| re: Jim Steinman Vs Diane Warren | |
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steven_stuart 12:19 am UTC 03/25/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Jim Steinman Vs Diane Warren - Vin 05:39 pm UTC 03/23/11 |
| > ILFY works for me musically, but the lyrics are pretty > bad. And I'll never know why she wrote, "I'd walk across > the fire for you, I'd walk on the WILD for you." Come > on, Diane, you've already jampacked the song with a trove > of trite, rote cliches. No point feigning artistic > ingenuity now. Why not just go for the obvious, natural, > easy, SENSICAL rhyme here: "I'd walk on the WIRE for you." > What you've written doesn't really even make sense. Is > that short-hand for "walk on the wild SIDE for you?" > > This has always bugged me. Ha ha. Well said. > > Diane Warren has achieved a lot but I do sometimes feel > > that she is able to churn out songs. You can order a song > > from her and it will be delivered the next working day. > > With Jim, I get the feeling that he can only create very > > special songs when he is in the right artistic mood > > (surely this is why Jim refused to do an entire album for > > Air Supply). > > > > I have to admit that I liked Diane's "I Don't Want To Miss > > A Thing" for Aerosmith but I thought that her "I'd Lie For > > You" for Meat Loaf was an attempt to copy Jim's writing > > stlye and that it really didn't work. Even the video for > > "I'd Lie For You" is meant to be a continuation of the > > "Anything For Love" video. I'm surprised that "I'd Lie For > > You" made it to number 2 in the British charts. That must > > make it the most successful non-Jim Meat Loaf song. > > > > It really isn't fair that a genius songwriter like Jim > > hasn't won a songwriting Grammy and yet a professional > > songwriter like Diane has (and she has been nominated for > > an Oscar six times). | |
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