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Date Posted: 01:00:21 04/05/02 Fri
Author: Craig
Subject: Re: Leave the music alone
In reply to: Aaron McCracken 's message, "Leave the music alone" on 16:04:29 04/04/02 Thu

>>>Rob wrote:
>>>
>>>In the 1990's, it was>not uncommon for rap records to
>>>get shorted>considerably. "The Humpy Dance" was
>>>trimmed to about
>>>>1:30 and "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" may be the
>>>>shortest edited song ever at about 1:09.
>>>
>>>Too bad they still don't do this today!!!!!
>>'Sleep with one eye open' or they'll edit three
>>minutes out of each hard rock song too, as they did
>>with Metallica's '91 gold single 'Enter Sandman'
>>shortened to the bare mininum almost every week it was
>>on the countdown.
>
>Yeah, I think what keeps AT40 sounding fresh these
>days is the fact that they DON'T do much editing to
>songs, whether they're rap or rock. If hip-hop is the
>direction CHR radio is leaning in at the moment, then
>so be it. AT40 is there to count down what's hot on
>pop radio at the moment, whether it's extreme or bland.

I agree Aaron. Besides, most songs run 3 to 3 1/2 mimutes on average. If they do some editing, it's those darn LDDs that last generally at least 4 mimutes that causes it.

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Re: Leave the music alone -- scott s., 18:38:20 04/05/02 Fri