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Marklbetya 09:23 pm UTC 12/28/15 |
| In reply to: | Steinmaniac Since When? - Steinmaniac 11:21 pm UTC 12/26/15 |
| I think I was a Steinmaniac since I heard Bat out of Hell. I just didn't know it. For me it happened after seeing Streets of Fire in college in 1983-1984. I went out and immediately bought the movie soundtrack, which I NEVER do. There were just two songs I needed to own. Nowhere Fast and Tonight is What it Means to Be Young. It wasn't until I was reviewing the jacket that I realized that both were written by the same person, so I did some research. When I realized that Jim Steinman wrote those two songs, and Bat I, and Total Eclipse which was just out, and I think Barry Manilow's version of Read 'em and Weep, did I realize that I was not a Meat Loaf fan after all. I was a Jim Steinman fan. And there started the quest for everything he was a part of. It was a lot tougher before the internet (and much more rewarding to find things as well). I remember finding the single for Rock and Roll Dreams by Steinman before knowing he did an album...and finding a used record store with a trove of Bad for Good albums unsealed. And the first time I heard "Making Love" in the car radio and KNOWING it was a Steinman song without even looking at the credits on the record it was quite a moment. My wife had the record, and I confirmed what I already knew when I got home. So for me, 1983/4, and I've never been the same. > I am a Steinmaniac since 1988 and you? | |
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