Hello fellow orgers. Just listened to the alternative version of The Beautiful Ones. It has an extra 2 mins in the middle and it starts with him saying "Let me tell u a story..." I love this extra dialogue part. I wish it was in the original official version. Anyone else here appreciate this part? I think it sounds great! Feedback anyone?

I don't share your view. The edit works a lot better, as it's more powerful and has the unnecessary rambling removed ("let me tell you a story"... uhm, why? Wasn't this part supposed to be about forcing the chick to make a decision between you and some other guy, not about acting like an old drunk man in a bar?).

Not that I wouldn't like listening to the longer version as well, but I just don't think it's as good. The edit's definitely there for a reason. The same goes for "Purple Rain" with the really sketchy additional verse that was removed.

vinaysfunk said:

Hello fellow orgers. Just listened to the alternative version of The Beautiful Ones. It has an extra 2 mins in the middle and it starts with him saying "Let me tell u a story..." I love this extra dialogue part. I wish it was in the original official version. Anyone else here appreciate this part? I think it sounds great! Feedback anyone?

Not the lyrics, the rest of the music, he's not really saying anything:there is no story, now if there was a bit of an insightful story Yes. But I love it because of the extra music, it give more of a build

Just a couple of minor points and do not mean to be overly critical but...

The version you appear to be referring to is 6:04 in length, the released version is 5:13, so there is not an extra 2 minutes in the middle. There are 51 seconds.

The lyrics do not start off with "Let me tell u a story..." The lyrics start of the same as they do in the released version. At 3:52 into the song, there is the section that was edited, which begins with "Can I tell you a story."

Your post would lead one to believe that there is perhaps a different version than what has been in circulation for the last 30 years or so.

Please try to get your facts right before posting, it helps to make for far better conversations.

oracle1999 said:

Just a couple of minor points and do not mean to be overly critical but...

But you are....

oracle1999 said:

Just a couple of minor points and do not mean to be overly critical but...

The version you appear to be referring to is 6:04 in length, the released version is 5:13, so there is not an extra 2 minutes in the middle. There are 51 seconds.

The lyrics do not start off with "Let me tell u a story..." The lyrics start of the same as they do in the released version. At 3:52 into the song, there is the section that was edited, which begins with "Can I tell you a story."

Your post would lead one to believe that there is perhaps a different version than what has been in circulation for the last 30 years or so.

Please try to get your facts right before posting, it helps to make for far better conversations.

Ok oracle1999. Haven't seen you around here recently. But ok let me start by apologizing to you. Sincerely. Yes you are correct. I didn't subtract the difference. So it's not 2 minutes its 51 seconds. And your right the part I am referring to (the left out stuff) starts with Can I tell you a story? I didn't mean to mislead anyone. You do sound overly critical but it's all good. Sorry to anyone that lost their mind and shit about misleading anyone. I truly am. Still, anyone else like the left out part? I do.

novabrkr said:

I don't share your view. The edit works a lot better, as it's more powerful and has the unnecessary rambling removed ("let me tell you a story"... uhm, why? Wasn't this part supposed to be about forcing the chick to make a decision between you and some other guy, not about acting like an old drunk man in a bar?).

Not that I wouldn't like listening to the longer version as well, but I just don't think it's as good. The edit's definitely there for a reason. The same goes for "Purple Rain" with the really sketchy additional verse that was removed.

Agreed.

sulls said:

I can't help thinking about the "Darling Nikki" intro.

It's so funny/disturbing hear him count with his waiter-drugstore-manager-Cloreen-Bacon-Skin voice.
The song starts, and then he starts to sing, and it's an entire different persona.

"Darling Nikki" has always been a very serious song for me, in the vein of the harshest Dylan's "do-no-good woman" works.
So it's really a surprise to hearing him goofing around just seconds before he takes his S.M. "Judgment Day Has Come" voice.


An impressive fact of TBO alternative version, is that the guy is already screaming for a while, when we arrive at the official cut.
He is litterally making love to his mike. It builds, it grows, and just when you think he's going to run out of steam at this pace,
he goes insane and propels it into the dark halls of men's most aching frustrations.

He wants her. Yes, he does.

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I love the extended version of The Beautiful Ones. Much prefer it to the edited down version that appeared on the album.

Yes, someone actually agrees with me! Woot Woot! Anyone else? C'mon don't b shy

rusty1 said:

IMHO the edit makes for a tighter track. That being said, I would not hate the inclusion of the longer version on a Purple Rain special edition release.

Agreed. The edit is better.

novabrkr said:

I don't share your view. The edit works a lot better, as it's more powerful and has the unnecessary rambling removed ("let me tell you a story"... uhm, why? Wasn't this part supposed to be about forcing the chick to make a decision between you and some other guy, not about acting like an old drunk man in a bar?).

Not that I wouldn't like listening to the longer version as well, but I just don't think it's as good. The edit's definitely there for a reason. The same goes for "Purple Rain" with the really sketchy additional verse that was removed.