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Max 07:23 am UTC 02/12/17 |
In reply to: | re: Go behind the scenes at Bat Out Of Hell The Musical at Manchester's Opera House - rockfenris2005 09:08 am UTC 02/10/17 |
I identify so much with what you say about the mystery. The inner album art work of Bat2 was especially intriguing for me. I used to search for details to unlock some code about what "Hell" meant or even who Jim Steinman was. Somewhat off topic: Part of what is mysterious and paradoxically not mysterious about the JimVerse is the archetypal element. I don't get the redoing of All Revved Up I really like the distinction in the new lyrics between something "endless" and something "come true" [dunamis/energeia?] but isn't there something more immediate about "lonely boy" and "lonely girl" > > When I first got the chance to sit down and look at > something on the web, guess what I typed? Meat Loaf and > Jim Steinman. Lol. I don't remember what I found on Meat > Loaf. I honestly can't. But Jim, is ingrained. > > Welcome to Rockman Philharmonic > The Jim Steinman Society of the Arts > > 'DO YOU DARE TO DREAM HIS DREAM? YES OR NO." > And there's fantasy art which comes from Pandora's Box > (which I didn't know at the time.) > 'In all of us there is a lawless side like a wild beast > that peers out during sleep.' > > It gives you a real vibe! It felt like entering a gallery > or a theatre on the internet, more than just a site, also > reflecting the 'Steinman experience' listening to the > music, where it felt like. More than music? > > And if you said 'NO', you got hit with this page: > "And it's the backbeat of the city on a Saturday night > If you're too scared to jump > then you've gotta be shoved > It's the howling and the moaning > and the crying of the lonely and a > Stark raving love." > > What WAS Dream Pollution? And again, the gallery of > despair, with this grotesque hellish artwork, like > something from a nightmare or something. And I've asked, > and I've google image searched it, and no one so far seems > to know what it actually is. But you can see it as well in > the Jim opens Pandora's Box video in the background. > > It was just like an EXPERIENCE. And then you find out > about things like 'Pandora's Box', 'Whistle down the > wind', 'Dance of the Vampires', which at that point was > going to go to Broadway. I read the script in 'The Dream > Engine' in awe because it was so dark and wild compared to > what I was used to with Jim, but it was consistent with > the imagery and the epic nature of the songs, and kind of > feeling like. Should I go on? Should I go on? > > 'Neverland' from memory seemed to be a more toned down > version, with songs like "All revved up". I'm glad you > finally get to see Neverland! > > > > > Since I was about ten years old I've read/reread the Dream > > Engine and Neverland scripts, stared at album covers, > > replayed the Bad for Good music videos, interpreted the > > artwork on the homepage, and finally I'll (we'll) get to > > see Neverland! > > > > > The huge set has been designed for the world premiere of > > > the the musical of Meat Loaf's famous album right her in > > > Manchester > > > > > > 6 > > > SHARES > > > BYDENISE EVANS > > > 16:19, 8 FEB 2017UPDATED12:06, 9 FEB 2017 > > > > > > > > > > > > Images at the link | |
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