This song is technically a cover, as the original was released in 1986 by Megumi Shiina under the title “Kanashimi wa tsudzukanai.” I’m not covering that version. I have been able to find it on a Google-owned video website, and it it is a fine version of the song. I just feel like it’s silly…

“Original Sin” is actually followed by a cover of “20th Century Fox,” originally performed by the Doors. I’m not a fan of the original song, either, but the cover is surprisingly by-the-numbers and lifeless for a Steinman production sung by Ellen Foley. It’s easy to see why the song appealed to Jim Steinman–the title is…

With his mid-’80s success behind him, Steinman finally fully took the helm of a new album for the first time in nearly a decade in Original Sin, an album credited to the group Pandora’s Box. Pandora’s Box was listed as vocalists Ellen Foley, Gina Taylor, Elaine Caswell, and Deliria Wilde as well as keyboardist Jim…