April in the D doesn't sound quite appealing with the Pistons likely not making the playoffs. Red Wings are in the bubble too.
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So is the promotion really that bad, or is it just promo-ed too often on FSN? Because I've never heard it before, and while I won't be downloading it to my mp3 player, it doesn't seem THAT bad...
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So is the promotion really that bad, or is it just promo-ed too often on FSN? Because I've never heard it before, and while I won't be downloading it to my mp3 player, it doesn't seem THAT bad...
Honest to goodness..they play it 12-15X a game for 30 days..poeple were committed by April 15th last year..
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Best Band on Earth if you've seen them live and I'm serious.
For real? I watched them when they did a performance at Michigan International Speedway a few years ago during a NASCAR weekend, and they weren't anything great. The best part were the girls on people's shoulders flashing their goods all concert long.
It has to be better this year. Seeing that pasty white singer in that sleeveless Pistons jersey was more than enough to ruin an already horrendous song.
All those guys in the band looked like they had never worn a sports jersey before. Someone must have clued them into the contest and they thought it would be a good idea to promote their band.
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The first performers of "April in the D," that pseudo-Chili Pepper band featuring a lead singer who's an Alice Cooper wannabe with plucked eyebrows, was no great shakes. But that bubblegum crap last year was way worse. The way that lead singer put on his "cute guy look" while staring longingly into the camera made me want to puke.
yeah give me the buckcherry knockoff band over the wannabe barenaked ladies band. Hoping they do another contest this year and a hip hop act wins and it's really dirty so the actual promo is mostly lyric-muted and you just hear the beat and the occasional word thrown in there. Gotta keep it real!
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I know it's a small sample size, but "April in the D" has statistically charted rapidly downward, and if this trend continues one shudders at the musical atrocity which awaits us this spring. A boy band? A Vanilla Ice clone? Vanilla Ice himself?
I know it's a small sample size, but "April in the D" has statistically charted rapidly downward, and if this trend continues one shudders at the musical atrocity which awaits us this spring. A boy band? A Vanilla Ice clone? Vanilla Ice himself?
Vanilla Ice on FSN would make me cancel my Extra Innings and sports package.
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Dear Ms. Giles:
As a longtime loyal fan of your channel, I am begging you to discontinue the "April in the D" campaign. I don't know one single fan who likes it. In fact, most fans I know can't stand it.
There has to be something else you can air during that non-paid commerical slot to promote your channel. We would rather watch old Craig Monroe and Kenny Rogers ads. We'll even put up with extra airings of "This Little Light of Mine." Anything is better than "April in the D."
It's not too late to pull the plug on the campaign. I can almost guarantee whatever commercial you run in lieu of "April in the D" will result in less viewers changing the channel.
Sincerely,
A Devoted Fan
p.s.: Please fire the advertising firm which came up with the "April in the D" campaign. And then fire whomever at FSN signed off on the idea.
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Let's not get crazy Yoop. I am a fan of the song though. I like it, look forward to whatever they over play this year, cause it'll mean I am watching the Tigers!
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these guys will probably win. why? because the first winner was a buckcherry knockoff and the second was a barenaked ladies knockoff. these guys are clearly an anthrax+public enemy "bring the noise" knockoff.
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I think the fact that it's just such an incredibly stupid premise will automatically make any creation lose all integrity.
Anyone who truly loves the city of Detroit does not call it the "D". It's an obvious overtone coming from the suburbs which makes the idea that much more awkward and unnatural.
Not to mention it could be a Beethoven sonata and one can, and will, learn to hate it if it's crammed down one's throat 12 times in a 3 hour period.
I think the fact that it's just such an incredibly stupid premise will automatically make any creation lose all integrity.
Anyone who truly loves the city of Detroit does not call it the "D". It's an obvious overtone coming from the suburbs which makes the idea that much more awkward and unnatural.
Not to mention it could be a Beethoven sonata and one can, and will, learn to hate it if it's crammed down one's throat 12 times in a 3 hour period.
There was a show/commentary on NPR about how the Smothers Brothers might have been much more creative because of censorship. Making boundaries that a band has to fit into, does not eliminate creativity --- makes it more important
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I think the fact that it's just such an incredibly stupid premise will automatically make any creation lose all integrity.
Anyone who truly loves the city of Detroit does not call it the "D". It's an obvious overtone coming from the suburbs which makes the idea that much more awkward and unnatural.
Not to mention it could be a Beethoven sonata and one can, and will, learn to hate it if it's crammed down one's throat 12 times in a 3 hour period.
Plus a thousand. Great post. It's impossible to write a great April in the D song, because the concept, as you say, is lame from the strart. Nobody calls it "The D" except suburbanites grasping for street cred.
April in the D is TWO MONTHS away.
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