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AbbeyRoad 07:14 pm UTC 10/31/07 |
| In reply to: | Does Jim still "have it" as a writer? - rockfenris2005 05:18 am UTC 10/31/07 |
| I find this comment made by rockfenris to be quite interesting. "I think he's better than ever, now, because he's become this old man who's writing about Peter Pan who's supposed to be forever young." Hopefully rockfenris is right and Jim is better than ever. Only time will tell. But the new musical Jim is writing might surprise anybody who thinks that Jim's glory days are in the past. By the way, I was wondering about who will play the character of Peter Pan. Traditionally in England, stage Peter Pans are always women. Does anybody know if this will be the case with Jim's Peter Pan? > I was having a discussion with a friend, recently, and he > thinks that Jim doesn't really "have it" as a writer > anymore. I want to know what the rest of you think. > > All I know is...I hadn't heard new Steinman material since > "Tanz Der Vampyr", "Whistle Down The Wind", "Garbo" and > "Wuthering Heights". I was impressed with the first two, > but not so much the others... > > Then, like everyone here, I heard "Not Allowed To Love", > "What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most", "(It Hurts) Only > When I Feel", "Speaking In Tongues", "We're Still The > Children We Once Were", "In The Land Of The Pig, The > Butcher Is King", "Wonderful Toys", "Angels Arise/The > Graveyard Shift", "I Need All The Love I Can Get" and "Cry > To Heaven". I remember being thoroughly moved by both NATL > and BODY. A lot of people don't like NATL but it really > struck a chord in me, and the tune is to die for. The > words are also fiendishly clever, full of word-play and > double entendre. > > I've never heard Jim "ache" so much in his songs that he > does in BODY and "Break It", and "Still The Children", and > if "The Final At Bat" had come together...the way Jim > planned it...I think I would have liked it more than BAT > 1. "Paradise Lost" just seems to EMIT much more of the > original BAT than anything on BAT II did (although > "Objects" and "Anything For Love" came close... as did > "Frying Pan") > > So what do you think? Me, personally, I think his style at > the moment is just haunting...lines like "death has no > respect for fortune and fame", "our soul is a beast that > goes bump in the night", "nothing's gonna change the > truth, my night is better" and "forever is such a long, > long time and most of it hasn't even happened yet..." > resonate to me more than half of his classic stuff. I > think he's better than ever, now, because he's become this > old man who's writing about Peter Pan who's supposed to be > forever young. > > | |
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