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MichaelMP 02:41 pm UTC 05/27/16 |
| In reply to: | Avantasia/ tribute to Steinman - Jan 04:01 pm UTC 05/25/16 |
| Great quote! Tobias Sammet, mastermind of Avantasia always outed himself as a SteinMeatfan. The song opens up the sold out Avantasia shows around Europe these days. And it ended up third in the German national finals to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest. Always linked to Jim and Meat in the media comments, varying from such praise as below to "Meat Loaf for the poor." To me its in the middle of that. > This was in Classic Rock magazine recently. > > Q: "Avantasia's new album, Ghostlights, opens with Mystery > Of A Blood Rose, which sounds like the best song Jim > Steinman and Meat Loaf never wrote. " > > Tobias Sammet: Thank you! I actually asked Meat Loaf to > sing it, and at a certain time it looked like there was a > good chance. Then his management had different plans > because he was actually about to go back to working with > Jim Steinman. So I had this great tribute to Jim Steinman > but I was Meat Loafless. So I had three options - throw > the song out of window, throw myself out of the window, or > have a go at the song myself. " | |
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