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Markus 08:55 am UTC 06/28/12 |
| In reply to: | How many Jim songs did you hear before knowing Jim did them? - LordRahl 12:39 am UTC 06/27/12 |
| I donīt remember everything! I donīt remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday.... But I do remember that it must have been around 1984 (11 years old) when Meat was all over the place with Modern Girl. So I guess this song - not a Steinsong - was the beginning of it all. Because after that I found that red cover in my mothers record collection next to Dead Ringer. I first listened to BAT and I was stunned from the very beginning! Never heard something unearthly like that before! And then Dead Ringer. Same thing. Ok, so now I had to figure out who this guy next to Meat was on the back side. And when I had found out it still wasnīt all that easy to learn more - the web was far away. But I recognized his style, Bonnie Tyler for example was next. And I guess I found his one solo album in a second hand record store years later - and I was sooooo thrilled to read his name on it! Only thing left was the EP. Later I found another copy which included the EP. Jim through his music became an essential part of my life. And I love him for everything he gave me since then because I think itīs a lot more that just the greatest music - ever. Markus > 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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