Not sure where I read it somewhere about Meat possibly presenting the award to Jim.... So here's something I found

http://m.cmt.com/news/article.rbml?i...x.rbml&cid=300

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Nice find. I wonder if this is televised.

The release that mentioned Meat said either as a performer or presenter. I think it is most appropriate that he present Jim. Don't want to speculate but can't help but wonder if...

I wonder will Steinman be well enough to attend?

either way it's a well deserved honour

i would be surprised if mr steinman is there... though not because of any susposed health issues.

but i hope he can be arsed to show up :twisted:

why wouldn't he be there?

i hope so too....been thinking the same thing, but lets hope he goes...

Steve Rinkoff may have him chained up in a dungeon somewhere. :bleh:

I hope meat isnt there to accept his award..... I wanna see Meats full speech as Jim accepts his award in person. then after, I wanna see Meat sing heaven can wait with Jim at piano. Thatd be fantastic TV if this is telivised

Why isn't he anywhere?

When was the last time he was seen in public. The Dream Engine concerts?

that would be AMAZING :D

I want them drop a bombshell that they've secretly been planning another album together, then have Jim jump on the piano and the two of them perform What Part of My Body Hurts the Most for the luckiest audience in the world :yep:

I think seeing physical proof that Jim isn't dead will be enough WOW for me, though :lol:

Jim Steinman is Not Dead. He is in Limbo!!!!:-)

He was said to be OK after he cancelled his appearance at Amherst. I do think the Dream Engine was the last time he was reportedly seen in public. I doubt he will play anything. I was hoping he might tell Meat he can have the music track of "Body" that Dream Engine supposedly recorded to add vocals to for the next album. If it exists Jim probably "executive produced" it. As it stands now it is going to waste gathering dust and Jim seems not to care if it gets released or not.

The event is tomorrow night. I wonder if Meat is in New York yet?

Hopefully he posts pictures with him and Jim on Facebook

I absolutely agree :-)

yes, that would be fantastic :-)

Gallery of arrivals:
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/DFYDc...on/G_qrYpC0sw5

Twitter to follow:
http://twitter.com/#!/songwritershof

Meat Loaf and Constantine do a Jimmy Medley according to twitter:
http://twitter.com/SongwritersHOF/st...806594/photo/1

Thanks for the updates Chris!

Damn meat looks good! He looks well rested like back before the 2006 RAH show except better.

Pictures of Meat from the show:

http://media.mlxxfc.net/article-2159...43_634x577.jpg

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A twitter account of meats performance:

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Thoughts on the duo of meat and Constantine:

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Patti sang as well:
"After a quick nap, back to rocking out to Constantine Maroulis, Meatloaf, and Patti Russo at the #songwritershalloffame"

Supposedly Meat stole the show with Constantine:
RT @billboardbiz This was bananas #songwritersHoF Meatloaf & @ConstantineM of American Idol just stole the show!! - @bwerde

Cheryl D ‏@cheryld33
"@SongwritersHOF: Bats outta hell! @ConstantineM & Meatloaf rockin a Jim Steinman medley! Epic! Crowd on its feet! "I pray there is video.

Review of the night:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ors-inductees/

From Twitter

Wow, I forgot how tall Constantine is.

Thanks for the links, Wario.

“I can never repay him,” Meatloaf said, as his voice broke and tears filled his eyes.

:') I wanna see that speech

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Image of the Millenium:

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Six page gallery here: http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Se...n+And+Awards#3

The pic of Meat and Jim together is so great. I really want to see some video but I doubt anyone did it. Thank you so much for all the info Wario.

Some great pictures, so fantastic to see Meat and Jim back together in person again.

Thanks Wario - you're a star! :-)

Great photos. That's like a billion years since there's been a photo of them together.

Bat out of Hell 4ever!

Great to see Jim and Meat together. They make a lovely couple.:-)

Saw 5 seconds of Meat doing Bat with Constantine, and a brief "Thank You very much" from JS after Meat introduce Jim as his best friend. (TV)

Great pics of Jim, Meat and Patti. Thanks for sharing. Meat & Patti look younger every time I see them.

So good to see Steinman there, Meat and Jim together has made my day. One of the best duo's in Music, IMHO.

Really wish there was a video, you know it's good when people take to twitter to say how good it is!

fantastic pics that i never thought i would see

cheers for the links and pics guys, keep em comin :)

Loads of pics on the Getty site

Fantastic! (hello again, its been a while since I posted here...)

So happy to see my favourite songwriter be recognised at last, and Meat being there to enjoy it.

