HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/30/21

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/30/21

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 1/30/21. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

TOP 100 HARD ROCK SONGS OF 2020

THIS	LAST
WEEK	WEEK	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	SPINS
1	2	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	Living The Dream	1747
2	1	GRETA VAN FLEET	My Way, Soon	1651
3	4	ROYAL BLOOD	Trouble’s Coming	1486
4	3	FOO FIGHTERS	Shame Shame	1474
5	5	MAMMOTH WVH	Distance	1407
6	9	PAPA ROACH	The Ending	1204
7	10	CLEOPATRICK	Hometown	1187
8	11	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	They Don’t Want What We Want…	1148
9	6	AYRON JONES	Take Me Away	1075
10	12	SMITH & MYERS	Not Mad Enough	1057
11	13	CHEVELLE	Self Destructor	1010
12	8	AC/DC	Shot In The Dark	992
13	14	POP EVIL	Breathe Again	956
14	17	PRETTY RECKLESS	And So It Went	864
15	15	BRING ME THE HORIZON	Teardrops	802
16	16	FROM ASHES TO NEW	Scars That I’m Hiding	768
17	19	ARCHITECTS	Animals	703
18	18	BUSH	The Kingdom	634
19	20	ROB ZOMBIE	The Triumph Of King Freak…	584
20	25	AC/DC	Realize	506
21	21	SEVENDUST	Dying To Live	471
22	30	COREY TAYLOR	Samantha’s Gone	420
23	23	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	Strangers	397
24	22	BLACK STONE CHERRY	Again	394
25	24	THROUGH FIRE	Doubt	331
26	28	BLACK VEIL BRIDES	Scarlett Cross	309
27	27	WEAPONS OF ANEW	Sick Boy	258
28	45	SEETHER	Bruised And Bloodied	246
29	26	SYSTEM OF A DOWN	Protect The Land	239
30	29	RA	Intercorrupted	232
31	32	DES ROCS	This Is Our Life	225
32	44	DEFTONES	Ceremony	212
33	34	ZERO 9:36	Adrenaline	204
34	31	MARILYN MANSON	Don’t Chase The Dead	202
35	33	THE BLUE STONES	Let It Ride	178
36	46	FOO FIGHTERS	Waiting On A War	177
37	36	FOO FIGHTERS	No Son Of Mine	148
38	41	BLACK CROWES	Charming Mess	144
39	35	ATREYU	Save Us	143
40	39	TWIZTID	Rose Petal	135
41	38	ALL TIME LOW (f. BLACKBEAR)	Monsters	122
42	40	SONS OF SILVER	Deep Division	111
43	42	MACHINE GUN KELLY	Bloody Valentine	106
44	47	LOVE AND DEATH	Down	96
45	43	CHRIS STAPLETON	Arkansas	85
46	49	A DAY TO REMEMBER	Brick Wall	68
47	51	OF MICE & MEN	Obsolete	58
48	115	KEITH WALLEN	Dream Away	55
49	56	LIKE A STORM	Empire Of Ashes	48
50	64	KINGS OF LEON	The Bandit	41

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)

FOO FIGHTERS – “Waiting On A War”

Dave Grohl can dial up the intensity whenever he wants, and do so in a powerful way, but my favorite moments are the more vulnerable ones where he wears his heart on his sleeve.  That was the first thing that struck me about “Waiting On a War” before I even delved into the lyrics or the meaning behind them.  Once I did, it was easy to see where the bittersweet authenticity came from, especially from the perspective of a dad.

Here is Grohl’s tweet explaining the inspiration behind “Waiting On a War”…

“As a child growing up in the suburbs of Washington DC, I was always afraid of war.  I had nightmares of missiles in the sky and soldiers in my backyard, most likely brought upon by political tension of the early 1980s and my proximity to the nation’s capitol.  My youth was spent under the dark cloud of a hopeless future.

Last fall, as I was driving my 11 year old daughter to school, she turned to me and asked, ‘Daddy, is there going to be a war?’  My heart sank in my chest as I looked into her innocent eyes, because I realized that she was now living under the same dark cloud of a hopeless future that I felt 40 years ago.

I wrote ‘Waiting On a War’ that day.

Every day waiting for the sky to fall.  Is there more to this than that?  Is there more to this than just waiting on a war?  Because I need more.  We all do.

This song was written for my daughter, Harper, who deserves a future, just as every child does.”

Musically, “Waiting On a War” feels like the sequel to 2005’s “Best Of You.”  It wouldn’t be surprising if this becomes a Foo Fighters fan favorite and staple of live performances for years to come.

 

 

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…

EMPTY TRAIL – “Somewhere”

VEER– “Red Tide

DAMN THE PLANET – “Lobotomy”

EARSHOT – “Been A Long Time”

AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “The Curse”

ELECTRIC MOB – “Devil You Know”

REID HENRY – “The Blind”

THE DEAD DAISIES – “Holy Ground”

THEM EVILS – “Coattails”

THE ODDEVEN – “Bleed For Something”

AND NOW WE BEGIN – “Masks”

ALBORN – “Full Circle”

RIDING WITH KILLERS – “World Apart”

AMONGST LIARS – “Mind”

CORE – “Save Me”

AUTUMN KINGS – “Power”

WOLVES AT THE GATE – “Counterfeit”

ANYTHING BUT HUMAN – “Move On”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

ARTIST	SONG TITLE	SPIN INCREASE
AC/DC	Realize	212
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	Living The Dream	112
COREY TAYLOR	Samantha’s Gone	189
PRETTY RECKLESS	And So It Went	185
SEETHER	Bruised And Bloodied	169
CHEVELLE	Self Destructor	143
DEFTONES	Ceremony	127
FOO FIGHTERS	Waiting On A War	122

 

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