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Jacob 09:40 am UTC 12/31/06 |
In reply to: | Steinyear 2006 in review - Pudding 04:48 am UTC 12/31/06 |
I definitely feel it's neccessary to mention the two fan-blogs related to Steinman, who has managed to find and share many rare MP3's, live performances and music videos. Thanks for that! > So what kind of year has Jim Steinman had? > > Taniec Wampirow closed on 22nd January but because of > popular demand, it re-opened for a limited time on 10th > May and a cast recording was made. Lets hope for more > Warsaw productions. > > Tanz Japan opened to rave reviews on July 2nd for 2 > months. The audience apparently LOVED it, but > unfortunately there's no immediate plans for it to be > re-staged in 2007, or 2008 for that matter. At least we > have a CD though, and a very nice CD it is > > Germany produced another Tanz der Vampire, this time in > Berlin which premiered on 10th December. By all accounts > this is THE best ever productions of the musical and > fingers crossed it'll be on in Berlin for a very long > time. > > News of a production of Tanz der Vampire (Vámpírok Bálja) > in Budapest emerged and will open in June 2007. We've been > treated to some sneaky mp3's from them and so far it > doesn't sound too bad. > > Thanks to Bill Kenwright and at the request of Andrew > Lloyd-Webber, a strictly limited run (March to August) of > Whistle Down The Wind hit Palace Theatre in London. The > show was only a filler between Woman in White closing and > Spamalot starting, but it had rave reviews and could be a > contender for a nomination as 'Best revival of a show' at > the Olivier Awards (I did say 'could be'). Whistle Down > The Wind still remains one of ALW's most successful > touring productions, so lets hope we get more shows. > > Nicki French managed to regurgitate Total Eclipse Of The > Heart yet again, with a batch of remixes that can only be > described as SHITE. Hmmmm 'Total Eclipse 2006', how > original. Someone stop her before she remixes again. > > Westlife managed to get to No.1 in the UK album charts > with their 'Love' album and had Total Eclipse as one of > the songs, TEOTH is slated to be released as a single in > its own right in Feb 2007. > > The Dream Engine has spluttered its way through 2006. > Despite a nice looking website being created and a myspace > site, and a few mp3's being offered up, only a handful of > shows (a couple in Feb and a couple in March with Bonnie > Tyler special guesting at one show in Feb and two in > March) at Joe's Pub came about. They did manage to get a > live TV spot though at the Gergia Music Hall Of Fame 16th > Sept, and performed What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most > and We're Still The Children. It was a nice little promo > spot, but very little follow-up. Alas we wait to see what > happens with TDE in 2007, hopefully a hell of a lot more > than what happened in 2006. > > Some donkeys at Iron Mountain lost some of Jims masters > for Total Eclipse and Left In The Dark (I hope I got that > right) so he sued the incompetent morons for US$20Million > > > The review wouldn't be complete without a mention of Bat3 > and the $50Million ass-banging Jim was going to get for > the trademark 'Bat Out Of Hell'. Despite what opinions we > all have of the lawsuit, it seems in the end its turned > out for the best for Jim.....everything considered. > > As for Bat3 itself, I think diplomatically it's a good > album, but it ain't no Bat album. Probably because it > isn't 100% Steinman penned or Steinman produced. Seven > songs by Jim, five cover versions and two taken from > Batman. The Steinman penned tunes weren't totally fucked > up, B4G wasn't that bad and Land Of The Pig was the best > one IMO However, why the fuck It's All Coming Back To Me > Now managed to not only get on the album, but be released > as the lead-off single, despite Meats mad rants that it > was HIS song and it was meant for Bat2, is beyond me and > as a duet FFS (For F*ck Sake). > > > Please, if there's any mistakes I've made or missed > anything out, then add to it. Maybe once it's complete JD > could add an edited version to the site. > > Pud | |
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