RIP Jim Steinman
 

Likely not a household name for some, likely huge name for others. Likely going to get a ton of 'who' posts.

But if you've ever simultaneously rolled your eyes and turned the volume up to a song, it was probably a Steinman song.

For anyone who remembers in a moment what it means to be 'doubly blessed'

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Bat Out of Hell is one of the greatest albums ever. One of the few that I can listen to in its entirety; no shitty/filler songs.

RIP to a master of his craft.

Who?

IIRC, Def Leppard was going to record Hysteria with him, but there was major conflict in the studio.

They had to wait almost a year(?) for the infamous Bob Rock to produce the album, because he had been suffering from exhaustion.

RIP

He definitely made a mark in the music industry.

RIP...

He definitely had a unique over the top style to his songs.

I liked the ones he did for the ‘Streets of Fire’ soundtrack

Up there with Dark Side of the Moon, as one of those albums you just sit down in a comfy chair with some whiskey and listen to the whole thing.

Or, put it on at a party for some epic dancefloor mass karoake hedonist bullshit!!

Diane Lane teaches us all what it means to be young. Yes please.

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Yep. Every song's a winner on that album.

^this^ great album, there was a great documentary on AXS about Jim as well, worth the watch.

A true anthem creator, one of the greats.

rip
still have bat out of hell on 8track out in the garage somewhere
might sit out there w/a beer, crank it up and think about donger
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Wait?? Domer and I aren't the only 2 people to see this movie???

Never had any of that Catholic upbringing, no Catholic guilt. But I recall as a tyke thinking for the first time my soul might be in trouble seeing that full-size album on the endcap at the Bannister Road Venture store. ;)

Somehow I can never watch this enough...
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paradise by the dashboard lights was pretty racy too!
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That's old stomping grounds for me. We lived At Barcelona East on the other side of 435

I walked to that store every Saturday morning.

MsBlow gonna kill you dead if you beat her stove to ****.

Karla DeVito, yes please.

STOP RIGHT THERE!

IIRC, she's married to Robbie "Billy Joe" Benson

Affirmative. Saw Pirates of Penzance in theaters as a kid as well.

I legitimately think it might be the best video on the Internet.

Several years ago, my company did a lunch activity where we shared youtube videos that we enjoyed. I commented about this and said that everyone has probably seen it so I wouldn't share, and I was shocked that no one knew what I was talking about. So I shared it, and it was the hit of the party.

Funny when you learn who writes a song. Now that it's in your mind, if you compare the Meat Loaf stuff to Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" to Air Supply's "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All", they all sound very similar.

It's like Neil Diamond, who wrote "I'm a Believer" but The Monkees made it popular... but you can hear Neil Diamond singing it in your mind.

So many great songwriters who never really made it that big singing their own stuff. Like this dude.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...Burt_Bacharach

When I think of him, Dionne Warwick immediately comes to mind.

I had a weird grudge against Warwick back in 80s, mostly from me liking 70s Stevie Wonder and hating 80s sappy ballad SW in comparison. That's What Friends are For and Kenny/Dolly's Islands in the Stream were my most hated songs in that time period.

My turnaround on ballad Stevie



Re: Bacharach, I knew 'who' he was, but not a whole lot, until I saw Best Friend's Wedding. Which is basically a thinly-disguised Bacharach musical. That's what I think of when I hear his name these days.

I don't know what I like better. The cheezy $200 guitar sound, the 1970s kitchen appliances being beat to shit; the matching track suits or their bare asses hanging out. Somehow it all fits together perfectly.

It gets weird when Meatloaf sings it's all coming back to me now.

I really can't figure out why it's so good. It just is. I think a key part is that they took a serious song and pulled it off really well with appliances and weirdness. But the juxtaposition of the three guys - one professional and deadpan, one basically Animal on percussion, and one who seems like he's on meth - also works perfectly. And I love the drama before that first hammer hit, which may be the best single moment of the video.

I laugh every single time I watch this thing.

My fave version of Total Eclipse of the Heart


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I know i saw that movie, but i couldn't tell you a thing about it .... Other than i was expecting it to be kinda wild and crazy, but it was mostly just crazy.

Rip whoever you were

Barbarian.

Bat Out of Hell was the first rock album (well, 8-track) that I ever bought. I'd heard of Meat Loaf, and I was watching Saturday Night Live when he appeared on it. I was wowed.

He wrote lyrics for Robert Paulson. He's Reginald Kenneth Dwight's Bernard.

WHAT.THE.****.DID.I.JUST.WATCH ? ? ?

I swear I thought that was an act from the original Gong Show with Chuck Barris. That would have fit in perfectly.

I’ve always liked it.

It’s Walter Hills ode to 60s biker movies with a totally 80s aesthetic. So it’s a pretty strange combo. The Steinman songs are great, but definitely not 60s. Just typical 80s pop.

It’s got a cool cast, cool vibe and good action for the era.

RIP whoever they were

The J.R.R. Tolkien of Led Zeppelin.

RIP Jim....
A truly GREAT songwriter

Resurrect the Venture thread!

I consider myself a connoisseur of the internet, but somehow this had escaped my viewing pleasure. So much awesomeness in 3:16.

And count me among those who loved Bat Out of Hell. I heard the tail end of the obit on NPR on Wednesday and at first thought that Meatloaf had passed. Nevertheless, I played most of the album last night. Those songs have been playing through my mind all day. Good stuff and getting older sucks, sucks, sucks.

I saw it back in the day at a theater. Great movie!