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Markus 10:03 pm UTC 11/20/09 |
| In reply to: | Nothing changes - wenners 09:38 pm UTC 11/20/09 |
| Nice one! Markus > I remember a couple of years ago this website was my first > port of call every time I turned on the internet, Jim was > blogging, demo’s were being released there was > anticipation about the Dream Engine, there was even talk > of a musical. > > Over the last couple of years I stop by from time to time, > I log on sometimes not so much to post but just to see if > my account is still active. I read some posts but I don’t > stay long, for it only takes a couple of seconds to > realises that though two years have past the are still the > same idiots on here posting crap, there is still the anti > Meatloaf brigade still preaching their rhetoric, There > are those who even try to bully their opinion on others. > Don’t get me wrong I know there are people on here who > truly love Jim’s music but the vast majority would rather > spiel crap than actually post something of value. > > Last Christmas I got an Ipod classic, about 160 GB of > memory, being middle age at first I didn’t get all the > kids wanting ipod’s being a member of the generation that > had the first Sony walkmans. I’ve had the odd mp3 player > but with 512kb it soon was filled. But now I have my Ipod > its loaded with all my music of which has I would hope > virtually everything available by Jim. It’s full of > downloads that many of you have shared and for that I am > extremely grateful. > > Now instead of reading and responding to all the rhetoric > that is posted here the vast majority of which is negative > now I listen to the music that I started to enjoy back in > 78. Whatever my mood is will dictate the tracks I listen > too. The powerful memories it creates takes me back to a > time when as a boy I would go into the record shop to see > where Bat out of hell still was in the album charts, It > reminds me of times when I drove from the south coast back > towards London with my then girlfriend and total eclipse > of the heart played. And how excited I felt when after a > few bars I realised that it was a Steinman song. When I > play the songs from Streets of Fire I remember attending > the premier of the movie in Leicester Square, > > When I listen to the bootlegs I remember the times when I > was living in Canada in the 80’s and early 90’s and Meat > Loaf was playing in small venues and clubs with no more > than a couple of hundred people in the audience. And > getting to go back stage a meeting him, I remember one > concert In Mississauga which is just outside Toronto where > he played in a club we had got there early and as Meats > then band came through the front door Steve Buslowe > invited us in to listen to the sound check but even better > after the concert sitting in a limo with Meat Loaf and he > told me he was talking to Jim and that he was writing > songs for Bat 2. And to whoever posted the early bootlegs > of Meat and Jim that takes me back to when as a 14 year > old boy I went to my first concert in 1978. Who would know > then 31 years later I would still have this love affair > with the music. > > From the release of Bat 2 where I took a day off work so I > could buy the CD as soon as the shop opened, too my > wedding two years ago when the first song was anything for > love and the last song was for crying out loud. > > Now I still will not buy or listen to the monster is loose > I won’t even play Jims songs from that album I rather wish > in my tiny little mind that the album never existed. It > should never have been a Bat album. But that’s my own > personal feelings not one I expect others to follow. > > So I suggest that rather than post dribble and crap, go > buy an Ipod and load all your Steinman songs then sit back > relax and remember all the memories they stir, Rather than > post all this negative crap > > Here’s hoping to another memory of a first night in London > watching a Bat Musical > Happy listening > | |
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