is done! These are not positive changes. They’ve pretty much been kicked off the label, have been out of mainstream for a while, now, and they are not established enough for the staying power it would take to be missing from mainstream for as long as they have. Besides, with her attitude, she deserves to be “Done”!
Applejack
February 13, 2016 @ 7:41 pm
This discussion reminded me of something. A while back, I ran up on a version of “If I Die Young” by the Church Sisters on YouTube which effortlessly surpasses the original version. It’s the best version I’ve heard. Too bad it’s so darn short.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WgvbBWrlQNI
PETE MARSHALL
February 13, 2016 @ 8:27 pm
The Band Perry needs to forget this pop cd and make another cd that should be country.
Erik North
February 13, 2016 @ 10:06 pm
What to me is weird about The Band Perry is that they were supposed to be some kind of a “savior act” of the string-band tradition, and it seems like that’s gone out the window in a vain attempt to be a “pop-country” group, which to me they’re just not very good at. And I find Kimberly Perry to be someone with vocal mannerisms that are almost as irritating as anything I’ve ever heard in Taylor Swift. She just doesn’t do the mountain-style vocals all that well, and her bizarre attempt at rock belting on “Done” is borderline laughable, in my opinion.
If I had to name a group/act that was the most disappointing in any genre over the last five years, it’d probably have to be The Band Perry.
H1
February 14, 2016 @ 5:10 pm
I think Big Machine bet all of their chips on the pop-country flame, and while its thriving relatively well, we are seeing a resurgence of more traditional country on the radio. My bet is that they have seen the pushback from the results of the ZBB EDM push (I suspect this was a product of big machine not ZBB) because the edited the radio version of Beautiful Drug to include fiddle. It still sounds terrible but whatever. And now it looks like they were trying to remove that shit from TBP.
Basically it looks like they are trying to undo what they’ve done with already established artists. Watch for a more normal ZBB single next