It's sad this thread is totally going off topic constantly but what I find REALLY sad around here is that some people seem to want try to dismiss Jim Steinman as just another song writer / it doesn't matter. I'm sorry but I really think Meat and Jim's history together is worth more than that regardless of what specifics you can think of. They both created this entire musical world to begin with. To try to tear down Jim's songs before we even know what the hell his contributions are is simply wacko. You'd rather hear another songwriter? What's he going to write? How do you know?
It may not be a big deal to those that look at albums consisting just of some songs anyone can write but to Meat who called Jim a songwriter like no other at Jim's induction in the songwriter's hall of fame and his best friend in the entire world it IS a big DEAL.
So let's be happy for both of them.
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