It looks like they've been able to put the past behind them and are friends again.

I do hope before BOOH The Musical gets put on (hopefully not too long now!) they record at least an EP together to bring closure to BOOH: The Records properly. Heck, ANYTHING Meat & Jim would be brilliant!

:twisted: Those guys
This guy - Meat is better.
That guy - Jim is better.
This guy - Meat doesn't need Jim.
That guy - If it wasn't for Jim there wouldn't be Meat Loaf.
This guy - Jimmy can't write anymore.
That guy - Meat can't sing like he used to.
This guy - Meat is this.
That guy - Jim is that.

What those guys will never understand...............




Congrats Jimmy.
No more than you deserve, and a hell of a long time overdue 8)

What! The kiss?:-):-):D

If this pic is any indication of Meat and Patti's wardrobe for the new tour, I love it!
http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Patti+R...on/eYLQvwuS_33


Congratulations to Jim Steinman- a well-deserved honor!


There are also a few AP pics here: http://www.apimages.com/Search.aspx?...cfasstyle=AND&

And hopefully one step closer to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...can't understand why their not there yet

I think Meat has said before he's not bothered about it.

I think the decisions are just made by a handful of arrogant self righteous people rather than people in the industry itself who would be better judges. I don't think it's a case of someone getting enough backing by people in the industry, it's just down to a handful of self important people like i said. Of course i could be talking complete bollocks lol.

That's my job.

I think it's made by people in the music business with performers they want to promote .. most of those making the politically motivated decisions have a stable of recording artists they represent and want to push. Imo it lacks credibility NOT having a performer who has made the contribution to Rock'n'Roll that Meat has, and he's been eligible for a good few years now. And yes, he has said he's not bothered .. though I hope were they to wake up and select him he'd accept

Caryl

yeah meat prolly said what he said about the rnrhof to put on a strong face. he may have been serious but i doubt he wouldnt show if he was selected. hes a man of deep pride and i bet u if he was selected itd be a very happy experience.

:twisted: I was very surprised during the last thread when Meat said how he felt about the R&RHOF, but when I actually took a look at it and saw who was in it, and who wasn't in it, my enthusiasm for the place died down considerably.

Michael Jackson, for instance, may have been the "king of pop" but he wasn't anything I would ever call rock n roll.

I'd still like to see him nominated, and see him accept and be inducted, but i'm not as baffled and outraged at his absence as I was before :shrug:

its still very rpetigious to be inducted in the general publics eyes.

Hall of oats, Meat, Kiss just to name a few shouldve been in long before RUN DMC

Hall of oats? sounds like someone from a county in the days of King Arthur!

Great to see Jim, but man does he look like hell...

ML looks fantastic though...

He doesn't look horrible, but he doesn't look entirely healthy, either. Hopefully he's doing ok! It's awesome to see the two of them together again, especially seeing as it looks like they really have put the Bat 3 fiasco behind them :D

MLUKFC has a youtube channel since yesterday?

Cool

Edit by R.: Patience please, I'm about to post footage from SHOF. Gimme a few minutes ...

I have to disagree on this point. Some of his songs were real rock n roll, beat it, dirty diana to name but a few. True he did other more easy listening stuff but he did a lot of rock n roll records. Just listen to the heavy guitars in some of the songs!

Here's some MLUKFC exclusive footage from Jim's induction. Please note that we have explicit permission from Jim and Meat.

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I wouldn't want to use the word horrible, but it looks like he's been through a lot in the past 7 years. I don't wanna say who he was reminding me of.

They are the same age and ML has had noted weight problems and a notorious lifestyle, yet he looks far less worse for wear.

Who cares what Jim looks like! It is great to see him and Meat together again. Without Jim . Well you can fill the rest in.................................. and visa versa. He seems like a nice person with a great sense of humour.:-)

I did enjoy, cheers R!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much for posting these videos :-)

This! Thank you :D Two things:

1) What is the comment that Meat Loaf makes about It's All Coming Back To Me Now? I can't make the last bit of it out. He lists a heap of Jim's songs, and then goes "And that Celine Dion song which I ___." What's the blank?

2) The fact that he quoted It Just Won't Quit both surprised me and made my night, for whatever reason. I didn't expect him to come out with something so obscure :lol:

Jim's speech had me giggling the whole time. Thank you for all the erections you gave my heart :lol:

I just can't remember what Meat said. Oh yeah! something about not taking his fish oil tablets. It's all coming back to me now

Thanks!

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Thank you for posting. I think that Meat gave one of the greatest and heartfelt speeches I have ever heard...

