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Klasien 10:52 am UTC 10/06/10 |
| In reply to: | Jim Should Write A Book Like Meat Loaf's "To Hell And Back" - steven_stuart 11:10 pm UTC 10/05/10 |
| Are you shitting me?? Any monkey with a pc can log on and alter, remove or add info on Wiki... it's the most unreliable source of information available... as well as the most used... -K- > When Scaramouche posted a link to the website of the chap > who has just covered "Making Love", I read the following > information on that webiste: > > "Steinman offered the song, along with "Total Eclipse of > the Heart", to Meat Loaf for his Midnight at the Lost and > Found album; however, Meat Loaf's record company refused > to pay Steinman for the material so Meat Loaf ended up > writing compositions for the album himself. Steinman's > songs were then offered to Bonnie Tyler & Air Supply." > > Jim has now said that this information is completely false > and that he never offered either "MLOONAA" or "TEOTH" to > Meat Loaf. "MLOONAA" was written specifically for Air > Supply and "TEOTH" was written specifically for Bonnie. > > I was surprised because Pedro Jose's website was quoting > Wikipedia and the people at Wikipedia are famous for > making sure that their information is correct. > > I think the time has come for Jim to write (or have ghost > written) a book that can set the record straight on all > sorts of things (like the false accusations that Kasim > Sulton is responsible for Meat Loaf changing the original > Steve Margoshes arrangements for his concerts - which Jim > posted as "admin" to correct - please see link below). > > There is a posh coffee table book by George Perry about > BOOH The Musical coming out (and there will obviously be a > lot of biographical information about Jim in that) but > there is room in the market for a really griity, in depth > book by Jim which could be like Meat Loaf's "To Hell And > Back". > > If Jim doesn't feel like writing it himself, he could > easily find a ghost writer. "To Hell And Back" reads like > it was written by a ghost writer but it was fun. I > couldn't put it down until I had finsihed it and I have > now read it several times. > | |
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