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Space_Monkey 12:16 pm UTC 05/31/07 |
| In reply to: | re: I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back - pidunk 04:56 pm UTC 05/29/07 |
Jim on 'Dead Ringer', By Sandy Robertson, Sounds Magazine, 1981 http://www.jimsteinman.com/unknown.htm "The title I wanted to use was considered too strong, which was 'I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back,' one of the best love songs I ever wrote, great chorus line: 'In every way I want you out of my life/ But I'll kill you if you don't come back.'" > > Jim has qualified in his blog that he likes only a certain > aspect of the song....sent me to the dictionary he did, by > using the word "coda". Without using a reference, "coda" > seems like it would be the meaning or interpretation of > the song, but in the musical definition, it is the final > musical phrasing of it, which means that Jim omits the > lyrical aspects of his liking of it. He discussed this > song twenty years ago, and it is not surprising to me that > it is not one of his own favored, because as he stated he > had a certain concept in mind that was otherwise difficult > to convey, and he didn't like it at all. It was one of the > songs he hated writing. As he described it, the song is > about my relationship between myself and members of my own > family and their various contradicting complex constructs. > While Jim laced other themes into it which dealt with his > own place amidst that mess, that was his primary goal to > reflect in that song and the mixtures basically fit > together in the entire message. "It is a message song, > pure and simple". It is not to be taken with any kind of > literal interpretation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why would it have sucked may I ask. Although saying that. > > He sang MTYD on the storytellers. And it sucked, > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > > > Fucking love rockman, thanks for the quick reply:-) > > > > > > I should imagine it sucked on the storytellers tour, tho.. | |
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