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rockfenris2005 10:32 am UTC 04/23/21 |
| In reply to: | re: Some memories - Evan 08:20 am UTC 04/23/21 |
| Oh thank you! I performed "Confessions" at the old Railway Hotel where I live, which hasn't been there now since 2005. It was a very powerful experience for me. I've since had the chance to sing both "Bat out of Hell" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" live, just me and a friend of mine on acoustic guitar. Don Claude happened! In 2011, it even got a local award for Most Refreshing Newcomer Writer and Performer, and as recently as late 2019 I had someone mention it to me when I was going to see a play. It seems to have been fondly remembered out there. Someone else told me it was one of the best productions in the theatre's history. It's been 20 years since this year since we wrote the first song together, which was actually finished 10 years after we started it. I'm still working on it now (prequel, sequel, graphic novel). Ohhhh you were the one he said the "Apocalypse Now" thing too. He mentioned his title "Read my Apocalypse" in that as well. It's a small world. Oh no, not that song! It was really nice seeing you post too. > Ryan! Gosh it feels like years. I remember Smeghead giving > you a hard time so many years ago but I think it was > because he really believed in your talent. I remember when > you were going to perform in public for, I think, the > first time at a club in Australia. I believe you were > going to perform “Confessions of a Vampire”. The whole > board was very supportive. > > I remember the craziness of Susan and how Jim was really a > cat. > > I remember you being the first to tell me how Dark Side of > The Moon syncs up perfectly with The Wizard of Oz on mute. > I remember Don Claude Devious. Most of all I remember you > always being so passionate about Jim’s music. > > I apologize for going down memory lane but I feel like > Jim’s passing has made me really remember how much I > needed this place when I was a teenager. I logged in and > posted almost daily for years. If I wasn’t posting I was > certainly checking the board multiple times a day. > > I remember all the excitement when Jim briefly posted and > blogged. I remember him asking for the best whispered > final lines in movies. My contribution was the final line > of “Apocalypse Now” and his response was how he remembered > the Mad magazine cover with “Apocalypse Now” listed as “A > Crock Of Shit Now”. I still can’t believe I got to briefly > converse with Jim, even just over the computer. > > As social media platforms took over, I never really moved > on with them. I miss this board so much. It’s sad thinking > how important it was to me during crucial years of my life > and now it’s just not the same with everyone gone and now > Jim. > > Anyway, it was really nice seeing you post. It sounds > strange but I’ve missed interacting on here. I hope you’re > doing well. Boy, wasn’t 2020 a shit year? Hopefully, it > can only get better. Maybe a few more former regulars will > post here too. Who knows? > > > * The first time I heard the full album version of > > "Anything for Love", which was my favourite song only then > > it was just five minutes long. Unbelievable. > > > > * Realizing how great "For Crying Out Loud" was on the > > first "Bat". > > > > * hearing "The Storm" and "Bad for Good" for the first > > time and wanting to hear the rest of the album. I > > absolutely love the way "The Storm" was reused as the > > Overture to "Tanz". > > > > * unexpectedly falling in love with the song "Everything > > is Permitted" from "Dead Ringer". > > > > * the first time I heard "It's All Coming Back", and never > > wanting that song to ever end. Again, unbelievable. And > > then realizing it was the same person who wrote it, > > because of course it was. > > > > * hearing "Tonight is What it Means to be Young" from > > "Streets of Fire", I can't even describe that. And then it > > gets made over as the finale for "Tanz" as well. > > > > * who remembers the first time they heard Pandora's Box > > "Original Sin" the title song? My reaction was: holy cow. > > It went off so much more than the Meat Loaf one ever did. > > > > * finding the cast album of "Whistle down the Wind" which > > wasn't cheap! And being so excited about listening to it. > > "A Kiss..." is an amazing song. > > > > * the original cast album of "Tanz", which to me is like > > the ultimate showdown with Jim's music. > > > > * When Jim posted the demos for the "Batman" musical, and > > me cracking it over Jim not writing all of the songs for > > "Bat 3". > > > > * "A Good Nightmare Comes so Rarely" in "Dance of the > > Vampires", which is such an awesome, awesome little song. > > > > * the announcement of "Braver Than We Are" > > > > * every time I got a response from Jim himself, and Jim > > saying "hi Ryan" haha when he posted Joker's Song on his > > blog. > > > > * long threads with everyone here > > > > * always wondering if the record companies were eventually > > going to put something out for an anniversary. > > > > * Reading the script for "Bat out of Hell 2100", which I > > should have come here and reviewed, but I thought everyone > > had moved over to social media now. > > > > * THE FRIENDSHIPS I have formed here, as a result of > > everyone listening to something of Jim's for that first > > time. He's not only given us his work, but that too. > > > > I think his music will live forever. | |
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