They couldn't have done that because those songs had never been released, and I think that was the problem. ALL of the songs on TMIL had already been released, like "It's all coming back to me now" was released twice, "Bad for Good", "If it ain't broke break it" (The full version, "Only when I feel", wasn't in "Wuthering Heights", remember), "Seize the night" (that was part of a musical) and "The future ain't what it used to be" (released in the US through the "Wuthering Heights" soundtrack EP).
And as for the new songs, I remember that Meat Loaf wasn't allowed to release those, but in the settlement he was granted permission.
As for why he never sang "Tonight is what it means to be young", I wouldn't want to hear that lyric sung by a male, and certainly not Desmond's horrid variations.
> The problem i have with Bat 3 is it had a whole threshold
> of steinman songs to choose from and decided to not use
> the back catalogue at the disposal. It only needed "WHat
> part of my Body Hurts Most?", the missing monologue that
> were in both bat 1 and 2: "Who needs the Young? (Speech
> Version)", the "FCOL Reprise", and "Tonight Is What It
> Means to Be Young" and take off "cry to heaven".
>
> Imagine, this track list with the original and more suited
> title 'Bat Out Of Hell III: Escape From Hell'
>
> Seize The Night
> Bad For Good
> In The Land Of The Pig
> Who Needs The Young? (speech)
> If It Ain't Broke
> Escape From Hell (Instrumental - doesnt exist, but Jim
> would've made a great instrumental to acompany this)
> IACBTMN
> Body Hurts Most
> Future Aint What It Used To Be
> For Crying Out Loud (Reprise)
>
> > But only if they were good enough. I'd rather something
> > was old and brilliant, than new and good.
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