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I havent heard the song on the radio ONCE. Anyone else not hear the song on the radio at all?? looksl ike they made a mistake using this song as a single. its not as hard hitting as slither was

i guess it depends on where you are from as some radio stations it's the #1 song :P

I've heard it a couple times on 93X here in the Twin Cities but its not in heavy rotation like Slither was when it came out.

On the latest US Charts May 14 - May 20
Mainstream Rock: She Builds debuted at #29
Active Rock: She Builds debuted at #33
This is from mediabase 24/7. They have charts for US Radio air play.

Not bad at all for the opening week of a single.

RCA will ensure this song is a hit.  It will be all over the radio in a few weeks

who the hell actually listens to the radio now a days?

Whether VH1 plays the video or not will factor into a lot-they played the hell out of Slither, Fall to Pieces

The band will appear this Wednesday, May 23, on Fuse.tv's live show 'The Sauce'. It is unclear at this point if the band will perform or do an interview, but it is expected that Fuse will premiere the band's brand new video for 'She Builds Quick Machines'. The Sauce starts at 6PM ET.

source.. www.velvet-revolver.com

Has anyone heard it on the radio in Australia yet?

I have never heard the track in the radio, and I listen to radio a lot... I live in Argentina, and all airplay is based in Avril Lavigne, Keane, Evanescence and all these kind of bands that are not ''wow, THESE are great bands'', but they are all more known and more succesful than VR (at least, here)

The only VR song which had a more or less intense airplay was ''Slither''. I've heard ''Fall To Pieces'' 4 or 5 times, and not a single time ''Dirty Little Thing'' and ''Come On Come In''.

What is strange is that this song ''She Build Quick Machines'' is allegedely a more friendly song for radio airplay... catchy chorus, poppy vocals, no lyrics to interpret/think...but it's well known that the line between ''friendly'' and ''excessively mediocre'' is too thin these days

I heard it on Sirius today, Octane channel 20.  I saw it was on there on Friday too.

well the single just came out guys give it a bit of time

I don't listen to the radio much myself, but I have heard it many times already on 93.3 WMMR in Philly since last Wednesday.  They play a lot of VR, and not just the singles.

yup, i've heard it on Octane  on Sirius radio

I rarely listen either, but I heard it as well.  In fact, I could have sworn I heard the acoustic "Used To Love Her" they did on KROQ in 2004.

theres a new VR single??  I havent heard it at all around here...im in NYC...it sucks....there are like no real rock stations around anymore besides a classic rock one.....im sure this VR album is going to be better than just about everything else out there and yet it gets no airplay....

Maybe this is in the wrong thread, but I just don't think this song is that good, may not get much radio play. Hopefully it will grow on me after a few more listens.

You're right, I heard that too.


On the first listen I thought it was garbage, with the exception of Slash.  After a good number of plays, it has progressed to somewhat tolerable, but still not that good.

yeah its been on Z92 (where Omaha comes to rock : ok:) alot i've heard it once today and yesterday and the day before that :yes:

I called my local station today to request it and they didn't even have it yet.

I don't listen to the radio that much but I heard it played for the first time yesterday.  Kind of a boring song though, maybe it will grow on me.  Horrible video too.  Hopefully the rest of the album is better than this stuff.

i heard it once...DJ seemed pretty keen on it :-\

I listen to radio 7 or 8 hours a night at work and I have not heard it yet , however they do play a lot GnR .

Hey i really love the new video...Any new video with the guys is awesome..at least there doing new things..LOL
I havent heard the song in Aus yet but i dont listen to the radio much..   I think the new video will be on Rage next week..Hopefully... :peace:

The song sucks.

Scott Weiland ruins everything.

Is it true that MTV won't pass the videoclip because it shows guns and death people?

this is too true :-[  When Howard left KRock, all rock radio went downhill :'(

i've heard it a few times this week on 93.3 WMMR in philly. very good song. i was just so-so on it at first. but i really like it now.

yeah i still havent heard it on the radio around here in NYC...im probably just missing it though....but its definitely not getting the airplay of linkin park or any of those other bands...

its getting regular rotation now : ok:

According to the Billboard charts, it's reached #12 on the mainstream rock list.  So it must be getting played heavily, I don't really listen to radio anymore.  Still think it's a pretty weak offering, they should've used Just 16, but no matter what this song will be played heavily.  RCA will do whatever it takes to get it into heavy rotation

Dont blame the radiostations for not playing the new single...

Cause its really not that good. Actually its some of the worst of VR and Contraband is waaaay better...

If they cant do better than this and I hope its the last we goona hear from them...

Judging from this post:


This band probably isnt for you.  You didnt think the first record was good, and radio played its songs.  And are you implying that radio stations only play good singles?

Its clever that some of the people that clearly dislike this band posture as erstwhile fans in an effort to legitimize their current criticism.  Youre not fooling anybody, however.

Honestly, I would like to see you back up such a claim...

You don't have a clue as to what a studio musician is...



Agreed...

Hey bud, is the song getting any play on KROQ or KLOS?

