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Originally Posted by Kathy
No, I wouldn't make such a trade. I'll agree that nothing can compare to BOOH, but although many have said that, they usually attribute the reason to Jim Steinman. I believe instead that there was a rare perfect storm of factors coming together, swirling around in the heavens like Starry Night, and giving us BOOH. I say this in hindsight, because until I heard HCTB, and now HIAH, I didn't realize just how profoundly moving Meat's recorded voice can be, when it's high in the mix and done just the way he wants it.
Could Meat make an album of Steinman songs that I would love as much as I love these last two? Yes, I'm sure he could! He'd have to have control, though.
-Kathy
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My favorite Meat albums are DR, BOOH2 and BOOH.
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Originally Posted by renegadeangel
The only reason we have the non steinman albums from Meat we have is that Jim does not write like a juke box. He takes forever to do anything. I can't speak for anyone but my opinion is that Meat would definitely do a steinman album in a second. Like it or not, his biggest hits have been steinman songs.
He knows that and I'm sure he would give anything to have another opportunity to record steinman songs. Meat could easily do. To say he couldn't sing them, as other boards claim, has been put to rest with the release of the last two albums.
I think that the two of them working on another project would be very exciting and the result would be worth the effort.
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I will point out that BOOH2 was half covers. He only produced 4 new tracks (I don't count BIH as a real track).
He could easily put together an album in the same way with covers and new material that we all know exists.
Even if Jim isn't there as a producer he could just supply the songs and pass production onto Steven Rinkoff or Todd Rundgren. Get Rory Dodd and Kasim back on board and you could put out a great album among the top in ML's arsenal.
And if he couldn't sing new songs in the studio than he wouldn't be able to sing the older ones live.