How good of a

[Wreck]

single would Cocaine have been, if we got Recovery when he made those first batch of records for it?

I think it's a good song, catchy, nice beat, nice tempo, flow, and the lyrics are good, but I dunno how good of a single, let alone first single, it would be. Not only that but just the opinion of it in general if people heard it on the record.

[Wreck]

I was gonna make this a topic as well but I'll just merge this idea into here. I think Cocaine definitely fits perfectly with CWYWF. Of course he has the line about music being his cocaine, he couldn't quit, just the opposite spectrums of the two tracks, but how one stopped, and the other one perfectly ended where the last record cut off. It's hard to explain but I think if CWYWF and Cocaine were back to back on a record it would be nice.

[Devil'sAdvocate]

not better than not afraid.

eventho cocaine > Not afraid but not as a single.

[mdemaz]

not better than not afraid.

eventho cocaine > Not afraid but not as a single.

[M15HKA]

not better than not afraid.

eventho cocaine > Not afraid but not as a single.

[Wreck]

not better than not afraid.

eventho cocaine > Not afraid but not as a single.

Agreed.

[Slill_Slim_Shady]

NA did the best that possible can be done for a first single. It bacame really populer and show how Recovery will sound!!! I don't know which song is better but i know that NA did his job as a single!!!

[Wreck]

Just wondering people's opinions, which do you think had the better chorus? Really tough one for me considering both were great & 2 of the best choruses Ems ever had. NA= emotional, upbeat, deep chorus, fits perfectly as a Recovery chorus. Cocaine= catchy, prob. would fit great as a R2 chorus.

[Wreck]

NA did the best that possible can be done for a first single. It bacame really populer and show how Recovery will sound!!! I don't know which song is better but i know that NA did his job as a single!!!

This.

[cityfan31]

I don't think Cocaine would have made any impact as a single.

Seeing as he stopped doing stupid first singles, he had to go for an 'inspirational' type track instead - or at least the single had to have some point to it.

Cocaine is a nice song but there's no real message to it that the masses would have latched onto.

[Wreck]

I don't think Cocaine would have made any impact as a single.

Seeing as he stopped doing stupid first singles, he had to go for an 'inspirational' type track instead - or at least the single had to have some point to it.

Cocaine is a nice song but there's no real message to it that the masses would have latched onto.

I agree with you here but I sorta disagree about the last part. If you really dig deep, he is saying, like he did in Careful What You Wish For, that music was his cocaine, and that he couldn't quit, and that he went overboard with it, so the message attached to the record could be that if you do too much, or become too involved too much in something, it will wear you down like it did with him, and that's why he got addicted to pills because of the work schedule attached to musicians and what they have to go through with their bodies all the time.

[cityfan31]

I don't think Cocaine would have made any impact as a single.

Seeing as he stopped doing stupid first singles, he had to go for an 'inspirational' type track instead - or at least the single had to have some point to it.

Cocaine is a nice song but there's no real message to it that the masses would have latched onto.

I agree with you here but I sorta disagree about the last part. If you really dig deep, he is saying, like he did in Careful What You Wish For, that music was his cocaine, and that he couldn't quit, and that he went overboard with it, so the message attached to the record could be that if you do too much, or become too involved too much in something, it will wear you down like it did with him, and that's why he got addicted to pills because of the work schedule attached to musicians and what they have to go through with their bodies all the time.

All that is true but your average 14 year old girl probably would not work that out. Not Afraid is about as 'in your face' as you can get. It doesn't require any brain power to understand that song and I think that's what a successful single has to be.

[Wreck]

All that is true but your average 14 year old girl probably would not work that out. Not Afraid is about as 'in your face' as you can get. It doesn't require any brain power to understand that song and I think that's what a successful single has to be.

That is true, good point. And to add to what you said, he didn't need to make a club song to appeal/reach out to the masses this last time around either. Success all around .

[TheGentlePlayer]

not better than not afraid.

eventho cocaine > Not afraid but not as a single.

[christalgurl]

Cocaine would never have done as good as Not Afraid. Not Afraid was easy for people to relate to. Everyone's been through a rough time and needed help getting out. It appeals to everyone.