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
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…”
There are a lot of HN users for whom this song (and its covers) was an integral part of our childhood. The Nikki French cover was one of the very first MP3s I ripped. The song is just part of growing up with the early personal computers and teaching ourselves how to code. Its kinda cannon.
If you're younger and you missed out on this, then I'm sorry. The older I get, the more I realise that the best of all the years really have gone by.
"Never heard of her" I don't know whether this is a UK thing or not, but her songs were still on heavy rotation here (i.e. before she died). I was at a karaoke last week and people did two of her songs. Her voice was distinctive.
I've been learning to play an instrument over the past year or and and we did one of her songs in the class.
So no, she was not forgotten by the time of her death.
I'm curious now when this was announced. Yesterday, out of nowhere, TikTok showed me a video about someone praising "Total Eclipse of the Heart", despite not having this bubble in my profile. Kinda spooky to see the news now.
Too soon, she could have had a lot more life left to live these days, but a bad surgery ended it. Sucks. Try to avoid needing surgery as much as you can.
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.
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.
My two-year-old son had started saying "turn around" in a sing-song kind of way several months back, and thus my wife and I, both babies of the 80s, had to start singing the song whenever he would do it. It became a fun thing that my son enjoys more than we do. That turned into regularly playing this song (and its covers) in the living room. We just did this again a few nights ago because he loves the song so much and requests it now.
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[ 5.9 ms ] story [ 98.8 ms ] threadRIP Ms Tyler, you will be missed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0
If you're younger and you missed out on this, then I'm sorry. The older I get, the more I realise that the best of all the years really have gone by.
I've been learning to play an instrument over the past year or and and we did one of her songs in the class.
So no, she was not forgotten by the time of her death.
I'm curious now when this was announced. Yesterday, out of nowhere, TikTok showed me a video about someone praising "Total Eclipse of the Heart", despite not having this bubble in my profile. Kinda spooky to see the news now.
https://youtu.be/FfUU1wJKXDc
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...
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZAQXJdY
Timetable of One Week:
https://imgur.com/gallery/rsvhp2z
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.
> 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.
Slightly NSFW, some plumber's crack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysUjYAi0WcQ
RIP Bonnie.