Quote:
Originally Posted by Burkeaholic
Number 1 hits for Stienman since 1993?? Yeah didn't think so
Bottom line, without Bat Out of Hell, sung by Meat Loaf, Jim would have never gotten off the ground floor. Good composer or not, there would have been no songs for Air Supply or Bonnie Tyler if there had not been Meat Loaf first. Bat Out of Hell is what launched both men into the stratosphere. It was the perfect storm. Meat has done just fine post Steinman, whereas I haven't seen anything out of Jim in like 19 years. At least Meat continues to act and make some great new music
|
Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now - BMI Song Of The Year
Boyzone - No Matter What
Tanz Der Vampire
Is it a huge list? No. But name me something that ML did comparable to those.
This is a stupid argument. It's of MY OPINION that he would not have been anywhere nearly as successful without the songs. Would he have had success? Maybe. But I liked Jim's chances without ML than the other way around. You have to keep in mind, that as brilliant as he is as a singer and an actor.... he was still a big fat guy. And guys like that generally don't get ANY chances at being a rock star. There's a reason why he's been called 'The Most Unlikely Rock Star Ever'. And good on him, but I think that even HE knows that much of his success was because of Jim and to a lesser degree Todd. And of course he helped them as well.
And I think it's great that ML is doing his thing, but I also wish that Jim wasn't in isolation.