Which Steinman song do you wish Meat had recorded? [Archive]

Evil One

13 Jun 2009, 16:30

At the risk of turning into Wario Loaf, another poll! I picked Making Love. I think had it been recorded around the time of Bat 2 and produced by Steinman it could have been amazing. Then again so could at least half a dozen others on the list!

RadioMaster

13 Jun 2009, 16:58

there are so many good choices.....
I went with what part of my body, for one reason: This is the song of a sad, broken, lonely, (old,) man, and it's the only song, that I think would still suit his voice if he'd record it now or had for Bat3. And another reason is that it's the song I'd most love to hear with a proper studio production.

samurai7

13 Jun 2009, 17:05

was torn between Making Love, Braver and What Part...
chose What Part in the end, same as RJ

AndrewG

13 Jun 2009, 18:18

Body definitely.

Wario

13 Jun 2009, 18:23

holding out for a hero anyone?

Well I picked Stark Ravving love, I'm a BFg completist.

Oh and I wish I thought of this

Elijah's way

13 Jun 2009, 18:53

Not Allowed To Love

AndrewG

13 Jun 2009, 19:35

holding out for a hero anyone?

Seriously?????? :roll: That would sound so incredibly dumb sung by Meat if you ask me. Lyrics like "Man of Steel" (I used to be strong etc) work for Meat but him singing about him needing a Hero is rather contra cliche and just idiotic to be sung by him imo.

Evil One

13 Jun 2009, 19:44

I think if you ignored what the words actually meant then Holding Out For A Hero would sound quite good sung by Meat. Anyway, I didn't include it in the poll as it was written by Dean Pitchford, not Jim.

RadioMaster

13 Jun 2009, 21:25

well, you have the stark raving love bit in it, that makes it sort of jim written...

wolfy35

13 Jun 2009, 23:38

Can I choose 2?

When pressed it has to be "Still the children" for me cant explain why but Meat fans will understand

Given more choices it would have to be Children plus Braver than we are and What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most?

Pudding

13 Jun 2009, 23:44

It's difficult to imagine Meat Loaf singing a song that Jim has already done with a female singer, so I'll plump for What Part Of My Body only because it hasn't been officially released on any format.

duke knooby

14 Jun 2009, 00:28

It's difficult to imagine Meat Loaf singing a song that Jim has already done with a female singer

the pandoras box songs worked well on bat 2 though!!!!!!

MeatGrl1

14 Jun 2009, 00:44

At the risk of turning into Wario Loaf,

:lmao: !!

Your forgiven, well at least this is Meat related and has some point !!!

I quite like the live recording of Dance In My Pants with Karla...

But the Bonnie ones wouldn't sound right because she's made them her own.

Pudding

14 Jun 2009, 01:27

the pandoras box songs worked well on bat 2 though!!!!!!

That's a matter of opinion.

Out of interest, how many people here discovered Pandora's Box AFTER Bat2 was released?

duke knooby

14 Jun 2009, 01:33

That's a matter of opinion.
how many people here discovered Pandora's Box AFTER Bat2 was released?

me :-P

(and in my opinion, bat 2 is better:twisted:)

AndrewG

14 Jun 2009, 01:33

That's a matter of opinion.

Out of interest, how many people here discovered Pandora's Box AFTER Bat2 was released?

Yup, guilty of that. :oops:
Doubt the majority of the 10+ million Bat2 owners even know Pandora and BFG exist.
Thought Pandora's Box was stunning (except for Little Red Book and 20th Century Fox though). For me it has the definitive version of It's all Coming Back to Me now on it. Also I prefer Good Girls go to Heaven on here as well, though Meat's live version did kick ass.

AndrewG

14 Jun 2009, 01:45

Not to mention Future, also a more definitive version on Pandora, but I do like Meat's vocals on it on his version.

The Flying Mouse

14 Jun 2009, 01:55

holding out for a hero anyone?

