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Evan 07:15 am UTC 04/29/21 |
| In reply to: | re: Memories - rockfenris2005 06:56 pm UTC 04/26/21 |
| 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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