Agreed to 100%. I was never a fan of Jim's voice; not in "Still The Children", not in "Bad for Good", not in "Left in the Dark", never.
> > I prefer Jim's version. It seems so much sadder and
> > personal.
> > TDE version is amazing for the overlapping, and much
> > better vocals and all, but Jim's just had more feeling.
> > At least to me.
>
> I have a pet theory about Jim's vocals and Jim's fans in
> general (not just you). I've had this theory for years. I
> believe Jim's fans drastically alter their perception
> because they know that's Jim Steinman singing. Imagine we
> were given all the recordings we have of Jim singing, and
> we were told that's not Jim Steinman, but some random guy
> who was hired just to sing. If fans were told that, and
> fully believed it, I really *really* doubt you'd hear as
> many of them claim that "that guy" beautifully captures
> the feeling of the song. I think they'd probably claim
> he's just not very good. Jim can't sing his way out of a
> wet paper bag. By professional standards.
>
> I'm definitely not a fan of Jim's singing. On Children I
> prefer the TDE version in every way possible. That
> definitely includes the emotive/interpretation sort of
> thing. That Children thing on myspace is one of my
> favorite recordings I've ever heard of Jim's work. But
> that's a very unfair comparison, because one was just the
> writer's demo and the other was meant for the public.
>
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