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Originally Posted by Paul Richardson
Not sure how or why you know what Meat has in mind, but from what I've seen (and I agree with Doode here) Meat appears really pleased with Steinman's greater involvement.  |
If he is then that's great for him but given the situation that the message was posted in, I wouldn't be 100% sure that he intended to write 9 songs. If he did intend to write that there were 9 Steinman songs then fine, that's great for everyone who wants to hear that sort of thing. I don't believe that it should be compulsory to be excited that there are more Steinman songs on the album than was originally suggested and I'm no more excited for the album than what I was when it was first announced
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Originally Posted by Paul Richardson
We may yet get another Steinman written and produced Meat album. How anyone can think that this is less than good, or not preferable to an album with a number of writers of lesser talent, escapes me.  |
I think that is a matter of personal opinion. I enjoy listening to the work of other writers and do not consider that they have less talent and I think that your suggestion that they do is rather demeaning. Although there are some Steinman songs that I enjoy listening to when they are delivered by Meat, my favourite albums are some of the later ones that do not have any involvement from Steinman and when I listened to HIAH, it was the first album that I'd ever listened to that I clicked with and loved on the very first time I played it.
You say that the sales and longevity are evidence that Steinman is 'better' than some of the other songwriters but HCTB and HIAH, both albums by writers that you are so rudely dismissive of, both achieved top five positions in the UK charts. They kept Meat in the public eye, showed people that he's still creative and keen to bring out new material and that he's still relevant.