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Bart 03:44 pm UTC 01/02/07 |
| In reply to: | A little O/T but... - rockfenris2005 03:39 am UTC 01/01/07 |
| I think Jim was very productive between 1977 and 1984. After that he got lazy or something. > > Jim was (probably) at his most productive in 1984 and > 1998. I can't speak for the theatre days, I doubt whether > Jim even remembers them all, but he had a lot of work in > those two years. 1984, after all, was the aftermath of the > world success of "Total Eclipse" and "Making Love", both > competing against each other for No. 1 ("Making Love" > never quite made it to No. 1, did it? I was also of the > impression it was No. 2, which is probably the reason why > Jim gave it to Bonnie, in 1995, as a single. Perhaps also > the reason he gave her "2/3" to deliberately put a pop. > dance version on the charts and give it the No. 1 that > song deserves, establishing full recognition of Meat's > immortal version. God I love my theories, lol. Then again, > don't we all?) > > Then again, 1994 seems like a very productive year trying > to get back to movies. 1982, 1987-88 and 1991, nothing > really happened at all. I think Jim did the Ian Hunter > album (only the vocal arrangements of the title track > though) in 1982, and I'm sure Air Supply released "Making > Love" that year (The Greatest Hits compilation came out in > '83. I have no idea why the actual song wasn't on any > album; same as Barry's "Read 'Em And Weep") > > As for 87-88, 91, we can assume Jim was working on BAT II > or ORIGINAL SIN which was occupying his time. Jim also > talks a lot about BAT 2100 in the BAT II interviews, > particularly in 1994, which is also the date of the first > draft according to the U.S. copyright page. According to > the trade-mark dispute, and the evidence it shown, this > script came into a deal with Miramax for a major motion > picture (the purchase of the screenplay was scrubbed out, > presumedly because they didn't want prying eyes seeing > it) > > | |
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