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re: NSC: Is Nothing Sacred

Posted by:
Smeghead 11:09 pm UTC 09/07/07
In reply to: NSC: Is Nothing Sacred - Bright_Eyes 10:38 pm UTC 09/07/07

> It's one of the few Steinman songs that really has
> radio-friendly Adult Contemporary ballad written all over
> it, because there's nothing all that weird or theatrical
> about it.

Steinman has a lready had and Adult Contemporary hit with Manilow and Streisand.


> I have the "Very Best Of Meat Loaf" set and that recording
> isn't too great. The vocals sound like the singer is
> failing in health.

I'll give Meat props in that he removed the annoying "The" in "When love was worth THE fighting for..." Meat's version is the only one I've liked.

>
> I heard on youtube the recording of Meat Loaf and Patti
> Russo doing the song. That's OK, nothing special. Vocals
> are just OK, the backing music is unexceptional.

That is the stupidist version in that it was not meant as a duet and the lyrics don't fit a duet.
>
> The Celine Dion demo is very good, but that of course was
> never released. I wonder if that could have been a hit.

Celine is annoying... like you Susan.


> Does anybody know why the Celine version was not
> released?

Because Jim and her husband got in an Argy-Wargy.
>
> I've heard M.L.T.M. do the song on the bootlegs from Joe's
> Pub. Probably the worst rendition of the song. The guy is
> pretty much yelling the song. His Broadway voice seems to
> be too Broadway for the song.

That's one opinion... Have you heard Rob's version from TDE myspace page?


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