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rockfenris2005 01:00 pm UTC 05/06/12 |
| In reply to: | Least favorite song written and/or produced by Jim? - Black-Fandango 12:33 pm UTC 05/03/12 |
My least favourite would have to be "If it ain't broke break it" on the "Wuthering Heights" recording, but not "Only when I feel". I actually really like the full song "Only when I feel". I just thought "Break it" seemed weak out of context. Also, is it like the shortest Steinman song that's ever been released? > I didn't have to think hard about this: Getting So Excited > by Bonnie Tyler from Faster Than the Speed of Night. Ugh. > Where to even begin with this song? The chord progression > is repetitive, the beat just makes you wanna sit down, and > it just has this vaguely ugly sound. The whole production > of the song is simply wrongheaded: it takes itself too > seriously to be campy, but it's way too trashy to be taken > seriously. Even within the album the song doesn't work; in > fact, the album is much better without it, as then the two > Steinman compositions can go together, uninterrupted by > this garbage. It pains me to know that the title of not > only my favorite Steinman song, but my favorite song in > general came from this track. And every time I hear it > here, I can't help but cringe. I guess if I have anything > good thing to say about it, it's be that Bonnie's vocal > performance is actually very good, as she does really sell > the emotion of the song, but that's about it. > > Another song that comes to mind when think of this topic > is Pandora's Box's (awkward spelling) cover of the Doors' > Twentieth Century Fox (Box, Fox, rocks, a pox, drop your > cocks, and grab your socks! - it's a fun game). Logically, > I should hate this more, as it is a tarted-up cover of a > song I have a lot of affection for, but at least TCF is > fun! I know it's bad, but I enjoy it anyway; it's kind of > like the musical equivalent of Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls. > TCF is a guilty pleasure, GSE is just a bore. > > Anyone else have some venom for a Jim Steinman song? | |
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