It could have used some Dr Scholls yeah.
2011: When to expect a single
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It could have used some Dr Scholls yeah.
the_fly189
The Fly
My guess is in time for the shows in Chile, Argentina and Brazil!!! 
Marien
Refugee
nirniva
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
I'd be perfectly okay if this was the case with almost all the new songs they've played so far, as long as they still make occasional appearances live. EBW needs to be an honest-to-God single, though.
stealthboy
War Child
Waiting outside the stadium in Zurich I got to hear the full band rehearsal of North Star - it really sounded great. I think that would be a nice first single.
DoctorGonzo
War Child
I agree, but Boots was just a terrible song period. It was B-side material at best.
yenlard
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For all we know it could be a song we have never heard before. This would actually be more exciting.
JamietheEdgefan
Refugee
Couldn't agree more! I actually hope all the songs we've heard get relegated to b-sides, so that we get an album 100% filled with songs we've never heard...
yenlard
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Let's just hope its not glastonbury 
popacrobat
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
Re: when to expect a single
keep saying tomorrow and you'll eventually be right as well as eternally optimistic.
keep saying tomorrow and you'll eventually be right as well as eternally optimistic.
DoctorMacPhisto
War Child
Well, if they're releasing in May, we'll have a single in mid-March most likely. Who knows.
garciaricky0019
War Child
let's just hope its not glastonbury
^this
garciaricky0019
War Child
I would hope that if U2 seriously wants a successful radio hit again, that they try and market it better, I've noticed a pattern as of late, (maybe within these last 5-10 years), when a song is played on TV, be it, a glitzzy but "hip" award -show, or trendy but "hip" drama-tv series (i.e. Grey's Anatomy, House, Friends), the very next morning, radio stations seem to be playing those same songs over and over, it happened with Snow Patrol and "Chasing Cars", it happened with The Fray and "How To Save A Life", ...my girlfriend watches those shows religiously every damn Thursday for as long as I can remember and brought out this point to my attention, ...I on the otherhand, mostly watch sports, ...and on that note, here is a thought, maybe U2 should have volunteered their services to perform this Super Bowl Sunday. They really had a good showing during that incredible halftime show during their Elevation Tour! ...my point being, "hip" TV translates very well to a successful radio hit! ...anyone remember the Apple Vertigo commerical???? ...way "hipper" than Blackberry I would say, wouldn't you agree?!
I would hope that if U2 seriously wants a successful radio hit again, that they try and market it better, I've noticed a pattern as of late, (maybe within these last 5-10 years), when a song is played on TV, be it, a glitzzy but "hip" award -show, or trendy but "hip" drama-tv series (i.e. Grey's Anatomy, House, Friends), the very next morning, radio stations seem to be playing those same songs over and over, it happened with Snow Patrol and "Chasing Cars", it happened with The Fray and "How To Save A Life", ...my girlfriend watches those shows religiously every damn Thursday for as long as I can remember and brought out this point to my attention, ...I on the otherhand, mostly watch sports, ...and on that note, here is a thought, maybe U2 should have volunteered their services to perform this Super Bowl Sunday. They really had a good showing during that incredible halftime show during their Elevation Tour! ...my point being, "hip" TV translates very well to a successful radio hit! ...anyone remember the Apple Vertigo commerical???? ...way "hipper" than Blackberry I would say, wouldn't you agree?!
By arguing this point, half of interference would classify you as a sell out
garciaricky0019
War Child
The lads are first and foremost, professional musicians, but secondly, they are successful business-men, their past collaborations with Jay-Z, Rihanna, May J Blige were exactly that, attempts to reach the masses, and not necesarily selling-out, their partnership with Apple was already that same type of attempt to reach the masses, the young "hip" generation, and I commend the lads for making such attempt, ...and to some on Interference, yes, you are correct, it might have seemed to them as if they were selling-out, ...but I believe that the U2 of today is not U2 of the 80's, and we shouldn't hold them to those standards, (their buisiness-model that is), in the 80's social-media didn't exist, iTunes didn't exist, Interference didn't exist, I don't knock them for trying to get their music out, it makes me proud to know that more generations are listening and rocking out to the music that I love, ...and as they continue to re-invent their music (which they have), they must keep-up with the times and technology, (which they have), just as they must market their music by all means necessary, (which they have) ,...that's just my opinion anyhow!
