Jophiel wrote:
gbaji wrote:
And having to hear it anytime anyone ever requested Berlin on the radio from that day forth. Gah!
As opposed to hearing "No More Words"? We're not talking a very deep radio play catalog here.
Or Metro, or Sex, or Masquerade, or .... Berlin had a recognizable style to their music. Take My Breath Away was a complete departure from a kinda high intensity new-wave style and into something more like your grandmother would listen to. It was a departure in terms of theme as well, sickeningly sweet, overdone romanticism, where the bulk of their music was more hard edge, in your face, and with a hint of sarcasm that didn't take itself too seriously. Why it was frustrating was because from that point on, you'd hear a DJ rattle off a lineup of bands coming up, you'd hear Berlin and think one of those other songs, but inevitably get Take My Breath Away instead. Ug. Not that I was a particular huge fan of Berlin, but I did like their stuff. But I hated that song. It's almost like someone approached them and asked them to do a serious love ballad, and after recovering from their laughing fit, they thought "Sure. This should be funny as hell. Let's waaaaaaay overdo it and be ridiculous". And it became huge.
It's what happens when a band that actually has talent (and really only modest talent at that) satirically attempts to mimic the formulaic studio approach, and accidentally does it 10 times better. Opps!
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The song he's talking about is "Take My Breath Away", the other well known song from that film. 
