I don't get all these comments about "it's not worthy of a Bat album." Meat Loaf, himself, goes by this theory.
As far as I'm concerned what's "worthy of a Bat album" is songs by Jim Steinman related to the Neverland saga. That means songs like "Dance In My Pants" and "Stark Raving Love" should be included, not to mention all of those Meat turned down for "The Final At Bat" which included some rippers.
The only thing that's "not worthy of a Bat album", to me, is songs that haven't been written by Jim Steinman. That's why I refer to TMIL as Meat Loaf's vanity project, having nothing to do with what BAT III is, essentially, and hiring other songwriters who didn't even make an attempt to emulate the Neverland story. But, then again, why would they? Still, they missed the whole point of a BOOH album in the first place, by my understanding anyway. It was always, to me, and to Jim and God knows who else, a recording based on songs written for "Neverland".
I think everything on the 2 Bats could fit into "Neverland" in some way. Not necessarily as Peter and Wendy songs but Captain Hook and other characters as well. I know I see "Paradise" as a Hook song recalling the conception of Wendy because he's Wendy's father. Still, all this paragraph just remains my opinion and I'm extrapolating from the point.
I think anything works on a BAT album just as long as it's written by Jim. And I'd still love for Meat to come here, personally, and explain why so many of those songs were rejected.
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