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Klasien 01:41 pm UTC 06/27/12 |
| In reply to: | How many Jim songs did you hear before knowing Jim did them? - LordRahl 12:39 am UTC 06/27/12 |
| I remember knowing Paradise Total Eclipse Hot summer night but not knowing who had written them. My dad introduced me to BOOH, he brought the LP home from work for me one day, saying 'You like that song?? Honey, the guy who wrote that song wrote this whole album. Have a listen and tell me what you think.' He later told me he thought Paradise to be one of the 'weaker' songs on the album, but hadn't wanted to put me down... I ended up agreeing with him... Later, for my birthday, my dad got me a copy of Bonnie Tyler's greatest hits. I then found out that my 3 fave songs (Holding out for a hero, Faster than the speed of night & total eclipse) were written by the same bloke... and I was hooked. I also remember the first time I heard 'It's all coming back to me now'... (Celine's version, it would take years before I found PB, there wasn't much available where I grew up). I was in a record store with a friend, heard the piano intro, turned to her and said 'Steinman wrote that!' She told me that was BS, there was no way I could know that, but I stood firm, I was sure. She looked it up in the booklet and found out I was right. I couldn't afford the cd back then, but she was so impressed she nicked the booklet for me and gave it to me after we'd left the store... ROFL -K- > I was thinking the other day about how many times I had > actually heard a Steinman classic on the radio or in a > movie before knowing he was the man who did them all. > It's interesting to consider how many songs of his I liked > without knowing he even did them. I got Bat out of Hell 2 > in 1994 and 1 in the summer of 95 but I didnt grasp > Steinman's imprtance until 98 or 99ish. > > Here is my list: > 1) Holding out for a Hero in Short Circuit 2. I think > this is my first Steinman exposure > 2) Total Eclipse on the radio. Anytime this song came on > the radio I would get so excited. I never owned my own > copy of it until 2000ish > 3) It's all coming back to me now, Celine Dion. I > remember seeing the video and hearing the song and > thinking how much it reminded me of Meat Loaf music. > > > Thats the only music of his I heard without knowing what > he was involved with. Once I got more on the net the > Steinman hunt began and I started buying all things > Steinman related, Whistle down the wind, Bad for Good, and > Pandora's Box. > > | |
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