I dont think they have it yet, i went to request it on their website yesterday and it wasn't up with the rest of the VR songs...

Even if SBQM isn't the greatest offering from Slash/Weiland, it's still better than fucking Nickelback.

I think the song rocks, plain and simple.  It has the same appeal to me that "Come On, Come In" had: a solid, grooving rock track.  It was probably a mistake to make it the first single, however, just as making "Dirty Little Thing" the third single for Contraband was.  "Just 16" might have been a more effective pick. 

I like SBQM too.

Didn't care too much for "Come On, Come In" though, I thought that was bland.

I didn't really think releasing "Dirty Little Thing" was a mistake as a single though. By that time the album had sold what it was going to sell and had run its course anyway, and that seemed like a good choice.

I think its a great song, and one of the best on the album, but I also think that "Sucker Train Blues" or "You Got No Right" would have had a greater impact. 

I personally thought it was the best song on the album, a real rocker.

FWIW, i'm yet to hear the song playing in the UK anywhere.  No radio, not in any shops or anything.  Is it out over here yet? 

Releasing YGNR after FTP would have been kinda lame though. Maybe STB would have been a better choice.

I haven't even heard it once yet, and it's been more than a week since it's come out.

Well, the first couple of times I heard Contraband it wasnt that good. But after listen to it a lot, it seems to be better. Now I think its a okay record but a little bit boring...

The new single from VR doesnt catch me and it sound like Contraband 2, just more boring. And I think its sad that Slash is a part of this. He can do better. Just my opinion. :)

With the Studio Muscians part, well I guess, I was going too far. Sorry. :-X

SBQM moved up to #8 on the Mainstream Rock chart, but I don't see it anywhere on the Modern Rock chart yet...  Dirty Little Thing peaked at #8.  I'm not a huge fan of the song, but it's starting to get some spins.

I just caught the edited video on VH1.

Thats pretty good if you think about it, its only been on the charts for 3 weeks and it moved up 4 positions since last week. At this rate it seems like it should move up a few more positions before getting close to its peak. Any one know if KROQ has got it yet? I tried to request it but it wasn't available. I hope they get it because they have a huge amount of listeners and they could get it a lot of attention.

KROQ just added the sbqm to their playlist, i suggest we all request the hell out of it!
http://www.kroq-data.com/request/

So far I did not hear or see SQBM once... Maybe this will change when also the album is out.

Worst song on the album--bad idea to use as the first single.

I've heard it once, and it was at a friends house as I don't usually listen to the radio.

Well it's at #6 on the Mainstream and #17 on the Modern rock charts now... It can still go higher, but I don't think it will come near the staying power Slither or Fall To Pieces had.

These songs are rock radio staples.  I rarely listen to terrestrial radio and have heard each at least twice in the last week.

on the weekends i listen to 100.7 WZXL in south jersey. they play SBQM regularly.

It is in a 4 or 5 hour rotation on ZROCK103 Lexington Ky. Though I have yet to hear it on the other rock station here .

Still haven't heard it once on the radio in over a month since it's been out.

Two radio stations (that I know of, could be more) here in Iceland play it, it's in heavy rotation and on the top 10 list on both stations. Actually on one of the two stations Better has also been in heavy rotation for a couple of weeks and is sitting in third place on the top 20 list but She Builds Quick Machines sits in fifth place.

"Mary Mary" should have been the first single, then "The Last Fight" and then "Just 16."

I think "Just Sixteen" shoulda been the lead single. Then "Get Out The Door" and then "The Last Fight". I think opening with a kick ass rocker like Just Sixteen mighta gotten them that buckcherry crazy bitch type of momentum. I think theres alot of people looking for straight up rockers. I know the formula is to follow up the first single with a ballad but I haven't seen that work out too well in the past few years. Again for example "Sorry" by Buckcherry (worst song on that album by far too) didn't do nearly as well as "Crazy Bitch". I think they woulda been much better off going with "So Far". I say if you got the rock to offer that no one else is servin up go with it.

Off topic, I don't want to derail the thread but actually Buckcherry's second single after Crazy Bitch was another straight ahead rocker, Next 2 You, which flopped relatively speaking and hurt the momentum of album sales.  The release of Everything kind of helped sales pick up a bit but if they'd had another big hit following Crazy Bitch they would've sold a lot more records.  I think if they had in fact released Sorry it would've been a big crossover hit

I would have chose ''Let It Roll'' a first single, even when it's not the best song in the album. It is a short straight rocker, radio friendly, simple and catchy song.

Then, as second single, ''American Man'', which is IMO the best song of the album (in fact, I prefer the hidden track, but it is...hidden).

Finally, as third and last single, Gravedancer.

Comparing ''Contraband'' singles with my ''Libertad'' choices, in my opinion...

Slither > Let It Roll
Fall To Pieces < American Man
Gravedancer = Dirty Little Thing

She Builds Quick Machines
Mainstream Rock Charts - #4 (from #6)
Modern Rock Charts - #16 (from #17)

It must be heard more on the radio now?