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tremblinwilbury Megastar As I gaze around at these strangers in town, I guess the only stranger is me Posts: 1,224	Jim Steinman RIP Apr 20, 2021 20:25:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tremblinwilbury on Apr 20, 2021 20:25:19 GMT Jim Steinman has passed away - he was 73...

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dillwyn Megastar Posts: 1,813	Jim Steinman RIP Apr 20, 2021 21:41:39 GMT tremblinwilbury likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dillwyn on Apr 20, 2021 21:41:39 GMT Very very sad. Great Writer. His version of Rock and Roll Dreams comes through is the definitive one in my opinion

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Jim Steinman RIP Apr 20, 2021 21:53:37 GMT queenofthehours, unomusette, and 1 more like this

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Post by orioles70 on Apr 20, 2021 21:53:37 GMT

NPR did a nice segment about his career.

Steinman fully embraced the epic, operatic-style rock of the 1970s, and once stated, "If you don't go over the top, you can't see what's on the other side." A bio on his website calls him "The Lord of Excess," and notes that the L.A. Times once referred to him as "the Richard Wagner of rock."

www.npr.org/2021/04/20/989245089/jim-steinman-writer-of-operatic-rock-hits-for-meat-loaf-and-celine-dion-dies-at-

tremblinwilbury Megastar As I gaze around at these strangers in town, I guess the only stranger is me Posts: 1,224	Jim Steinman RIP Apr 20, 2021 22:04:37 GMT dillwyn likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tremblinwilbury on Apr 20, 2021 22:04:37 GMT That sums him up brilliantly, orioles70. For you, dillwyn... Rory Dodd on lead, Jim on backing vocals. Mr Loaf's version is almost as good.

tremblinwilbury Megastar As I gaze around at these strangers in town, I guess the only stranger is me Posts: 1,224	Jim Steinman RIP Apr 20, 2021 22:39:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tremblinwilbury on Apr 20, 2021 22:39:11 GMT Meat Loaf knew Jim very well - and had no trouble in making an epic out of the ordinary... That song - and video - has Jim at the heart of it

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Jim Steinman RIP Apr 21, 2021 10:18:22 GMT unomusette and tremblinwilbury like this

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Apr 20, 2021 21:53:37 GMT orioles70 said:

NPR did a nice segment about his career.

Steinman fully embraced the epic, operatic-style rock of the 1970s, and once stated, "If you don't go over the top, you can't see what's on the other side." A bio on his website calls him "The Lord of Excess," and notes that the L.A. Times once referred to him as "the Richard Wagner of rock."

www.npr.org/2021/04/20/989245089/jim-steinman-writer-of-operatic-rock-hits-for-meat-loaf-and-celine-dion-dies-at-

Great quote in this - Bat Out of Hell, once described as "like Springsteen on Broadway on steroids".
BOOH used Springsteen's backing band I think so that makes sense I guess, with Rudgren on guitar of course.

Thanks for adding the song, I'd only heard the single edit (shortened sax solo) curiously he produced the Meatloaf version on BOOH II ...I think I prefer Rory Dodd's vocal to Meatloaf

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Jim Steinman RIP Apr 21, 2021 21:45:39 GMT Horacewimp, Timeblue, and 2 more like this

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Post by tremblinwilbury on Apr 21, 2021 21:45:39 GMT

A comment to an article on Jim, in Wednesday's Guardian, caught the mood - and wit - of Jim Steinman...

Bat Out of Hell and Bad for Good still sound magnificent today, Dead Ringer maybe not so much. Still Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad

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Apr 21, 2021 21:45:39 GMT tremblinwilbury said:

A comment to an article on Jim, in Wednesday's Guardian, caught the mood - and wit - of Jim Steinman...

Bat Out of Hell and Bad for Good still sound magnificent today, Dead Ringer maybe not so much. Still Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad

That is another fantastic article not to mention the great pun

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Post by fourlittlediamonds on Apr 24, 2021 19:38:19 GMT

Love the Def Leppard story. They hired Steinman to produce their album as they wanted the same kind of big epic sound of Bat Out Of Hell but apparently were incapable of finding out in advance it was actually produced by Todd Rundgren. Steinman,(a composer) had no experience or ability as a producer at all, something they only discovered during recording!

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johnr Full Member Posts: 93	Jim Steinman RIP Apr 29, 2021 0:23:46 GMT tremblinwilbury likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by johnr on Apr 29, 2021 0:23:46 GMT amazing that his career spanned from booh through bonnie tyler, westlife and even andrew lloyd webber....
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Apr 20, 2021 21:53:37 GMT orioles70 said:

NPR did a nice segment about his career.

Steinman fully embraced the epic, operatic-style rock of the 1970s, and once stated, "If you don't go over the top, you can't see what's on the other side." A bio on his website calls him "The Lord of Excess," and notes that the L.A. Times once referred to him as "the Richard Wagner of rock."

www.npr.org/2021/04/20/989245089/jim-steinman-writer-of-operatic-rock-hits-for-meat-loaf-and-celine-dion-dies-at-

he was, and frequently said so, a huge wagner fan and its no coincidence that his own output was wagnerian.