Caught this in passing recently and had forgotten how pleasant it was. Turns out, a lot of my friends had all but forgotten it, yet got emotional just listening to a few bars.
By all rights, this should be the poster song for everything wrong with that era, but it survives on, I don't know what, simplicity, earnestness.
Not to say this is my 'favorite favorite' song, but it's pretty impressive, and a little perplexing, how well it holds up.
The radio version known by many performed by Rascal Flatts is very lame, but the orig version by Jeffrey Steel, covered by Aaron Lewis...is a beautiful cover. Prob should be in the cover thread oh well.
Much better than the space aged techno garbage version on the radio. I enjoy his voice on this song. Only like a couple songs by Daughtry, this is one of them.
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
And for something more current, its gotta be Lena Dunhams husband... but **** it, this shit is moving and operatic
Absolutely no shaming in loving FUN. And Antonof dumped Dunham. Heard he was canoodling with Lourde lately.
And since the era of The Who and Led Zeppelin is past, I can't imagine a male voice I'd rather possess for my own than Ruess'
Love all of Antonof's work, but this song is a particular favorite, because CBS used it in the KU-UK 2012 NCAA championship pregame and nearly destroyed me. Still tear up thinking about it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCUnited:
Haha, the whole thing looks like a Skittles commercial, but if I hear it once I have to repeat it a half dozen times before I can move on.
:-) in the 80s, anything goes was the order of the day... the more garish and hammy, the better
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Absolutely no shaming in loving FUN. And Antonof dumped Dunham. Heard he was canoodling with Lourde lately.
And since the era of The Who and Led Zeppelin is past, I can't imagine a male voice I'd rather possess for my own than Ruess'
Love all of Antonof's work, but this song is a particular favorite, because CBS used it in the KU-UK 2012 NCAA championship pregame and nearly destroyed me. Still tear up thinking about it.
Heard that song at work last week, and was just totally moved by it
Came home and googled it up to see who did it, and found an Antonof quote saying it reminded him of Queen... and I'd have to agree, the chorus has that kind of grand, operatic feel to it [Reply]
