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Re: Chinese Democracy now $1.99
Yeah but Metallica is one of the most successful, if not the most successful METAL band of all time.
If they delieved a 3 minute cover of "Runaway", people would be pissed at them. Different dynamic than what Axl has to deal with.
There's a reason stuff like Yesterdays was chosen over Locomotive for being a single.
I've heard other songs on the radio recently that were over the six minute mark. And Locomotive could have never been a single. Not radio friendly at all. But November Rain was 
And I think people would expect a GNR song to be long. Plus, if it was the lead single, the first single in 14 years, it would be forgiven for it's epic length, if it would have really been an issue for any station.
Re: Chinese Democracy now $1.99
IRS woulda been the best lead single if they were planning on promoting the record. its characteristics, flawed & aspiring, & lyrics represent & explain CD & Axl's CD-era side of the story most explicitly & it's a rocker w/a great Axl scream.
Re: Chinese Democracy now $1.99
I think Madagascar would have been a good first single, the lyrics and message of the song fit his return perfectly.
In a perfect world where I ran all things GNR, I'd have liked to have seen the songs released as double A sides over the course of just a few months:
1. Madgascar/Better
2. IRS/If The World
3. This I Love/There Was A Time
Boom there ya go... world domination 
Re: Chinese Democracy now $1.99
This right here is why CD is the fucking nightmare that it is.
Every fucking post in here has a different opinion on what should be first single, and I guarantee you every producer, label guy, and Axl himself had differing opinions on what should've been the first single.
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lucky me...just noticed that my CD has a scratch....but canada BB doesnt have the same deal as you USA folks
Does it play without skipping or other defect? If there's nothing wrong with the disc I don't think you have anything to worry about.
I think TWAT would have been the best first single anyway. It has that great guitar solo and has the best "old GNR feel" of the songs on CD.
