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It's really written as "Da Ya Think...", not "Do Ya Think..." or "Do You Think...".
The commercial 45 was the same as the LP version, running about 5:29.
The choice is very clear for the commercial 45/LP version: get the 4-CD Storyteller (1989). It sounds nice.
The 1979 Greatest Hits CD tracks into the next selection, and has extremely low levels throughout. Some of the tracks are faded early. I don't like this CD at all.
The 2001 Very Best Of is mastered far too loud and clips a lot.
The only compilation disc that I have with this song is Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 9 1979 (1990). Here, it fades much more quickly than the other CDs, and there's no hiss at all on the fade. Something's not quite right about this version.
So now that you've bought Storyteller, here are instructions for editing the commercial 45/LP version down to the promo 45 version:
Segment 1
136 beats long, ends on a downbeat
Extends from 0:00.0-1:13.5 of both the promo 45 and LP versions
Remove the 16 beats from 1:13.5-1:22.1 of the LP version.
Segment 2
88 beats long, begins and ends on a downbeat
Extends from 1:13.5-2:00.8 of the promo 45 version
Extends from 1:22.1-2:09.3 of the LP version
Remove the 16 beats from 2:09.3-2:17.9 of the LP version.
Segment 3
68 beats long, begins and ends on a downbeat
Extends from 2:00.8-2:37.2 of the promo 45 version
Extends from 2:17.9-2:54.3 of the LP version
Remove the 32 beats from 2:54.3-3:11.5 of the LP version.
Segment 4
16 beats long, begins and ends on a downbeat, although the ending is hard to tell if it's a downbeat or not
Extends from 2:37.2-2:45.8 of the promo 45 version
Extends from 3:11.5-3:20.1 of the LP version
Remove the 8 beats from 3:20.1-3:24.4 of the LP version.
Segment 5
84 beats long, begins and ends on a downbeat
Extends from 2:45.8-3:31.0 of the promo 45 version
Extends from 3:24.4-4:09.6 of the LP version
Remove the 32 beats from 4:09.6-4:26.8 of the LP version.
Segment 6
85 beats long, begins on downbeat, ends just after a snare
Extends from 3:31.0-4:16.2 of the promo 45 version
Extends from 4:26.8-5:12.0 of the LP version
Fade about 13 beats long, starts on downbeat with word "c'mon"
Extends from 4:09-4:16 of the promo 45 version
Extends from 5:05-5:12 of the LP version
This one had five edits and a fade, so it's a little more work than usual for these promo 45 edits. On the plus side, all the edits are on downbeats. The promo 45 runs 4:16.
Thanks to Aaron for letting me reverse-engineer his recreation of the promo 45 edit.
Edited by crapfromthepast on 26 September 2014 at 8:42am
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Thanks for making it clear what the correct title of the
song is. :) It's a pet peeve of mine when people refuse
to get it right.
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Thanks for providing the specifics, CrapFromThePast. Much appreciated!
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Someone should have reminded co-writer Rod Stewart, for he
sang Do, not Da.
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To Gary Mack:
I don't think he even sang "Do".
I always heard "...and ya think I'm sexy".
Actual title of the record is "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" with a question mark. The exact title is never even mentioned in the song, nor is it asked.
Yes, I'm getting pedantic & technical...
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Gary Mack wrote:
Someone should have reminded co-writer
Rod Stewart, for he
sang Do, not Da.
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If you listen to the song, he never sings the title at
all.
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The Hits Man wrote:
Gary Mack wrote:
Someone
should have reminded co-writer
Rod Stewart, for he
sang Do, not Da.
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If you listen to the song, he never sings the title at
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On the vinyl version, yes, but Im sure I've heard him sing
Do somewhere, perhaps in a live performance. So how
come the song title wasn't And You Think...?
GM
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Gary Mack wrote:
The Hits Man wrote:
Gary
Mack wrote:
Someone
should have reminded co-writer
Rod Stewart, for he
sang Do, not Da.
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If you listen to the song, he never sings the title at
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On the vinyl version, yes, but Im sure I've heard him
sing
Do somewhere, perhaps in a live performance. So
how
come the song title wasn't And You Think...?
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Because 1: Rod is an artist, and you can do anything you
want with art. And, 2: the song was supposed to be a
bit of a joke, and social commentary on the disco scene
and mating rituals.
There is no rule that says a song title has to appear in
the lyrics. That would explain songs like "For What
It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield, and "Rainy Day Women
#12 & 35" by Bob Dylan.
And, lastly, Rod is English. "Da" is likely the
phonetic way of speaking the word "do" with his accent.
He probably used "da" for gun, as Rod has a sense of
humor.
Edited by The Hits Man on 29 September 2014 at 7:16pm
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The Hits Man wrote:
That would explain songs like "For
What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield, and "Rainy Day
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And "Young Turks" by Rod Stewart.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Edited by crapfromthepast on 29 September 2014 at 7:16pm
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On "Hot Legs" Rod mispronounced "vitamin E."
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crapfromthepast wrote:
The Hits Man wrote:
That would explain songs like "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield, and "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" by
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And "Young Turks" by Rod Stewart.
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Not to mention "Maggie May." He sings "Maggie" a lot, but the word "may" doesn't appear at all.
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I'm shure Rod meant to spell it "Da Yah..."
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The open lines of final verse are sung differently (between album and single).Same lyrics, but yet another case (like the same year or earlier's "Two Tickets to Paradise", 1970's "Sweet Mary", 1968's "Magic Carpet",etc.yet another case of similar or same lyrics phrased and sometimes sung different:"Do Ya..Sexy" has on one version "They wake AT Dawn"...vs "THEY WAKE at DAWN", to give a clue as to how it is sung... :D)
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Steve, your memory is partially correct, but it's not a difference between the 45 and LP. The lines are sung differently on the 12" Special Disco Mix, remixed by Jim Burgess. There are, indeed, differences in the vocals throughout the song, but mainly on the final verse that you reference.
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Yes, the 12" single used an entirely different vocal take
which I always thought was not as good as the 45/LP. But
yes his inflections are different in many parts of the
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