We Are The In Crowd, Alex Gaskarth Song Stream
We Are The In Crowd have officially released a redone version of “Kiss Me Again” that features Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low on vocals. Stream the song below by clicking “Read More!”
A few thoughts on this:
1) If I were Jordan, I would be pissed right now. There are times when it’s a good thing to take a little ego hit when it ultimately might be best for all involved, but I don’t think this is one of those times. The one thing that makes WATIC really specially is the whole co-vocalists aspect, the interplay between Tay and Jordan, the differing viewpoints within the songs. A move like this basically turns WATIC into “Tay And Her Backing Band”, and while I think Tay is great, why underplay the one thing about your band that really makes it stand out from the crowd? I’m sure it’s no good for Jordan personally, but I suspect it’s also no good for the band as a whole.
2) As I wrote back when I reviewed the album upon it’s release, Kiss Me Again feels like it has the potential to be a breakthrough pop hit. It reminds me a lot of Shania Twain’s mid/late 90s megasingles. WATIC are a new enough band, unfamiliar to enough people, that they aren’t quite stuck in the “scene” ghetto yet, and I really don’t understand why they would voluntarily put themselves there. All Time Low are the biggest of the “scene bands”, but they’ve basically flopped on the bigger, mainstream pop stage. We The Kings brought in Demi Lovato for We’ll Be A Dream; I’m not sure who the male equivalent to her is right now, but it would seem to make a lot more sense to tie the song to someone who can pull it into mainstream pop territory, rather than someone who might well push that kind of acceptance away. I get that Gaskarth is Hopeless’ version of pulling out the big guns, but I think his presence here might do more to harm than to help.
3) It’s still a really good song.
4) What the fuck do I know? This is why I’m some guy who says stupid things about music on the Internet and not a record exec.
(via propertyofzack)
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Don’t usually reblog stuff from my other blog to here, but this little music industry rant seemed like it belongs over...
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A few thoughts on this: 1) If I were Jordan, I would be pissed right now. There are times when it’s a good thing to take...
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Alex sound fucking PERFECT! Gahh
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I don’t listen to We Are The In Crowd but this is good:)
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It’s good, but I don’t see why this was necessary. It’s like, exactly the same except with Alex singing instead of...
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