"I've been called over the top," Steinman says. "How silly. If you don't go over the top, you can't see what's on the other side."
James Richard Steinman is best known for
his collaborations with artists such as Meatloaf (
Paradise by the Dashboard Light,) and Bonnie Tyler
Total Eclipse of the Heart. His songs have been covered by artists such as
Barbara Streisand(
Left in the Dark - here's Steinman's original.)
Barry Manilow (
Read 'Em and Weep, here performed by Meatloaf)
Air Supply (
Demo with Rory Dodd on vocals) And of course, many of us have seen the “literal versions of his videos for
Making Love out of Nothing At All, I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) Total Eclipse of the Heart, inspired by his flamboyant, theatrical style,
which does lend itself to parody.
But of course, there is much, much more.
[more inside]
posted by louche mustachio
on Oct 14, 2011 -
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30 years ago, the sixteenth and final issue of
Pizzazz magazine was published by Marvel Comics at a retail price of 75 cents. In addition to
cover stories like "Linda Ronstadt: Rock's Superwoman" and "Is Meat Loaf the Cutest Cultural Development Since the Pickle?",
Pizzazz published what is arguably the very first addition to the Star Wars
Expanded Universe - a serialized comic titled
"The Keeper's World". Appearing in October 1977, only 5 months after the theatrical release of what was not yet known as
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, it comfortably pre-dates Alan Dean Foster's
Splinter of the Mind's Eye (March 1978) and even Marvel's own
Star Wars #7 comic (January 1978).
(previously)
posted by Joe Beese
on Feb 14, 2009 -
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