| re: Should Meat and Jim... | |
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RSG 08:26 pm UTC 02/16/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Should Meat and Jim... - Rob 07:51 pm UTC 02/16/10 |
| was there any music to the song titles, Paradise Lost, Lips Hands & Butts? > Totally agree with this. > > Meat could still do a great job on the new songs with Jim > in the studio (or at least listening to/okaying the vocal > takes if he wasn't up to actually producing) and if truth > be told, Meat is probably the most likely way that Jim > would get his new stuff released. It's all very well > people suggesting names that Jim should give his songs to, > but there's no guarantee that any of them would want to > record a Steinman song right now, given the length of time > since he last troubled the charts. > > > > > Yes. If Jim's health permits, I'd love to see him work on > > an album of new songs "written and produced" by Jim > > Steinman. > > > > I'm still not sure what kind of Steinmaniac would be > > against hearing new recordings from Jim Steinman... > > regardless of who is doing the vocals. Meat Loaf's vocals > > on Bat III weren't terrible and I think Jim could get more > > artistic license working with Meat than virtually any > > other recording artist of renown today. > > > > To be honest, I also think it might be nice to diversify a > > bit. I'm not sure how much sweat and heartache went into > > Broadway's Dance of the Vampires, but I bet it took its > > toll on our favorite songwriter. No matter how much you > > try, artistic endeavors can crash and burn, but I think > > that's particularly true when dealing with stage shows > > with folks with even slightly different visions and ideas > > about what is ideal. Maybe I'm just anti-social, but the > > collaboration part seems so essential and so difficult. > > > > At any rate, let's say the musical version of Bat turns > > out to be a confusing patchwork of recycled themes and > > songs from Neverland that bewilders audiences, but the new > > Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman record tops the charts with a > > new single called "What Part of My Body Hurts the Most" > > (with additional versus and an expanded more Steiny clever > > bridge), you'd probably be a lot less disappointed than if > > the only thing you'd been working on was the musical. > > Let's say the musical thrills, but the album sucks because > > Meat can't sing and Jim's cast of studio musicians are all > > geriatrics. Then the songs can be some lost treasure for > > artists to discover and re-record someday. > > > > If Jim can't do it for health reasons or wouldn't enjoy it > > because he's just not interested anymore, than fine. But, > > if he'd like working on a new album -- even if its just > > for fun -- I'd love to hear it. > > > > | |
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