![]() ![]() I’m no purist, but I also know some people who would argue that the 15 seconds of repetition in the guitar solo are crucial to the song’s plot and emotional tenor - and I’m one of them. This version of the song, the version Nirvana didn’t write, is the one that has racked up nearly 100 million views on YouTube. In the radio edit, five seconds are shaved off Intro 2, and about 15 seconds are cut from Cobain’s guitar solo. However, the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” I heard on the radio threw me. Certain patterns are comforting: I never expect to hear a song’s intro, I’m 73% positive that songs are played 2% faster on the radio, and I don’t think there’s ever been a time where a rock DJ has been able to keep his mouth shut during the final piano notes of Nine Inch Nail’s “Closer”. The idiosyncrasies of the radio are what keep me coming back to the dial. A song I’d heard hundreds of times before had me doing double takes. ![]() In one of those “Is it old in here or is it just me?” moments, I heard Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on classic radio last year, and something felt just a little off about it. While the Billy Joel standard is mostly all stitched up again on radio stations today, rarely does Bowie get his full six minutes. ![]() “Piano Man” and “Heroes”, two frequently spun and recognizable gems, rarely got their fair shake when they were being played as new hit singles. There’s been some egregious edits in radio history. Hey, it took about three years for me to realize Warren G and Nate Dogg broke the fourth wall and waxed philosophical in a denouement for “Regulators”. Unless I’m feeling smug: Like wanting to hear Kanye talk about how she ain’t messing with no “broke, broke”, or Dre describe how he’s “Mobbin’ with the dog pound (bow wow wow)”. But I shouldn’t be so presumptuous because these radio edits may be the only versions you know, or prefer. Radio edit, single edit, clean version - whatever the nomenclature - it’s the version I never click on. I can’t remember a radio edit that I enjoy more than the original cut. ![]()
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