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steven_stuart 11:37 pm UTC 11/01/15 |
| In reply to: | re: What does Jim Steinman think about... - Lampu_Roku 09:53 pm UTC 10/30/15 |
| Interesting. Red Dragon was a brilliant film. And you make a great point linking the marriage of Heaven and Hell to Jim's quote about the road to excess leading to the palace of wisdom. Intriguing stuff. > I dont know about the other stuff, but in terms of William > Blake, he said in this > http://www.jimsteinman.com/00classicr1.htm 2000 > interveiw: ""I never really saw classical music and rock > 'n' roll as different. I still don't,I grew up liking > extremes in music - big gothic textures. I never have much > regard for more subtle stuff. Dire Straits may be good, > but it just doesn't do it for me. I was attracted to > William Blake, Hieronymus Bosch, I couldn't see the point > in writing songs about ordinary, real-life stuff." > > I think he may have started being interested in William > Blake from his serial killer obsession, as he has > previously said he had a Hannibal Lecter phase, and a > novel which features Lecter, also surrounds William Blakes > "the great red dragon and the woman clothed in the sun". > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Reddragon.jpg/464px-Reddragon.jpg > i think he either got into William Blake from Thomas > Harris' novel Red dragon, or maybe the other way around? > or maybe its just a coincidence that he read Red Dragon > and likes William Blake. In terms of the Marriage of > Heaven and Hell, when I read it I thought, yes there is > definitely something Steinmanesque about it, especialy > this quote “The road of excess leads to the palace of > wisdom.” doesn't that sound like something the self > proclaimed lord of excess would say himself? :) > > > Just wondering... (the 10 questions before go to sleep > > from my -for today- tired and clouded mind). > > > > What does Jim Steinman think about: > > > > 1- William Blake/Marriage of Heaven and Hell/Infernal > > proverbs? > > 2- The Marvel cinematic universe? > > 3- Videogames? > > 4- Terry Goodkind? > > 5- Valentino Rossi and/or MotoGP? > > 6- Dead Snow/Dead Snow2 (Tommy Wirkola director)? > > 7- Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Jon Oliva/Paul O'Neill)? > > 8- Power metal (Rhapsody Of Fire "et similia")? > > 9- Music market today? > > 10- Mad Max Fury Road? > > > > I know I'll never be answered (the questions are a little > > stupid), but these questions are also for those who read > > this post. > > I'm just curious... > > ;) | |
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