Holding Out For A Hero, by Bonnie Tyler.
Yes, we’re watching Loki. Honestly, this song gets mixed up with We Don’t Need Another Hero from Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome in my head, so I didn’t immediately place it on the Footloose soundtrack, which, in retrospect, I must say, was extremely influential for me.
I mean, I guess? Look, all I remember is planning some pretty intricate performances to it in mom’s photo studio (previously referenced here regarding Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger album) with the cassette playing on the boombox. (Honestly, looking it up now, maybe only side 1?) Holy cow, Almost Paradise sits squarely in the sweet spot between being a banging proto-power ballad duet and Stranded At the Drive-In from Grease.
Also, I have no idea what was supposed to happen in the bridge of this song, and have no memory of it.
This will probably not be the only Bonnie Tyler song in this project.
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Played with some reverb settings. Still have a cold. We said goodbye to the dog today, but I don’t have the guts to sing about it yet.