Jim Steinman RIP

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[Brickyard Jack]

Blimey. He wrote some great songs, and wrote some of them over and over again.
I love the songs on Bat out of hell, and the Celine Dion classic It's all coming back to me now.
RIP Jim.

[kath]

i had just turned 14 when bat out of hell came out. we all luvvvvved it (and laughed out loud) to "paradise by the dashboard light" and "you took the words right out of my mouth'... he wrote the whole album, of course.

i don't recall the exact quote, someone can correct me, so a paraphrase of jim: "what's wrong with over the top? if you don't go over the top, how can ya see what's on the other side?"

r.i.p.

*chink*

[GoogaMooga]

RIP to one of the greats. A really interesting producer, who brought Wagnerian grandeur to rock. When I saw Bonnie Tyler live, she introduced her Steinman songs with the line, "I once worked with a genius". Jim Steinman RIP

[Your Friendly Neighbourhood Postman]

i had just turned 14 when bat out of hell came out. we all luvvvvved it (and laughed out loud) to "paradise by the dashboard light" and "you took the words right out of my mouth'... he wrote the whole album, of course.

i don't recall the exact quote, someone can correct me, so a paraphrase of jim: "what's wrong with over the top? if you don't go over the top, how can ya see what's on the other side?"

r.i.p.

*chink*

A, I love that call. BOOH (em, can't help it that this is the acronym) is truly a standard album, even though it'll never feature in any 'best of' list of mine. And PBTDL was such a genuine floor-filler; everyone in my early student years came to dance to it, no matter their 'identity' (punk, new wave, disco. industrial, and many more). Only a few songs ever could do that (I am thinking of 'Could You Be Loved', and 'Fame', for instance).

[Walk In My Shadow]

RIP

Wrote some peculiar songs and everybody's little brother has THE album.

[Your Friendly Neighbourhood Postman]

RIP

Wrote some peculiar songs and everybody's little brother has THE album.

So true. My younger brother indeed has it, as is the case with ELO's Out of the Blue. He followed me in taste generally, but I don't even own them.

[kath]

RIP

Wrote some peculiar songs and everybody's little brother has THE album.

So true. My younger brother indeed has it, as is the case with ELO's Out of the Blue. He followed me in taste generally, but I don't even own them.

hey. i wasn't anybody's younger brother.

(i love out of the blue, too.)

[Your Friendly Neighbourhood Postman]

RIP

Wrote some peculiar songs and everybody's little brother has THE album.

So true. My younger brother indeed has it, as is the case with ELO's Out of the Blue. He followed me in taste generally, but I don't even own them.

hey. i wasn't anybody's younger brother.

(i love out of the blue, too.)

I thought as much...

[Mike Boom]

everyone in my early student years came to dance to it, no matter their 'identity' (punk, new wave, disco. industrial, and many more)

This is very true, a little like the Time Warp from Rocky Horror, stuff so over the top it was just a laugh and pure fun

RIP

...the best thing about Bat Out Of Hell was actually Ellen Foley, but thats another story...

[never/ever]

RIP.

[Darkness_Fish]

Do you think his family will put out a statement saying he wanted a quiet, low-key funeral?

[jimboo]

RIP.

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Steinman didn't write that track.

[never/ever]

RIP.

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Steinman didn't write that track.

Correct.
Always thought he did. Sounds like him but it was Ronson who threw up this Wall Of Sound.

[Your Friendly Neighbourhood Postman]

OK. Last one on Ellen Foley:

https://youtu.be/ZXhq9XdghUo