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Vin 03:01 am UTC 04/12/09 |
| In reply to: | Air Supply Are Just Silly - steven_stuart 09:32 pm UTC 04/11/09 |
| I also like the Air Supply version better than Bonnie's, though I really wish Meat would have done this once he got his "Bad Attitude" voice. (accepting that he could not, chronologically, have done it when he had his Bat I voice) The song does not need to be "gentle;" Meat could have violenced it up a bit, under Jim's guiding hand. > > I like Air Supply's version of MLOONAA even if the music > > video it complete cheese. > > Yes. The way they look is a problem. The tall guy standing > next to the short guy with the terrible perm. Although > Simon and Garfunkel looked cool standing next to each > other. Maybe its because they had attractive haircuts. > > I liked both MLOONAA and I'm All Out Of Love but I felt > guilty because Air Supply look cheesy and the songs are a > bit intentionally silly. They are so MOR. The melodies and > the lyrics are catchy but so were the melodies and lyrics > of David Cassidy and The Partridge Family. > > Both Air Supply and the Partridge Family have no passion. > Meat and Bonnie are the opposite. One could put them in > the Freddie Mercury category. > > People can be negative about Celine Dion but she looks a > lot better than the little guy with the strange perm in > Air Supply. And she has a lot more passion when she sings. > Her songs are not always very good. This is what the music > critic for The Standard was saying when he said that her > concert was boring until she sang IACBTMN ("by the genius > Jim Steinman"). Celine is very talented but she needs a > great song for that talent to shine through. > > I think its a great pitty for Celine that she doesn't do > more work with Jim. Her last album was so flat and dull. A > Jim song could have saved it. > > I don't think anything can save Air Supply from being > silly. Jim himself has told an interviewer that he didn't > want to work with them. Can you imagine if they were given > TEOTH? There's no way that it would be such a classic. > Bonnie is much better suited for it. Jim poured a lot of > energy into it partly because its a great song and partly > because he was inspired by Bonnie (although I'm guessing > about the last part). > > MLOONAA is much more gentle song and therefore more > suitable for Air Supply. Although I think the song is > better than the group. I agree with the poster who said: > "MLOONAA was saved only by the strength of the song > itself." > | |
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