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rockfenris2005 08:14 am UTC 07/09/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Not Allowed To Love/ Jim Needs Better Publicity - Klasien 12:59 pm UTC 07/05/11 |
I also really like "Only when I feel". I can't stand "Break it" on its own. It's like filler to me. But once you hear it altogether, where it belongs, it really does work. For me, anyway. > agreed. totally love the song! > > dunno about the whole publicity thing... Jim either > appeals to you, or he doesn't... and no amount of > marketing is going to change that?? > > -K- > who knows where she stands on that... :) > > > > > > > > I really love the song "Not Allowed To Love" that Jim > > > wrote for the "Batman" musical. You can hear several > > > versions of it by visiting the demos section of Ryan's > > > "Batman" website (link below). As Ryan suggests on the > > > site, it may find a new home in "BOOH: The Musical", which > > > would be really cool because its a wonderful song and I > > > would hate for it to be forgotten. > > > > > > Although Ryan has done an excellent job of keeping the > > > memory of the song and the musical that it was originally > > > written for alive. > > > > I love this song with a passion and I've been under its > > spell for years. Some people don't like it. Or they don't > > think it's as good as his older work. But to be totally > > honest and frank I think it's to die for. It's utterly > > enchanting. > > > > > I was listening to Magic FM on Friday (one of the biggest > > > UK radio stations) and they kept saying: "Be the first to > > > call when we play Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse Of The > > > Heart" and you will win 10,000 pounds!" > > > > > > I listened for two hours but they didn't play it. But > > > still, I presume that someone eventually won ten grand for > > > hearing one of Jim's masterpieces. > > > > > > Jim has said that "Who Needs The Young?" is not "radio > > > fodder" (which is true) but its great that he does have > > > some very radio friendly songs. > > > > > > Karen Brady was the only female soccer manager in the > > > premier league here and she was on "Desert Island Discs" > > > (a very popular radio programme where celebrities choose > > > eight pieces of music that they would want if they were > > > stranded on a desert island) and, out of eight pieces of > > > music, she chose two Jim songs, "Anything For Love" and > > > "Total Eclipse Of The Heart". > > > > > > Jim's work is everywhere but I think he needs a really > > > good publicist, so that absolutley everyone knows who > > > wrote these wonderful songs. > > > > > > I can think of eight UK commercials that have used Jim's > > > music in the last two years. > > > > > > Meat Loaf is constantly being featured on cable televison > > > channels here (concerts, documentaries, a TV movie, SNL) > > > and he really is the Frankenstein monster that Jim > > > invented (no disrespect to Meat intended - just respect > > > for Jim). > > > > > > ALW, Roman Polanski, Barbra Streisand and many others have > > > wanted to work with Jim. Its really amazing if I stop to > > > think about it. > > > > > > "Tanz" is the most successful show in German history. I > > > think. > > > > > > Jim should be at least as famous as ALW. Anyone who can > > > write a song like "Not Allowed To Love" should be. > > > > > > There is no problem as far as recognition goes with UK > > > media people. The Evening Standard is the most important > > > newspaper for the arts in the UK (the "BOOH: The Musical" > > > ad was in The Standard). Their music critic was reviewing > > > a Celine Dion concert. He said that Celine was wooden and > > > boring when singing songs by "hacks" like Diane Warren but > > > that she came to life and showed her true potential as an > > > artist when singing "Its All Coming Back To Me Now" by > > > "the genius Jim Steinman". > > > > > > The fact that UK media people are so familiar with Jim > > > should make a good publicist's job easy. Terry Wogan > > > played "Rock And Roll Dreams" (the Jim/Rory Dodd version) > > > and said that it was one of his favourite tracks of all > > > time. | |
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