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Danny 09:00 am UTC 04/03/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Is There Justice In The World? - Rob 10:54 pm UTC 04/02/09 |
| Christ, that's an incredibly misleading blurb. Particularly "the style and grace of an opera" - style and grace being two things sadly absent from the show I went to. Nothing operatic about it at all. > I've never heard Steve Steinman's shows (although I do > remember his decidedly dodgy take on Meat doing Bat on > Stars in their Eyes back in the 90s!). > > It's interesting to see just how much he has managed to > flood the internet with his presence though. Type in > "Steve Steinman" and "reviews", and the 1st 2 pages of > Google are nearly all official links to his site. Which, > interestingly enough, shows up as either "Steve Steinman: > The Meat Loaf Trilogy - A Rockman Music production" or > "Vampires Rock - Steve Steinman - A Rockman Music > Production". > > Can't help but feel that Porkington would be being ripped > to shreds for that... > > Oh, and here's a little press blurb from qype.co.uk - I > wonder who wrote this? > > > > > "The songs from Bat Out Of Hell performed live with a full > orchestra and the voice of Steve Steinman. Steve Steinman, > the creator and singing force behind three of the World’s > best selling rock musical-concerts, now brings you the > ultimate rock experience. Bat the Symphony combines a 40 > piece orchestra with the power of a rock band and the > vocals of Steinman, generating what can only be described > as a mind-blowing musical event. Well known the world over > for his hit shows Vampires Rock and The Meat Loaf Trilogy, > Steinman has pulled out all the stops for this new > production. With the intensity of a rock concert and the > style and grace of an opera, Steinman has combined two > Worlds to present these much loved songs as they were > always intended to be. Steinman will perform all the hits > from Meat Loaf’s record-breaking albums including; > Paradise By The Dash Board Light, Took The Words Right Out > Of My Mouth and Bat Out Of Hell as well as dueting on the > Grammy award-winning hit song I’d Do Anything For Love > (But I Won’t Do That) and old favourite Dead Ringer For > Love." > > > > > ...No mention of Jim. > > > > ... And as someone who has been to a 'Steve Steinman' > > show, may I point out it was bloody awful! A camp, > > toe-curling pastiche, not a tribute. What was meant to be > > operatic and soaring, in Steve's hands, became kitsch and > > cheesy. The guy had a decent enough voice, I guess, but > > the whole tone of the show was off-putting and certainly > > didn't do Meat Loaf or Jim justice. > > > | |
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