Axver said:
No. Wrong attitude, wrong sound. Even if they're a UF-era U2 ripoff, it's not as if they're making Indian Summer Sky or Wire.
lov12113 said:Honestly people, lets be realistic about how the radio and record industry works!! The song will succeed or fail based on the promotion for it by the label as well as how much money is somehow finding its way into radio staion program director's hands. If alot of money is spent on promotion....OOTS will be atleast moderately successfull at radio in the USA. Somehow, I think Interscope will not promote the single that much because they view the Bomb as having sold as much as its going to in the USA...they would only push the song hard if they believe it would result in alot more sales....this explains the fate of COBL on radio in the USA.
Agreed. The commercial success will depend on how much money they sink into a marketing campaign. The song is brilliant, whether or not the title is in the lyric is irrelevant. This is strictly a case of promotional dollars...
Personally, I don't think they care one way or the other. They've done everything a band could possibly ever do. Having another number 1 song is obviously not a major priority. If it was, they could have turned half of the songs off Bomb into top 10 singles by now already...
Clawgrabber said:the song will be picked up by radio as a result of the ipod commercial...
honestly, if the labels aren't willing to promote (and u2 isn't either... they never played COBL on any tv appearrances, Letterman, COnan, Today, etc)
the ipod commercial thing seems to be the only real way to get U2 attention to the masses (i.e. the "not fans")
look at vertigo
which video do people honestly think of when they hear the song, the desert one or the ipod one???
i have already heard a bunch of people ask me "what is that new U2 song on tv" as a result of the OOTS commercials