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rockfenris2005 01:22 pm UTC 03/25/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Jim Steinman Vs Diane Warren - steven_stuart 12:28 am UTC 03/25/11 |
> > I look at it this way. Alfred Hitchcock never won an > > Oscar. And "Bat out of Hell" and "Psycho" are both pure > > magnificence, need I say it for the hundredth time. > > Alfred never won an Oscar? That's terrible. It's absolutely ghastly. And you wouldn't think that he never won an Oscar. Surely not Alfred Hitchcock... "Psycho" and > "Vertigo" are on Jim's favourite film list. I also loved > "I Confess". Bat 1 and Bat 2 not winning a Grammy for Jim > is ridiculous. With the screwy way things are, I'm > surprised that Bat 3 didn't win a best album Grammy. Thankfully that never happened. And despite whatever awards he may or may not receive, Jim has 2 albums in the top 20 greatest selling albums of all time list, and only one of these albums contains ALL songs written by one songwriter, which is Jim. This is an incredible achievement. > > > I'm not just MOVED by a lot of Diane Warren's work. "I > > don't want to miss a thing" is probably the one song that > > moves me, > > Me too. Its her best. > > > I felt as though she was impersonating > > Jim's work because the record company thought that was > > what would sell more albumn, sigh... > > Exactly. Even the "I'd Lie For You" video was made to look > like it was picking up where the "Anything For Love" video > ended. It was like trying to cash in on Jim without > involving him. Worse than Bat 3. I wouldn't go that far. "Welcome to the Neighbourhood" wasn't trying to be something it's not. Yes, there were a couple songs that impersonated Jim but they could have easily called it Bat 3 to sell more records, and they didn't. And as a whole, it is a much more satisfying experience than TMIL. At least Jim wrote the > first UK released single fron that album (IACBTMN) - which > might have worked if it hadn't already been a monster hit > for Celine Dion. > > > (Remember what Meat Loaf said about moulds in "To Hell and > > Back"... and I'm almost positive I haven't got the > > spelling correct either, mould I mean.) > > Yes. Well remembered. That's interesting. | |
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