Yet another '80s cover

[yendi]

Total Eclipse of the Heart

With kitchen appliances and pants that show way too much.

You must watch this video.

Seriously.

(And, as an aside, until seeing this, I didn't realize that TEotH was written by Jim Steinman, best known as the guy who wrote ever song by Meatloaf that anyone remembers.)

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[melanie.livejournal.com]

wow. i sent that to my daughter. they're kinda good at what they do, for what they're doing. yaknow?

[zeldakitty.livejournal.com]

wow, that video made me actually start to sort of like that song...

[ckd]

It's amazing how much kitchen appliance destruction improves a song, isn't it?

[bassfingers.livejournal.com]

(And, as an aside, until seeing this, I didn't realize that TEotH was written by Jim Steinman, best known as the guy who wrote ever song by Meatloaf that anyone remembers.)

Let's see... Epic song? Check. More than two entirely separate musical themes that share no particular relation to each other? Check. Two voices singing with different points of view? Check. Must be a Steinman.

"Turn around white guys, I don't want to see your ass, turn around white guys, I sure hope that stove's not gas..."

[yendi]

See, if the title was ludicrously long (and TEotH comes close, but doesn't cross the line), I might have realized it. It's not exactly, "I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that," as titles go.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Heh.

The original of that song once made Entertainment Weekly's list of Guilty Pleasures (the writer's comment: "Seriously, I don't understand why she doesn't just slap the guy who keeps telling her to turn around").

[markdeniz.livejournal.com]

They're actually Norwegian so live next door to me (sort of); great isn't it?

As far as I'm aware Steinman wrote all of Bonnie Tyler's songs too and is in fact her husand.

[yendi]

I definitely wasn't aware of that last fact.

[ldy.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!

Any time we hear a particularly Wagnerian rock song, we play "Is it a Steinman?"

[yendi]

Hee!

[auryn29a.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I knew it was Jim Steinman. But I can't get through this video. I just can't. *shudder*

[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

Jim Steinman: because a good song should never end. Best known as the guy who makes any song he produces 8 minutes longer than necessary by repeating insrumental and chorus ad nauseam. See: Meatloaf, Air Supply, Bonnie Tyler, Sisters of Mercy... the list, it does go on.

[yendi]

Air Supply?

Let me guess -- "Making Love Out of Nothing at All?"

[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's it. However did you know?

[yendi]

After reading this thread, I've learned to pick up on all the oh-so-subtle nuances he puts in his music.

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

I pimped Hurra Torpedo Over a YEAR AGO!

Get with the times! ;)

:P

Their originals are really actually!

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

Yup, old news.