I think this is a great song. The problem is it's on an album full of even better songs so it unfairly gets overlooked.
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> But it was brought up in the recent thread.
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> "IT JUST WON'T QUIT".
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> I heard the Meat Loaf version first which I think is
> stronger than Pandora's Box. It seems more cohesive and
> "complete", for some reason. (I think this is also another
> one Meat claims was written for BAT II all along).
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> Musically, as some of you know, it started out as
> "Melville's Theme" in "The Confidence Man". This made me
> think that perhaps the whole melody came from a cut song
> written for the character of Melville. So, I asked Ray (as
> you do) LOL. No, there was never a full song written for
> Melville although Ray *does* have a lyric which Jim never
> composed.
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> I think this song, lyrically, is very personal to me like
> the whole Pandora's Box album.
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> It's also one of those songs that, IMO, could benefit from
> a new version with some big-name singer. It's never been
> allowed to shine, it's just sort of thrown in there with
> the "Bat" saga and an album that sunk ignominiously.
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> Perhaps it will make it to the stage-show?
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> For some reason, I can imagine a NEW duet version being
> made
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