that reminds me.....EYES WIDE OPEN *ducks*
― Michael B, Monday, 27 October 2003 17:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael B, Monday, 27 October 2003 17:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Vic (Vic), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:29 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:31 (twenty years ago) link
"where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods/where's the streetwise hercules to fight the rising odds"
― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:35 (twenty years ago) link
"Unbreak My Heart" was one of the best singles of its year.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:36 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Alan (Alan), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:47 (twenty years ago) link
― robin (robin), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael B, Monday, 27 October 2003 17:57 (twenty years ago) link
― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:59 (twenty years ago) link
No, really. Go look right now.
― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:06 (twenty years ago) link
...I cry now.
― cis (cis), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:11 (twenty years ago) link
Dude, that's not cool.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:23 (twenty years ago) link
Well, Jim certainly looks pleased.
http://www.jimsteinman.com/wwwboard/jim198.gif
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:25 (twenty years ago) link
― robin carmody (robin carmody), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:56 (twenty years ago) link
"And I need you now tonight / I fuckin need you more than ever"
"Beautiful" is ass.
― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Monday, 27 October 2003 19:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 27 October 2003 22:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 27 October 2003 23:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 27 October 2003 23:18 (twenty years ago) link
― robin (robin), Monday, 27 October 2003 23:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 27 October 2003 23:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 27 October 2003 23:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 October 2003 23:28 (twenty years ago) link
If there's a problem with Diane Warren/Celine Dion effect it's that it has tended to iron out all eccentricity in the power ballad. That's partly why Bedingfield's "If You're Not The One" is so great, and why "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" or whatever it was is so drab.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 27 October 2003 23:58 (twenty years ago) link
Ah, bless you Mr. Finney. Again you are a genius. :-) But yeah, this sums it up. There is also very little sense of...well, 'camp' is such a loaded word, but the lack of same in favor of sheer pointless formalism in so many of these ballads is wearying. I was thinking of this in particular when watching an episode or two of Pop Idol with Martin during my UK trip, the sheer dullness of one soundalike ballad after another -- more than a few selections coming from Ms. Warren's pen in particular, I seem to recall -- made the whole exercise pure pain. There was nothing to get excited about, no reason to care.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 00:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 01:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Mirov (nick), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 05:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 08:58 (twenty years ago) link
the song is indeed camp, overproduced, manipulative tosh - and i LOVE it. although maybe it's because i remember asking this cute girl maria to slow dance in grade 7 to this song and she said yes, so i guess it has some sort of significance on a personal level only...
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 09:40 (twenty years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:10 (twenty years ago) link
Like Rob says, it's great BECAUSE it's so overblown, camp and manipulative.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:26 (twenty years ago) link
that just reeks of some stuck-in-1992 gen-X cliche
― paulhw (paulhw), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:34 (twenty years ago) link
HTH
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 03:36 (twenty years ago) link
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