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pidunk 01:59 am UTC 06/07/07 |
| In reply to: | re: I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back - Space_Monkey 12:16 pm UTC 05/31/07 |
> > Jim on 'Dead Ringer', By Sandy Robertson, Sounds Magazine, > 1981 > http://www.jimsteinman.com/unknown.htm > > "The title I wanted to use was considered too strong, > which was 'I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back,' one of > the best love songs I ever wrote, great chorus line: 'In > every way I want you out of my life/ But I'll kill you if > you don't come back.'" > > I tell him time and time again, that sarcasm gets misinterpreted. I try to hammer it into him not to be sarcastic. Don't be sarcastic, I tell him. People will not understand what you mean, I say. But does he listen? Actually he does. This interview was in 1981, when he was being indeed sarcastic. And, the meaning of the song, the message of the song, was important enough to have been written. But believe me, it is not meant as a love song as we know it, and it is not one of his best, not in his mind or in mine. But it does make a point. > > > > Jim has qualified in his blog that he likes only a certain > > aspect of the song....sent me to the dictionary he did, by > > using the word "coda". Without using a reference, "coda" > > seems like it would be the meaning or interpretation of > > the song, but in the musical definition, it is the final > > musical phrasing of it, which means that Jim omits the > > lyrical aspects of his liking of it. He discussed this > > song twenty years ago, and it is not surprising to me that > > it is not one of his own favored, because as he stated he > > had a certain concept in mind that was otherwise difficult > > to convey, and he didn't like it at all. It was one of the > > songs he hated writing. As he described it, the song is > > about my relationship between myself and members of my own > > family and their various contradicting complex constructs. > > While Jim laced other themes into it which dealt with his > > own place amidst that mess, that was his primary goal to > > reflect in that song and the mixtures basically fit > > together in the entire message. "It is a message song, > > pure and simple". It is not to be taken with any kind of > > literal interpretation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why would it have sucked may I ask. Although saying that. > > > He sang MTYD on the storytellers. And it sucked, > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > > > > > Fucking love rockman, thanks for the quick reply:-) > > > > > > > > I should imagine it sucked on the storytellers tour, tho.. | |
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