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rockfenris2005 04:01 am UTC 01/29/16 |
| In reply to: | re: another Steinman tribute show - Jacqueline 03:46 am UTC 01/29/16 |
I think I had read a couple reviews (Rolling Stone? Amazon?) and then the Meat Loaf documentary had said something as well from what I seem to be remembering now. It just came together in my mind where this was a bit of a pleasant change for me. > Who was talking negative about BFG? > > > > > So great to see them talking so POSITIVELY about the > > album. I don't know. I had gotten sick of the negative > > things I'd read about it lately. There were a few things I > > read. It's a great album to me. I think it goes further > > than BOOH like Jim said. I wish I could have seen this > > show, just to experience another version of "Stark raving > > love". > > > > > > > > http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/lipstick-performs-jim-steinmans-bad-for-good/Event?oid=6319545 > > > > > > Lipstick performs Jim Steinman's Bad for Good > > > When: Fri., Jan. 29, 8 p.m. > > > Price: $5 > > > > > > To celebrate 26 years on the planet, Greg Troyan, frontman > > > for Nashville glam-rock trio Lipstick, is throwing himself > > > “Greg’s Self-Indulgent Birthday Show,” featuring openers > > > Tall Dark Stranger (playing Kiss’ Hotter Than Hell LP) and > > > Neon Black. But what caught our eye was the familiar image > > > left on our front desk: a studly, bare-chested angel > > > holding a scantily clad babe and an electric guitar. > > > Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the world of Jim > > > Steinman, who absorbed Springsteen, Spector, a fakebook of > > > Broadway show tunes and every maudlin teen weeper and > > > biker-death tune ever recorded and converted them into the > > > marvel that is his 1981 solo album Bad for Good. This was > > > to be Renegade Angel, the follow-up to Meat Loaf’s > > > kajillion-selling Bat Out of Hell, for which Steinman > > > composed all those glorious bubblegummy teen-sex-and-death > > > anthems. But when Mr. Loaf’s voice gave out, Steinman > > > forged ahead, hired almost all the same personnel > > > (including producer Todd Rundgren, the E Street Band’s Roy > > > Bittan and Max Weinberg, even cover artist Richard > > > Corben), and cast himself in the lead. Opinions vary > > > whether he nailed the gig — its song-to-song similarity to > > > Bat makes it a curious experience, like a scene-for-scene > > > simulation of a classic movie with an oddly inexact > > > leading man — but not mine: The record is such an auteur > > > piece, so shameless in its tumescent grandstanding and > > > fist-pumping bombast, that it revs up my perpetually > > > adolescent heart. Why are you hearing this? Because on > > > Friday, Lipstick will be playing this LP maudit in all its > > > splendor. Rock ’n’ roll dreams come through, indeed. JIM > > > RIDLEY > > > | |
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