Don't forget about Braid. "Frame And Canvas" should have made them a ton of dough.
Steve
· 3 years ago
Believe me, I love Frame and Canvas, but it was a much less commercial album than those other three albums. I wouldn't have been surprised if those other songs had scored actual radio hits ("Lucky Denver Mint" from Clarity even got a pretty serious push, including as the theme song to some Jennifer Love Hewitt TV show).
Frame and Canvas was (and remains) too ambitious musically to ever have gotten radio play, or huge sales numbers. (IMO, of course.)
Now if we're talking about Hey Mercedes, that's a different issue. (I'm not calling then unambitious - they were just a much more pop oriented band than Braid). HM should have been big.
KTM
· 3 years ago
Good points. I guess I'm trying to give people a little too much credit. I'd still argue that "First Day Back" wouldn't sound out of place on certain commercial stations. I never gave Hew Mercedes a chance. Not sure why, really.
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Frame and Canvas was (and remains) too ambitious musically to ever have gotten radio play, or huge sales numbers. (IMO, of course.)
Now if we're talking about Hey Mercedes, that's a different issue. (I'm not calling then unambitious - they were just a much more pop oriented band than Braid). HM should have been big.
Enjoying these TITR tunes. Thanks.