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Jacqueline 05:58 pm UTC 03/20/17 |
| In reply to: | Things not said... - The_wolf_with_the_red_roses 11:30 pm UTC 03/19/17 |
| Love the bit about building an extension on your soul. A new wing where Steinman's music and philosophy take up residence. > ...But should have been. > > At the press junkett for the launch night of previews, > camera crews were asking what Bat Out of Hell meant to us. > In the midst of bigger contributors to the community (Ben, > if I became a bit of a bumpling wreck it's only because > you found us some of my favirote Jim's songs of all time > and you're pretty much in the same leauge as him to me at > this point) I didn't speak to the cameras outside. But in > the midst of Jim's triumph and talent on show in the > fullest, most complete form it's ever been I'll share with > you all. > > Jim's music is timeless, not just in the cultutral sense, > his songs are still played, his albums still re-enter > charts and his influence is still heard today. It is > timeless on a much more intimate and personal level. Jim's > music represents so much good in my life. It represents > bonding with my mum and listening to You Took the Words as > a 5 year old boy, it represents rediscovering it, and the > rest of the album, years later and becoming so engrossed > that friends and teachers around me could sing Two out Of > Three Ain't Bad word-for-word as we drove through the > french countryside a decade ago, > it represents playing a song for a loved one meant for > something else then living amongst us, it represents > meeting the love of my love of my live and walking through > the streets, drunk, happy, singing and dancing the night > away (because "if you gotta be damned...", right?) > > Okay, so my words are alot grander and alot less "Jacob" > in written form but that would have been the jist. > > I think, if you really get Jim's music, then you become > more than a fan, you have an extension built onto your > soul, an obsession, an absolute life changer. | |
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