Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb & So Am I)

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"Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb & So Am I)"
Single by Stone Sour
from the album Hydrograd
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2017 (2017-09-13)
Recorded2016
Genre Hard rock [1]
Length4:56
Label Roadrunner
Songwriter(s) Corey Taylor
Stone Sour singles chronology
"Song #3"
(2017)		"Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb & So Am I)"
(2017)		"St. Marie"
(2018)

"Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb & So Am I)" is a song by American rock band Stone Sour. It was a single off of their album Hydrograd . As of February 2018, it had peaked at number 10 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart.

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Background

The song was debuted on June 25, 2017, BBC Radio 1's "Rock Show With Daniel P Carter", [2] [1] five days ahead of its release on the band's sixth studio album, Hydrograd , on June 30. [3] A music video for the album was released on September 13, 2017, when the song was released to rock radio as a single. [4] The video plays on the stereotype of popular rock bands going to strip clubs, but in a twist, instead of being patrons, they are instead working there, serving the drinks and doing the dances. [5] [6] The video features a cameo appearance by glam rock band Steel Panther. [7]

Themes and composition

The song has been described as hard rock. [1] Loudwire described its sound as "an energetic rocker that sways from a light, moody opening to a hook-laden rager." [4] The song was recorded live in the studio, without any auto-tune, pitch correction, or additional programming involved. [8] AllMusic described the song as having "Beatles-esq verse melody" and an arena rock chorus. [9]

Reception

MetalSucks praised the song for being "a really good song, a slower number at first that opens up into a rocker, and it only solidifies my impression of Hydrograd. Stone Sour don’t get a ton of respect from the heavier spectrum of the metal community, but they’ve been pumping out incredibly solid hard rock jams album after album for nearly two decades now. How about a little respect?" [1] Metal Injection was less positive about the song, stating that it "has a decent chorus but the verses have that "annoying earworm" quality that remind you of 90's one hit wonders like Marcy Playground and [Harvey Danger's] "Flagpole Sitta". [10]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [11] 10

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Listen to Another New Stone Sour Track, 'Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb And So Am I)'". MetalSucks. June 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Stone Sour Debut New Song 'Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb And So Am I)'". Theprp.com. June 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Listen To Stone Sour's Entire Hydrograd Album". Blabbermouth. June 29, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Steel Panther Invade Stone Sour's 'Rose Red Violent Blue' Music Video". Loudwire.
  5. ↑ "Watch Stone Sour Flip Strip Club Script in Wild New Video". Rolling Stone.
  6. ↑ "Stone Sour Show Off Their Stripper Dance Moves in 'Rose Red Violent Blue' Video: Watch". Fuse.tv.
  7. ↑ "Stone Sour Hook Up with Steel Panther in Rose Red Violent Blue Video". Team Rock. September 13, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Video Premiere: Stone Sour's 'Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb & So Am I)'". Blabbermouth. September 13, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Hydrograd, Stone Sour: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  10. ↑ "Album Review: Stone Sour Hydrograd". Metal Injection. July 10, 2017.
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