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| Greetings and Salutations | |
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bellminer 08:30 pm UTC 09/08/08 |
| To Jim, Jacqueline, and the members of the Rockman Record: Hello, everyone. My name is Ben, and I'm a college student, born and raised in the great state of North Carolina (I'm glad you like our BBQ, Jim). I was going to start off my introductory post with “I've been lurking this forum since before Jim's last blog post,” but lo and behold, he posted again! Not that I'm complaining, of course! I was also glad to see Jim's follow-up posts here on the board here. Whoever said “no news is good news” should be transmogrified into a piano and subjected to the intro of “Great Boleros of Fire.” I first became acquainted with Jim's music almost two years ago. My dad had just purchased the BOOH Classic Albums DVD. Previously, I had never heard BOOH, just my dad talking about BOOH. He claimed it was the best album ever made, but all I could think was “why would someone be named Meat Loaf? And what's so funny about a Cadillac in a Cracker Jack box?” Well, Dad popped the DVD into the player, and we watched it. It was the first time I had ever seen what Meat looked like, and the first time I had even heard of Jim. The commentary was hilarious (“it could've been an Eagles song... luckily it wasn't!”). It only showed a few seconds of each song, but I was instantly hooked. I borrowed my dad's copy of BOOH and listened to it over and over. Since then I've been addicted. I had to borrow BOOH2 from my dad as well. For a while, this was all I knew of Jim's music. When I found out later that other songs I knew and loved (such as “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Read 'Em and Weep”) were written by Jim as well, I had to find more. I would like to take a moment now to thank Jim, Pudding, Smeghead, Daveake, and others for providing rare Jim media. I haven't yet run into a Steinman song I didn't like. I would also like to say that the only thing better than listening to a Steinman song is singing it. I have oodles of fun annoying everyone around me by belting them out! I like to experiment with singing them in different voices. There's something satisfying about hitting the high notes (something I can do if it's the right day of the week, the planets are aligned just right, etc. ;-). Jim, I just want you to know that your music is still gaining fans in this day and age. I'm a songwriter myself, and a couple of my songs have been influenced by yours (though they're nowhere near as complex). I also plan to write my own rock musical. I look forward to future developments regarding the BOOH musical, Bikers of the Round Table, etc. Cheers, Ben P.S. I think it's funny that in his post from back in October, Jim said the line “the tombstones waiting for the names” sounds like something he wrote (which it does, actually). When I looked it up and saw that it's from an old Eagles song, I laughed. P.S. Regarding politics, I could've sworn I heard “You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth” played at one point at the Democratic convention. It's possible I was hearing things, as the yelling and ruckus were too loud to tell for sure. | |
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