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steven_stuart 02:09 am UTC 05/02/10 |
| In reply to: | "A second chat with Mr. Loaf" - rockfenris2005 01:44 am UTC 04/30/10 |
| Ryan, it is really cool to see you posting again. The board hasn't been the same without you. Try to post more often. > Some quotes: > > And then heads back to one of the favourite rants from our > previous phone exchange. His last album, Bat Out of Hell > III: The Monster Is Loose. > > "I know I have already told you this - I'm telling > everyone this - but that last album was just so horrible. > It wasn't me. And it was a problem, well, from when Jim > Steinman's lawyers came into the picture in 2005 - from > then until the end of that tour was - I'm not exaggerating > - the worst time of my life. And I say that as someone who > was sued for $100 million in the 1980s so, there you go, > BEAT THAT!" > > There's more laughter - more than there probably should > be. > > "I don't know, I think we really should have just scrapped > that project. When Jim walked away we should not have > continued. And it was a sticking point - it just did not > work. Too many people got involved and everyone began > twisting and pulling in different directions and it was > just horrible. I mean listen to that song The Monster Is > Loose - it is just horrible." Meat is laughing as he is > saying this. He's almost hysterical. I've never heard an > artist sound so sure that something they did was so bad. > > "Dude, listen to it! It's just horrible. I don't know what > Desmond Child thought he was trying to do. But it was just > not good. And I should have walked away." > > I suggest that the problem with Bat Out of Hell III was > the decision to create, by committee, a version of what > was supposed to be a Steinman/Meat Loaf collaboration. > > "Absolutely. I mean these guys they got in - just horrible > - it's like trying to get away with a knockoff of a Prada > purse. I mean Steinman is a $10,000 Rolex and these others > guys, they're $5 copies." > > I'm curious to know if Meat Loaf is still in touch with > Jim Steinman. And if they'll work together again. > > "Oh yeah. I owe him an email actually. He dropped me a > line recently and we keep in touch. But it's definitely my > turn - I owe him a reply. We're..." - long pause - "like > brothers. Jim and I are like siblings. And we're closer > than that, even. And like siblings - even when you have a > huge fight, when you're at your worst and you don't even > know what the fight is or who started it you still love > one another dearly. We're like that. Jim is" - another > pause - "he is one of the four most important people in my > life. And the other three are my wife and my two kids. So > what does that tell ya?" > > Jim Steinman is also a smart cookie, according to Meat. > > "Steinman really is a genius. No question. He's one of the > two smartest people in the world - as far as I'm > concerned. And the other is my daughter. Different types > of intelligence - but they're both geniuses." > > And then we're back to Jim Steinman - and his influence. > (Does anyone else reading this sense that a Meat > Loaf/Steinman reunion might be on the cards?) > > "Without Steinman, I'm not talking to you. You know what I > mean? It's that simple. Really. And without Meat Loaf > there's no Steinman either. But we're not talking today - > I'm not talking to you if there was no Jim Steinman. I am > so close to him - I am attached to him!" > > > | |
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