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Stan: WHERE IS THAT 20-MINUTE VERSION? It's not on my copy of Led IV!!!

Here's a funny: Radio was playing 100 top classic rock albums on Labor Day as we were driving home from the beach. Peter Frampton Live came on, and (oh which track is it...?) oh mercy the soloing and talk-boxing was going on forever.

And my youngest, 8-yr old son who is WAY INTO ALL MUSIC and wails on vocals on RockBand, goes: "What IS this song?! This is the WORST SONG EVER! Why is it on here?!"

ROFL. We all agreed and changed the station for a few minutes.

Got to hear a lot of Zeppelin, Hendrix, and Beatles on the drive tho!

OK back to the question: Radio, 3 min. But be true to your inner artist. Some songs SHOULD be longer, or have to be. IE: You cannot cut Bohemian Rhapsody. It's criminal. It doesn't WORK.

However with all due respect to everyone here, including myself, most likely none of us are writing Stairway or Rhapsody.



Linda