ElectricalVoice
Refugee
If those things were selling out, then they already sold out during ZooTV. But U2 has always been about being where it happens, so I don't see this as selling out, and I agree with you. They are updated and they do not live in the past. But - that does NOT mean I appreciate the butchering of One.
Tyagu_Anaykus
New Yorker
Don't even mention that version of One 
I get so angry 
I get so angry intedomine
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
In this day and age, it's better to suggest when a new single should be (and it's form) rather than expect. "Don't expect, suggest" after all...
"Singles" aren't really a big thing anymore, and "Teasers" are increasingly becoming the norm. Maybe U2 will do an Interpol and release a teaser (not available for commercial purchase) a few months prior to a proper single? Who knows?
This month would be very sweet
"Singles" aren't really a big thing anymore, and "Teasers" are increasingly becoming the norm. Maybe U2 will do an Interpol and release a teaser (not available for commercial purchase) a few months prior to a proper single? Who knows?
This month would be very sweet
Earnie Shavers
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
One or two of those new songs might appear on the album, but there's absolutely no chance any of them will be the first single.
As for release timing, it would surely be tighter than last time. That was long by todays standards, too long given that the song was a steaming turd.
And yes - 'teasers'. Would work really well for U2. Would have helped No Line to some degree. If this album is similar, ie the singles don't really tell you the whole story in regards to the pitch of the whole album, they really should float something else in some way. It's not beyond them - see NLOTH2. Too little, too late, but they had the right idea.
As for release timing, it would surely be tighter than last time. That was long by todays standards, too long given that the song was a steaming turd.
And yes - 'teasers'. Would work really well for U2. Would have helped No Line to some degree. If this album is similar, ie the singles don't really tell you the whole story in regards to the pitch of the whole album, they really should float something else in some way. It's not beyond them - see NLOTH2. Too little, too late, but they had the right idea.
Moser
Refugee
hahahahahhaahahahhaahhaah!
pepokiss
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
it SHOULD be before the show in Chile, that is, late March
because they open here then they practically don't stop until July.
because they open here then they practically don't stop until July.
cseggleton
War Child
Can we open a new thread titled speculation and rants about whatever?
standrums
War Child
2 singles...like Coldplay did...release a song to the radio then another one before the album is released...isn't that what Coldplay did on their last album? Can't remember the exact details
Not quite they released a single a few weeks before their album but then released another single very quickly.
Kings of Leon on the other hand did with Only by the Night. They released 'Crawl' to radio when the album was announced then a week before the album was released they released the single Sex on Fire
nathan1977
Rock n' Roll Doggie
U2 also released The Fly to announce their new direction in September 1991, then came back very quickly with Mysterious Ways five weeks later. Two singles in advance of the album -- a smart way to do things...
Marien
Refugee
A friend of mine working in the leader radio station here tells me they expect the first single for late, late March or beginning of April, maybe to debut it in Argentina where they know the crowds will go crazy with it.
If that's the case, I can't see enough time to release a second single before the album if it is indeed intended for Bono's birthday which is just the day before the Mexican gigs, but maybe they shoot a live video of the second one as they did in Barcelona with Crazy, I think they will not find better crowds to help promotion anywhere else.
If that's the case, I can't see enough time to release a second single before the album if it is indeed intended for Bono's birthday which is just the day before the Mexican gigs, but maybe they shoot a live video of the second one as they did in Barcelona with Crazy, I think they will not find better crowds to help promotion anywhere else.
JamietheEdgefan
Refugee
beachball
Refugee
So for the albums they released in November, they had the first single out in September (Beautiful Day, Vertigo) and for NLOTH, which was released in March, the first single came out in ... January?
If they follow that pattern, two months before the album, we would hear the first single in late March.
If they follow that pattern, two months before the album, we would hear the first single in late March.
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