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re: Was Jim involved with Bad Attitude?

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Marvello 07:30 pm UTC 02/13/08
In reply to: re: Was Jim involved with Bad Attitude? - Marvello 07:14 pm UTC 02/13/08

Of course i actually meant "Turn back Time" which was released in the USA as rock guitar version, Snakes tune was augmented with a lot of extra keyboards.

> I remember reading the story at the time about Nowhere
> Fast, the BA version was the version originally intende
> for SOF. For some reason Jim felt compelled to do a slight
> re-write of it, to be honest i don't think the BA would
> have worked well in SOF.
> Quite often the record companies make tracks more
> commercial for the US market, the did the same with 2
> other notable rock hits in the 80's Whitesnake's Here I Go
> Again & Chers Heart Of Stone.
>
> > OK, it's very easy for a Steinfan to come along and say
> > "No, it only had Steinman covers." But the riff and the
> > verses of "Nowhere Fast", musically and lyrically, are
> > completely different. I've heard the story that this
> > version was the original draft for "Streets Of Fire"
> > (Lyrically, I think it's the best version.) So why did
> > Steinman give it to Meat Loaf, of all people? I thought he
> > and Jim weren't speaking in that period? Sure, it would
> > make sense for Meat to cover his songs, but to record a
> > previously unreleased title? He didn't do that on "Welcome
> > To The Neighborhood". Besides, what came first? "Bad
> > Attitude" or "Streets Of Fire"?
> >
> > Does anyone know the story behind this? Also, how come
> > there's 2 Mixes of "Bad Attitude"? I have both of them and
> > I prefer the US one. The UK one is a little...hmmm, I
> > can't pick it but it's odd.
> >
> >


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