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News Credits: 198 · Fri May 15, 2009 6:10 am

Transformers Rock Icon and fan friend Stan Bush has a new video of an updated version of his song "The Touch", now titled "The Touch: Sam's Theme" posted on YouTube.com. It is quite a bit different than the original. Check it out via the link below and then leave your comments and feedback.

Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBP2NKATKPI

News Credits: 21 · Fri May 15, 2009 6:36 am

What the f*ck was that? Stan what did you do? That was terrible. You took your amazing song which was already awesome, and turned it into...... that! That song was so bland. All i have to say is rap, seriously rap? It wasn't even good rap, it was lame 40 year old white guy rap. Also what was up with the creepy pedo guy playing the guitar. He makes me want to scream "I need an adult," and I am an adult! That was just one of the saddest thing I have ever seen/heard. Game over Stan, game over.

Fri May 15, 2009 6:42 am

Uh... Weird. I mean, the origional was 80's-tastic. The new one is like, trying to be 80's but failing and trying to be new but failing at that too. I think the rap is what killed it for me.

News Credits: 1 · Fri May 15, 2009 6:43 am

How pathetic... Flame me if you want, but this just sucked...

News Credits: 12 · Fri May 15, 2009 6:48 am

UH..............WHAT WAS THAT ..IF ITS FOR THE NEW MOVIE WHY NOT ROTF FOOTAGE,,,,,,,

News Credits: 226 · Fri May 15, 2009 6:56 am

Said it before, and this just backs it up for me, but that right there is a great example of someone holding onto his 15 mins of fame which expired 20 years ago.

And that constipated face ... that was more creepy than guitar man and rap boy.

nemesis-prime wrote:UH..............WHAT WAS THAT ..IF ITS FOR THE NEW MOVIE WHY NOT ROTF FOOTAGE,,,,,,,

Caps lock key, no need for it to be turned on constantly.

And there was ROTF footage in there. No doubt he could only use what's been released in the trailer though.

Fri May 15, 2009 7:03 am

YOU SOLD OUT! :-x

YOU SOLD OUT! :-x

YOU SOLD OUT! :-x

News Credits: 5 · Fri May 15, 2009 7:07 am

i think i will always like the original better for nostalgia alone, but i did like it. i definitely could have done without the rapping though.

it sounded like a linkin park remix of the touch. I'm not a really a fan of them (although the first album was a great guilty pleasure) and i think maybe it could sound better had it been them playing it or stan singing with them or something.

News Credits: 8 · Fri May 15, 2009 7:10 am

That was the worst thing i've heard in soooo long and I just listened to the new Eminem cd so there's a comparison for ya. I think that now that band needs to be cast in ROTF and have megatron step on them, grind his heel and activate a tank tread so that we never have any more of these outbursts of "artistic idea" from Stan & co. appear in the next Transformers movie. Maybe I went to far, but.......I THOUGHT THAT WAS TERRIBLE!!!

News Credits: 2 · Fri May 15, 2009 7:31 am

Mechastrike wrote:YOU SOLD OUT! YOU SOLD OUT! YOU SOLD OUT!

Screw sold out, he's gone insane!

What the [EFF!] with a side helping of bloody hell!?

This is the worst remake since the Fantastic 4 movies.
Actually I think this is worse!

News Credits: 2 · Fri May 15, 2009 7:40 am

This kills all the power and pace that made the original Touch so great. =/

Try again?

Fri May 15, 2009 7:47 am

Eh...I won't say it's the owrst thing Ive ever heard cuz I have heard worse. But Ive heard much better, including the original version. This is just too generic for me. Sounds like a lot of the music that Ive heard lately....

Think I will listen to the original now...

News Credits: 3 · Fri May 15, 2009 8:05 am

Gotta say, man... I'm always one for backing up Stan Bush, he does some great stuff... but this one just don't sit right with me... I think he could have done a better job with a brand new song, as opposed to trying to "update" a classic. I didn't think it was "terrible", I didn't think it was "the worst thing I've ever heard" either, but it wasn't what I've come to expect from the man, either.
I hope he tries again.

Fri May 15, 2009 8:21 am

I always listen to the original Touch because its brilliant and it says that when the going gets tough you can acheive anything.

This new version is just wrong!! It just dosen't seem the same! :-(

So I'll stick to the original version.

News Credits: 23 · Fri May 15, 2009 8:37 am

Ok, I never bashed the guy for trying to bank his career on one song. Hell, I'd do the same if I could, but this...this is just not good at all. He's better off doing the original song. *sighs*

And yeah, I think I need to get THAT song outta my head now with the original...

News Credits: 198 · Fri May 15, 2009 8:45 am

I really loved the original soundtrack. That was painful for me. Stan Bush is no Linkin Park.

News Credits: 1 · Fri May 15, 2009 8:52 am

Mechastrike wrote:YOU SOLD OUT! YOU SOLD OUT! YOU SOLD OUT!

I'm pretty sure you have to be making money to have sold out. I get the impression poor Stan Bush isn't really making money off his music.

I think the biggest problem with this, and I saw a lot of problems, is that the lyrics really only work in a cheesy eighties song. This project was doomed from the start.

Fri May 15, 2009 9:16 am

Linkin Park...that's what it sounds like! But yea...this one seems less...inspirational...which may sound hokey in a way but I think that's why I loved the original so much...

Fri May 15, 2009 9:25 am

Ohhh man, that's just sad.

Poor Stan...

What's with everyone looking like their jizzing in their pants?

#-o

Fri May 15, 2009 9:36 am

I'm going to go listen to the original now. I think i have to renew my faith in the TF franchise and life in general...

Fri May 15, 2009 9:55 am

I just took a look at this, and....wow.

Personally, I will always be a big fan of his own work, but the vibe given off by the video feels like he's trying a bit too hard to fit the theme of the movie. Sure, the original was campy, but hell, we loved it... and still do.

If this makes it to the ROTF soundtrack, I will be majorly surprised.

News Credits: 23 · Fri May 15, 2009 9:58 am

I never cared for "the touch" the first time around. Maybe it will be better. Hopefully he changed the words...a lot.

Fri May 15, 2009 10:02 am

Washed up 80s rocker FAIL

That was horrible. At least the original has some 80s cheese factor going for it. If they put the original in ROTF, it might actually be comical. This is just sad. I mean, Stan Bush has always been a washed up hack, but now he has sunk to new levels of washed up hackiness. I didn't think it was possible. Stan, its time to give up, buddy (actually, it was time to give up 20 years ago, but who's counting?).

News Credits: 2 · Fri May 15, 2009 10:08 am

OMG...

OK, ya'll know I'm not really the negative type. I'm usually the one trying to look at the positives.

But whoa...that video was positively awful. I didn't mind the music so much...until the rapping started. My first thought was of the 1994 remake Bon Jovi did of "Livin on a Prayer"...the way they slowed that one down was also real bad. I'm sorry, but even I can't defend this one...take out the rap and MAYBE it's okay.

You'd expect something more from someone with multiple Emmy awards...