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steven_stuart 11:55 pm UTC 09/22/10 |
| In reply to: | Todd Rundgren article - bellminer 02:18 pm UTC 09/22/10 |
| A very interesting article. Thanks for finding it. In the various documentaries they say that Tood just immediately got the music and the idea but they don't go into much detail. I like when Todd says: ""My father, when I was growing up, was not a fan of rock 'n' roll music and would not have it played on his hi-fi. When I was in the house I was exposed to mainly contemporary classical music and show tunes, Broadway musicals. So that kind of theatrical music had been part of my upbringing and from that standpoint I could understand what they were trying to accomplish with Bat Out of Hell." I didn't know those details before. Very interesting indeed. > Excerpt below. Full article at the link. > > ----- > > His work with artists as varied as XTC, the New York Dolls > and Hall and Oates added to his credibility, but none > compared with Bat Out of Hell, a masterpiece that has sold > more than 43 million copies since its 1977 release. > > "There were a couple of things that made that an > attractive project for me," he says. > > "My father, when I was growing up, was not a fan of rock > 'n' roll music and would not have it played on his hi-fi. > > "When I was in the house I was exposed to mainly > contemporary classical music and show tunes, Broadway > musicals. So that kind of theatrical music had been part > of my upbringing and from that standpoint I could > understand what they were trying to accomplish with Bat > Out of Hell. > > "The other reason why I did it was that when I was > watching them audition for me, they did it live just with > [writer] Jim Steinman on the piano and two background > singers and Meat Loaf in a rehearsal studio. They did all > of the theatrics that everyone is so familiar with from > the videos. > > "It was going through my head that this was a spoof of > Bruce Springsteen. He was the biggest thing happening at > the time. I thought, this is the funny Bruce Springsteen, > with everything all weirded out, exaggerated and > hyperbolic with a big fat singer and not the handsome hunk > that Springsteen is and lots of bad puns in the lyrics, > but they're still about motorcycles and switchblades." > > As well as producing the album, Rundgren funded most of > the recording since no record company was interested. > "When it was done it took about eight months to find > someone to release it and even when it was released it > wasn't until the third single that things reached critical > mass and people started to buy the album." | |
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