I am looking for the video version of this song. I like how this version starts slow then gets fast. Does anyone know where to get this version of the song?

Thanks!

You mean the album version? The one without the compressed vocals at the beginning? Or do you mean the 12" version from the movie?

I thought there was essentially only 2 versions of this song, the edited shorter version on the album and single and the longer 12" version with the plinky-plonk piano in the middle.

There's a single edit, too, where the drums kick in right when he says "life" in the opening monologue.

nayroo2002 said:

Yeah, that is the 7" version which is also edited near the end before the guitar solo finale.

I don't want the version on the album or the extended. I'm looking for the one without the talking opening.

If that helps?

loisclark88 said:

That sounds like the 7" version.

loisclark88 said:

What you're looking for is essentially a radio edit of the song. It's almost the same as the album, only parts of the opening monologue are overlapped, making it kinda hard to understand what he says.

However, I don't know if that version is commercially available. You're best bet would be to play the 20th Anniv. DVD on your PC and play the video. Use an audiograbber of some sort and convert the audio to whatever format you want.

What is a audiograbber? Instructions where/how to get one/use one.

Thanks for the help.

loisclark88 said:

Try looking here...this site has a load of information on dvds music cd, svcd, vcd, just about anything like that...

http://forums.afterdawn.c...cfm/184079

loisclark88 said:

Instructions

Visit

www.google.com

type the word "audiograbber" in the box

select a link

This version is available on the US 45. I don't like it because he talks over himself at the beginning. It wasn't edited very well.

been a long time since i've heard that version
i actually feel they did a good job condensing this
gives it some urgency
the other good single edit is "Eye Hate U"
except it faded out too soon... left out that awesome guitar solo
can you imagine if they did the same thing to "Let's Go Crazy"??
[Edited 1/19/06 3:53am]

I've heard some radio stations make their own edit of "Let's Go Crazy" as well as "When Doves Cry"

They're pretty clean with the edits.

I'm sure their editing equipment isn't that much different than any other free download for the pc?

Can someone who already has the software do it for me and send it to me?

I downloaded it and it screwed up my whole computer and I just got it working again.

Please someone help. I need this song for my dance team I'm on.

Thank you so much!!!

nayroo2002 said:

i don't know about that
i've heard many a fan mix
and so rarely can anyone make a clean edit
let alone keep time
and no, i don't blame that on the software

I wasn't very keen on the 7" edit of Let's Go Crazy, I didn't like the way the
opening speech was layered over itself. So I made my own edit by cutting down
the speech to a similar length, but not overlaying the vocals (so it sounds a
lot like the way Prince himself often edits it down when played live). I left
the reast of the song the same as the album version, and the whole thing
clocks in at 3:56. I use it on my own 'hits' compilations.

Will someone be nice and help me out? I can't do it alone. Purple hippies, help is needed!

Thanks~