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re: Plus

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Rob 10:35 pm UTC 04/13/09
In reply to: re: Plus - Pudding 02:40 am UTC 04/13/09

To be honest, when was the last time Jim tried to get a hit?

The last album he wrote and produced (purely as a record, rather than a musical) was Bat 2 - a massive hit.

The last album he did a jobbing producer role on was Celine Dion's - a massive hit, and his song was the main single.

No Matter What turned out to be a massive hit, but only as a reault of WDTW, and since then all his projects have really been theatre based. He hasn't really TRIED to have a hit single in years.

As far a 7 minute plus song goes - it would be edited down for a single release. Just like Bat, Total Eclipse, Anything For Love were. You could have a full version available as a download, on the CD single, or on the album - but you'd have an edited 4-5 minute version for the radio, so the length wouldn't be a problem.

I don't want shite-arsed remixed techno bollocks either. That's EXACTLY what I'm arguing against. I want a great Steinman song, sung by a great singer (not Simon Cowell's latest 5-minute flash in the pan), with a good arrangement and production (not necessarily by Jim, as he's fucked up on that score before now).

If he goes with reality TV/ Simon Cowell/ Any Dream Will Do style bollocks, then all we'll get is a shitty watered down version of his vision. Is that really what we all want?

> Can you remember the last time Jim had a hit? I would
> absolutely love it for Jim to get one of his 7 minute plus
> songs, produce it how he sees the song should be and for
> it to storm the charts. But I know that's a pipe dream
> that won't happen unless there's a compromise along the
> way, that compromise is best done with the artist who can
> deliver a hit record rather than the song being
> compromised by some shite-arsed remixed techno bollocks.
>



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