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Rupert 09:11 pm UTC 04/15/09 |
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re: Favourite Jim Steinman music video and why! - steven_stuart 06:22 pm UTC 04/14/09 |
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The Beauty and Beast observation is spot on. They should have this theme for the BOOH musical rather than Peter Pan if they are going to update Disney!
> As far as modern videos go, I agree with you that Anything
> For Love was the best. It's an epic directed by Michael
> Bay (am I right?), who went on to direct Transformers. I
> especially love Meat's makeup. It gave the video a Beauty
> and the Beast feel. Meat Loaf has often said that BOOH is
> about Beauty and the Beast. The AFL video is proof of
> that.
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> However, the stage clips for BOOH the song and PBTDL were
> very exciting in the late seventies. They showed the BOOH
> clip on the Old Grey Whistle Test (in the UK) and it was
> so exciting even though most of us watching had never
> heard a Jim Steinman song before. The next day people were
> requesting the album because they had seen that clip.
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> In the early days Meat Loaf was a great actor and he was
> perfect for playing the beast. He didn't need a fancy
> video. Just him on stage with Karla De Vito and that
> fantastic, powerful band was enough to send shivers down
> the spines of many Brits.
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