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Music Appreciation

Dial H For Hero

(2,971 posts) Tue Jun 22, 2021, 07:50 PM Jun 2021

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Anyone familiar with "Wagnerian Rock"? This song led me to looking it up:

I absolutely love thiis: "Nowhere Fast" from the film "Streets of Fire", by Jim Stienman.

Here's the very short Wikipedia article on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagnerian_rock

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Anyone familiar with "Wagnerian Rock"? This song led me to looking it up: (Original Post) Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 OP

not really...but Jim Styeinman is the guy behind the Meatloaf albums.... bahboo Jun 2021 #1

Ha! I immediately thought of Jim steinman lol! unblock Jun 2021 #2

Never thought of it quite this way, but that movie could be called Rockabilly Opera. Thomas Hurt Jun 2021 #3

bahboo

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1. not really...but Jim Styeinman is the guy behind the Meatloaf albums....

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Tue Jun 22, 2021, 07:56 PM

Jun 2021

Wagnerian indeed....

unblock

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2. Ha! I immediately thought of Jim steinman lol!

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Tue Jun 22, 2021, 08:29 PM

Jun 2021

Thomas Hurt

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3. Never thought of it quite this way, but that movie could be called Rockabilly Opera.

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Original post)

Tue Jun 22, 2021, 08:42 PM

Jun 2021

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