I remember “burning” a cd with the “WKTU” (or something similar) version of YRMW. It was the NYC radio station that leaked the song prior to the official premiere. For some reason I seem to remember it was slightly different than the official versions that followed.
Haha I did the exact same. ‘KTU The Beat’ still runs in my head every time I hear YRMW. Anyone remember The Tag Team Remix of YRMW with the Piano intro? It wasn’t official but was floating around the fan community in 2001/2002. Absolutely amazing.
Back to the original post. Here’s the KTU version. It’s noticeably different from the album/single version (and I don’t mean the fans talking over the beginning) - seems a bit sped up (can someone check this?) and the intro sounds different (the instrumental intro after the “skit” with Chris tucker )
I think there was another Tag Team Remix of Bad but I don’t recall loving it as much as the YRMW one
I guess you don't listen to much jazz, disco, or progressive rock then, lol. Supper's Ready by Genesis is around 24 minutes long & The Creator Has A Master Plan by Pharoh Sanders is 33 minutes.
This is why I'm wary of compilations. So often they give you the longer version of a song. Drives me bonkers!
The two things are not mutually exclusive, though. My fave Zep song (Kashmir) is 11 minutes. My fave Yes song (Close to the Edge) is 18 minutes. My fave ELP album (Pictures) which is almost the only album I listen to in its entirety is 42 minutes long. My fave Miles Davis song (So What) is about 9 mins long. None of that changes the fact that I much prefer singles / radio edits of songs and would take them over a longer album version every time.
despite your ‘lol’, you seemed to have taken my post personally..
This is why I'm wary of compilations. So often they give you the longer version of a song. Drives me bonkers!
this is the reason that ‘the essential michael jackson’ compilation is my favourite album (the first half from ‘I want you back’ to ‘thriller’). the uk version that came out in 2010 has all the single edits.
It's a joke. That's why I put "lol" because humor doesn't really translate in print if I just put the comment as it was. I can clearly tell that you probably don't listen to jazz because that isn't played on commercial radio and jazz songs aren't usually released as singles to have an edit. It's wasn't that serious. If it came off as shaming, that wasn't the intent.
I think mine would be 3m to 4m max. I can cope with longer, obvs. I prefer not to, though.
This is a fair comment. I think it really just depends. I wouldn't cut a single second of Close to the Edge by Yes (18m 45s). But the long version of 'Can You Feel It' makes me lose the will to live. It HAS to be the 7" single version for me.It gives me time to really sink into the song, sometimes I need that time to acclimatize to music. This is the best explanation I can offer
For example I'm always disappointed radio plays the single cut of Shake your body and leaves out my fave part which is the long funky outro
But I think in reality perhaps some songs deserve to have some fat cut and I'm looking at progressive rock specifically. But then again I really dig some Mike Oldfield epics.
I'm going to shut up.
Dance songs are longer because they're designed more for people dancing in clubs, not really for Top 40 radio listeners per se. Disco songs often have lyrics about dancing & parties. Dancers don't want the songs to change too often because then they would lose their dance flow, which is a reason club DJs determine the beats per minute (BPM) to play similar speed songs together. People dancing are listening more to the grooves and not the singing so much, so there's long instrumental parts. Which is a reason 12" remix singles became popular with that audience. If you watch TV shows like Soul Train & American Bandstand, there's dancers on them.
I've got a version of Dazed and Confused that's 25 mins. Way too long!
And if you have a 2 minute intro and a 2 minute outro, it gives the DJ long enough to mix them.
oh god, that's insane! Sounds like the live version. I don't like Zep live so I've never listened to that. 6m 30s is plenty long enough for me, lol.
Didnt think we'd be going straight to worst take possible in what's barely the 3rd day but ok.
He could have easily made “interludes” just like Janet (and many others) have done so many times for those two songs. Best of both worlds.I'm off topic and idc! I have to stand up for my songs!
Little Susie and WYBT - the intros for both are, imo, exquisite, essential to the drama of each song and help to elevate each song to a whole other level. In the case of Little Susie, to the level of being a masterpiece, imo. The transition from the classical music to Michael's songs was expertly executed. Sublime!
I don't listen to Janet. What are these 'interludes'? If they separate the classical stuff from the rest of the song I'm not sure I'd be interested, tbh. It's not just that I love the pieces Michael chose to use, it's the transitions into his songs.
