long or short?

Chris Warburton desdinova at EARTHLING.NET
Sun Jul 11 21:02:23 EDT 1999


At 14:10 10/07/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Jonathan Jarrett wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 DASLUD at AOL.COM wrote:
>>
>> > i'm surely not a 'cult aficionado; didnt even know there WAS a version of
>> > "reaper" minus the middle break. did that version get am radio airplay in
>> > 1976? and why would such a thing still get aiplay? yuck!
>>
>>         I think it's that because the cut version (which is dead boring
>> and converts 'Reaper' nastily into that rather goth pop song it has always
>> nearly been) is shorter, and it winds up on more compilations, and I think
>> that's how most stations have any BOC these days... 'Reaper' is still the
>> only BOC track I have ever heard on the radio. Yours,
>>                                                       Jon
>
> "Burnin' for You" receives equal attention by classic rock/popmetallish
>stations in MA at least. Jocks love it!

Back in the heady days of my youth (c.1975) I heard all sorts of stuf from
OYFOOYK on the radio - it was what got me into them in the first place - I
think even John Peel used to play the odd track.

ChrisW



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