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nowhere_fast 08:57 am UTC 04/26/13 |
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Jim Can Also Be Very Experimental - steven_stuart 02:47 am UTC 04/24/13 |
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> > IMHO the Runt has one overarching quality that Jim lacks
> > ... experimentation- sometimes it works sometimes it
> > doesn't - I think Jim *was* a more consistent songwriter
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> Why the NJC classification? It's difficult to talk about
> Todd without talking about Jim.
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> Also, Jim's Nutz project is very experimental. He is not
> just writing the lyrics (although that would be enough to
> prove once again that Jim is a genius).
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> Despite a lot of help from Steve Margoshes and Jeff Bova,
> as well as the basic melodies being supplied by
> Tchaikovsky, the song concepts are by Jim.
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> Also, in the early days, Jim was very experimental. As you
> know, Clive Davis tried to teach him how to write a three
> minute pop song and Jim ignored him and continued writing
> his unique Wagnerian rock pieces.
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> To me, Paradise By The Dashboard Light was very
> experimental.
Its not that hard to talk about Todd without bringing up Jim.
Todd has done a number of album in all sorts of styles under his own name or with Utopia.
You could talk for hours about Todds stuff and never even go near his Jim work.
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