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BOOH Review
Posted by Jim McRae on June 23, 1999 at 06:16:10:
I was a 14 year old when I bought the vinyl album in 1977. I was tired
of hearing disco on the radio so much. For some reason, the cover art
compelled me to buy the album. When I got home and listened to it, I
noticed the louder I played it the better it sounded!
It reminded me of my favorite song at the time; Edgar Winter's
"Frankenstein". But the BOOH album was much more than that to me. To
date I have worn out 2 albums, 3 cassette tapes and have 2 CD's. How
else can you define a classic?
Amazing!
Posted by Psycho on June 23, 1999 at 07:36:28:
Pretty self-explanatory title, don't you think? Point is I love the
whole thing from the first note to the last one. What this album is
about is a very good singer singing, while a bunch of very good
musicians play the songs of a Genious songwriter. It's loud and it's
lewd and it's got one hell of a cover too. It's just pure rock 'n' roll
at it's best. And let's not forget, it's the debut album of the greatest
songwriter of our time...
I didnīt know whatever to say...
Posted by Funky on June 23, 1999 at 08:41:17:
Well, I donīt know exactly how old I was when I first heard this great
masterpiece. Before I heard it, I saw only the cover of the LP in my
mothers LP-collection. I wondered who this big guy was and the beautiful
women and the other one on the right... I only know that from the first
note on I was hypnotized and slipped right into the unbelievable world
of BOOH. To describe this one: I didnīt know much english at that time,
but I had a feeling to understand all these words just through the music
and performance of the best Steinman-singer ever ! On BOOH 2 I cried the
first time only because of the lyrics and the music of a song. I only
say "Objects..." ! Who was singing ? Meat Loaf. Whoīs the writer ? Jim
Steinman. The marriage of heaven and hell. But whoīs heaven - whoīs hell ?
Re: I didnīt know whatever to say...
Posted by Cindy on June 23, 1999 at 11:37:32:
In Reply to: I didnīt know whatever to say... posted by Funky on June
23, 1999 at 08:41:17:
For me the whole obsession started with IDAFL, but immediatly followed
by BOOH.
Very lucky me ofcourse, getting to know those two at the same time.
What they mean to me? Well, they taught me everything I'll ever know
about the mystery and the muscle of love. I was never surprised when love hurted so much,
and so I never ran away from passion like most people do.
At this point in my life I don't know anymore if it's Jim writing about
my feelings, or me feeling like Jim taught me...
And Meat? Well, he's like a father to, while Jim is
like a God. I spend a lot of time figuring out if I
was in love with him, or if I just admired him, but all of
that doesn't cover what I feel. The only thing that does
is a God...
Bat Out of Hell
Posted by King of Fools... on June 26, 1999 at 10:45:11:
So it starts with this banging of chords and you're thinking it is just
another song by yet another guy. Then the piano kicks in. Real piano,
played by someone pretty good at it, and you know the songwriter had to
be a damn good one. So you're thinking this might be cool after all and
that's when the electric guitar really kicks in. Just when you thought
it couldn't get any cooler, the guitar really lets loose. Makes you want
to use the word "wail" and even then you aren't certain if that is
enough. Then the song slows a bit and you hear the vocals. Voice is
pretty good; not the best you've ever heard, but the guy singing seems
to be really getting into his part. It's infectious. Makes you want to
jump up and down or something. And you like the lyrics. The guy is
pledging undying loyalty, then immediately blows out of some girl's
life. Then returns like a sinner before God, only to leave again in the
morning. Claims that the world is trash, nothing to really rock and roll
about, but then he sees her and knows she is what is the heaven waiting
for him. Real melodramatic, soap opera affair, make sme want to do
something crazy. Then he sees himself wrecking his bike, certain that he
is dying. And why? Becuase even in running like a bat out of hell he
can't get her off his mind. Damn, how cool that is! Then it ends with
the wailing of a girl, sounding like something from just this side of
Heaven and Hell. Makes you think of a shaft of light, with an angel
reachikng down to pull the biker back to the one he loves.
Just as the song ends and you wonder what is next, you hear this voice
asking if you'd give your throat to a wolf bearing red roses. Talk about
a great pick-up line. And the girl just smiles and teases back. Then
comes one of my favorite songs off the album. Maybe because I lived it,
taking the words right out of her mouth. But haven't you ever felt that
tug, seen someone and just wanted to kiss them, giving that love...
