Why'd we get the radio edit of "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen?

[MGSolidSnake]

I haven't been on Rock Band for a while, since I've been playing Uncharted 2, but I was delighted to see the Queen Pack 01 available for download. I just DLed it and I love just about all the songs, with the exception of one disappointment.

Why'd we get the radio edit of "Fat Bottomed Girls"? I feel kinda ripped off by this, not gonna lie. The original is about a minute longer. Here's a comparison (thank you YouTube):

Radio Edit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moi5GFfhrNo

Original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEbEMjKitA4

Why couldn't we get the original? Now I know that on some CDs (like the Greatest Hits and such) have the cut version, but that doesn't mean we should get it here, too.

I know, I'm probably overreacting, but I'm a stickler for these things. As soon as I realized it was the edit, I stopped playing the song. It's not as fun. That's just me, though. I'll go enjoy the rest of the songs, I guess.

PS - Are there any other songs they've given us radio edits of? And I don't mean censored songs. That's different to me, and makes more sense to do in the game.

[HJHooch]

Yes the other song in that very pack: I WANT IT ALL
My favourate Queen song.
I was looking forward to the guitar intro from the ALBUM: 'The Miracle' - which they advertised as it coming from... and I instead get that lame arsed 'I want it all - repeat..' Intro from Greatest hits 2.
It makes no sense why they would choose the shortened version and deprive us of some nice Axe candy .

I realise that perhaps they didn't get access to the Original Album recordings -but wouldn't the edited versions be derived from them, and if they actually chose the shorter versions, why give us the drawn out, over-synthesized version of I Want To Break Free??? the album version doesn't have the organ intro or breakdown - and is much cooler (less is more - according to HMX right? ).

Anyway, I guess my main gripe with edited versions of music I love is the FACT that they are ADVERTISED AS COMING FROM THEIR ORIGINAL ALBUMS! - Highlight I Want It All or Fat Bottomed Girls and their original albums show up, leading us to believe that those are the versions that we will receive if we purchase them
CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL A LITTLE MISLED HMX...No Doubt's song's at least show up as 'the singles', The least you could do is change the display to show - Greatest Hits 2

[MGSolidSnake]

Really? That sucks. I didn't even realize. I've never heard the album version of that song, and it's a song I really enjoy. I was kinda surprised that they added it to the game, and very happy that they did. But they gotta be jerks and edit them.

[playmike]

Really? That sucks. I didn't even realize.

But they gotta be jerks and edit them.

so now that you found out it's edited, you don't like it as much?

[MGSolidSnake]

so now that you found out it's edited, you don't like it as much?

Umm... "Fat Bottomed Girls"? Yes. I love the song, and I was introduced to the album version first. Radio edits tend to aggravate me. I'll be expecting a certain part to come up, but it's gone. Like I said before, I'm a stickler for these things. I don't know if I can say it any more than I already have, but I probably will.

As for "I Want It All," this one isn't that big of a deal, because I've only listened to the radio edit.

[monkeyfish]

This doesn't affect me too badly as they at least gave us the awesome, slightly longer cut of Under Pressure. But this is one of the few times we got a short/worse version of a song...

[HauntingYourKids]

It doesn't surprise me that the person whose weapon of choice is the guitar posted this.

The way I see it, since all I really notice is extended guitar bits, we got the radio edit so the whole band can really get into it sooner. Remember when you first played bass for "The Camera Eye," and you had to stare at a blank freeway for a couple minutes, which sucked? There you go.

[MGSolidSnake]

It doesn't surprise me that the person whose weapon of choice is the guitar posted this.

The way I see it, since all I really notice is extended guitar bits, we got the radio edit so the whole band can really get into it sooner. Remember when you first played bass for "The Camera Eye," and you had to stare at a blank freeway for a couple minutes, which sucked? There you go.

Who said my weapon of choice was guitar? Whether or not it is has nothing to do with it. Like I said, I'm a stickler for these things. I prefer the original version of a song, regardless of what instrument is being played. By the way, the original version would add more for all except bass.

Also, I never played "The Camera Eye," so I don't know what you're talking about.

[Ehfahq]

Who said my weapon of choice was guitar?

Your profile.


Next time before you buy a song, you should check out the videos posted on this forum.

[Skode]

It doesn't surprise me that the person whose weapon of choice is the guitar posted this.

The way I see it, since all I really notice is extended guitar bits, we got the radio edit so the whole band can really get into it sooner. Remember when you first played bass for "The Camera Eye," and you had to stare at a blank freeway for a couple minutes, which sucked? There you go.

Yeah but that would be like cutting most of the GGaHT solos just so the vocalist can come back in and join the fun instead of sitting out for minutes at a time. I see no reason to edit a shorter version of a song just to accomodate all players when its not how he original track was played out - i mean All Right Now has long spells with nothing for the Bassist to do but thats just the way the songs goes... sucks for bassists but ive yet to hear anyone complain about the way the song was charted by them for that matter either, they knew there was little bass in there on the first place.