Blondie "Rapture"

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   Oh, Agreed.   You cut the rap out of the song and remove 

the whole point.  

They were being very "cutting edge" and the new rap genre 

had become very club-chic.

The verse lyrics merely describe a club filled with 

people dancing to rap, hence the clever title. 

It's sorta like taking the "The Name Game" by Shirley 

Ellis and cutting out all instances of her actually 

playing the game, and only leaving the parts where she 

describes it. :-D

MM 

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MMathews Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 August 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MMathews Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 March 2013 at 4:43pm
	Oh, Agreed. You cut the rap out of the song and remove the whole point. They were being very "cutting edge" and the new rap genre had become very club-chic. The verse lyrics merely describe a club filled with people dancing to rap, hence the clever title. It's sorta like taking the "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis and cutting out all instances of her actually playing the game, and only leaving the parts where she describes it. :-D MM

EternalStatic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 September 2019 Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote EternalStatic Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 6 hours 60 minutes ago at 9:10am
	Y'all. Do we know where the 7:13-ish length "LP Mix but longer" version actually originated as far as being available, either promo or commercial? On Discogs, the U.S. 12" singles appear to have the regular 6:33 LP Versions according to the label. Are these labels generally incorrect? Just trying to understand if this mix was ever known to exist prior to it surfacing on some V/A comps in the '90s-2000s? Edited by EternalStatic - 6 hours 59 minutes ago at 9:11am

crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 198	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 34 minutes ago at 3:36pm
	Good question! The only place I have the 7:13-ish mix is on the Dutch various artists compilation Dance Classics Vol. 26 (2009). It's not quite "longer than the LP version", though. It's the LP version, with additional material inserted from 5:44 to 6:29. Accounting for the added stuff, the fade points and mix of the 7:13 version match the LP version.
	There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one Crap From The Past.