Heaven Can Wait. An all around great song. This is the song that makes
me want to learn to play the piano. Never looking back, no regrets,
Heaven can wait when I have the paradise of being with you. I'll sing
your prayers and light your way through the darkness and cold of life,
for there is only warmth in you. And maybe I was scared and running once
in my life, afraid of what you meant to me, but know I know that what I
really want is forever with you.
When you are all revved up, you often have no place to go. I know the
feeling well, even if I consider this the weakest song on the album. I
cold never really get into this song as much as the poower ballads of
some of the others. But I do know the feeling of feeling bored and
wanting more from my life than what is going on around my little home
town. I guess that is what makes the song sing to someone, the ability
to relate to it. No matter what song it is on this album, you understand
the drama.
No, I suppose two out of three ain't bad. It may be all some of us are
going to get. Sometimes it strikes me as one of the saddest songs I've
ever heard. You want to be mad at the guy for leading the girl on, then
wonder if he really did at all. He's telling her how much he really does
care, but just doesn't think it'll ever be LOVE. What hurt did he go
through when that ONE walked out of his life so many years ago? What
pain is he putting this new girl through? Confronted with the song, one
realizes that you can't quite settle for anything less than WANT, NEED,
and LOVE. AT least I can't.
A blistering intro launches us into the ruckus of Paradise by the
Dashboard Light. Even the title just begs for sexual innuendo. The song
jumps and shimmers, shifting between emotional plays about cold
loneliness to references of sex in the back seat. Then the big date
comes, and making out in the car to the sounds of a baseball game
playing on the radio. Things get into high gear, as the basball
announcer praises a good player. The American baseball/sex metaphor is
unmistakeable, but played for all it's worth. Then comes the classice
"sotp right there." This is the part that makes the song. Girl wanting
commitment, boy runnning from it. All melodramatic stereotypes that just
hold that little bit of truth you so want to deny or laugh at. So he
pledges to her for the night of passion, and he keeps his promise. He
marries her and things aren't going well. And so both remember back to
the day when it felt so good and right and they glowed by the dashboard
light.
For Crying Out Loud. This is the song. This is the one I love the most
out of just about everything. I know what it means to be cold and to
feel her fire. I know about screwing things up and screaming because I
didn't know what the Hell was going on. And most of all I know that
someday I'm going to find someone that makes me feel like she did, and I
will pledge everything that I am to her. There is no praise I can give
to say how much I love this song. To Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman, and Todd
Rundgren, I say thank you for this one; if no other, this one.
Dream more,
G. Matthew King
The King of Fools...
My review
Posted by Tifa on June 26, 1999 at 11:03:49:
I was about 14 or 15 when I first heard Bat Out of Hell. My dad had
bought the LP back in '77 but I had never really been into rock music so
I had never heard it before. From the very first note I knew that what I
had been listening to was NOT real rock 'n roll at all! The title track
had me absolutely captivated.... I remember crying at the last verse,
and when it was all over I was physically and mentally exhausted. You
Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth was a nice refreshing break from
Bat's intensity, and it was running through my head for weeks
afterwards. Heaven Can Wait took me very much by surprise, it was so
different from either of the previous tracks and really stood out as a
tribute to Meat's diverse abilities as a singer and Jim's immense range
as a songwriter. All Revved Up went right back to good old rock, and
although it is probably my least favorite song on the album (meaning my
seventh-favorite song of all time!), it expressed everything I was
feeling at the time about teenage boredom and desperation. I had just
heard every emotion I had ever felt summarized in those four songs. And
there was still another side to the record! Two Out of Three Aint Bad...
the quintessential classic. It means a lot more for me now than it did
then... now I know how it feels, but even from the beginning it has been
one of the most powerful songs ever written. From the breathtaking piano
and string accompaniment to Meat's stirring vocals, everytihng about
this song is just so right. Next up was Paradise... yet another example
of the excellent arrangement of songs on the album. After such a slow
and sad song, Paradise is just right to introduce an element of humor,
as well as one of the most original and unique songs ever written and a
fine showcase for Meat Laof and Ellen Foley, who sound great together!
