Heartland

On my harddrive I have a version of "This corrosion" (mp3 format) which is 4 minutes and 16 sec long. Exactly which version is it? The lyrics are a bit changed, and some verses are left out. Lyrics are as follows:

Gimme the ring, kissed and told
Gimme something that I missed (Gimme the ring)
A hand to hold, wild and what it seems.... (Gimme the ring)
Kill the King, when love is the law
And the we'll turn around.... (Gimme the ring)
Sing, dream child
And do you hear at all?

(Sing, Sing)
Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now....

On daze like this
In times like these
I feel an animal deep inside
Well, what do you say
Living on if and if I tried
Somebody, got a song for me?

(Sing, Sing)
Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now, sing This Corrosion to me
Hey now, hey now now....

I got nothing to say I ain't said before
I bled all I can, I won't bleed no more
I don't need no one to understand
Why the blood run hold the highered hand
On heart
Hand Of God
Floodland and Driven Apart
Run cold
Turn
Cold
Burn
Like a healing hand
Like a healing hand
Like a healing hand
Like a healing hand

I have a 1-track US Promo CD of "This Corrosion". It might be that version. I don't have it right here to check, though.

claws wrote:On my harddrive I have a version of "This corrosion" (mp3 format) which is 4 minutes and 16 sec long. Exactly which version is it? The lyrics are a bit changed, and some verses are left out. Lyrics are as follows:

SNIP

It's the 7 inch version, at least I think it is. Haven't played it for years. Other than that the only place I heard the truncated verses version was on a copy of "Now That's What I Call Music XX' or one of their ilk at the time...

Definitely the 7. I remember wincing at the cut-up lyrics, then never playing it again.

http://db.tsom.org/releases/pressings/t ... n.html#116

has the 7" version at 4:24 (same as the promo CD), except for the Canadian single, where it is 3:59.

the box 7" clocked in @ 4:16

yes, I am that sad

I have the 7 & 12" versions, I thought the 7" did the business, short, sharp, direct. Usually I prefer longer tracks.

I think the Floodland version of "This corrosion" is too long. The ASCOOB version is a little shorter but also a little too long. I say: 8 minutes, no more

Yeh, there is no perfect mix. I say take the LP version, fade the outro much earlier, and cut it down to one chorus after the first verse, leaving out the "dooo dooo doo" bit as well, should bring it to about 7, nice and direct with all the important bits still intact.

Might have a go on a wave editor later on and see what I can come up with.

I'll go with the LP version, I like the "hey now"'s at the start.

claws wrote:I think the Floodland version of "This corrosion" is too long. The ASCOOB version is a little shorter but also a little too long. I say: 8 minutes, no more

I think they all sound exactly the same, they just go on for different lengths of time.

Red_Kola wrote:

claws wrote:On my harddrive I have a version of "This corrosion" (mp3 format) which is 4 minutes and 16 sec long. Exactly which version is it? The lyrics are a bit changed, and some verses are left out. Lyrics are as follows:

SNIP

It's the 7 inch version, at least I think it is. Haven't played it for years. Other than that the only place I heard the truncated verses version was on a copy of "Now That's What I Call Music XX' or one of their ilk at the time...

It was 'The Hits Album 7'. Which was actually great, because it also contained Darklands my JAMC, and the immortal No Memory by Brum's finest, Scarlet Fantastic. I guess this is how it felt in 1987, anyway.

MrChris wrote:
the immortal No Memory by Brum's finest, Scarlet Fantastic. I guess this is how it felt in 1987, anyway.

One of the best singles ever. Ever.

mayhem wrote:

MrChris wrote:
the immortal No Memory by Brum's finest, Scarlet Fantastic. I guess this is how it felt in 1987, anyway.

One of the best singles ever. Ever.

oh yes!

Incedently Q Magazine rate "This Corrosion" at #892 in their "1001 Best Songs Ever" Special Edition.

Where gothic England in the spindly shape of Andrew Eldritch met Jim Steinman, a man for whom Wagner was insufficiently bold. The earthquaking result sounded not unlike the tuneful apocalypse man had long dreamed of.

It's sandwiched in between "Would't It Be Good" by Nik Kershaw and "The Cutter" by Echo & The Bunnymen...

What was in the top 10? I bet bloody Stairway To Heaven and Bohemian Rhapsody were in there somewhere...

Those Bunnymen remasters, are they worth getting?

Scardwel wrote:What was in the top 10? I bet bloody Stairway To Heaven and Bohemian Rhapsody were in there somewhere...

stairway in at 294 and rhapsody at 524. U2 are at #1 with... One

Karst wrote:Those Bunnymen remasters, are they worth getting?

IMO Karst the first 3 albums should be in every decent music collection, the remasters even more so. Make your own mind up about their output from Ocean Rain onwards, they never quite set my soul afire after Porcupine. Heaven Up Here should be purchased if for nothing else than the b-side of A Promise 12" - Broke My Neck (long version), a work of genius!

actually I have done my own edit on the ASCOOB version of "This corrosion". The only thing done really is to start the fading out after Von shouting "Like a healing hand" a couple of times. That made the song 8:04 long.. I was very happy with the result

claws wrote:actually I have done my own edit on the ASCOOB version of "This corrosion". The only thing done really is to start the fading out after Von shouting "Like a healing hand" a couple of times. That made the song 8:04 long.. I was very happy with the result

MURDERER!

hehe.. yeah I know. sorry about that

Quiff Boy wrote:

mayhem wrote:

MrChris wrote:
the immortal No Memory by Brum's finest, Scarlet Fantastic. I guess this is how it felt in 1987, anyway.

One of the best singles ever. Ever.

oh yes!

I have altered my tagline accordingly, just to extend the nostalgia trip . By the way, I apologise in advance for the new avatar . I was truly bored.

I've made my own 6:59 edit without all the nonsense in as I described above, and it's major rocking cool. Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing.

mh wrote:I've made my own 6:59 edit without all the nonsense in as I described above, and it's major rocking cool. Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing.

I agree that 10 minutes of it is a little too much.