They do pretty much all sound the the same, production wise, harmonies etc.
But, only in the same way that many Spector productions do via his wall of sound.
> It always drives me crazy when somebody says something
> like "Steinman's songs all sound the same..." unless by
> same you mean good. I mean really... Life is a Lemon, Bat
> out of Hell, Lost Boys and Golden Girls... they don't
> sound at all similar.
>
> > Popdose covers TIWIMTBY in their 'Bottom Feeders' round-up
> > of singles that failed to make it to the Billboard top
> > 40:
> >
> > Fire Inc.
> > “Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young” — 1984, #80
> >
> > You can either love or hate Jim Steinman, but at the very
> > least you should be able to immediately tell when you’re
> > listing to one of his songs. In fact, many times you can
> > tell it just by the grandiose title. “Tonight Is What It
> > Means to Be Young” is a great example of a Steinman title
> > and the song sounds like everything else from him (I know
> > someone is going to have a problem with the phrase
> > “everything else” here).
> >
> > Fire Inc. was a semi-super group put together by Steinman,
> > who wrote two songs for them on the Streets of Fire
> > soundtrack. They never recorded anything else under this
> > moniker. Some of the whopping 14 members in Fire Inc.
> > include Rick Derringer, Max Weinberg, and Davey Johnstone
> > as well as a few of Steinman’s frequent collaborators,
> > like vocalists Holly Sherwood and Rory Dodd. Despite the
> > male harmonies sounding a lot like Meat Loaf, he isn’t
> > part of the group.
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