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Jacqueline 09:25 pm UTC 07/26/16 |
| In reply to: | Meat Loaf talks Jim Steinman reunion - Rolling Stone - rockfenris2005 07:12 pm UTC 07/26/16 |
| Very good press piece for the most part. Happy to see they are quoting Jim's letter on Braver and trying to see Meat's voice as an asset to the unique quality of the material. They've both paid their dues. > Meat Loaf Talks Jim Steinman Reunion, Onstage Collapse > "I didn't wake up until we got to the hospital," singer > says of Edmonton health scare > > By Andy Greene > 3 hours ago > Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman have a long history of > shattering expectations. When the singer and songwriter > first teamed up in the mid-1970s for Bat Out of Hell, it > was the height of disco, and no label thought their > bombastic, theatrical version of rock & roll would ever > find an audience. The album sold more than 30 million > copies. After years of estrangement, the pair came back > together in 1993 for Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell. > It was the peak of the grunge movement and to most > everyone the idea of a new Meat Loaf album seemed like a > joke, but the single "I Would Do Anything for Love (but I > Won't Do That)" shot to Number One all over the globe and > the album sold by the millions. > > It was one of the most shocking comebacks in music > history, but the past repeated itself when Meat Loaf > continued to record without Steinman in the aftermath of > the album and record buyers were largely disinterested in > the results. Ten years ago, Meat Loaf recorded Bat Out of > Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. It was billed a reunion > with Jim Steinman and he was credited on every track, but > the two men were in the midst of $50 million lawsuit over > the Bat Out of Hell trademark and didn't truly > collaborate. The songs on Bat III were limited to older > Steinman compositions like "It's All Coming Back to Me > Now," which was a hit for Celine Dion in 1996. > "I'm not gonna get into the political aspects of Bat Out > of Hell III," Meat Loaf says today. "I wanted to strangle > somebody, but not Jimmy, trust me. There is no Bat Out of > Hell III. That should have never happened. To me, that > record is nonexistent. It doesn't exist." > > > > More at the link | |
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