Hey Stoopid - why not a hit like Trash
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Hey Stoopid - why not a hit like Trash
Hello,
Hey Stoopid was the first album by Alice that really caught me. How come it never took off in the same way that Trash did just a few years beforehand. I see it as being a much stronger album. Any thoughts? Was the changing music scene the main thing that stopped it from being a great seller like Trash?
Hey Stoopid was the first album by Alice that really caught me. How come it never took off in the same way that Trash did just a few years beforehand. I see it as being a much stronger album. Any thoughts? Was the changing music scene the main thing that stopped it from being a great seller like Trash?
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I think it was a combination of factors:
1) As has already been mentioned, "Grunge" was starting to take over the music scene.
2) Poison was a much more accessible single than Hey Stoopid. For one thing, I think Poison is a much better song than Hey Stoopid. It also had a more universally-appealing theme than Hey Stoopid did. In conclusion, Trash had a much more appealing single for the masses.
3) Trash had Desmond Child who was great at writing hit songs and singles.
1) As has already been mentioned, "Grunge" was starting to take over the music scene.
2) Poison was a much more accessible single than Hey Stoopid. For one thing, I think Poison is a much better song than Hey Stoopid. It also had a more universally-appealing theme than Hey Stoopid did. In conclusion, Trash had a much more appealing single for the masses.
3) Trash had Desmond Child who was great at writing hit songs and singles.
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I concur,with glamprincess,Poison was much more accessible,and i do feel that Hey Stoopid was a bad choice for the first single.If Feed or Loaded Gun had been the lead off single,i think the Cd would of gone gold.I have had so many people over the years at my work tell me,they love that song from "Wayne's World".and most were either non -fans or casual at best.....
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Yes, that is what I meant. There were way better songs on the Hey Stoopid album than the title song so it should not have been the single. I agree that Feed My Frankenstein or Love's a Loaded Gun would have been better choices. Since HS sold over 350,000 copies in the US, I think a better choice for single could have meant that HS could have gone gold in the US. Also, I didn't like the video for the single HS all that much. The Poison video was sexy and had much more universal appeal too.shock rock wrote:I concur,with glamprincess,Poison was much more accessible,and i do feel that Hey Stoopid was a bad choice for the first single.If Feed or Loaded Gun had been the lead off single,i think the Cd would of gone gold.I have had so many people over the years at my work tell me,they love that song from "Wayne's World".and most were either non -fans or casual at best.....
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Yes, it's true that a lot of albums that didn't go gold in the US went gold in Canada. I believe Constrictor and Raise Your Fist and Yell went gold in Canada for instance, even though they didn't in the US.A_MichaelUK wrote:>If Feed or Loaded Gun had been the lead off single,i think the Cd would of gone gold.
Actually, in Canada (where you are from), I think it did.
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