![]() ![]() And that control often lies in the hands of a record company desperate to get their song on the radio. ![]() Every element of the recording process, from the first takes to the final tweaks, has been evolved with one simple aim: control. ![]() But you’re right, it does all sound the same. When you turn on the radio, you might think music all sounds the same these days, then wonder if you’re just getting old. Why? Because it was played on the radio over and over and over again. It was a spectacular hit, number one in Panama, Croatia, Cyprus, South Korea and Hungary and many larger countries. The final version of “Makes Me Wonder” came in three versions: Album, Clean (with the word ‘fuck’ removed from the chorus) and Super Clean (with ‘fuck’ removed more thoroughly, and ‘God’ removed from the second verse). That was a long time ago-before YouTube started to usurp radio as the place where people discovered music, before music streaming services, before the vinyl revival and before audiophile digital music players like Neil Young’s Pono. Note: This article originally appeared in the March, 2008 edition of Word Magazine. ![]()
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