MERGED-->COBL radio edit / single edit discussion

[djerdap]

City of Blinding Lights radio edit

According to u2tour.de, it is 4 minutes and 11 seconds long...
Looks like they are gonna massacre it pretty badly...

 

[U2girl]

I'm guessing the intro had to go?

 

[daygloeyes2]

It's been played here in Boston and they haven't edited out the intro. But it hasn't been played as a single so maybe that's why.

 

[beau2ifulday]

In which case they will be making a bad song sound even worse.
I don't mean that to sound harsh, I just dislike that one song immensely, and have done ever since I first heard it.

 

[Arcadion]

Should have released OOTS instead.

 

[Axver]

In which case they will be making a bad song sound even worse.
I don't mean that to sound harsh, I just dislike that one song immensely, and have done ever since I first heard it.

<makes the obligatory "it's the best song since Heartland" quote to counter this>

Haven't listened to the radio so I haven't even had a chance to hear the edit. I hope they haven't destroyed it too much ...

 

[shaun vox]

i hate that song too COBL!!

its very dull!!

OOTS is good!!

 

[bathiu]

With the great "single version" (like Please, Walk On... or Wild Horses), edited to sound more like the live vesion, with less "Disney" feel... and louder drums... it could be a real "classic".

 

[Infinity]

yea i don't know why but i just love the radio versions of some songs, they sound much cooler. they have some special magic to them on the radio.

 

[jendzi]

With the great "single version" (like Please, Walk On... or Wild Horses), edited to sound more like the live vesion, with less "Disney" feel... and louder drums... it could be a real "classic".

that would fantastic

 

[phanan]

Well, I love this song, and I hope they don't change it too much if it goes to radio as a single.

As daygloeyes2 said, it has been getting quite a bit of airplay in Boston in its original version, and that's fine with me.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

they should release a cover of free bird instead

 

[joerags]

They should have released Miracle Drug. It's more radio friendly.

 

[namkcuR]

They should have released Miracle Drug. It's more radio friendly.

That's a joke, right?

 

[unosdostres14]

They should have released Miracle Drug. It's more radio friendly.

I like Miracle Drug better but COBL is WAAAYY more radio friendly. It's faster and has a catchy chorus. Miracle Drug starts out kind of drearily.

 

[grbounds]

They should have released Miracle Drug. It's more radio friendly.

i know its all opinion, but i think miracle drug is one of the most UNfriendly tracks on the album. to me the chorus is just not catchy at all. people have been comparing it to with or without you, but i see no similarities whatsoever.

 

[zoopop]

Can't believe all the COBL bashing. My buddy, who really doesn't care for U2 at all, recently heard the song and made the comment of how much of an amazing song it is. I find it to be my favorite track off the record.

 

[shart1780]

COBL is one of my favorite tracks from the album.

I hate it when they just cut the songs up though. I think they should just remix it. It could use a remixing anyways.

 

[Macfistowannabe]

Where have I been, COBL is on the radio now?

But yeah... I tend to think Miracle Drug is better.

 

[sniggirb]

My non-U2 friends all seem to like OOTS and City of Blinding Lights on first listen so either of those are good...COBL intro is sort of long for the radio I have to agree.

 

[ultraviolet353]

COBL will do nothing as a single--the one thing I hope for is that they take out that tinkling piano at the beginning (not the notes just the tinkling)I hate that part--sounds like an Italian pop song. If they do not release MD as a single they are crazy--perfect as a summer single--I kinda like COBL live--but there is something about the song that has always bothered me--my least fave track of HTDAAB.

 

[-macphisto-]

GREAT SONG, ITS going to truck up the radio stations!

 

[shaun vox]

aa poop so is cobl the official single aaaaaa poop!

 

[andyuk]

COBL is a brilliant choice for next single! its a classic U2 sound

 

[andyuk]

anyone have an MP3 of the CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS radio edit 4.11 mins long?

 

[2Hearts]

I think Miracle Drug is perfect for a Christmas season release, not summer.

 

[XHendrix24]

Been waiting for this one to be a single. Best song on the album.

 

[gareth brown]

Miracle Drug isn't just Radio UNfriendly, it's plain bad...

City of Blinding Lights (as I always say) SAVED 'the bomb' along with 'Original of the Species' and 'Yahweh' (for me PERSONALLY!!) and I was hoping one of the three would be released as a single, glad it's this one.

 

[U2DMfan]

Actual COBL cover art/ radio edit (4:11) promo

promo artwork, looks like the single edit is 4:11. Yikes.

here is the link, just a radio DJ copy, no b-sides or anything
the real single can't be too far away. But this is the artwork, I like it.

damn thing isn't showing up for me. click the link if you cant see
http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/images/pr056-01.jpg

 

[sniggirb]

How exciting. I hope that isn't anything like the commercial release cover. Our non-U2 fans would by like "What the heck is that?" And we would say a curtain of lights.