Friday, January 12, 2018

Highway Hazards

A driver on the highway is pretty calm despite dealing with maniac drivers (Relax.  I've got this.), road construction (Not too bad.  We should still get there in plenty of time.), and heavy fog (I can still see the lane lines and the guy in front of me.  We're fine.), but freaks out epically when the radio station cuts off the last minute of "Rosanna."  (Instrumental does not mean optional!!!  Passenger:  Eyes on the road, Frank.)

You've all heard it.  Intros cut.  Outros cut.  Bridges and interludes cut.  DJs talking over the music right up until the vocals come in.  Apparently someone thinks that listeners have the attention spans of fruit flies and can't handle anything that's instrumental or is over four minutes in length.  Oddly enough, "American Pie" is over eight minutes long, but has been spared the ignominy of the radio edit. 
Anyway.  A thousand shames on the heads of those responsible.  May the uncut version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" haunt your dreams forevermore. 

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