My Alternate 2012 Universe

[rmd1064]

I was just imagining last night that Hit The Ground Runnin' became a runaway hit after "getting into everyone's head" through the football and Nashville gigs. God I wish, that's still my favorite song, but I guess Listen Up isn't going to be as big as I hoped- at least right NOW!! I still have some hope, I guess I'm the last Halien Nut to fall from the LU optimism tree.

I too am hoping somehow, some way, "Listen Up" will get the attention and sales it deserves. I still think one of its songs makes a hit movie soundtrack ("Spiderweb"), or is featured on Glee ("Undone"), or is in a TV commercial ("Let's Run Away" for travel ad). The Lumineers took off when one of their songs was used in a commercial, same with Feist ("123").

OR, how about this...another young artist in the early 70s put out FOUR good albums, and his name was Peter Frampton. Starting in 1972 he put out an album a year and it was not until his album "Frampton" that he had an album in the top 40. None of the other 3 albums ever rose above 110 on the Billboard charts and he had NO hit singles, although several were released.

But in 1976, he released the double album "Frampton Comes Alive" and it debuted at 191, but went to number one and sold 6 million copies and was the top record of 1976 spawning three top 15 singles--"Baby I Love Your Way", "Do You Feel (Like We Do)" and "Show Me The Way". ALL of these songs were on previous releases...but were now live versions.



So, let's jump a few years in the future (remember she is only 22!) and Haley has put out a few CDs and has a strong dedicated following. But then, she releases a live CD featuring many of her songs from "Listen Up" as singles. Perhaps THEN they will get the attention they deserve. I present "Haley Comes Alive".



So, a bit far fetched...does radio even play live cuts as singles anymore? But...you never know....