There's something that joins it altogether for me, and that is: a song must sound passionate in some way.
> It also will make you very eclectic as a composer, as Jim
> was. Nothing wrong with that!
>
> >
> > Yes, and I can see them being performed in opera houses
> > one day too, from karaoke bars to opera houses, Jim will
> > conquer them all, which goes with the whole thing he was
> > always saying about barriers in music. People would put up
> > barriers between say the opera Salome, and West Side
> > Story, and the Beatles, when to Jim they were all equal to
> > him. It's how I see things as well. I get frustrated with
> > musicians who get this way. I go from listening to Aqua to
> > Gustav Holst's The Planets. To me, it is all music which I
> > enjoy.
> >
> > > I agree. His music is really timeless. Bat Out Of Hell was
> > > very out of place when it was initially released and
> > > doesn’t sound dated to my ears. I also think as long as
> > > there’s karaoke bars, they’ll be people belting out many
> > > of Jims masterpieces and likely butchering them but having
> > > fun in the process.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Well said. I think his music will be around in hundreds of
> > > > years like Beethoven.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > But great songs live forever
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