May 12, 201411 yr I hope the common linnets can take this song and album to the USA... Should work perfectly there
May 12, 201411 yr Their voices blend so well in this track. Country isn't my first genre of music but these guys might have just made me get more interested in it. Should definitely check their other songs out. Proper pleased this is doing the best out of all eurovision tracks on iTunes as well. CATS is lovely!
May 12, 201411 yr To think you disliked the song to begin with :kink: I just found it average. But the flawless performance, vocal and staging brought it to life for me in the semi-final. I'd only even played it two or three times before that. Shame on me!
May 12, 201411 yr it's fab retro country, as it used to be before the bland rock fusion that took over country in the 90's. Country now has all sorts of cool young country acts, like First Aid Kit, and is crossing over nicely into dancepop too. So happy it's a huge hit everywhere, cos I fell in love with it about a minute into first hearing the song. Seemingly like everyone else! B-)
May 13, 201411 yr The songs remains UK top 10 on itunes making an official top 10 placing looking more and more possible.
May 13, 201411 yr The songs remains UK top 10 on itunes making an official top 10 placing looking more and more possible. Single is #3 in today's update with nearly 14,000 copies sold and the album is #24! :wub:
May 13, 201411 yr Author The Common Linnets are currently #1, #2 and #4 on the Netherlands' iTunes with 'Calm After The Storm' and #3 and #5 with two other tracks from the album! Also, 'Calm After The Storm' is #1 on the Amazon UK MP3 chart! :D It has also received a couple of plays on BBC Radio 2.
May 14, 201411 yr Im trying to like Netherlands song without success as Im trying to understand what made people vote on it to make it second. Edited May 14, 201411 yr by Odaisul
May 15, 201411 yr My album rate: 11.0 Calm After the Storm 09.5 Hungry Hands 08.0 Arms of Salvation 09.0 Still Loving After You 08.0 Sun Song 09.5 Lovers & Liars 08.0 Broken But Home 09.5 Before Complete Surrender 07.5 Where Do I Go With Me 08.5 Time Has No Mercy 09.5 Give Me a Reason 09.5 When Love Was King 09.0 Love Goes On I haven't dished out ratings as high and consistent as that for a LONG time, astounding album.
May 15, 201411 yr So how have people reacted in The Netherlands to the second place? From what I heard around me very happy and surprised. Especially since it was with this song, a song that many considered was doomed to fail when it first premiered (the song's reception here was extremely lukewarm or even very negative). Also heard from some people who (like me) were a bit disappointed 'cause they thought we'd have won if the Austrian song was sung by an actual female. Pretty sure this brought back the Eurovision fire in some Dutch people though after the disasters we sent from 2005-2012. Edited May 15, 201411 yr by Atonement
May 15, 201411 yr Calm After The Storm is the highest re-entry ever at #3 on the Dutch Top 40 so I'd say the reaction is amazing
May 15, 201411 yr Can't wait to see what The Netherlands bring next year! Surely they won't abandon the 'quality song, quality singer' format now. The days of Sienke and De Toppers seem like a horrible distant memory!
May 15, 201411 yr I actually like 'Sha La Lie' in all its awfulness :lol: 'Shine' is unforgivable though. I felt so ashamed just watching that performance. Edited May 16, 201411 yr by Atonement
May 16, 201411 yr Single 01 Holland plat 01 Belgium (Flanders) 02 Denmark 04 Ireland 05 Spain 25 Belgium (Wallonia) 36 Sweden 45 Austria 71 Switzerland 95 UK Album 01 Holland plat 45 Ireland 126 Belgium (Flanders) Edited May 17, 201411 yr by OntF
May 16, 201411 yr Aww I liked The Toppers in a cheesy Eurovision sort of way! I've always liked the Netherlands' entries but they've never had a hope of qualifying til recently :lol:
May 18, 201411 yr Single 01 Holland gold 01 Belgium (Flanders) 02 Denmark 03 Switzerland 04 Hungary 04</b> Ireland 05 Spain 09 UK 25 Belgium (Wallonia) 36 Sweden 45 Austria 66 Australia 102 France Album 01 Holland plat 40 UK 45 Ireland 126 Belgium (Flanders) #9 in the UK! Edited May 18, 201411 yr by *Tim
May 18, 201411 yr I just checked and they actually outsold the #11 100:1, the #3 20:1 and the #2 10:3 in The Netherlands :o Edited May 18, 201411 yr by *Tim
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