Ya guys know this song was written because of a bet right? He made a comment where he said "Well you can write a song about anything" and someone said "Well not ANYTHING" and he said "Sure you can" so he said "Okay umm...2 out 3 ain't bad. Bet you can't write a song about that!" Which he did. Which makes the lyrics of this song even more brilliant. The man is brilliant haha.
Someone challenged him (Steinman) that he couldn't write a "simple" song. At that time Elvis's "I Want You, I need You, I Love You" came on the radio. That's when he came up with the "I want you, I need you, but there aint no way I'm ever gonna love you" (two out of three ain't bad) lyrics.
Someone challenged him (Steinman) that he couldn't write a "simple" song. At that time Elvis's "I Want You, I need You, I Love You" came on the radio. That's when he came up with the "I want you, I need you, but there aint no way I'm ever gonna love you" (two out of three ain't bad) lyrics.
"JS - I think, you know, Meat has a little bit of that. He, it's a lot of Elvis soul in him. You know, it's funny 'cause I took him in a totally different direction with the kind of writing I did except the one song that's interesting about that is Two Out of Three Ain't Bad. That came very specifically, I do remember that one was, a friend and I named Mimi Kennedy, who's a TV actress, now wonderful actress.
JS - She was my best friend's girlfriend at the time, now wife. I remember her telling me, she said, you know, when I was probably complaining why no one liked my stuff and couldn't get a deal, she says, well Steiny, your stuff is so complicated. Can't you write something simple, and while she was saying that the oldies station was on the radio and it was playing that old Elvis song, I Want You I Need, whatever it was.
JS - I Want You I Need You I Love You, you know. I just started singing my own song but it was I Want You I Need You I Love You. She said, why don't you write something simple like that, I want you, I need you, I love you? I said, well I'll try. I don't try to make them complicated. I remember going home and I tried so hard but the best I could do was: I want you, I need you but there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you, don't be sad, 'cause two out of three ain't bad.
JS - So it was still a twist but it was my closest to a simple song, and one Elvis could have done"
Ya guys know this song was written because of a bet right? He made a comment where he said "Well you can write a song about anything" and someone said "Well not ANYTHING" and he said "Sure you can" so he said "Okay umm...2 out 3 ain't bad. Bet you can't write a song about that!" Which he did. Which makes the lyrics of this song even more brilliant. The man is brilliant haha.
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K-Wise: Close, but not exactly.
K-Wise: Close, but not exactly.
Someone challenged him (Steinman) that he couldn't write a "simple" song. At that time Elvis's "I Want You, I need You, I Love You" came on the radio. That's when he came up with the "I want you, I need you, but there aint no way I'm ever gonna love you" (two out of three ain't bad) lyrics.
Someone challenged him (Steinman) that he couldn't write a "simple" song. At that time Elvis's "I Want You, I need You, I Love You" came on the radio. That's when he came up with the "I want you, I need you, but there aint no way I'm ever gonna love you" (two out of three ain't bad) lyrics.
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"JS - I think, you know, Meat has a little bit of that. He, it's a lot of Elvis soul in him. You know, it's funny 'cause I took him in a totally different direction with the kind of writing I did except the one song that's interesting about that is Two Out of Three Ain't Bad. That came very specifically, I do remember that one was, a friend and I named Mimi Kennedy, who's a TV actress, now wonderful actress.
JS - She was my best friend's girlfriend at the time, now wife. I remember her telling me, she said, you know, when I was probably complaining why no one liked my stuff and couldn't get a deal, she says, well Steiny, your stuff is so complicated. Can't you write something simple, and while she was saying that the oldies station was on the radio and it was playing that old Elvis song, I Want You I Need, whatever it was.
JS - I Want You I Need You I Love You, you know. I just started singing my own song but it was I Want You I Need You I Love You. She said, why don't you write something simple like that, I want you, I need you, I love you? I said, well I'll try. I don't try to make them complicated. I remember going home and I tried so hard but the best I could do was: I want you, I need you but there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you, don't be sad, 'cause two out of three ain't bad.
JS - So it was still a twist but it was my closest to a simple song, and one Elvis could have done"
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