I don't have a problem with Jim moving in a new direction. I enjoyed "Wuthering Heights" and some of the arrangements at the Mohegan "Over The Top". My problem is when Meat Loaf decides to release "Bat Out Of Hell III" with material NOT by Jim Steinman, and passive material at that, and an album that sounds more like a generic singles collection than a bloated, melodramatic ring cycle.
> Do you ever find yourself trying to remember a word you
> need, and you can't remember it. This time the word was
> nostalgic.
>
> A lot of big music fans have huge nostalgic
> tendencies. When I've read Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman fan
> boards I tend to see a lot of nostalgia stemming from the
> first successful project those two guys had. The plea that
> it be re-created often comes up in various ways. That's my
> interpretation of a lot the stuff I've read on such
> boards.
>
> It's not just Whitney. I've said to somebody that I do
> like Mariah Carey but only early Mariah, when she was
> still with Walter Afanasieff. I've said I do like Whitney
> Houston, but only early Whitney, especially the stuff with
> Narada Michael Walden.
>
> > I think, among big music fans in general, there's a
> > tendency for a lot of them to lament that the 'original
> > lineup' of such-and-such did not stay intact. There are
> > countless examples of this. Pink Floyd. Guns n Roses.
> > Beach Boys. I think there are Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman
> > fans who have such sentiments. There are countless artists
> > where I've heard somebody say "i just wish she had made
> > more albums that sounded like her first album" or maybe
> > her first two or three albums. I've heard a ton of people
> > say this about Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey, including
> > myself. Apparently both of them took a wrong turn at some
> > point. Even I have said I'm a fan only of "early
> > Whitney".
>
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