marik
Refugee
can someone explain to me the logic in the 'different singles in different markets' idea? i'm pretty sure the first time U2 did this on a large scale was for ATYCLB (walk on, stuck)-of course there was small things like One Tree Hill single for aussies.
i mean are americans and europeans SO different that they need their singles fed to them in a different order? i mean really, people have such a small attention span that they just judge a band's song on the song itself, not on how it relates to the band's last 2 or 3 songs. i don't think it would have mattered whether Walk On or Stuck was the 2nd single for ATYCLB.
so that rules out the whole idea od 'americans need to 2 fast paced punk-like sounding songs -vertigo, ABOY, and, the europeans need a ballad SYCMIOYO after vertigo.'
so it is just a security measure for their success in case a single fails. i mean, if they just released ABOY worldwide as the second single and it bombed, that would ruin the bands image to an extent. whereas , its less risky to bank on two different singles at one time, so that if one of them fails, the 'other' half of the world could be doing well with a sucessful single. does this show a lack of confidence in which singles to pick (not putting all the marbles on one choice)? just a thought. would love if someone could explain it to me, or direct me to a previous thread i may of missed on this topic.
i mean are americans and europeans SO different that they need their singles fed to them in a different order? i mean really, people have such a small attention span that they just judge a band's song on the song itself, not on how it relates to the band's last 2 or 3 songs. i don't think it would have mattered whether Walk On or Stuck was the 2nd single for ATYCLB.
so that rules out the whole idea od 'americans need to 2 fast paced punk-like sounding songs -vertigo, ABOY, and, the europeans need a ballad SYCMIOYO after vertigo.'
so it is just a security measure for their success in case a single fails. i mean, if they just released ABOY worldwide as the second single and it bombed, that would ruin the bands image to an extent. whereas , its less risky to bank on two different singles at one time, so that if one of them fails, the 'other' half of the world could be doing well with a sucessful single. does this show a lack of confidence in which singles to pick (not putting all the marbles on one choice)? just a thought. would love if someone could explain it to me, or direct me to a previous thread i may of missed on this topic.