That’s true, I guess, but “Bat…” is a little different again? We can’t exactly call it a musical based on the Meat Loaf catalogue and a lot of the songs from the 2nd Bat album were already on “Bad for Good” and “Original Sin” (if that counts for anything.) Also, the plots for shows like “We Will Rock You” were fairly contrived whereas you have Steinman working on a vision called “Neverland” for the past 30 or so years. Of course, the general public could end up seeing it as just another jukebox musical unless the public relations people do their job properly. I like to believe it’s in a different category yet again, a bit like “Tanz…” which had “Total eclipse of the heart” and “Original Sin”.
It’s definitely going to be interesting to see how they promote this.
> Bat Out of Hell should have an advantage then, seeing as
> it's a "jukebox" musical itself. No one will care why Jim
> originally wrote these songs, or what his story intentions
> were for them - they'll just see another bunch of famous
> tunes strung together to make a West End show.
>
> Don't pretend Bat is a difficult project as it's
> struggling against the current musicals trend - it fits in
> perfectly!
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