| re: Rebel without a clue & Lovers Again Interpretation? | |
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Vin 02:27 pm UTC 11/02/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Rebel without a clue - John_Galt 07:23 am UTC 11/01/09 |
| Thanks for the tip, JG, though I can't honestly say I'll make the effort to get SD&FF on vinyl (though I DO have a record player somewhere in my house). Its not a very strong collection of songs, really; with both of Jim's Bonnie records, the quality drop-off once you get past the Steinman-penned tunes is steep, steep ideed. Also, along those lines, can anybody explain to me the line in "Lovers Again" (which I do like, btw) that goes "there's a picture of you in yesterday's paper with that smile I knew and THE NEW NAME YOU'VE TAKEN" Why the hell has her former lover taker a new name? I can only think of a few possibilities: 1. former lover is a woman, also; their relationship ended badly and the ex went hetero, or faux-hetero, and got married, thus taking the name of her new husband. (same-sex couples weren't getting married back then, so I'll discount that possibility given historical context.) 2. singer is such a psycho that former lover has joined witness protection, or at least assumed a whole new identity on his own, to try to keep this crazy ex girlfriend out of his life. But, he made the classic blunder of getting shown in the newspaper. I'm partial to this theory because it dumps the song on its head and turns the whole thing into a sinister, veiled threat. Picture Glen Close singing this in a musical version of "Fatal Attraction"; Bunnies will boil soon! 3. song was originally written to be sung by a male? So, the line is meant to convey that the ex is a woman who married another. Much the same as scenario 1, minus the hot salacious lesbian angle. In this case, we can assume that nobody involved in the record was motivated enough to change the line to something more suitable for Bonnie, being a female as far as we know. Am I missing something? This has always puzzled me... > Some time ago, I bought this album as an LP and played it > on a suitable record player hooked up to a high fidelity > stereo. The experience as considerably better. > > My guess is that "tinny" or flat sound that you are > describing is a problem with the CD mastering or CD > encoding technology in 1986. I've heard similar > complaints about other recordings, but never really > noticed the advantage of analog for recordings from that > time period until I listened to SD&FF soar on vinyl. I > wonder if PB is similar? > > Anyway, Ebay will probably have the record for a couple of > bucks and you can try it out on a friends turntable and > stereo. If you think I'm wrong, you can sell it to him > for scratching or sampling. After all, who wouldn't want > to sample the instrumental bridge thing towards the end of > Rebel Without a Clue... > > -=John Galt=- > > > I like it well enough, but not a stand-out Steinman tune, > > IMO. Better than Ravishing, certainly. There's something > > "tinny" about the production sound on this album that has > > always gnawed at me. Like a rat. Gnawing. A > > 2-dimensional rat. > > > > > > > > > This song doesn't get brought up very often. Personally I > > > really like it and would rank it in my top favorite > > > Steinman songs. > > > > > > Has Bonnie been the only one to sing it? > > > > > > Anyone else enjoy it? > > > > > > I really like how during this segment: > > > > > > > > > So hold me baby, hold me a little longer > > > Need me baby just a little stronger tonight > > > Move it darling move a little quicker > > > Prove it darling blood is really thicker tonight > > > Drive on darling drive a little farther > > > Dream on darling dream a little harder tonight > > > Teach me baby teach me how to love you > > > Without me you're just another rebel without a clue > > > > > > Bonnie interrupts herself to go to the next verse. | |
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