Finally.... For Crying Out Loud. If the entire album was just this song
it would still be the greatest ever made. The orchestra is magnificent,
Meat's voice is at it's best, and Jim really shows his immacualte
understanding of love and loss and life and the human soul. If you can
feel or think or dream an emotion, you can find it in Bat Out of Hell.
There's not one reason this album has been going strong for 22 years...
there are too many reasons to count. It is a monument to Jim and to
Meat, and to the band and to Todd Rundgren and Ellen Foley, and to the
70s and to rock and roll, and to love and death and an American guitar,
indeed it is a monument to all that is America, all that is youth, all
that is human. The seven songs that define EVERY generation.
I remember everything...
Posted by the Steingirl on June 28, 1999 at 05:58:14:
I was about 14 years old when I heard Bat I for the first time...my
uncle, who was about my age when it was released and who's been a fan
since, had listened to my rabling about how great Bat II was all winter,
and so, in the summer of '94, he let me listen to Bat I...I remember
sitting in my aunt's and uncle's rocking chair with my little portable
cd-player in my lap and I was SO blown away...I just couodn't believe
what I was hearing and I remember that the first feeling to fill me up
was complete joy...GOD, how I loved (and love!!) those songs...I laughed
so hard I could hardly stand for hours the first time I heard
"Paradise"...FCOL always makes me think of my aunt's and uncle's
apartment, all the nights I spent there and that summer heat floating in
though the windows...it's the most aching song I've ever heard...Also,
upon sitting and stroking (yes, actually) the cover of the record I
happened to lay my eyes on
Jim for the first time ever...and one little crush began to
flourish...five years later I've still got it and it's worse than ever!
/Sandra
BAT review
Posted by Ralph A.Thiel on June 28, 1999 at 16:45:56:
Bat Out of Hell (the original)
Incredible introduction to "larger-than-life Rock n' Roll" for me way
back in 1977!!! Title cut blew me away...the screaming guitars and
power-packed lyrics (again, incredible!). You Took the Words...cute
intro by Jim...loved the wry sense of humor and the song is great fun at
live Meatloaf concerts! Heaven Can Wait...hit the heart strings. All
Revved Up...KICK ___
Rock n' Roll!!! Out of Three Ain't Bad...makes me sad, song of regret.
Paradise...pure fun! No night o' drinkin' & dancin' at college was
complete w/out this gem! FCOL...Big, finely-crafted showcase for
Meatloaf's voice and Jim's soulful song writing ability.
In summary, if you are a Rocker, a Poet, or just a Human Being who feels
the passion of life, this is your life's soundtrack album!
RT
Back to reviewing...
Posted by Karl John Krumrey IV on July 17, 1999 at 13:52:30:
Just to get the board slightly on-topic, I'll throw in my thoughts on
Bat I....
Well, do any of you actually expect me to say anything negative about
it?! Better than Bat II, on the same level as Bad for Good, and slightly
behind Pandora's Box as Jim's greatest work. For Crying out Loud is
arguably the greatest song Steinman ever penned. You can't open an album
better than the song Bat out of Hell does. Paradise by the Dashboard
Light will live forever (as long as nutcases like me perform the damn
thing at any venue willing to have it). I STILL use Two out of three
Ain't Bad to break up with girls.. Heaven can Wait still gives people
that warm fuzzy feeling. All Revved Up is probably my least favorite
song on the album and I still absolutley adore it.
When I first got this album, I was amazed at how much sheer power and
skill Meat Loaf's voice had. He's such a shadow of his former self these
days. After Bat out of Hell II, his range and power just seemed to go
the way of the 20-year old virgin in Detroit (read: Extinct). Bat out of
Hell cannot be lived without. Everyone on this planet should listen, be
touched, and enter the wonderful world of Jim Steinman.
Pandora's Box???
Posted by Russell on July 22, 1999 at 20:43:37:
In Reply to: Back to reviewing... posted by Karl John Krumrey IV on July
17, 1999 at 13:52:30:
Just got Original Sin via CDNOW, and I agree it's a great album. Hearing
Ellen Foley's voice belt out "It's all coming back to me now" beats
Celine Dion's crooning rendition. And the title song is still pumping
coarsely through the arteries in my brain.
