| re: Jim Steinman freaks | |
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John_Galt 06:31 am UTC 06/03/10 |
| In reply to: | Jim Steinman freaks - Scaramouche 09:56 am UTC 06/01/10 |
| I've always found it funny that Steinmaniacs are so continuously angry at Meat for not giving Steinman enough credit, but then they get angry whenever he does mention Steinman, because the mention didn't amount to an expression of explicit awe-inspired worship. I'm not sure if I'm aware of another vocalist -- maybe Elton John -- who so frequently mentions the writer who wrote his hits. Meat is still giving Jim credit and dropping his name even though Jim hasn't written for him for years and doesn't appear on the new album. Crazy. In defense of Meat, I agree with his decision to vigorously promote his latest work... even when it doesn't turn out perfect. It's his job as the front man to sell everyone's work and Bat III hardly sucked because of him. If he were to betray everyone and announce during the middle of promoting Bat III that it had the wrong songs by the wrong songwriter and production that was a lackluster attempt at imitating Steinman, he'd be honest, but he'd be biting the record company that took a chance on him. The better move is to claw and fight and get heartbroken trying to create an album that is worthy of your praise... then market the hell out of it. The hype he creates actually adds to some people's enjoyment of the record and is part of the experience that he contributes too beyond vocals. But no artists hype should be taken as a sincere expression of their thoughts about the value of the album. If they are worthy of the term artist, their is some aspect of a collaborative production like an album that they simply hate. It's hard to imagine it otherwise. Critical honesty can come later as it has lately in his comments about Bat III. Also, I should say that a pretty good measure of your growth as an artist is if you look back on your old stuff and say, "Wow that was inspired, but knowing what I know now, I could kick that work's ass." I know that's true of the web pages I work on for fun. Meat should be learning new technigues, new technologies, and acquiring new insights into what makes a great rock record and how to work with people to create one. Given that, it shouldn't surprise anyone that he's not so big on Bat III, anymore. -=John Galt=- > A recent interview were Meat has a little dig at Jim > and/or Steinman fans, about vocals on Bat 1? > > I always thought that Jim spent a lot of time teaching > Meat the phrasings for the Bat 1 songs, so that Meat > effectively sang them like Jim would? > > He also disses Bat 3 again. I remember, just before Bat 3 > was released, that Meat said he listened to it in his > house and cried as to how good it was. Hmmmmm. > > > > | |
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