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    Default did Lyin' Eyes have a radio version?

    I was listening to the song on the radio the other day and I realized that they took out the second verse ("he rushes to her arms, they fall together") and shortened the third verse (they jumped to the "you sure know how to arrange things" part pretty quickly). Anyone else noticed this?

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    Default Re: did Lyin' Eyes have a radio version?

    Yes. There are two version. The whole song version and then edited version where they skip the second verse and go right into the third and of course they skip some lines in the third verse and goes into my oh my, you sure know how to change things. I hate the edited version.

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    I don't rememember which version is on GH1, but I think this compilation contains the irritating edited version: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-le...s-mw0001921455

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    Default Re: did Lyin' Eyes have a radio version?

    GH1 contains the full length version.

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    Default Re: did Lyin' Eyes have a radio version?

    wow..I never knew there was an edited version...never heard it before I guess...and I know I wouldn't like it!

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    I hate when the edited version comes on the radio. Half the time my local radio station plays the edited version more than the full version. I never know when its the edited version until Glenn sings the first line of either second or third verse. I'm glad when I listen to Lyin' Eyes on my cd, Pandora or I Heart Radio, its always the whole song.

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    I hate the edited version, too. Does anyone know who made the decision to have an edited version? In HotE Szymczyk said he was pressured to make some edits to Hotel California, but he refused. Did he okay an edited version of Lyin' Eyes?

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    Default Re: did Lyin' Eyes have a radio version?

    Good grief, after over 30 years of listening to the song I've never noticed an edited version! Shows how I mindlessly listen to music, I guess!

    I will pay more attention to it the next time I hear it on the radio!
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    Default Re: did Lyin' Eyes have a radio version?

    To think about it, Lyin' Eyes has a lot of verses. So I guess the "She get up" and "my oh my" verses are not the second and third. LOL The edited version is like this.
    They have the first verse. Then they have the "late at night" verse. The "So she tells him" verse. Then chorus. Then the edited version goes into the "She gets up and pours herself a strong one" verse.
    Then goes into the "My oh my" verse and ends with the chorus. So they skips the "On the other side of town, a boy is waiting" verse, "She rushes to his arms; they fall together" verse, "She wonders how it ever got this crazy" verse.

    They literally butchers the song.
    You never can tell which version is played until Glenn sings either "on the other side of town" or "she gets up" verses.

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    I knew this as my Mom always hated the radio cut out the rest of the lines. LOL I remember being little and her getting so mad when it would come on the radio, when our CD had the full song. As I got older I felt the same as it doesn't tell the song's full story. This still happens to this day with songs and it drives me crazy as I end up preferring the album's version even if I heard the radio version first. Radio and advertisers really hate playing songs over 4 mins and will only do it for certain ones. It's still why most songs will get a radio edit if they are deemed "too long".
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