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jebsib 
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 Posted: 16 September 2020 at 12:20pm |
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Question about "Pop Life" - for the life of me, I don't recall ever hearing this on
the radio in Fall '85… Did they play the jarring "boxing ring / cheering crowd" elements that interrupt the LP version? That would seem so radio-unfriendly. Was there an edit or remix that most CHRs played back then? |
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crapfromthepast
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Posted: 16 September 2020 at 12:38pm |
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Nope; "Pop Life" aired as-is on top 40 radio back then.
Some stations ran the song until the actual fade of the music. Others faded out quickly after the "ding" of the boxing ring bell. |
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There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one Crap From The Past.
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aaronk
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Posted: 16 September 2020 at 12:59pm |
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Interestingly, the UK "Extended Version" of "Pop Life" is the original, unedited recording, which was likely later edited down for the LP. At 3:01, where the boxing sounds begin on the LP version, you instead hear another chorus on the Extended Version. 3:21 of the Extended Version is the start of where the LP version fades back in. If you wanted to create a version that doesn't have the sound effects, you could essentially just fade the Extended Version in the same place that the LP version fades out.
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NightAire
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Posted: 16 September 2020 at 1:26pm |
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I would have sworn my station had an edited crowd noise section... I'd have to look it up to be sure... we're confident the LP and single versions were identical? I guess they might have shortened it for airplay... just the crowd noise was shorter, they left all the music and the fade as is.
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Paul Haney
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Posted: 17 September 2020 at 9:29am |
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I only heard "Pop Life" on the radio exactly how it is on the 45.
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