But how can you rate it ahead of Bat Out of Hell? Or Bat 2? It's not as
if he puts out horseshit, and I agree all his albums include the best
music in the industry. But how can you put anything ahead of BOOH? It's
the one album that has a soul. It's not just the music and just the
drama behind that music that makes it special--it's the heart of a rock
n roll romantic, possibly the only one there ever was, beating young and
fast withing his ribcage. It's love, not as a pinnacle of feeling or at
its base level (as is the case in most music these days, but in a very
honest way, it reveals that feeling we all had once, before the world
was dead. All his other albums are great in and of themselves, and I
adore Original Sin and I'm sure to adore Tanz when it arrives. But as
far as an album that is alive in its own right, BOOH will forever be an
apex.
And I adore For Crying Out Loud, but I pose this question to you--don't
you think Andrew Lloyd Webber gravy-trained off of Jim in the whole
Whistle Down the Wind thing? Witness "Kiss--Thing to Waste/Tire Tracks"
I've listened to Webber for years, and never has he put out the raw
bluntness as Jim has in that song. No way in hell did Lord Andrew write
that song, even though he takes credit for the music. It doean't even
SOUND like him?
That's my rant for the day.
Re: Pandora's Box???
Posted by Karl John Krumrey IV on July 31, 1999 at 10:02:27:
In Reply to: Pandora's Box??? posted by Russell on July 22, 1999 at
20:43:37:
First off, it isn't Ellen Foley singing It's All Coming Back.. that
would be Elaine Caswell.. just in case you're interested in who performs
what on the album.. I'll tell you.
1. Ellen
2. Intro/Ending by Laura Theodore, body of song sung by all the girls at
different points, lead by Gina
3. Ellen
4. Gina
5. Holly Sherwood backed by Deliria
6. /
7. Jim (duh)
8. Elaine
9. /
10. Ellen
11. Ellen backed by Deliria
12. Elaine backed by Deliria
13. Steve Margoshes
14. Gina backed by Deliria
Why is Pandora's Box better than Bat 1? Simple.. you said Bat had soul,
well I believe PB has even more soul that Bat ever reached. Jim made
this album as an attempt to about-face the entire world of music, he
made the album in an attempt to say something, to blow Johnny Q. Public
out of the water. He poured his dreams, his heart, and a few million
more than he intended into the album and it shows. The ONLY part of
Pandora's Box that is slightly weak is My Little Red Book (Why, Jim,
Why?) and I'd still rather listen to that than All Revved Up... PB's got
a better opener (Original Sin over Bat) and a better closer (The Future
over FCOL), the original It's All Coming Back is simply fantastic
compared to the merely fantastic Celine version, and it's nice hearing
six different girls belt out Steinsongs in their own special way. Plus,
Gina Taylor is far and away the best vocalist Steinman ever worked with.
Such a shame it was for such a short period of time.
There's my ramble.
Re: Pandora's Box???
Posted by Psycho on August 01, 1999 at 12:01:19:
In Reply to: Re: Pandora's Box??? posted by Karl John Krumrey IV on July
31, 1999 at 10:02:27:
For some reason I like BOOH more than PB. I think a serious reason for
this is part of what you think is good about PB. BOOH has something
primitive about it, something raw, something that comes straight from
the heart. On Original Sin Jim might have been fighting to make it a hit
but on BOOH he was fighting just to get it released. And a few remarks:
1. MLRB is not the only bad song on the album; 20th century fox is even
worse 2.All Revved Up is a very good song 3. TFAWIUTB is not better than
FCOL, nor is anything on Original Sin.
Or at least that's what I think :)
One more thing...
Posted by Russell on July 31, 1999 at 20:12:57:
In Reply to: Re: Pandora's Box??? posted by Karl John Krumrey IV on July
31, 1999 at 10:02:27:
And how can you rate BAD FOR GOOD as his best album? It almost sounds as
if you're just name-dropping, picking albums arbitrarily just to sound
intelligent and controversial. I like BFG, but to be honest, there's a
reason why Meatloaf does the singing--Jim's voice just doesn't do it for
me, except in speaking mode. I realize Meatloaf was supposed to have
done the album, I realize he was unable, I realize Jim was a trooper and
took over. The music is good, the concept sound, but I just don't feel
as ga-ga over BFG as you do. Sorry.
Re: One more thing...
