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  • And let us not forget "Holding Out For a Hero"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0

    by SideburnsOfDoom
  • This broke my heart:

    > Despite coming from a big, musical family, Tyler and Sullivan never had children.

    > I absolutely adore children.

    > I did have a miscarriage when I was 40, I left it too late, you know?

    I feel like, if you get into that situation, try to adopt or become a foster parent.

    by gwbas1c
  • Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf, and now Bonnie Tyler. It truly all has come to an end. I think Celine Dion is the last one still carrying on Steinman's legacy.
    by petcat
  • My mum had a cassette with some of her songs. We'd have it on for long trips. I loved the long version of Faster than the speed of night. it's basically just "carpe diem" in a different format, but i loved her voice and the slight melancholy and almost call to action that the song brought with it. Also, the video (of the shorter version) is peak 80's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm4CgwRxw3Y
    by urbsgpw
  • I went to the Reading Rock Festival back in the 80s. she was viewed very much as middle of the road and when she came on, got roundly booed and many bottles of nefarious liquids were tossed at her and the band.

    she and they were total pros, shrugged it off, she hurled some abuse back and within a couple of songs had the crowd eating out of the palm of her hand.

    RIP Bonnie. A class act.

    by wigster
  • I once worked with a guy mixing TV programmes and live DVDs; I knew he’d been a studio engineer at one point in his career. We were re-arranging our studios one day and as I picked up a pair of NS-10s he casually said “I mixed ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ on those…”
    by parkersweb
  • Literal music video of Total Eclipse, one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgWUq0fdKk

    RIP Ms Tyler, you will be missed

    by auslegung
  • Growing up in the 80s, I've known (and sung) this song all my life. But I just saw this flowchart for the first time today:

    https://jeannr.tumblr.com/post/165291081/i-made-a-flow-chart...

    I believe that's the original source, but it looks cut off. Here's a full version:

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b1/82/dc/b182dcc291495c013c98...

    by japhyr

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