Jim Steinman productions - search/destroy

Tyler getting to do "Total Eclipse" instead of Meat Loaf thanks to label fuckery was an accidental blessing. He rules, obviously, but she takes it to a level he wouldn't have even attempted.

interesting

My closest friend in Junior High School died. Jim Steinman, the creator of Meat Loaf and the songwriter for "Bat Out of Hell." I would go over to his house in Hewlett and listen to Wagner. Always planned to reconnect with him. I guess I waited too long.

— errolmorris (@errolmorris) April 22, 2021

Huh. It's always wild when paths cross like this.

Gates of Heaven meet Bat Out of Hell.

Meat remembers:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-remembers-jim-steinman-1160041/

But we were never apart even though we were apart. We never lost each other. We also never sued each other, no matter what people write. It’s a fuckin’ lie to say otherwise. I never sued Jim. Jim never sued me. Our managers sued each other. But my heart never sued Jim. And I know Jim’s heart never sued me.

<3

yeah, that's a read and a half.
what an interview.

Wow

I don’t want to die, but I may die this year because of Jim. I’m always with him and he’s right here with me now. I’ve always been with Jim and Jim has always been with me.

We belonged heart and soul to each other. We didn’t know each other. We were each other.

honestly that is one of the most interesting interviews I've ever read

that was amazing. i fully cried at the end.

I recall reading an interview with Steinman in Kerrang or something years ago. He was saying that Meat Loaf had some difficulty in separating fact from fiction, like he'd be reminiscing about when the two of them would eat burgers at the beach and cruise around in a convertible and Jim would be saying "Meat, we never did that!", and Meat would convince himself it was true anyway. So I'd take anything he says with a pinch of salt, but I think he does get to some kind of emotional truth in what he's saying. Also I'd forgotten he sang on a Ted Nugent album!

Total Eclipse of the Heart is a killer karaoke number btw, if you're feeling brave.