I still think it's a horribly overwrought song and even moreso the video. That "bright eyes" effect is just frickin' creepy. I never liked Bonnie Tyler after this, but I quite liked "It's A Heartache" (was that really 1977?? Six years before "Eclipse"???) and actually thought she would do well as a pseudo-country music singer like Olivia Newton-John before she got all Grease'd up and Physical'd.

Now, twenty-odd years on, this song probably could have worked for me, just not with Tyler, who actually seems totally uncomfortable in the video to me now. Imagine it as an 80s power ballad duo between Stevie Nicks in her lace and Annie Lennox all manned up in her "Sweet Dreams" outfit. With a cameo by Rod Stewart. Heh.

As a side note, from experience, lesbians love you if you play "It's A Heartache" and gay boys will love you if you play "Eclipse". If you play one after the other, you will no longer you will be fired as a DJ from that club.

uh, make that If you play one after the other, you will no longer you will be fired as a DJ from that club. Stupid poor editing skills.

Ah, memories of one my first forays into music.
Bonnie Tylers greatest hits was one of the first albums I ever owned. I'm not ashamed to admit it either.

"Imagine it as an 80s power ballad duo between Stevie Nicks in her lace and Annie Lennox all manned up in her "Sweet Dreams" outfit. With a cameo by Rod Stewart. "

keyripes WolfDaddy I just snorted gewurztraminer out me nose!

It's not even 8 AM, and this post has made my day. Thanks, arse_hat!!

jim steinman is my frickin' hero.

and we all need a hero.

i need a hero.

i'm holding out for... oh, never mind...

when I was a kid I thought 'It's a Heartache' was Rod Sterwart. And on his last 'covers' album Rod The Mod does a version of it. He's now imitating his imitators.

btw, if anyone wants to subject themselves to a nearly 40-minute ambient/granular synthesis piece derived exclusively from works written and/or produced by jim steinman, click here

yes, run rotunda is an anagram for "turn around".

keith fullerton whitman ain't got nothin' on me!

Jeezus, dude, this is crazy. And incredibly cool. (I'm streaming it now, going to download it later.)

OMG, Jazz dancing NINJAS! What the heck were they thinking with that video?

I don't think Jim Steinman was capable of writing anything that was underwrought.

Actually, I kind of like this tune... which amazes me, because I ordinarily hate that kind of thing. I particularly enjoy the Dan Band's version, as featured in Old School.

lest we forget hurra torpedo's version? (google video)

(oh yeah, i forgot to mention that the above google video link also contains gratuitous norwegian man-ass. proceed with caution)