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re: How many Jim songs did you hear before knowing Jim did them?

Posted by:
Wei 10:23 am UTC 06/27/12
In reply to: How many Jim songs did you hear before knowing Jim did them? - LordRahl 12:39 am UTC 06/27/12

I saw an interview with Meat Loaf at Swedish television in 1981 when he was promoting Dead Ringer. Then they showed the video for "Dead ringer for love".

A few days later I bought the album and I noticied directly the text "Songs by Jim Steinman" on the cover. I wondered why this text was marked on it because I didn't know who Jim was and if it was supposed to mean that it was good.

> I was thinking the other day about how many times I had
> actually heard a Steinman classic on the radio or in a
> movie before knowing he was the man who did them all.
> It's interesting to consider how many songs of his I liked
> without knowing he even did them. I got Bat out of Hell 2
> in 1994 and 1 in the summer of 95 but I didnt grasp
> Steinman's imprtance until 98 or 99ish.
>
> Here is my list:
> 1) Holding out for a Hero in Short Circuit 2. I think
> this is my first Steinman exposure
> 2) Total Eclipse on the radio. Anytime this song came on
> the radio I would get so excited. I never owned my own
> copy of it until 2000ish
> 3) It's all coming back to me now, Celine Dion. I
> remember seeing the video and hearing the song and
> thinking how much it reminded me of Meat Loaf music.
>
>
> Thats the only music of his I heard without knowing what
> he was involved with. Once I got more on the net the
> Steinman hunt began and I started buying all things
> Steinman related, Whistle down the wind, Bad for Good, and
> Pandora's Box.
>
>


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