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Dr_Rock 09:55 am UTC 10/22/07 |
| In reply to: | JIm Steinman Stole From George Lucas - MegaMilton 03:24 am UTC 10/22/07 |
| What the fucking hell is all this bollocks. Time for your meds methinks! Will > Jim Steinman not only stole from the guy who wrote The > Confidence Man (He stole lyrics for TFAWIUTB), but he also > stole lyrics for PBTDBL from Star Wars. George Lucas > nearly died while making Star Wars and Jim Steinman claims > that some guy slit his wrists while listening to Left In > The Dark (he probably wanted the torture of listening to > Steinman singing to end, I much prfer Meat's Left In The > Dark, but I hate Streisand's dull emotionless version) > > Now, if you compare the Star Wars poster art to the BOOH > cover art, they may appear to be diferent, but if one > looks closely, it becomes clear that Jim Steinman borrowed > ideas from the Star Wars poster. Richard Corben decided > to go along with Steinman's stolen concepts. > > George Lucas was instrumental in making BOOH. He dropped > by the studio and gave his thoughts. He even got his > special effects company, Industrial Light and Magic to > produce special effects for the album. Steinman never > talks about Lucas' involvement because it would make him > look bad. Lucas doesn't talk about it because he thinks > BOOH should stand on its own and not stand on his muscular > shulders. > > Lucas met with Meat Loaf to discuss the vocal aspect of > BOOH. Meat Loaf on Luas - "George is an amazing man, very > talented and has an ear for good music" Lucas brought in > John Williams to conduct the orchstra used for BOOH. > Williams wrote the music and Steinman and Todd Rudngren > added Meat's vocals later on in the production. Jim > Steinman asked John Williams to come back for BOOH 2, but > Williams was already comitted to other projects. > > Williams would ask Meat Loaf to sing and not yell, which > he has a bad habbit of doing. This led to a no holds > barred drag out knock down brawl between Williams and the > Loaf. Steinman had to distract Meaty Loaf with a large > pizza, allowing Williams to get back to his recording > duties. Meat Loaf never talked to Williams again. > > In the early 90's Steven Spielberg asked Jim Steinman to > write lyrics for his movie, Hook, Steinman agreed. > However, problems quickly occured. John Williams didn't > like Steinman's musical interferance. Spielberg would > reluctantly ask Steinman to back out of the project. > > And the rest as they say is history. | |
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