Comments on: RIP Jim Steinman

RIP Jim Steinman

rmd1023 — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:38:20 -0800

Jim Steinman has died at the age of 73. He's best known for writing and producing a string of hits for artists including Meatloaf (Albums "Bat Out of Hell" and "Bat Out of Hell II"), Bonnie Tyler ("Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero"), Air Supply (Making Love out of Nothing at All), among many others.

Rolling Stone has a selection of his best. Here's a few more (some duplication):

Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Total Eclipse of the Heart[1]
Nowhere Fast and Tonight is What It Means to Be Young from the film "Streets of Fire"
Holding Out For a Hero (lip sync performance by Tandi Iman Dupree, which I selected entirely for her entry to the stage.

Jim Steinman previously on MeFi
[1] 'Literal lyrics' parody version

By: Splunge

Splunge — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:40:51 -0800

Damn. The guy was weird but very talented. RIP music dude.

By: riruro

riruro — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:45:17 -0800

By: subocoyne

subocoyne — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:46:51 -0800

By: rmd1023

rmd1023 — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:47:59 -0800

I'm not sure if the website https://www.jimsteinman.com/ is an official site, but it throws a certificate error in Firefox at the moment so I didn't include it in the post.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:48:05 -0800

By: May Kasahara

May Kasahara — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:49:37 -0800

By: downtohisturtles

downtohisturtles — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:52:43 -0800

I was in high school shopping for CDs and this was in the days when I'd buy a bunch of random albums I had heard about but never listened to. I saw Bat Out of Hell in the racks and only vaguely having an idea of who Meat Loaf was bought it since it was often mentioned as a classic. I was hooked from the opening piano riff and it's still one of my favorites to this day. Thanks Jim.

By: mhoye

mhoye — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:13:04 -0800

Bat Out Of Hell is a perfect album, and I have a specific, extremely teenaged memory associated with every song on it, and they're all magic. I wish I could have thanked him in person for that, and I suspect I'm far from alone in all of it.

By: Going To Maine

Going To Maine — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:14:02 -0800

By: foldedfish

foldedfish — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:19:30 -0800

Glad to see the Rolling Stone article mention his work with the Sisters of Mercy, a collaboration that initially makes no sense at all and then makes perfect sense.

By: Ursula Hitler

Ursula Hitler — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:22:01 -0800

His style was instantly recognizable no matter who was singing the songs. Lonely pianos, declarative guitars, soaring strings and a chorus of angels going AAAAHHHH. Go-for-broke, ridiculous glory.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:23:08 -0800

Total Eclipse of the Heart Literal Video Version

By: rmd1023

rmd1023 — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:25:53 -0800

Nobody reads the footnotes...

By: dbiedny

dbiedny — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:27:59 -0800

The money that Todd Rundgren made off the album Bat out of Hell kept him alive for many years and pretty much bought his Hawaii compound. I wonder how he feels hearing this news. RIP

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:32:28 -0800

His style was instantly recognizable no matter who was singing the songs. Lonely pianos, declarative guitars, soaring strings and a chorus of angels going AAAAHHHH. Go-for-broke, ridiculous glory. Yeah.