I noticed that some of the songs I was listening to did not match up with CD recordings of the same songs I own. The versions playing on Sirius were shortened.
They play the single edits instead of the album versions. This is not unusual at all. This is done to a LOT of songs to fit in a 3 minute or so time period for radio. I'm not entirely sure how you've never noticed this.
First it was Dire Straights - Money For Nothing. An entire verse was
removed (I initially chalked it up to SJWs).
There are multiple versions/edits of this song.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Length
8:25 (Album version)
7:04 (Vinyl LP Edit)
4:38 (Official Single Edit)
4:06 (Promo Single Edit)
Then it was Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper. Almost the entire instrumental part was cut.
Check out the length on the single for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Length
5:08
3:45 (single edit)
There is your missing instrumental.
Then it was Boston - Don't Look Back.
Also from wikipedia... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Length
5:58 (Album Version);
4:05 (Radio Edit)
You seriously never knew about singles often being different?