Edited by Gabriel Spreckelsen Brown, Wednesday, 14 Feb 2024, 09:36
6. Rebel without a Clue (Bonnie Tyler, 1986)
Have you ever heard a guitar sing? Bonnie Tyler’s duets with disposable men (Total Eclipse, Loving You’s a Dirty Job) don’t stand up to the plaintive wail of the guitar in the bridge of this masterpiece. I cannot imagine why this song isn’t more well-known – it’s humorous, the imagery comes thick and fast with some of the most exuberant rhyme schemes anywhere else in rock. It’s awfully grown-up for a song about (ahem) romantic ineptitude…
Most Steinmanesque line: ‘Dirty Harry to Madonna!’
Top 10 Jim Steinman songs of all time
6. Rebel without a Clue (Bonnie Tyler, 1986)
Have you ever heard a guitar sing? Bonnie Tyler’s duets with disposable men (Total Eclipse, Loving You’s a Dirty Job) don’t stand up to the plaintive wail of the guitar in the bridge of this masterpiece. I cannot imagine why this song isn’t more well-known – it’s humorous, the imagery comes thick and fast with some of the most exuberant rhyme schemes anywhere else in rock. It’s awfully grown-up for a song about (ahem) romantic ineptitude…
Most Steinmanesque line: ‘Dirty Harry to Madonna!’