HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 11/21/20
Each week on HardRockDaddy.com. The HRD Radio Report digs deeper into the weekly Active Rock charts, providing commentary, reviews, recommendations and predictions. It also features opinion pieces on chart action and the music business in general. The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 11/21/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | AC/DC | Shot In the Dark | 1970 |
| 2 | 3 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 1669 |
| 3 | 5 | FOO FIGHTERS | Shame Shame | 1590 |
| 4 | 2 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 1587 |
| 5 | 4 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 1575 |
| 6 | 7 | GRETA VAN FLEET | My Way, Soon | 1354 |
| 7 | 8 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 1334 |
| 8 | 9 | ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 1262 |
| 9 | 10 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 1239 |
| 10 | 11 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 1095 |
| 11 | 12 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Living The Dream | 1037 |
| 12 | 6 | COREY TAYLOR | Black Eyes Blue | 984 |
| 13 | 14 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 822 |
| 14 | 15 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | They Don’t Want What We Want… | 745 |
| 15 | 13 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 744 |
| 16 | 17 | SMITH & MYERS | Not Mad Enough | 725 |
| 17 | 16 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 633 |
| 18 | 18 | AVATAR | Colossus | 632 |
| 19 | 20 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 477 |
| 20 | 22 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 469 |
| 21 | 21 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 465 |
| 22 | 23 | SAUL | King Of Misery | 427 |
| 23 | 24 | ROYAL BLISS (f. SHIM) | Medication | 405 |
| 24 | 25 | METALLICA & THE S.F. SYMPHONY | All Within My Hands (S&M2) | 369 |
| 25 | 0 | MAMMOTH WVH | Distance | 341 |
| 26 | 28 | BUSH | The Kingdom | 324 |
| 27 | 33 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Teardrops | 296 |
| 28 | 38 | SYSTEM OF A DOWN | Protect The Land | 295 |
| 29 | 27 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 290 |
| 30 | 29 | ALTER BRIDGE | Native Son | 255 |
| 31 | 42 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Scars That I’m Hiding | 247 |
| 32 | 32 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Forget Me Not | 245 |
| 33 | 31 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | Again | 238 |
| 34 | 40 | ROB ZOMBIE | The Triumph Of King Freak… | 237 |
| 35 | 30 | ARCHITECTS | Animals | 232 |
| 36 | 19 | SIXX:A.M. / ARTISTS FOR RECOVERY | Maybe It’s Time | 231 |
| 37 | 35 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 209 |
| 38 | 41 | MARILYN MANSON | Don’t Chase the Dead | 191 |
| 39 | 36 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Somebody Told Me | 187 |
| 40 | 37 | EGO KILL TALENT | The Call | 182 |
| 41 | 44 | WEAPONS OF ANEW | Sick Boy | 168 |
| 42 | 39 | THROUGH FIRE | Doubt | 163 |
| 43 | 43 | SOUTH OF EDEN | The Talk | 158 |
| 44 | 64 | POP EVIL | Breathe Again | 157 |
| 45 | 45 | THE BLUE STONES | Let It Ride | 153 |
| 46 | 75 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | Strangers | 131 |
| 47 | 72 | PAPA ROACH | The Ending | 127 |
| 48 | 46 | ATREYU | Save Us | 127 |
| 49 | 49 | FOUNDRY | Intoxicate | 106 |
| 50 | 47 | SYSTEM OF A DOWN | Genocidal Humanoidz | 102 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
GRETA VAN FLEET – “My Way, Soon”
Since their debut in 2017, Greta Van Fleet has had their fair share of success, but also criticism because of their obvious Led Zeppelin influence. Critics always target success, so it’s no surprise that Greta Van Fleet had to deal with detractors. Though I agree with the Led Zeppelin comparisons, I have always appreciated the fact that they have opened doors for a classic rock sound to get airplay on Active Rock radio.
Showing obvious signs of maturity with their latest single, “My Way, Soon,” Greta Van Fleet has proven that they have much more to offer than just a modern-day version of Led Zeppelin. The influence is still there to some degree on this song, but the divergence is noticeable in a few ways. Josh Kiszka has taken the Robert Plant influence and infused his vocals with something different. Still in the upper register, there is an unmitigated joy in the vocal melody for “My Way, Soon.” Plant and Zeppelin are a lot of things, but joyous is not one of them. Mystical, bluesy, soulful, sure, but joyous? No.
On “My Way, Soon,” Kiszka and the rest of the band tap into a combination of ’70s uplifting melodies like Head East’s “Never Been Any Reason” and the carefree days of the ’80s hair bands. But that’s not to say that there isn’t substance to this song, because there is. In fact, the best comparison for “My Way, Soon” would be another Zeppelin-esque band with incredible falsetto vocals, uplifting melodies, and a blues rock foundation…Zebra. Greta Van Fleet is arguably more successful already that either of the aforementioned bands.
In 2020, a feel-g0od rock song like this is just what the doctor ordered. Ironically, the song is about the joy that comes from being untethered and enjoying a romanticized version of life on the road. For that reason, “My Way, Soon,” is a bit bittersweet, lifting your spirits with joy, while reminding you of what we’ve all been missing out on since the pandemic began.
HRD SPIN CONTROL (by Adam Waldman and Jon Loveless)
The following is a list of songs that we feel deserve to be added to Active Rock playlists…
RA – “Intercorrupted”
ELECTRIC MOB – “Devil You Know”
BRKN LOVE – “Crush”
TOMMY GIBBONS – “Tonight”
DEAD DAISIES – “Bustle And Flow”
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD – “Heart Of A Champion”
NO RESOLVE – “Never Back Down”
ETCHED IN EMBERS – “Silence”
THE JEREMY EDGE PROJECT – “Firedancer”
SONS OF FIRE – “Faded”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
GREATEST GAINERS…
MAMMOTH WVH – “Distance” (+341 spins)
POP EVIL – “Breathe Again” (+120 spins)
I PREVAIL/DELANEY JANE – “Every Time You Leave” (+110 spins)
SYSTEM OF A DOWN – “Protect The Land” (+109 spins)
THEORY OF A DEADMAN – “Strangers” (+106 spins)
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