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Originally Posted by TheDoode
Agreed. I'm feeling a lot of passive anti-Steinman-ism going on here, but I've got to be honest, when I think of Meat Loaf, every single song that pops into my head is - more or less - a Steinman song.
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Or perhaps some active pro-Meat-ism?
When I think of Meat every single song that pops into my head isn't a Steinman song .. probably because Meat has in the last 15 years recorded so many songs Steinman didn't write, and to some of us these are just as special, memorable, make just as much of a connection.
Of course it's great that Meat and Jim are working together again .. that collaboration is what made us, around the world, aware of a great composer and a great singer and performer .. each outstanding in their own right, enhanced by working together, and introduced us to something that grabbed the hearts of all of us, and that may never be matched or surpassed by any other collaboration again. But perhaps some of us feel that posts implying that it would be better to have 10 (or even 6 or 8 ) songs all composed by Steinman, rather than 14 which include others, or that other songwriters might be almost quaking in their boots to have a song following a Steinman one etc seems a little passively anti-anything-but-Meat-delivering-Steinman-ism
When I think of Meat's recordings now, ones that immediately spring to my mind are Did I Say That?, Forever Young, Peace on Earth, Did You Ever Love Somebody?, Testify!, Alive, All of Me, Our Love and Our Souls and many others. I go to shows and still love to hear his Steinman penned classics .. they're great, great songs, and they come with wonderful memories. But on the occasions when I've been lucky enough to hear any of the others I've listed live, those too have created wonderful memories.
I've read so many posts about What Part of My Body Hurts the Most. I've heard a clip of Rob Evans singing it, read the lyrics. If I too may be honest .. I would take Did I Say That?, or a song of the same calibre, over it any time. That's a personal perspective .. and is not "anti-Steinman" .. it's simply I consider that song to be superb, an outstanding composition, and Meat's delivery of it perfection .. to me.
I'm just happy that
1. Meat is bringing out a new album
2. That he is clearly excited to be working on songs written by Jim again, and that according to Paul they will "blow your mind"
3. That it will have 14 songs
4. It will have new songs from Steinman and songs from other writers who also have a track record of composing songs for Meat which I love