https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 08 May 2026 03:51:33 +0000 Sun, 20 May 2012 21:24:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5435 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=34249&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#34249 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 5435
Posted: 20 May 2012 at 9:24pm

Update: I conducted an analysis of "Need You Now" as it appears on the 2011 Grammy Nominees CD (Grammy Recordings/Jive 780792) and it is not the "2010 Mix" as currently indicated in the database, but rather the single version. (In other words, it exactly matches the version I downloaded from I-Tunes.) One of the most distinguishable ways to tell the difference between the single version and "2010 Mix" is by listening to the electric guitar solo bridge which begins at 2:21 on the former and 2:18 on the latter. Those guitar solos are clearly different.

The database however does correctly indicate that the Now That's What I Call Music 35 various artists CD on EMI 09844 contains the "2010 Mix".

Edited by Todd Ireland]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 21:24:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=34249&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#34249 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=34237&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#34237 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 5435
Posted: 19 May 2012 at 10:01pm

eriejwg wrote: Both copies I own from Prime Cuts run 3:53. The '2010 Mix' is what Pop radio is playing. The other has more of a country sounds to it.

I have a commercial digital single of Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" that I downloaded from I-Tunes a couple of years ago and just now noticed it runs 3:53 and is an edit of the album version, EXCEPT the telephone voice message overdubs heard during the 4:37 album version intro are removed. (Note: This single version is likely the "more country-sounding" 3:53 version John owns from Prime Cuts which is different from the "2010 Mix" that was serviced to pop radio stations.) Therefore, I think a case can be made here that Lady Antebellum's Need You Now parent CD on Capitol Nashville 97702 should probably have an "LP version" comment in the database.

Edited by Todd Ireland]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 22:01:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=34237&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#34237 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25600&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25600 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5435
Posted: 25 March 2010 at 9:49pm

MMathews wrote: ...a group making music like this usually gets put in the country category if they want to sell.

I've heard songs from both of their two albums, and they are truly are a contemporary country act. Perhaps "Need You Now" doesn't sound quite as country as some of their other songs, and perhaps the "2010 Mix" wasn't done to sound less country, but for other reasons. Lady Antebellum were already selling tons of records before hitting the pop stations, though.

Also, as mentioned above, the feeling that when a song IS country, they feel they have to change it for pop radio or it would offend someone.

I don't think this is necessarily the reason they would change it for pop radio. In some cases, though, maybe the label feels they have a better chance of making it a huge hit on pop radio if they take some of the "twang" out.

"Need You Now" had already been a huge country hit several months before it was released to pop radio. It wasn't until the new mix was pushed to CHR that it became a big pop hit. It's highly possible that the song would have been just as successful if it had been released as is, with no new mix. Maybe they figured a new mix would give it a fresh sound, since it had already been spinning in heavy rotation for three months on country radio.

.. all could be played on the same top 40 station and somehow it worked.

I really don't think things have changed all that much. My local top 40 station is spinning in heavy rotation Lady Antebellum (pop/country), Black Eyed Peas (hip hop), Orianthi (rock), Lady Gaga (pop), Train (alternative/rock), Young Money (rap/hip hop), and Jason Derulo (R&B). I think there's a pretty good mix on the charts right now.]]> Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:49:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25600&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25600 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25598&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25598 Author: MMathews
Subject: 5435
Posted: 25 March 2010 at 5:09pm

Oh, to clarify my "sad state" comment...
There are a lot of things sad these days in the music industry but i was referring to the general rule that a group making music like this usually gets put in the country category if they want to sell.
Also, as mentioned above, the feeling that when a song IS country, they feel they have to change it for pop radio or it would offend someone. It just seems to me that back when, Kenny Rogers could be just what he was, Firefall could be what they were, and everything else; disco, rock, whatever, and all could be played on the same top 40 station and somehow it worked.
I guess I'm just showing my age. :-)]]> Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:09:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25598&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25598 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25577&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25577 Author: Hykker
Subject: 5435
Posted: 24 March 2010 at 5:28pm

MMathews wrote: I responded yes, i have a few songs and they are "country" but only by the sad state of affairs of modern music industry thinking... I played her this song, and she agreed in our day we'd call this "soft rock". Now, as for the copy i purchased, maybe i should look for this other mix, because i noticed in my copy the drums have no definition at all.

It sounds like you have the remix...the drums are quite prominent on the version country radio's been playing for the past year.

I'm not sure the state of affairs of contemporary music is any "sadder" than it was for most of the last 50 or so years. Is this any less "country" than Glen Campbell or Kenny Rogers? It seems that there always seems to be debate/controversy over whether a given artist is "country enough", especially if they cross over. Tastes change, music evolves. Today's country artists didn't just listen to George Jones & Faron Young growing up...they were influenced by rock too. This is not a bad thing to my ears.


Edited by Hykker]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:28:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25577&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25577 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25576&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25576 Author: MMathews
Subject: 5435
Posted: 24 March 2010 at 5:11pm

Yeah i had to chime in on this one. I often tune in the AC station on the way home from work and they've been playing this track which i like (i don't know which version they play)... but my wife asked me if i heard of the group and what kind of music were they.
I responded yes, i have a few songs and they are "country" but only by the sad state of affairs of modern music industry thinking...
I played her this song, and she agreed in our day we'd call this "soft rock".
Now, as for the copy i purchased, maybe i should look for this other mix, because i noticed in my copy the drums have no definition at all. I had just written it off to the modern way of destroying the sound of everything with over-compression-loudness-wars. I call it the "wall of slush".
-MM ]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:11:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25576&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25576 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25554&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25554 Author: bwolfe
Subject: 5435
Posted: 21 March 2010 at 8:54am

I totally agree.
Can you imagine in the 70s saying "we're waiting for a less country mix of Kenny Rogers?"
Its not like its George Strait.
There was much confusion during the Shania Twain run when pop stations played remixed versions of her songs.
"Need You Now" is as much country as Crystal Gayle was in the 70s.]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:54:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25554&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25554 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25551&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25551 Author: JMD1961
Subject: 5435
Posted: 20 March 2010 at 8:10pm

I have never understood the need to remix country songs that get played on top 40 stations. I mean, obviously, the song was good enough as is to get attention by pop program directors, right?

And of all the recent crossovers, "Need You Now" was the most pop-sounding already. It hardly sounded country at all. Go figure.]]> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:10:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25551&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25551 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25550&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25550 Author: Hykker
Subject: 5435
Posted: 20 March 2010 at 4:42pm

Most of the stations around here (including our Hot AC) seem to be playing the version that was a country hit last year, though I did hear a remixed version recently which I presume was the "2010 mix" that seemed to have the drums & guitar mixed way down. Oddly, to my ears it sounds MORE "country" than the original.]]> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:42:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25550&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25550 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25541&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25541 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 5435
Posted: 19 March 2010 at 10:24pm

Both copies I own from Prime Cuts run 3:53. The '2010 Mix' is what Pop radio is playing. The other has more of a country sounds to it.

Edited by eriejwg]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:24:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5435&PID=25541&title=need-you-now-by-lady-antebellum#25541