Posted by Karl John Krumrey Iv on August 09, 1999 at 12:44:10:
In Reply to: One more thing... posted by Russell on July 31, 1999 at
20:12:57:
First, I didn't say BfG was his best, I said it was on the same level as
Bat. PB is his best. Anyways, why is BfG so great? Sure, Jim's vocals
aren't as good as Meat's was. (they're sure as hell better than Meat's
are now.) First off, Jim had a hand in BfG's production, unlike on Bat.
This gives it a more epic scope, naturally. Second, Rory Dodd does a
GREAT job singing Surf's Up and Lost Boys, both are superior to Meat's
versions. Rock and Roll Dreams, now that I'll give to Meat. Jim's out of
the Frying Pan is better than Meat's, The Storm is simply stunning
(Didn't see anything like THAT on Bat), and Dance in my Pants, while
it's not Paradise, is still a plenty fun song and Karla Devito is an
extremely skilled vocalist. Plus, that 2-minute guitar duel at the end
of Stark Raving Love has got to be one of Steinman's most rocking
moments. Bad for Good only suffers in the vocal department and not even
that much at that. Jim's Left in the Dark carries so much raw emotion,
and Meat Loaf's WTTN version can't even begin to compare. Jim's voice
isn't as technically skilled as Meat's but as far as interpretation and
emotion, he's got those down just fine. (After all, he DID teach Meat
how to sing Bat 1.)
THAT, is why Bad for Good is on the same level as Bat.
Responding to Krumrey IV
Posted by Russell on July 31, 1999 at 20:05:51:
In Reply to: Re: Pandora's Box??? posted by Karl John Krumrey IV on July
31, 1999 at 10:02:27:
OK OK, you got me on the Ellen/Elaine thing. My bad. Unfortunately, my
CD doesn't have any liner notes, so I couldn't say who was who. I've
always been a Steinman fan, but it's only been in the last few months
that my interest has grown beyond the novice stage, so bear with me when
I blurt out the wrong thing.
I've listened to PB quite a bit lately, and maybe I have a bias because
BOOH is so engrained into my memory. But BOOH, as a whole, is not only
superior to PB, but to most anything else in the lexicon of rock. BOOH
is a much more unified work, almost operatic in scope, vitually a story
unto itself, and in that story is the faint nucleus of something
inherent and common and dear to all of us. While I agree that individual
songs on PB possibly outweigh any singular selections on BOOH, as an
album, there's no way it can compete. Original Sin and It's All Coming
Back still haunt me when I sleep. Maybe I'm biased in this way, and
there's really no way you can dissuade me from my notion that BOOH will
always beat out everything else.
Then again, there's Tanz and Batman in the future.
And I didn't say BOOH had soul, I said it had a soul. Big difference.
Good music doesn't necessarily have a soul. Steinman's music, on an
individual song basis, indeeds has blood and sweat and a soul. But as an
ALBUM goes, as far as something he and Meatloaf had to sell as a concept
to one record compant after another until Epic finally glommed on, as
far as trying to convey a message to another person, then Bat Out of
Hell has achieved that on an almost universal basis. I feel the same
things on Original Sin and It's All Coming Back, but the ALBUM on whole,
I'm sorry to say, does not. There's a big difference between spending
millions of your own dollars on an album versus singing for your supper.
And that's my ramble. Please don't bite my head off.
Re: Pandora's Box???
Posted by Funki on July 31, 1999 at 17:03:51:
In Reply to: Re: Pandora's Box??? posted by Karl John Krumrey IV on July
31, 1999 at 10:02:27:
Hey-and I thought only the music they play on MTVsoul is real soul-music
!!! ;-)
But you are right: If there is music that touches the soul then HIS
music and words. If "Original Sin" has more "soul" than BOOH - I can
not
definitely say that. Not everyone feels the same. If a girlfriend leaves
you, she not loves you in the same way you love her... sad, but true.
May peace prevail on earth.
Funki.
Bat I - the distilled restlessness of youth! Potent? surely.
Posted by Michael Boyer on July 24, 1999 at 09:53:58:
Jim Steinman wrote my life.
I wonder how he did it. Can't wait to see
Dance of the Vampires in Stuttgart.
Be Bad for Good!
A CD collection w/out Bat... is like.....
Posted by The Pin Man on July 25, 1999 at 21:20:48:
Bat out of Hell is just one of those CD'c you have to have in your
collection or it is not complete. Such as AC/DC Back in Black or Alice
Cooper's Welcome to my Nightmare.
