17. Jim - Bonnie Tyler: Ravishing

[White of High]

Jim - Bonnie Tyler: Ravishing (10)

I think this is one of the best Jim Steinman song. The lyrics is sure! I can compare the lyrics with For Crying Out Loud an I'd Do Anything For Love. You wouldn't know what does it want to mean really:
- In FCOL you don't know is it dealing with God or a Girl.
- In I'd Do Anything For Love you don't know what does it mean 'I can do that'
- In Ravishing you don't know is it dealing with - hmmm... - sex alone or the feeling by the free and the night on the beach:

There's nobody out on the beach
There's nobody down in the woods
We're gonna do it alone
We're gonna do it outside -
And I can feel the air it's sticking to our skin so tight
And I can feel there's something special in this air tonight-
-I really got it bad
Tonight I really got it bad
But it's still so good, so good
That I got it at all and it was

These lines are very mystics but my fav lines are the next:

Just to get it at all, and it's so
Ravishing, ravishing
And I can't believe the way the stars are shooting through your hair
You're so ravishing, ravishing
And it's just my luck tonight I don't have anything to wear
We're so ravishing

I think Ravishing is one of the best disco song ever. In Hungary in an interview Bonnie Tyler said she didn't understand why wouldn't have been Nr. 1. this song? And I don't understand too...
It's better than Holding Out For A Hero! You can take naked a girl during the dance. :lol:

My score: 10

[evil nickname]

rav·ish
tr.v. rav·ished, rav·ish·ing, rav·ish·es

1. To seize and carry away by force.
2. To rape; violate.
3. To overwhelm with emotion; enrapture.
[courtesy of dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ravishing&r=67)]

Of all the 4 Steinman songs on SD&FF, I like this one the least. Imo, the lyrics are a bit unimaginative, and I think it's clearly about sex. Nothing more, nothing less. Altough I really like this part:

"And if an angel broke his wings
Would he come to you for parts?"

And one thing that bothers me are the backing vocals; I find the "do do do" part after the first refrain really really annoying...

7/10

Edit: spelling

[rockfenris2005]

I have had difficulty obtaining "Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire".
Is there any other alternatives where I can hear this 'so-called'
BEST JIM SONG!?

[meshurp]

I have had difficulty obtaining "Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire".
Is there any other alternatives where I can hear this 'so-called'
BEST JIM SONG!?

I managed to get a copy of "Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire" from our local H.M.V store, mind you that was about 18 months ago, but they did have more than one copy. Ravishing has got a catchy tune but not the depth of some of the other songs like: "Holding Out For A Hero" "Total Eclipse" IMHO, it does have some nice bits to the lyrics though. I think in my varying views of this song i could probably give it the average score of 6-7/10

[Bart]

This song is as bombastic as hell. The wall of sound is great. The backing vocals on the entire record are very strong. I like the tututututu part in the end. The intro is great and so is Bonnie. 8/10