Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 17:36:51 CST From: numan@cs.uwp.edu Reply-To: numan@cs.uwp.edu (Gary Numan) Subject: Gary Numan Digest V1 #67 Gary Numan Digest Mon, 21 Feb 94 Volume 1 : Issue 67 Today's Topics: Same Tune, Different Words Same Tune, Different Words CONTINUED ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 13:30:40 +0000 From: econec@vax.ox.ac.uk Subject: Same Tune, Different Words To: NUMAN@CS.UWP.EDU About those two songs. I'd guess that the answer is quite prosaic. Pop stars have limited inspiration and often recycle good ideas or tunes. Since FADEOUT 1930 was a demo, I guess he just decided to write some new lyrics to go with the tune. I doubt there's any hidden meaning there, except to try and work out why the old lyrics weren't liked: wrong subject, sounded too much like another song (The 1930s Rust?), simply dated. (The main critique I hear from non Numanoids is that a lot of his songs do sound rather similar, an oversimplification, but not entirely without substance!) I just bought a CD SINGLE ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 13:53:39 +0000 From: econec@vax.ox.ac.uk Subject: Same Tune, Different Words CONTINUED To: NUMAN@CS.UWP.EDU Dear All, Sorry about that, they close down our mailer once a day to sort out the mailbox software. (I always envision them poking about with a screwdriver trying to get spindled email messages out because they are jamming up the mailbox!) Anyhow, there's this UK 7 track CD single of CARS released in 1993, which has seven different mixes, including the original. All the mixes are pretty good, taken alone, but you can imagine that 30 minutes of the same song might be a bit much at one sitting! Also some mixes like the E REG have ben out of the garage before, as it were. Anyhow, here's the question: how did they get a 30 minute long CD single? Lucky folks in the US have no restriction on how long a single may be, with the result that US releases of, say, DEPECHE MODE, are often longer than some albums. Here, to prevent "chart rigging" by offering more and more music on a CDS, they are limited to 24 minutes if they are to appear in the Gallup charts. (Yes, I know it's f**king stupid!) Recent avoidance techniques have included the two part CDS sharing the same title track, or the sale of a separate "fans only" CDS which isn't allowed to chart, but makes some extra money. Now it could be that they didn't seriously expect it to chart, so they just didn't care, but with all the other revivals around I doubt it. So is there a UK chart acceptable version of this release with four - possibly different - mixes on it? But there's no mention of this thing being in any way special or limited and it has a standard catalogue number (BEG 264 CD). Only other option I can think of is that it's non UK, but it doesn't look it! I hope all that doesn't seem like nitpicking, the only reason I'm interested is that it might be a pointer to another release not on the Datta discography. (And yes, I'll post the details to him, when he gets back from work at the quarry!) All the best, Edmund ------------------------------ End of Gary Numan Digest ******************************