Piccys and thoughts on a song I recently found

[jinglymushroom]

Today I accidentally found the song "I need a Hero." If wants hear, here:

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I was actually looking for Howl's Moving Castle things, cause I was asked to write a monologue for a Howl cosplayer. I'm honored that this person thinks I would be capable of doing such a thing, but the instructions I was given were that he wants it to say, "Hey, I'm Howl. I'

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[jack_flanders]

Wow... The Bonnie Tyler version came out when I was in high school, so every version since has always seemed derivative - though I would put the Frou Frou version right up next to the original.

The idea of running across the Jennifer Saunders version for one's first exposure to the song... how very odd - as you said, it's a lot whinier, but then that's part of how it's set up in Shrek 2.

Not being female, I never looked at this song from that angle - I've just always thought it was a really powerful, rockin' song, very much "Classic 80's Pop" (sic, for those of you for whom "classic" and "80s" seems as odd as it does to me...). She also has another hit, "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which is similarly produced, and even more "dramatic", even in the original version.

There are a number of other "epic" songs like these from the same time period - "Don't Pay The Ferryman" from Chris DeBurgh is one of my favorites, as well as the more obscure "Walking on the Edge" by Rick Springfield... oh, and "The Final Countdown", by Europe, which was also the final encore at the Freezepop show.

I envy you the ability to cross cultures to find new music - I'd love to be able to check out more Russian music, but it's hard to parse thru Russian web sites looking for stuff. (Well, except for TaTu, but they simply don't count... *grin*)

[jinglymushroom]

Ask anytime. :) I have French and Russian music, also in mp3 format, or just know a bunch of em on youtube. I could get them to you, and if you liked any, I would be happy to translate! :D

[jack_flanders]

Thank you - you have posted a number of youTube vids for Russian songs before, but for some reason those are on the days I don't have time for "extra surfing" (riiiiight, like there's ever a day like that!)

I will gladly accept anything you wish to pass along, either as recommendations or even just randomness. I try to stay open to new music, I find some of the greatest stuff that way...!

[jinglymushroom]

Alrighty. I'm not sure how to upload musikz to lj or whether that's even possible, but there's plenty on youtube until I can either figure that out or get your email. :) Any requests? For topic, style, whatnot?