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• I'm confused: ""City of Blinding Lights" is played in common time at a speed of 139 beats per minute in two keys: A♭ in the verses, and E♭ in the chorus. The song begins with a low note played on an electric guitar." Do you mean COBL begins in A flat and modulates to the key of E flat? What key is COBL written in? Does the song begin and end in the same key? What is the "low note" above? Is it A flat? Music is usually analysed in measures and beats. For example, "The chorus begins on the second beat of the fifth measure." Is there any chance this song could be analysed using standard musical terminology? Its lack is a serious hindrance to my understanding of this section and probably will be so for many others. USSMinnesota (talk) 01:57, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

SPI underway. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

• The more I read the Composition section, the more I am dissatisfied. I truly believe this section needs a dual analysis: one, in a standard musical manner, and the other in well, whatever because I don't quite understand how this section has been analysed. For example, telling us the singer enters at 1:20 is woefully inadequate. That could vary with the performer, the acoustics, and the tempo, and so many other things. That's why beats and measures are used in musical analysis. They're precise. "The singer enters on beat two in measure 36." Nothing could be more precise. It is my hope the nominator will overhaul this section and analyse the music in both a traditional and non-traditional methods. This wouldn't be OR. The nominator would simply be "translating" the non-traditional method to the traditional method. "The singer enters at 0:20, (the second beat of the fifth measure.)" USSMinnesota (talk) 02:16, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
  • This is a pop song, not an operatic aria. I think you're taking the piss. --Malleus Fatuorum 03:22, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

• Per the comments here, I'm disinclined to respond to the points above until a CU has been completed, as recommended by an SPI clerk. In any case, it's pretty straightforward; saying that the first verse begins at 1:20 means that the first vocals in the song enter at one minute and twenty seconds into it. The article, and especially the section in question, is about the studio version of the song. There are no variances in performers, acoustics, tempo, etc. It's one song, a U2 song performed by U2. There are no covers discussed or any other possible means of variance for the information included to be considered inaccuarate. If there is, somebody has a very serious problem with the CD that they purchased. MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 07:19, 28 February 2010 (UTC)