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re: Memories

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rockfenris2005 09:40 am UTC 04/29/21
In reply to: re: Memories - Evan 07:15 am UTC 04/29/21


There was so much going on in that era that might have been really exciting for Jim:

* A "Bat out of Nashville" album, taking songs from the two Bat albums and two new songs, and turning them into a country album.

* Jim was working with Karine, who might have had huge hits with "Safe Sex", "Braver" and "Making Love".

* Jim was writing "Batman: The Musical". Tim Burton was going to direct it at one point.

* "Dance of the Vampires" was coming to Broadway.

* Meat and Jim were going to reunite again for "Bat out of Hell III" and "What Part of my Body Hurts the Most?" could have been the big single from it.

As we know, it didn't work out that way. I'm so glad "Braver" and the "Bat" musical did.


> Man, you really brought back some memories with the Garbo
> and Anastasia recordings. I had forgotten all about them.
> I’ll definitely have to eventually go through and give
> them another listen. I really thought Karine’s hit
> should’ve been Safe Sex. That song always seemed like a
> hit just waiting to be properly recorded. It sums up the
> emotions perfectly. You see a title called Safe Sex and
> that song’s subject matter really takes you by surprise.
> It’s really perfect.
>
> >
> > And he still had some great moments after that. Just would
> > have loved to see him and Karine have a Number 1 with
> > "Braver" and "Not Allowed" for example.
> >
> > >
> > > Looking back, the late 90s was such an amazing time for
> > > Jim. He was really on top of the world. I was only a kid
> > > then, and couldn't really experience it the way the older
> > > members did. Remember, he'd just done "It's All Coming
> > > Back", "Bat II" before that, "Whistle down the Wind" had
> > > opened in London, "No matter what" was everywhere, "Tanz"
> > > was winning IMAGE awards in Europe, there was talk of an
> > > English production, Jim was going to write "Batman", he'd
> > > produced the theme for "The Mask of Zorro" by the guys who
> > > wrote "My heart will go on", he even produced a song for
> > > the cartoon "Anastasia". It was just such an amazing time,
> > > and that's right as Ravenous is being announced. We know
> > > he's working on "Garbo" and "Wuthering Heights".
> > >
> > > Then "Dance of the Vampires" happens and ughhh. I feel
> > > like that's the moment where it all went wrong, but hey he
> > > managed thirty really wonderful years before that.
> > >
> > > > Gosh I remember seeing it at the time and having these
> > > > delusions of grandeur about Jim releasing so many projects
> > > > on his very own label. It seems he did release a few
> > > > though, as you pointed out.


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