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Markus 08:12 am UTC 02/23/12 |
| In reply to: | re: Jim Would Like to thank you all.... - Jan 09:07 pm UTC 02/22/12 |
| Bravo! :-) > Great news! I'm very happy for Jim. He should have been > inducted years ago but better late than never...It's great > to see that Jimmy Webb is involved in this event (he's > probably my favorite songwriter after Jim) because I know > Jim is a fan of his. Hopefully he introduces Jim with > praising words... > > There are songwriters,there are good songwriters, there > are great songwriters, but as far as I'm concerned there > is only one GENIUS songwriter and that is Jim Steinman. > His gorgeously epic music and poetic, witty, impassioned > lyrics are a totally unique combination. The hardest thing > in popular music is to have your own, identifiable > sound/style and Jim is one of the few who has it. When you > look at the quality of his body of work from the seventies > to recent years it is unparalleled in my opinion. He may > not be as prolific writer as other songwriters but when he > releases a song it always still has that Steinman quality > in it, in my opinion. > > I don't know any artists that have been in the music > business as long as Jim has been and have constantly put > out only quality material out year after year like Jim has > done, and still continue to do so. Jim's totally in the > league of his own for me. Some music writers have > expressed my thoughts about Jim's music very aptly so I'll > end my post with two of my favorite descriptions of Jim's > music. > > "If God made albums, they would probably sound a lot like > Steinman's" -NME > > "Nobody writes like Jim Steinman: he is perhaps the lost > genius of pop, stranded -lamentably unlauded - in a world > of rock with opera's attitude, where life has stopped at > the point of adolescence that childhood dreams are > shattered. It's how 'soul' music should have turned out: > every chorus is like losing your virginity , every verse > is like killing your parents. It's as if Phil Spector and > Richard Wagner were making records together," > -Q Magazine 1993 > > "Soul Music". Music that touches the listener's soul. > That's a perfect description of Jim's music. > > So, thank you Jim for touching my soul with your music > ever since 1993. > > Your fan..."until the end". > > Jan | |
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