I think that's about the best I've ever seen it put! Couldn't agree more with each point.
> The reason is pretty simple to me. Meat Loaf and Jim
> Steinman combined to produce the best music ever created.
> Most of us, myself included, became fans of both because
> of this. Some, it took a while to realize that Steinman
> is the genius behind the music. A lot of "laymen" still
> don't know it. When you mention a great song, they will
> know Meat Loaf but have no idea who Jim Steinman is, until
> we tell them.
>
> Their fight was, in a large sense for us like a divorce.
> We are the children, and we resent that there is no more
> music coming from these virtual parents. Some side with
> "daddy" and some side with "mommy" and some remain
> neutral, loving each, but wishing they'd get back
> together. That's where I fall.
>
> For some of the more rabid Steinfans, Meat is the ex, and
> therefore the enemy.
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