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Evan 09:08 am UTC 05/02/21 |
| In reply to: | re: Memories - rockfenris2005 09:40 am UTC 04/29/21 |
| I forgot all about the Bat out of Nashville album. What a strange concept. I wonder how it originated? I only song from that album that I think could’ve benefited from a country treatment is Two Out Of Three. The others would’ve been strange but possibly cool. I just can’t imagine Garth Brooks belting out Bat Out Of Hell and it not sounding strange. Ahh the lost projects. I was looking at the photos of Jim on this site. There’s one of him with Terry Gilliam. Remember the rock Nutcracker project I think called Nutz? There were supposedly some songs composed by Jim for it. I wonder if they’ll ever see the light of day? Who will be the one to release them from the Vaults Of Steinman? > > There was so much going on in that era that might have > been really exciting for Jim: > > * A "Bat out of Nashville" album, taking songs from the > two Bat albums and two new songs, and turning them into a > country album. > > * Jim was working with Karine, who might have had huge > hits with "Safe Sex", "Braver" and "Making Love". > > * Jim was writing "Batman: The Musical". Tim Burton was > going to direct it at one point. > > * "Dance of the Vampires" was coming to Broadway. > > * Meat and Jim were going to reunite again for "Bat out of > Hell III" and "What Part of my Body Hurts the Most?" could > have been the big single from it. > > As we know, it didn't work out that way. I'm so glad > "Braver" and the "Bat" musical did. > > > > Man, you really brought back some memories with the Garbo > > and Anastasia recordings. I had forgotten all about them. > > I’ll definitely have to eventually go through and give > > them another listen. I really thought Karine’s hit > > should’ve been Safe Sex. That song always seemed like a > > hit just waiting to be properly recorded. It sums up the > > emotions perfectly. You see a title called Safe Sex and > > that song’s subject matter really takes you by surprise. > > It’s really perfect. > > > > > > > > And he still had some great moments after that. Just would > > > have loved to see him and Karine have a Number 1 with > > > "Braver" and "Not Allowed" for example. > > > > > > > > > > > Looking back, the late 90s was such an amazing time for > > > > Jim. He was really on top of the world. I was only a kid > > > > then, and couldn't really experience it the way the older > > > > members did. Remember, he'd just done "It's All Coming > > > > Back", "Bat II" before that, "Whistle down the Wind" had > > > > opened in London, "No matter what" was everywhere, "Tanz" > > > > was winning IMAGE awards in Europe, there was talk of an > > > > English production, Jim was going to write "Batman", he'd > > > > produced the theme for "The Mask of Zorro" by the guys who > > > > wrote "My heart will go on", he even produced a song for > > > > the cartoon "Anastasia". It was just such an amazing time, > > > > and that's right as Ravenous is being announced. We know > > > > he's working on "Garbo" and "Wuthering Heights". > > > > > > > > Then "Dance of the Vampires" happens and ughhh. I feel > > > > like that's the moment where it all went wrong, but hey he > > > > managed thirty really wonderful years before that. > > > > > > > > > Gosh I remember seeing it at the time and having these > > > > > delusions of grandeur about Jim releasing so many projects > > > > > on his very own label. It seems he did release a few > > > > > though, as you pointed out. | |
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