| re: The Dead Ringer Album: A Jim And Meat Collaboration??? | |
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steven_stuart 02:11 am UTC 03/30/13 |
| In reply to: | re: The Dead Ringer Album: A Jim And Meat Collaboration??? - rockfenris2005 06:11 am UTC 03/29/13 |
| Interesting. Maybe the truth will never be known. I don't think the Dead Ringer album sounds as good as albums actually produced by Todd or Jim. > I'm confused about what really happened on that album. > Just like I'm still confused if Jim produced "A.L.O. aka > Quest for the Key" for Asia or not. I have it here in my > playlist and it's part of the Steinman folder, but I'm not > sure if he actually produced it, and Evil Nickname doesn't > have the lyrics at his site. Hmmm.... > > But I do remember Jim saying on "The other side of the > tracks", the interview from 1984, that he and Jimmy Iovine > basically agreed to leave the album by mutual consensus, > I'm not sure why, I can't really remember that bit, > because they were having difficulty with Meat singing? > > > > It's hard enough dealing > > > with all these songs from "Dead ringer" that could have > > > been bigger than they were. > > > > But did Jim have the same attitude towards the "Dead > > Ringer" songs that he had towards the "Bat 2" songs? Was > > "Dead Ringer" a Meat Loaf/Jim Steinman collaboration? > > Obviously Jim was involved. Jim wrote all the songs. He > > contributed the "Nocturnal Pleasures" monologue. He did > > some arrangements and produced some backing tracks. But I > > have read somewhere (I can't remember where) that Jim lost > > interest in the project and this is why Meat Loaf and > > Stephan Galfas were the main producers of the album. You > > are probably right that the "Dead Ringer" songs could have > > been bigger than they were (it took Barry Manilow to get > > "Read 'Em And Weep" into the US top twenty singles) but > > the album did go to number one in the UK. I would be > > interested to know your "Dead Ringer" opinions. | |
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