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re: Fire Inc mentioned

Posted by:	tincrowdor 07:10 pm UTC 10/29/08
In reply to:	re: Fire Inc mentioned - Marvello 05:04 pm UTC 10/29/08

nicely put. in many ways the things people like about Jims stuff is exactly what makes other people hate them. the review does acknowledge the uniqueness of Jims songs > They do pretty much all sound the the same, production > wise, harmonies etc. > But, only in the same way that many Spector productions do > via his wall of sound. > > > It always drives me crazy when somebody says something > > like "Steinman's songs all sound the same..." unless by > > same you mean good. I mean really... Life is a Lemon, Bat > > out of Hell, Lost Boys and Golden Girls... they don't > > sound at all similar. > > > > > Popdose covers TIWIMTBY in their 'Bottom Feeders' round-up > > > of singles that failed to make it to the Billboard top > > > 40: > > > > > > Fire Inc. > > > “Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young” — 1984, #80 > > > > > > You can either love or hate Jim Steinman, but at the very > > > least you should be able to immediately tell when you’re > > > listing to one of his songs. In fact, many times you can > > > tell it just by the grandiose title. “Tonight Is What It > > > Means to Be Young” is a great example of a Steinman title > > > and the song sounds like everything else from him (I know > > > someone is going to have a problem with the phrase > > > “everything else” here). > > > > > > Fire Inc. was a semi-super group put together by Steinman, > > > who wrote two songs for them on the Streets of Fire > > > soundtrack. They never recorded anything else under this > > > moniker. Some of the whopping 14 members in Fire Inc. > > > include Rick Derringer, Max Weinberg, and Davey Johnstone > > > as well as a few of Steinman’s frequent collaborators, > > > like vocalists Holly Sherwood and Rory Dodd. Despite the > > > male harmonies sounding a lot like Meat Loaf, he isn’t > > > part of the group.


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