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

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EJXD2 01:07 pm 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 enjoyed listening to "Paradise" and "Total Eclipse" and "2/3" when they'd come in the radio during the mid 80s-early 90s.

When Bat II came out, I didn't realize the same songwriter that did those songs also wrote "I'd Do Anything For Love." I bought Bat II and was intrigued by the "songs by Jim Steinman label."

I hit the Prodigy boards to learn more about him, found the Jim List, and the rest is history. Bad For Good was my first purchase because of Jim.

EdD

> 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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