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sinecurea 04:00 pm UTC 10/15/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Hysteria: The Steinman Sessions - steven_stuart 04:01 am UTC 10/12/13 |
| James Joyce and W. B. Yeats! :-) "One of the first conversations I had with Def Leppard was in Dublin during pre-production. I was so excited to be in Dublin and I said, This is great for me. I'm finally in the land of James Joyce and Yeats. These guys are idols of mine. You guys feel that at all? And they said, No, we haven't had a chance to meet any of the local musicians." http://www.jimsteinman.com/darknite.htm > Wow. Lots of interesting information. Thanks. That's weird > about Joe Elliot feeling uncomfortable because he thought > Jim was in a different orbit. I wonder how much the six > figure sum they had to pay Jim was. In the documentary > about Hysteria, one of them said: "We had to sell two > million albums just to pay Steinman's fee." I am trying to > remember which writers Jim mentioned but he said something > about how great it was to be in Dublin because it was the > home of great literary figures and Joe Elliot had not > heard of them and he told Jim that he hadn't got round to > meeting any of the local musicians. But maybe Joe was > joking. I don't know. Thanks for taking the time to scan > the full article. I look forward to reading it. Shame > about Joe not releasing the Steinman Sessions tapes. He > says it would be unfair to Jim but I can't see Jim > minding. Unless they are awful. > > > In this month's Classic Rock (Nov13), a 3 page feature on > > Def Leppard working with Jim titled 'The Greatest > > Unreleased Albums Ever'. > > > > I'll try and get it scanned later but in the meantime: > > > > Jim was recommended to the band by one of their managers > > Cliff Burnstein. > > > > Chris Thomas, Trevor Horn & Phil Collins were also > > considered to produce. > > > > The band first met Jim at their shared house in Dublin, > > and all sat around drinking tea. > > > > Joe Elliott immediately felt 'uncomfortable' as he thought > > Jim was in a 'different orbit to the rest of us'. > > > > Jim suggested various song titles including 'USE IT OR > > LOSE IT', which the Leps hated. > > > > Jim wanted a BOOH style keyboard run on the song 'Run > > Riot', but again the Leps hated the idea. > > > > Jim worked on 7 songs to various stages: Don't Shoot > > Shotgun, Run Riot, Animal, Women, Gods of War, Love & > > Affection and Love Bites. > > > > According to Joe Elliot, Jim received a 'big six figure > > sum' as a payoff, when asked to leave the project. > > > > Joe Elliot has a box of tapes in his library marked > > 'HYSTERIA: THE STEINMAN SESSIONS'. He says they will never > > be released as nothing is finished and it would be unfair > > to both parties (Def Lep & Jim). > > > > > > > > : | |
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