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Smeghead 12:25 pm UTC 08/01/08 |
| In reply to: | re: The Devil's F'n Playground - Pudding 01:35 am UTC 08/01/08 |
Still the Children was a Batman song, Pre-Stroke. He has Bittain and Margoshes play on albums as they are technically more proficient, but AFAIK he composes by banging it out on Keyboard. This is just my theory, but so far it holds. > When was We're Still The Children written pre or post > stroke? > > You don't need to be a prolific pianist to be a prolific > songwriter, which probably explains why he's had Roy > Bittan and Steve Margoshes playing keyboard on most of his > songs. > > > Body was pre-stroke. It is my belief that Jim can no > > longer play the piano post strokes and therefore will not > > compose new music. Jim is not the type of composer to > > compose without playing, thus I don't believe he will > > write anything new. He could write new lyrics, but to > > what music? Old music? This is of course speculation to > > a point. We know he couldn't play right after the stroke. > > Has he recovered enough to play? I don't know. This I > > believe is why he was recycling everything for the Dream > > Engine when he was actually interested in that act before > > Bat Musical came along. > > > > > > I think its just been assumed > > > > that we won't see new writing from Jim, so people > > > > constantly post about what cover they'd like to hear on > > > > any rumored new recording. Wouldn't it be cool if Bonnie > > > > covered... [Fill in the Blank]? I think most people would > > > > still prefer it if new material came to light thought. > > > > > > Most definitely people would prefer new songs, but since > > > we haven't heard much about what Jim's up to or any new > > > songs in ages, then for the sake of conversation (because > > > otherwise there'd be very little to talk about) it goes > > > into a 'who would sing what cover' convo. > > > > > > The things we do know is, BOOH: The musical is most > > > definitely going to have songs from Bat1 + 2 and someone's > > > going to be covering those songs. Bonnie Tyler said she's > > > going to be working with Jim on a album, sooooo... with > > > 2+2=5 we don't have a lot to go on. | |
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