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You all have seen that "literal interpretation" video of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", haven't you? (If you haven't, here, have a clicky-link.)
I will not lie: I LOVED TEotH when it was first released. Wildly overemotional! Strange music video with vaguely ookie-spooky imagery! Schoolboys with glowing eyes! Ninjas! Heavy eyeliner! Bombast everywhere!
The person behind the bombast was Jim Steinman. Who also produced Meatloaf's "Bat Outta Hell" album, a bunch of other stuff, aaaaaand ... "This Corrosion" and "Dominion/Mother Russia" for the Sisters of Mercy. Now that I have shared that bit of information with you, your dreams will be haunted with visions of Andrew Eldritch singing "Total Eclipse of the Heart". And no, I won't apologize for inflicting that image on you.
(As an aside, I would LOVE to see the literal interpretation people tackle the video for "Dominion". That would be hysterical.)
Hmmm, talking about over-the-top bombast and excess, what movie should I watch tonight? Phantom Of The Opera (the recent big-budget version)? Coppola's Dracula? I feel in the need for Big! Dramatic! Spectacle!, and there's only so many times I can watch the "literal interpretation" TEotH video before I'll do myself an injury from laughing so hard.
I will not lie: I LOVED TEotH when it was first released. Wildly overemotional! Strange music video with vaguely ookie-spooky imagery! Schoolboys with glowing eyes! Ninjas! Heavy eyeliner! Bombast everywhere!
The person behind the bombast was Jim Steinman. Who also produced Meatloaf's "Bat Outta Hell" album, a bunch of other stuff, aaaaaand ... "This Corrosion" and "Dominion/Mother Russia" for the Sisters of Mercy. Now that I have shared that bit of information with you, your dreams will be haunted with visions of Andrew Eldritch singing "Total Eclipse of the Heart". And no, I won't apologize for inflicting that image on you.
(As an aside, I would LOVE to see the literal interpretation people tackle the video for "Dominion". That would be hysterical.)
Hmmm, talking about over-the-top bombast and excess, what movie should I watch tonight? Phantom Of The Opera (the recent big-budget version)? Coppola's Dracula? I feel in the need for Big! Dramatic! Spectacle!, and there's only so many times I can watch the "literal interpretation" TEotH video before I'll do myself an injury from laughing so hard.
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