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nowhere_fast 05:45 am UTC 04/13/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Midnight At The Lost And Found - rockfenris2005 10:20 am UTC 04/03/13 |
> > > > > Yep, he blamed Tom Dowd for this one lol. > > > > Hee hee. Although, I love the title for that album. > > It's a great title. I also don't mind the song. > > > > More from Wikipedia: > > > > Following a dispute with his former songwriter Jim > > Steinman, Meat Loaf was contractually obliged to release a > > new album. According to Meat Loaf, Steinman gave him > > "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Making Love (Out of > > Nothing at All)" for the album, but Meat's record company > > refused to pay for Steinman. The songs Steinman had given > > to Meat Loaf were then given to Bonnie Tyler and Air > > Supply respectively, which both became hits in their > > respective countries and worldwide.[2] Struggling for time > > and with no resolution to his arguments with Steinman > > seemingly on the horizon (eventually, Steinman and Meat > > Loaf would sue one another), he was forced to find > > songwriters wherever he could, including writing the songs > > himself. > > > > Meat Loaf is credited with being involved in the writing > > of numerous tracks on the album, including the title > > track. However, as Meat would later admit, he was not much > > of a songwriter and did not like the songs he had written > > for the album. It was also regarded by fans and critics > > alike as a poor effort whether compared to previous > > releases or on its own merit. Those same fans and critics > > were disappointed to see that the iconic pictures on the > > covers of Bat out of Hell and Dead Ringer were replaced by > > a black-and-white photograph of Meat Loaf. (On some later > > re-releases, a color image of a screaming Meat Loaf was > > used as the cover image.) > > > > Yes, the cover was just a black and white picture in stark > contrast to the fantasy art from the two previous albums. > Somehow that works for me. It's like symbolic because Jim > wasn't involved with the album and Meat wasn't happy with > it? I remember when Meat was down here in 2003 and he was > on TV doing an interview and the interviewer went into > someone's house, a big Meat Loaf over here who used to > post on the Meat Loaf forum also (not sure if he still > does?), and they were looking at some framed albums on the > wall, and they were "Bat out of Hell" and "Midnight", and > Meat saw "Bat" and said, "Love that album", and then he > saw "Midnight" and well his reaction was a bit > different.. > I remember that as well. Yep it was funny to watch meats reaction to that album | |
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