| re: The Psychology of Jim Steinman's Missing Songs | |
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John_Galt (brandonmartin@daiilyuprising.com) 01:52 am UTC 06/16/09 |
| In reply to: | re: The Psychology of Jim Steinman's Missing Songs - Evil_One 08:42 pm UTC 06/15/09 |
| Evil_One wrote: > Does Always It's The War count for or against the > arguement? Perhaps. Always It's the War is the spoken word intro/outro and rewritten version of Braver Than We Are, right? To the extent that Always It's The War is political, I could argue that it is written from a different place and that might be the kind of difference that involves Jim writing new material from a new place. I've always thought of Jim as transcending politics when he's written in the past, but perhaps when Jim writes from a new place he is more reflective politically today. On the other hand, we could argue that Jim's Dream Engine is highly political -- so Always It's The War might just be a return to form. (As an aside, I see The Dream Engine as "socially liberal" on the surface, but kind of radically, emotionally individualistic underneath. Interestingly enough, even in his crazy youth, Jim's art seems to agree more with Smeg than President Obama on this fundamental level. The creator of The Dream Engine seemed to understand why collectivism sucks on a deeper level than most political thinkers.) -=John Galt=- | |
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