re: disgrace

ajebec ([email protected])
Tue, 03 Nov 1998 20:14:11 +1100

>Ok
>some people might abuse me for me writing this, but it had to be said.
>Can anybody tell me, what the fuck they were thinking when they cut 2
>mins 41 off the cd?? 3 songs i know of , bad, streets, and newyrs.
>They cut my fav part of newyrs out, the part they dont sing live, and
>really, some of the cuts are really obvious, u go to sing along or
>whatever and the part your singing just isnt there.
>Whats the deal? its not like there was no room on the cd.
>I just dont see the point. but anyway im sure people agree, some may
>not.
>does anyone know exactly why this has been done?

Well, my opinion (not a flame) is that we already have the long versions
of those songs on CD. Why not have different versions (aren't we the
ones who were, a few weeks ago, complaining about the lack of rare stuff
on the GH CDs)? The version of NYD is only otherwise available on the
original 7" (and my copy is VERY worn by now, AND this is the version
that U2 has always modelled their live performances of the song on).
Likewise, the version of Streets was only otherwise available on the
original 7" version (though someone did post yesterday that it's even
slightly different to that). Now, aren't we also the same fans who
spend a fortune on bootlegs just to get some of these more obscure
versions (surely I'm not the ONLY one).

I figure, my copy of the double CD cost me $AUS35 (about $US22) - the
same price as a regular single disc bootleg. Now on the two discs I got
5 songs that have never been released on CD before (but with perfect
quality, not just dubs from vinyl as the bootlegs have), plus one song
whose version is only otherwise available on a soundtrack (Dancing
Barefoot), plus a couple of other B-sides that, whilst once released on
CD, I only had them on vinyl (which are now very worn). Now if I had
have found a bootleg with that number of quality recordings two months
ago, I would have been ecstatic. As it is, I'm glad my money went to U2
for these things.

By the way. I've always loved Trash, Trampoline And The Party Girl, but
hearing it without scratches is just awesome. Is this not THE bizarrest
thing U2 has released, and one Brian Eno not even within 2 years of
meeting the band!

As I said, not a flame, but I like the alternate versions, I've already
got the long versions on CD.

Adrian
P.S. I know it's shorter, so what parts of Bad actually have been edited
out?

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