"Falling in Love (Is Hard..." - Aerosmith
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Topic: "Falling in Love (Is Hard..." - Aerosmith
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Falling in Love (Is Hard..." - Aerosmith
Date Posted: 31 July 2009 at 6:52pm
The database currently states the following comment regarding Aerosmith's "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)":
(dj copies of this cd single featured a rock radio mix (4:00), a top 40 mix (3:20) and the LP version (3:24))
Edtop40 informs me his commercial CD single copy runs 3:30, so I thought I'd pass this along as a supplement to the DJ info above. I don't know what accounts for the :06 time difference between the stock CD single and the LP version, but I will attempt to look into this and report back with my findings.
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 31 July 2009 at 7:51pm
Todd, I recently became curious about the different mixes available and obtained a Columbia Promo CD single (CSK 9412). On mine...
Track 1 - The Rock radio mix, listed as 3:24, runs 3:22.
Track 2 - The Top 40 mix, listed as 3:22, runs 3:20.
Track 3 - The album version, listed as 3:25, runs 3:24.
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 31 July 2009 at 7:55pm
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Oh, to add, to me, tracks 1 and 2 sound the same. Despite being a promo single, it is not censored and still says "ass in a sling."
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 31 July 2009 at 8:02pm
well...upon further review......my commercial cd single actually runs 3:25 or maybe even 3:24, because the fade is so subtle.....the 3:30 run time is what shows up when you put the cd single into the computer......my mistake fellas......i'm usually pretty precise, but i must have been asleep when asked about this one.....
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edtop40
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 31 July 2009 at 8:07pm
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One way to find out subtle mix differences is to drop them both into the multi-tracker, layered so that they line up exactly, and invert one of them. As long as they run at the exact same speed, the parts that are identical will cancel, and you'll be left with what's different.
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Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 02 August 2009 at 10:13am
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The only single format in which I have this song is the U.S. commercial 7-inch single. There are at least two differences between it and the track on my Canadian Nine Lives CD. The 7-inch single does not have the studio talk and count off before the song starts and, unlike on the CD, the 'f' word at about (1:20) is censored. I timed the 7-inch single at (3:21) but because of the subtle fade Ed pointed out it may actually be a second or two longer.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 02 August 2009 at 9:44pm
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I was able to spot at least one mix difference between the "Rock" and "Top 40" mixes. During the last chorus of the "Top 40 Mix" there is a guitar overdub that is not present in the "Rock Mix."
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 08 August 2009 at 6:37pm
Good catch, Aaron.
And Paul C is right... The LP version of "Falling in Love..." does contain the "f" word at 1:21 on the promo CD single (though it's somewhat buried behind the loud guitars). Perhaps Ed or anyone else who has a U.S. commercial single copy could let us know whether or not it contains the "f" word.
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 16 August 2009 at 9:49pm
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Ed was kind enough to send me a dub of his "Falling in Love" commmercial CD single copy. After performing a direct A/B comparison, I've concluded that the single and album version are 100% identical and both are uncensored.
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 06 February 2010 at 2:01pm
on my commercial cd single which runs 3:25, the "f" word is indecipherable because of the guitars...unless someone on the board pointed it out, i wouldn't have known what it was....so it could be uncensored or censored
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edtop40
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 06 February 2010 at 5:58pm
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Here's a question, do the commercial 45 and the commercial CD single say ..."ass in a sling" ... or, is that part censored too?
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 07 February 2010 at 8:04am
at what mark, run time wise, is that lyric??
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edtop40
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 07 February 2010 at 8:53am
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On the top 40 mix, it's about the first :10 or :11 in. I don't have the rock radio mix dubbed.
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Posted By: edtop40
Date Posted: 07 February 2010 at 9:24am
yes.....on my commercial cd single issued as columbia 78499 the lyrics "ass in a sling" is heard at the 0:13 mark of the song...
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edtop40
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