And, once again, the only way a steinfan can reply to a blog or post like this is to state their own opinion as fact to prove that somone else's opinion is wrong.
I thought it was an excellent read, and a great example of how someone can dislike a song not (only) because of the song itself, but also by the way it was presented to them.
Oddly enough, though the writer does not like the song even today, one cannot escape the loving way in which they describe this episode. It seems like some songs can become part of your life, even though you don't like them at all.
Kudos to Jim for writing songs NOBODY can escape! lol
-K-
> > "Total Eclipse of the Heart" sounds even more histrionic
> > and overblown now than it did back then, and it has not
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> Not aged well? Can't agree with that. This is one of those
> production/arrangements which is just perfect. You can't
> think of anything to change that would improve it.
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> There have been many covers since, but Bonnie's version is
> the one that is still played, which says a lot.
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> The piano and drum sounds especially are great, as is Rory
> Dodd's crystal clear 'turnarounds'.
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> Some would criticise that it's an '80's production', which
> it is, but I hear that as a compliment, as I love that
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> Also, l think Jim set the bench mark back then, to which
> many people tried to copy, but I can't think of anyone
> (right now) that got close.
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> In any case, I never tire of listening to it.
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