| re: Jim Steinman Vs Diane Warren | |
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samurai7 02:06 pm UTC 03/26/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Jim Steinman Vs Diane Warren - rockfenris2005 01:12 pm UTC 03/25/11 |
| Perhaps she did write "wire" and Meat 'changed' it. He's been known to make 'changes' before, right? ;-) lol > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > Well, there's a lyric in "Everything I do I do it for > > you": > > > > You can't tell me it's not worth trying for > > I can't help it, there's nothing I want more > > I would fight for you > > I'd lie for you > > Walk the wire for you > > I'd die for you... > > > > I could be really pedantic here and say that she not only > > wrote a song like "Anything for Love" but this song as > > well... > > > > > > Except she says "wild" instead of "wire". I agree with > Vin. I don't know why she wrote "wild" instead of "wire". > The line doesn't really make sense to me. How do you walk > ON the wild? You can walk IN the wild or THROUGH the wild. > If you're writing a fantasy, you can walk OVER the wild if > you're a witch that's levitating, or you can walk UNDER > the wild and it's like something out of a Jules Verne > novel... > | |
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