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Willis 01:54 am UTC 09/09/08 |
| In reply to: | Greetings and Salutations - bellminer 08:30 pm UTC 09/08/08 |
| Welcome, Ben. I don't post here that much, but It's been one of the only sites I visit daily for years. I think it's great that Jim's music is still finding new(er) fans. Yes, thanks to the contributions of past and present members, I don't think I'd have all the great material I've acquired over the years. > 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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