:twisted: I've said it before and i'll say in again (http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/showpost.php?p=464103&postcount=5) :bleh:

For me, Stark Raving Love :up:

Wario

14 Jun 2009, 01:56

Also I prefer Good Girls go to Heaven on here as well, though Meat's live version did kick ass.

i agree with you on everything except that. meat's "live" version (Soundcheck soundboard) of GGTH beats pandora's box alone. But the Meat's studio version is the best overall :D

RadioMaster

14 Jun 2009, 09:05

But the Bonnie ones wouldn't sound right because she's made them her own.

yep, the same way Celine made IACBTMN her own :twisted:

(actually that's not true, her version is rather mediocre)

MeatGrl1

14 Jun 2009, 11:15

Not to mention Future, also a more definitive version on Pandora, but I do like Meat's vocals on it on his version.

I prefere Patti Russo's demo :cool: :devil: !!

Pudding

14 Jun 2009, 12:08

I prefere Patti Russo's demo :cool: :devil: !!

Aint that the truth. It's a real shame Patti doesn't do her own gigs where she could perform the song live or release some sort of CD.

~Helen~

14 Jun 2009, 12:35

What part of my body for the same reason Pudding gave, and RJ for that matter.

If that wasn't on the list, I would be torn between making love and tonight is what it means to be young or we're still the children ... though i'm not sure, vocally, which i'd opt for.

Wario

14 Jun 2009, 15:45

isnt their a song called "renegade angel' and "God has left the building" jim recorded for a potential meat project? or am i mixing stuff up again?

Evil One

14 Jun 2009, 16:33

If I've got this right, Renegade Angel was the rumoured title of what eventually became the Bad For Good album. Also Jim talked about Renegade Angel being a 20 minute car crash, sex and death song so I guess that turned out to be Objects In The Rear View Mirror.

God Has Left The Building was part of Tanz Der Vampire.

RadioMaster

14 Jun 2009, 16:38

thought it was the opening bit of Jim's DOTV vision that was replaced by the Storm (or parts of it)?

duke knooby

14 Jun 2009, 16:43

who needs the young... might be fun to hear it recorded by meat

body or still the children would be my choice..

WhenItComes2LovingU

14 Jun 2009, 16:50

"God Has Left the Building" - as a song title anyway - has existed since 1994, which is the copyright date on a list of songs someone (I believe it was Pud) found for a screenplay called "Bat Out of Hell 2100" credited to Jim featuring this title. Meat Loaf also mentions this song in the last chapter of his autobiography as one Jim had slated for the project that became WTTN instead of Bat III.

It's debatable, in my opinion at least, as to whether or not the instrumental featured in DOTV is the same as the song on that list, as another version featuring lyrics and un-vampire-related is rumored to exist.

RadioMaster

14 Jun 2009, 18:46

It's quite unlikely I'd say, as the DOTV version is cut together out of old bits and pieces from all over the years, just like Back into Hell

AndyK

14 Jun 2009, 21:21

That's a matter of opinion.

Out of interest, how many people here discovered Pandora's Box AFTER Bat2 was released?

Not me, vivid memories of houdning my local record store when I was a student checking if PB had been released yet ...

Pudding

14 Jun 2009, 23:02

I actually got my copy in Germany, a Detmold music shop back in 1992

seagull

14 Jun 2009, 23:51

I may sound like a novice here, but i've never heard of some of these songs. I thought I had all the Steinman stuff (Bad for Good, Pandora's Box, Whistle Down the Wind, Streets on Fire), but I have no idea about Rebel Without A Clue, What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most?, Not Allowed To Love and a few others. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Evil One

15 Jun 2009, 00:42

The first 6 songs were all recorded by Bonnie Tyler. You can probably find a compilation album with them all on.

Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young was on the soundtrack to the film Streets Of Fire and was recorded by Fire Inc. It was then reworked into Dance Of The Vampires for the musical Tanz Der Vampire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqTzjfzOl38

Braver Than We Are is again from Tanz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCpfX7ENe6w

What Part Of My Body, Not Allowed To Love and Still The Children were from the aborted Batman musical I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QaKzscP_Co

WhenItComes2LovingU

15 Jun 2009, 18:00

I don't know about "What Part of My Body," but Jim has explicitly stated the other two were part of Batman.

Pudding

16 Jun 2009, 00:56

He explicitly stated...well there you go.

Evil One

16 Jun 2009, 00:59

So he had his trousers down while making the claim?

WhenItComes2LovingU

16 Jun 2009, 04:03

You guys do scrape the bottom of the barrel to critique me, don't you? No, wait, scratch that, you'll have a line about not having to scrape very far. :roll: