| re: When was BooH (the song) written again? | |
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Vin 05:35 pm UTC 04/03/09 |
| In reply to: | re: When was BooH (the song) written again? - bellminer 02:49 pm UTC 04/03/09 |
| Thanks. I thought the Neverland Workshop was a bit earlier than that. > I believe the song was written in 1975. The Neverland > workshop occurred in 1977, but recording of the Bat album > began in '75. Steinman has said that the song was written > while Meat was filming Rocky Horror. I think the quotation > I have pasted below will help you with your question about > Springsteen's influence on Steinman. > > From a 1978 interview with Jim Steinman: > "Well, there are critics who say that everything you do > comes straight from Springsteen." > "I find that puzzling, musically, although there are a few > things. We come from the same influences. One of my > favorite songs of all time is Del Shannon's "Runaway," and > that's a real influence on Springsteen. Phil Spector, the > early Sixties, that's where the influence comes from. > Springsteen was more an inspiration than an influence. But > the main difference between us is that his songs are much > more realistic and street-oriented, whereas mine are much > more mythic and fantastic." | |
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