Re: Annoying -- American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century

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Date Posted: 09:44:14 04/14/02 Sun
Author: Chris
Subject: Re: Annoying
In reply to: Christopher Elliott 's message, "Re: Annoying" on 22:05:52 04/13/02 Sat

>I understand this very well. In 1977 and 1978, when
>AT40 had not yet gone to 4 hours, and there were some
>4 minute + songs out there, AT40 would edit many songs
>and yet toss in some extra. While extras are a nice
>touch, one time they played the entire 5 minutes plus
>of Elton John's "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds".
>Needless to say many songs were edited to make room
>for that.
> As for top 10 edits, remember that during the 3 hour
>period of the show, the hours were roughly divided as
>follows Hour 1:#40-#27, Hour 2:#26-#14 and Hour
>3:#13-#1. So even in the final hour, a song would
>probably get edited. "Stayin Alive" probably was
>chosen on 18 March as it was the oldest song in the
>top 13. But also remember some songs are not easily
>lended to editing.
> The best time for full length songs was probably Oct
>1978 to Feb 1979, when AT40 went to 4 hours but before
>the Top 3 recap was introduced. Many disco hits on the
>top 40 at that time got their full album length
>versions played during that time.

Did AT40 ever play the entire six-minute album version of Styx's "Come Sail Away"? I always felt that they chopped that song down way too much. They could have left the second verse in, cut the outer space sounds in the middle, and the song would have been about four minutes long. The single version of that song seems way too short. When I checked the playing time, I was surprised that it was three minutes long - it seemed more like two minutes. Some songs can really fool you like that.

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