RIP Jim Steinman

[Beebo]

Aged 73 of kidney failure.

His music was total marmite.

Over the top production was his style but he sure knew how to pen a classic song. And with Meatloaf as his front man he created one of the best albums of all time.

 

[Chislenko]

Rock And Roll Dreams still gets a fair bit of time on my turntable.

View: https://youtu.be/3qqhc9Id-Os

 

[Dave7]

A very distinct sound (which I enjoyed).
Think he worked with Bonnie Tyler ??
Bat out of hell......a real classic.

 

[Bazzer]

Some time back I was listening to a programme about him and in it reference was made to his love of opera. Hence the over the top music productions and story telling in his song writing.

 

[Drago]

Blimey. Ace songwriter, Ace producer, Ace rock talent scout. Another one who'll be sadly missed.

 

[Venod]

His music was total marmite.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

Bat Out Of Hell album will go down as a classic

RIP Jim

 

[ianrauk]

Bat Out Of Hell album will go down as a classic

It already is

 

[Beebo]

One of his greatest assets was realising that he wasn’t a great singer or frontman. His skill was song writing. He was clear headed enough to see that, which I imagine many people wouldn’t be.

Just listen to his own weak and thin version of a song he wrote compared to the Meatloaf version.

View: https://youtu.be/RTOtCoVqgbs

View: https://youtu.be/stQSuWh1fYQ

 

[ianrauk]

By all accounts he wasn't a great producer either. He was signed up to produce Def Leppard's Hysteria album , but his recordings were rubbish so they scrapped them & him. People forget that both Bat Out Of Hell and the follow up Bad For Good (which featured Jim's vocals rather than Meatloafs) were both produced by Todd Rundgren.

 

[winjim]

One of his greatest assets was realising that he wasn’t a great singer or frontman. His skill was song writing. He was clear headed enough to see that, which I imagine many people wouldn’t be.

Just listen to his own weak and thin version of a song he wrote compared to the Meatloaf version.

View: https://youtu.be/RTOtCoVqgbs

View: https://youtu.be/stQSuWh1fYQ

Compare Stark Raving Love...

View: https://youtu.be/cJR1JgkBq2s


...with Holding Out For A Hero

View: https://youtu.be/bWcASV2sey0

 

[Beebo]

Compare Stark Raving Love...

View: https://youtu.be/cJR1JgkBq2s


...with Holding Out For A Hero

View: https://youtu.be/bWcASV2sey0

I know. Terrible.
But he had the foresight to see that his songs were best interpreted by others.

 

[gbb]

Must admit i'd never heard of him, but you can hear the connection with Meatloaf through some of the tracks above.

Not my cup of tea but RIP anyway.

 

[MontyVeda]

Pretty much spent my pre-adolescent years listening to Bat Out of Hell and Bad For Good... I'm not proud of that fact.

 

[ianrauk]

Pretty much spent my pre-adolescent years listening to Bat Out of Hell and Bad For Good... I'm not proud of that fact.

Why?
Bat Out Of Hell is a fabulous album.

 

[MontyVeda]

Why?
Bat Out Of Hell is a fabulous album.

It wears a bit thin after about four hundred listens... and Heaven Can Wait and Two Out of Three are bog awful songs.