Members sammyreynolds01 Posted May 23, 2015 Members Share Posted May 23, 2015 I don't listen to radio much. But I noticed the other day my country station played a Brad Paisley solo and cut out the solo and they did it with other artists to. WTH!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted May 23, 2015 Members Share Posted May 23, 2015 Simple, to quote Billy Joel, "if you wanna have a hit they got to make it fit, so they cut it down to 305 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted May 23, 2015 Author Members Share Posted May 23, 2015 I guess they better do what they did back in the 60's. 3 mins guitar solos and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted May 23, 2015 Members Share Posted May 23, 2015 Almost as annoying as the ' talkover ' and little glitches they put in to stop you recording off FM. (Not that I would of course ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thatsbunk Posted May 23, 2015 Members Share Posted May 23, 2015 Nothing new... While I love to hear a good guitar solo I think the majority of casual radio listeners could give a {censored} about one in the middle of a song. My guess is the programmers want to keep all songs about the same length to get their commercials in at a regular basis Here's an interesting article on why most modern songs are at the 3-4 minute length... http://www.wired.com/2014/07/why-are-songs-on-the-radio-about-the-same-length/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted May 24, 2015 Members Share Posted May 24, 2015 That's not the radio station. It's the record company. As mentioned, it's cut for time. This is nothing new. It's been going on forever. When I was a kid in the 80's I'd always hate listening to radio versions of my favorite songs cause they'd cut out parts. One of my favorites as a kid...... Album version... [YOUTUBE]3ZwQRCkKxNE[/YOUTUBE] and radio/video version..... [YOUTUBE]N6uEMOeDZsA[/YOUTUBE] spot the differences....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted May 24, 2015 Members Share Posted May 24, 2015 It's a disgrace to the artist and the listener, just one of the reasons I don't listen to radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted May 24, 2015 Members Share Posted May 24, 2015 Steve weight on radio 2 played a few 5 main+ songs. Refreshing to hear the full version of a few classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted May 24, 2015 Members Share Posted May 24, 2015 I haven't listened to the radio since May 2014 when I went on a late night drive while listening to jazz on NPR. I usually have CDs in my truck, or I plug in my iPhone to listen to albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Malcolm Ramone Posted May 24, 2015 Members Share Posted May 24, 2015 One of the worst hackeries to a great song is Quiet Riot's 'Cum on feel the noize'. It's crawled back from obscurity, but at least the local classic rock station plays the full length version. but, the "we play anything" station plays the chopped radio version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted May 25, 2015 Members Share Posted May 25, 2015 Funny thing is.....in case nobody listened to the Huey clips... many times it's the artists themselves who cut. Those two versions of I want a new drug were both recorded by the band. Not cut. They'd rather just make two versions they are happy with than let someone else decide. If you think it's "artists getting bullied by the big bad record company or radio stations"...well....get real. Artists know the game when they sign their contracts. They agree to all this stuff from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted June 1, 2015 Members Share Posted June 1, 2015 Quit listening to FM radioInternet and Satelite is where it's at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trevcda Posted June 2, 2015 Members Share Posted June 2, 2015 I love, love, love satellite radio. As long as I can stay awake, I can drive and not loose signal. And that alone is worth the price of admission to me. The variety is an added bonus. But the sound quality can be just horrible. It varies from station to station, but when listening to almost any acoustic instrument it sounds like they word clocks are mismatched or something, especially on a station that they perceive as a "talk" station that doesn't require any significant bandwidth. It's almost un-listenable. I was looking for a local news report and happened upon a local public radio station on FM playing a symphony and the difference was huge. Unfortunately convenience on a ten hour drive is a bigger concern, at least in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nijyo Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 Quit listening to FM radio Internet and Satelite is where it's at Interesting note on this: If you listen to the "genre" stations (say, for example, my beloved "Hair Nation" or "First Wave") you'll usually get the album cuts (sometimes you also get some of the odder club mixes on "First Wave", too). If you listen to the "era" stations (70s on 7, 80s on 8, etc), you'll hear the radio cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nijyo Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 I love' date=' love, love satellite radio. As long as I can stay awake, I can drive and not loose signal. And that alone is worth the price of admission to me. The variety is an added bonus. But the sound quality can be just horrible. It varies from station to station, but when listening to almost any acoustic instrument it sounds like they word clocks are mismatched or something, especially on a station that they perceive as a "talk" station that doesn't require any significant bandwidth. It's almost un-listenable. I was looking for a local news report and happened upon a local public radio station on FM playing a symphony and the difference was huge. Unfortunately convenience on a ten hour drive is a bigger concern, at least in the car.[/quote'] The pop/rock stations use higher bitrates than the talk stations, but lower bitrates than the classical stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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