Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Tommy! How can you say that of the man who gave us "It's All Coming Back To Me Now"? And "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do You That)"!
Hmm. Those songs don't ring a bell. Mostly I hate him for Streets of Fire and that "Total Eclipse of the Heart" song. Plus maybe a few others that I've repressed?
Did he write "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights"? Dumb song, but I do love that one.
Did he write "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights"? Dumb song, but I do love that one.
Yup. Because if it ain't Steinman, it ain't overwrought melodrama.
I'm pretty sure Steinman wrote "Paradise...". If it's vastly overdone and full of teenagey angst and melodrama, chances are it's Steinman.
Paradise is the only one of his that I like. Well, okay, I might like Total Eclipse if someone else sang it.
Oh come on, how can you NOT love "Bat out of hell"?
But like a sinner (CHORD!) before (CHORD!) the GATES OF HEAVEN I'll come CRAWLING on BACK! TO! YOOOOOOO!
Steinman produced "This Corrosion" by the Sisters of Mercy. Which causes me to forgive him for a lot of other things.
Yup. Because if it ain't Steinman, it ain't overwrought melodrama.
Steinman exists to make Andrew Lloyd Webber seem restrained.
Steinman produced "This Corrosion" by the Sisters of Mercy. Which causes me to forgive him for a lot of other things.
Huh. Never knew. And in retrospect, I might have noticed the connection.
Because while it's a killer song, the choral overdubs? A bit overwrought.
Because while it's a killer song, the choral overdubs? A bit overwrought.
But that's part of the charm.
But that's part of the charm.
I have trouble reconciling the last two Sisters of Mercy albums with the worst rock song ever written, "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)."
But, since I wasn't ever a goth and not even in the Goth metropolitan area when these albums came out (college years), I'll defer to Madame Jilli, who is far, far wiser than my wannabe self.
But like a sinner (CHORD!) before (CHORD!) the GATES OF HEAVEN I'll come CRAWLING on BACK! TO! YOOOOOOO!
Yes! See, Betsy understands the Steinman! Do you think he's the same way over his grocery shopping? Being the Steinman must be exhausting!
But that's part of the charm.
Yep. The turgid, overwhelming maelstrom part of the charm, while the rest of the charm clings desperately to the tiny dinghy of restraint that is being sucked inexorably into the throbbing power chords of oblivion.
I'm starting to think he should have a costume designed by Edna Mode. Except I couldn't see him agreeing to no capes. She'd be lucky to limit him to just one.