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steven_stuart 12:41 am UTC 07/31/16 |
| In reply to: | Meat Loaf talks Jim Steinman reunion - Rolling Stone - rockfenris2005 07:12 pm UTC 07/26/16 |
| Fascinating. Thanks for posting this Ryan and thanks for starting a really interesting thread. > 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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