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Leesa (gallytrotter@mchsi.com) 11:10 pm UTC 02/05/08 |
| In reply to: | re: I wanna hear the rest of that story :( - rockfenris2005 01:30 pm UTC 02/05/08 |
> 'Bad For Good''s production was discussed at length during one of the televised interview-type show--Behind the Music or something. They had Ellen Foley, Karla Devito. Rory Dodd, the entire key cast weighing in and I remember distinctly Karla saying what a tense atmosphere BFG was. What I'd really like to know is what Jim said in 1989 about 'Signs' recording/production and the finished product. Puff pieces from Jim were all I ever saw so I'd be fascinated to hear what you have. Some of 'Back Into Hell's production was damned good--RRDCT I thought was brilliant.The regurgitation of 'Love and Death of an American Guitar' was nothing short of sad and somethings were overdone to the point of sacrificing power and potency to silliness--which didn't have to happen. Great material just done wrong. Oh my god--that doesn't have me agreeing with the Loaf, does it?? You know, I appreciate the fact that Jim wants the artists to get it right and to do justice to the song, but after 15 takes it seems to verge on being genuinely disrespectful of the artist's voice and also implies lack of focus perhaps on Jim's part. Just my 2 pence. Cheers! Leesa J > Dion's > > husband, Rene, wasn't real happy about the way Jim > > allegedly had her do parts of IACBTMN over and over until > > she was hoarse, but by the prima donna act Phil Spector > > threw in comparison on that lp, Jim must have seemed > > refreshing. > > That's the first time I've heard that story, and I'm not > surprised why it didn't occur to me before. I knew there > must have been something between Jim and Rene because > Jim's a perfectionist and, well, Mr. Dion's in the studio > watching the missus. There's got to be friction in > something like that! It'd be interesting to know the full > Celine saga. > > I know Dave Thoener told Jacinta (I helped her get in > contact with him for a project she was doing for a > recording class) that Jim sat in the studio and did > something like 15-16 full takes of the entire songs for > "I'd Do Anything For Love", "Objects" etc. on "Back Into > Hell". I don't remember the quote, Jacinta would have the > full email (I might have it in my old account) so you > would have to ask her when she's here. But some of the > stuff he was saying totally blew me away. I could > definitely imagine Steinman sitting there, in the middle > of the night, frantically obsessing over these mixes, > studying every last subtle arrangement and note of music. > Of course, it paid off. "Back Into Hell" has phenomenal > production, despite how Meat feels, although it feels a > little dated. > > I'd also like to know what the environment was like during > "Bad For Good" and "Dead Ringer". So much is known about > the creation of the BAT albums, whereas the only accounts > I've heard on the other albums border on plain > mythological! LMAO. > > | |
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