>
> It was good on the other
> > hand, to see the Boyzone phenomenon happen with No Matter
> > What.
> Boyzone 'phenomenon' happened well before NMW. The fact
> they were so huge in U.K. & Ireland certainly helped the
> single along.
I was not intending to make a comment about Boyzone the band or THEIR phenomenon, but the phenomenon that they had that charting with No Matter What. There are reasons why such should never have taken place: number one, it is a boy band, number two it is a stage show extract, and number three it was not the most bombastic production one could have imagined. It was where it shouldn't have been from a source that was unusual, in a production that was as unSTeinman as Steinman could put out....and all this came together and made a rousing success. THAT, to me, is a phenomenon. I do believe I could have made my meaning clearer if I had phrased it as "the phenomenon with Boyzone and No Matter What" or some such; but this is what I mean. Boy bands are not considered a phenomenon to me, but a parasitic exploitation of innocent girls' developing urges. Well, that's my opinion.
>Rinkoff's Meat Loaf version is far and away
> the most involving.
I'll have to give it a listen one of these days.
>it is far more dynamic and for me the
> definitive version.
Because of Meat Loaf, or because of the production? I suppose you'd say a little bit of both.
> B.T.W. what happened? I heard they signed for Ravenous
> (U.S. Releases) about 6 months before they 'went
> Solo'(split up!). Heard nothing notable about Ravenous
> since.
Maybe they weren't hungry. Nooo, I suppose that there is something inherently unmarketable about a split boy band.
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