A CD collection w/out Bat... is like a Car missing a wheel.
A CD collection w/out Bat... is like a Sandwich with out the miracle whip.
A CD collection w/out Bat... is like a Piano missing the Black keys.
A CD collection w/out Bat... is like a Picnic without potato Salad.
A CD collection w/out Bat... is like...(well you get the idea)
Re: A CD collection w/out Bat... is like.....
Posted by Tifa on July 27, 1999 at 21:55:28:
In Reply to: A CD collection w/out Bat... is like..... posted by The Pin
Man on July 25, 1999 at 21:20:48:
A CD collection without Bat is like sex without orgasm....
It may be very,very good, it may give pleasure to innumerable
parties..... but it's not complete and it could be so much better
Re: A CD collection w/out Bat... is like.....
Posted by Ralph on July 28, 1999 at 20:45:21:
In Reply to: Re: A CD collection w/out Bat... is like..... posted by
Tifa on July 27, 1999 at 21:55:28:
CD collection w/out Bat is....
really not a CD collection at all! A defining piece will forever be
missing in the sorry collectors collection of music. (a moment of
silence for the unfortunate souls whodont know of Bat Out Of Hell!).
Bat out of hell
Posted by Damian (Belfast) Burns on July 30, 1999 at 14:34:39:
Most people will never have heard of Jim Steinman, but
most people will know about Bat out of hell - one of the greatest albums
in the world.
Why it suck to be a Steinman fan in Arizona
Posted by Russell on July 08, 1999 at 20:02:13:
I don't particularly mind the fact that I had to buy the Whistle Down
the Wind cassette from London (saying I'm from Phoenix will tell you the
scope of my exasperation), six months before the production ever hits
Broadway, I can guarantee you it won't play in these parts for another
three years thereafter. What's worse, Tanz der Vampire will be
infinitely harder to endure the wait. Personally I felt Webber was
gravy-training off of Jim (imagine that!). But even though I really
don't mind having to shell out 55 deutschmarks (still haven't figured
out the dollar conversion) for the Vampire CD, I deep down know that it
will never play here.
Been a fan of Jim's work for years, in the process of collecting
anything musicwise I can get my paws on. But Phoenix is the most remote
point for culture on earth--occasionally a decent show somes along, but
all I can do is send away for the CD here or the playbill there. I adore
his music, and I want to collect it all.
If someone out there wishes to give me a consolatory slap on the back
and tell me it sucks to be me, the invitation is handed to you. Just
know this is the vacuum of society, and I plead for musical welfare!
I've worked it out!
Posted by Pobbie on August 26, 1999 at 04:43:35:
I haven't been able to get onto the net now for months, I've been too
busy. But in my absence, I've been doing a lot of thinking, and
listening (same thing?) I've come to the conclusion that Jim Steinman
actually is GOD!
Why do I say this?
Point A
God never answers any questions!
Point B
God's handiwork is always Perfect, but often misunderstood.
Point C
God has many followers, many of whom are insane.
Point D
Most of God's followers foolishly dream that they will ever meet Him.
Point E
God is also improving my life, and inspireing me daily.
Point F
The whole world is also waiting to see what God will do next!
With the above irrepressiblre evidence, I defy anyone to convince me
otherwise.
"May peace prevail on Earth" (MeatLoaf 1993)
Love Pobbie.
TANZ in the mail!!!
Posted by Russell on August 29, 1999 at 13:52:52:
Been waiting for a month, but I finally got my copy of Tanz der Vampire
in the mail. If you live in the States, I recommend you purchase it from
CyberCD.
As far as Tanz goes, the first act is playing in my stereo right now.
This is the best musical I've heard since Phantom of the Opera and Les
Miz! This is the music we wish Andrew Lloyd Webber had been writing
instead of those pussy musicals he's been writing in recent years(by the
way, does everyone agree with me that Webber gravy-trained off of Jim in
Whistle Down the Wind--the only song of any dramatic value, A
Kiss.../Tire Tracks..., can in no way be considered an Andrew Lloyd
Webber joint). Being sung in German is no deterrent--the music is gothic
and macabre, yet rocks where it needs to rock. It also has a few
surprises for the Steinmaniacs--I won't spoil it and divulge anything,
although I'm dying to.
Anyone out there who wants to discuss Tanz?