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Worst "Radio-Edit" Songs of All Time Last viewed: 4 hours ago

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This has been a complaint of mine for years. We know that back in the day that artists would have certain singles edited or shortened for radio play. Very few songs over 5 minutes existed in Top 40 radio. Save for maybe Let it Be or American Pie.

The worst of the worst has to be Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein". The cut up job -- from 5+ minutes in its original form to 3 minutes on that great tune -- is just ridiculous. The whole gist and feel of the song is lost. I just heard that tune again today in its bastardized version and I cringed.

Other songs given similar bad treatment were Elvin Bishop's "Fooled Around and Fell in Love". Bad bad bad.

Any others? Just asking. Thanks.

p.s. Oh, and for morality sake there's Charlie Daniels' "I told you you once you son of a gun ...". :)

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Posted on 11 years ago
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'Time' by The Chambers Bros. The short version was a real butcher job.

Crank the volume, close your eyes and imagine all the Hippies dancing...

[ame]http://youtu.be/bEO8t5YTekA[/ame]

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Posted on 11 years ago
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It always bugged me when the local radio would cut out the quiet part in the Bob Seger song "Night Moves". That's my favorite part. They also hacked up a lot of the guitar solo stuff in Journey's "Separate Ways".

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Posted on 11 years ago
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there's a couple of l.a. stations i don't listen to much because they play edited songs.

i'm drawing a blank on most of them but 2 i remember are:

- the doors: light my fire

- the eagles hotel california

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Posted on 11 years ago
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Don't fear the Reaper/BOC- the whole middle part doesn't exist.

Against the Wind/Bob Seger-second verse ending and piano solo eliminated.

Magic Carpet Ride/Steppenwolf-butcher the solo section.

Posted on 11 years ago
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Thick as a Brick was most memorable for me... never got to hear it in it's entirety till I bought the album..

Cheers

John

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Posted on 11 years ago
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Ballad of John and Yoko...you know what word they cut out several times in the song...

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Posted on 11 years ago
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Worked with an old studio guy in Seattle years ago. His studio was upgraded to 3 track at one point to give you a time reference...........

Used to put a time on long songs like 2:95. Along as the first number was not a 3, he suck some under the radar.

Posted on 11 years ago
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From drummerfish

there's a couple of l.a. stations i don't listen to much because they play edited songs. i'm drawing a blank on most of them but 2 i remember are:- the doors: light my fire- the eagles hotel california

There is an edited version of hotel California?

I never knew that. That's Just wrong.

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Posted on 11 years ago
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Chicago- Make Me Smile and 25 or 6 to 4....... are 2 off the top of my head. They are even on the CD as "single versions". I think a few tunes off Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon have chopped down versions? Everything I heard on AM radio (memba that?) as a kid was pretty well chopped up for time.

John that's a cool version of Time. Never saw that one thanks.

We'll have to start a thread with swear/cuss words left in songs played on radio. Skynyrd's Gimme 3 Steps off "One more from/for the Road" live has a doozie. LOL.

Glenn.

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Posted on 11 years ago
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