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re: Streets Of Fire & Road To hell

Posted by:
Marvello 11:48 pm UTC 09/09/08
In reply to: re: Streets Of Fire & Road To hell - wordnix 11:34 pm UTC 09/09/08

Do WE know for sure that the relevent permissions have not been obtained, after all they ARE licensing the 2 songs in the correct manner. So maybe we should assume that they have been sought and obtained.

> I don't mean to discourage the makers of RTH, but they do
> realize that Walter Hill has considerable grounds with
> which to sue them for copyright infringement at this
> point, right?
>
> > With the release this autumn of RTH, i'd like to ask Jim
> > about the song Nowhere Fast.
> > As we all know theres the film version and Meatloafs
> > version, around the time of release i remember reading an
> > article that said that the original version was given to
> > Meatloaf and a rewrite of the song was done for the film,
> > i'd like to know
> > 1- Was the meatloaf version originally intended for the
> > film?
> > 2- If it was, who decided it wasn't suitable, you or the
> > film company?
> > 3- If it was your decision, what was it about the original
> > version that made you consider a rewrite?
> >
> > Personally i prefer the SOF version, but the above
> > questions have had me wondering for years.
> >
> > On a final note i've been in contact with RTH screenwriter
> > Cynthia Curnan who's in the process of registering for the
> > Rockman board.
> >


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