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re: jims fav song

Posted by:
Leesa (gallytrotter@mchsi.com) 02:05 am UTC 08/09/07
In reply to: re: jims fav song - The_Jackster 12:22 am UTC 08/09/07

I read somewhere around the time of Bat 2's release that Jim had a childhood friend named Kenny who was killed in a motorcycle accident and it was him who he named the song's character after.
Cheers!
Leesa

> Especially considering how Kenny popped up again in his
> "Dear Mama" monologue for TDE. I wonder...Steinman's music
> appeals to a huge gay audience...here comes my Danielle
> Steele side...did he and Kenny have a relationship? Was it
> tragically cut short when Kenny went to war and lost his
> life? The poor thing...no wonder his songs are about the
> dark side of love, he never had a working relationship...
>
> Jim, feel free to comment on who Kenny is and why he was
> so important. It's alright. Half of us are sycophants, and
> the other half don't care because we just like your music.
> Spill, boss.
>
> > > just watched meat singing live on top of the pops from 94
> > > singing oitrvm and he said just before the start that this
> > > was jims faveriot song.although its a great song does
> > > anybody think jim would have picked another song as his
> > > fav and not objects.
> >
> > Perhaps it's his favourite because it could be more
> > personal than anything else he's written
> >
> > The skies were pure and the fields were green
> > And the sun was brighter than its ever been
> > When I grew up with my best friend Kenny
> > We were close as any brothers that you ever knew
> > We were close as any brothers that you ever knew
> > It was always summer and the future called
> > We were ready for adventures and we wanted them all
> > There was so much left to dream and so much time to make
> > it real
> >
> > But I can still recall the sting of all the tears when he
> > was gone
> > They said he crashed and burned
> > I know I'll never learn
> > Why any boy should die so young

> >


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