Thanks for posting the vids R.

Great to see Mr Steinman back up on a stage but, like a couple of people have commented on, the last few years have taken their toll on him.

Just to add, that was a really great speech by Sir Loaf

I wonder if there is gonna be a fourth erection after the third wasn't quite erect enough.

Can we agree for once that this was a very special night with two well-crafted speeches doing the legend and the ceremony justice?!!

:twisted: That's really kind of Meat & Jim to give us an exclusive 8)
Many thanks to them both :up:


I certainly did :metal:

Thought Meat's speech was very funny and full of warmth and affection.

Jimmy was his usual oddball funny self.
The heart erection made me :lmao:
But some of Jimmys speech wasn't too clear because of all the laughter in the room :lol:

Thank you very much Rainer, and Meat and Jim for their permission

Caryl

What you said ... xo

That was absolutely brilliant. Thank you so so much Meat and Jim for sharing this with us. Two absolute Rock Legends. Meat nailed it for me when he said For Crying Out Loud is the greatest love song ever written. And the reading of some of the lyrics from it and Just Won't Quit was very moving.

Absolutely wonderful :-) Thank you very much for posting the links R ... and as Caryl said before, thank you Meat and Jim both for giving their permission.

I absolutely agree with you Rob. I was getting choked up right along with Meat ... a truly emotional and wonderful speech right from his heart.

Amazing Speech, you can really feel the love between Meat and Jim, as well as how much Meat admires Jim. An amazing speech.

Exclusive? Youtube? R. was refering to the link. They just did not mind him uploading it.

I guess the SHOF are the ones to have exclusive official footage including the performances and may put it up on their website songhall.com eventually.

You just know there has always been that love and respect between them no matter what's happened.

Rainer said Here's some MLUKFC exclusive footage from Jim's induction. Please note that we have explicit permission from Jim and Meat.


Good enough for me and for me to thank him ;)

Caryl

fantastic! The ijwq reference made it even better! Hope thats some sort of indication IJWQ may get into the set this summer :P

great videos. Meat and Jim are the greatest things that ever happened to music ever.

What a heartfelt induction.......from the For Crying Out Loud lyric opening to the It Just Won't Quit lyric closing.....just magical. Thank you so much to all the powers that be to let us see history unfold.

Suzieq

You said it perfectly Suzieq !

That I would like to know as well, anyone?

Have a nice evening peeps :0mghi2u:

I believe he said "Which I made more official" thats what I hear anyway

thank you both so very very much. what a privelage to see and experience footage of mr loaf and mr steinman reunited for such an amazing and long overdue accolade.

I'm delighted Jim was there to receive his honour, and more delighted meat had the job of introducing him :)

for any fan of the legendary partnership of meat and jim, it's quite simply superb.

if i may ask, what was the experience like? what was the steinman medley performance like?

a once in a life time opportunity, and thank you both again for capturing and sharing it with us.



Fabulous!!

agree absolutely :-)
thank you sooooo much!! enjoyed watching the clips a lot - never thought that i'd have the chance to see them!!!
meat's speech was brilliant - so emotional and truly and hearty!
really fascinating!

Wonderful! ...beautiful !
Thank you!!!!!

Great speeches by both of them- very funny and heartfelt.

He says, "Which I need more Fish Oil." It was a continuation of a joke about the microphone (his instructions were to leave it at the piano)....he couldn't remember the title of IACBTMN. And as Meat has those comical inconvenient "moments"...he seems to think adding more fish oil is the key. ;)

Don't you just love the internet? I know there's a lot of bad stuff that circulates on it, but it is just SO great when we get to see things like this, which would never be possible without it. Thanks R.

Performance
 

Instead of expressing comments about Jim's physical state and neck that looks like the one of my french bulldog, does anyone have a link to Meat's performance of Bat?? :D

Yes Please!

Thanks for posting the awesome videos and pics. Congrats to Jim! Meat looks sharp and Patti is gorgeous. My dream team collaboration is for Jim to write a new duet for Meat and Patti.

What an amazing night it seems. Too bad there are no performance videos up :( Would have LOVED to see that

Favorite Meat moment:

him breaking down as he said "I can never repay him"

Favorite Jim moment:

"I always fear my headstone will be heavily edited...like my songs tonight...for those of you watching Glee" LOL

I was gonna say that he was reminding me of The Emperor in 'Star Wars'. :O

Lighten up guys, Jim would have a sense of humour. I'm sure that he could have that fixed if he wanted, but he has character that I wouldn't have. ;)

And YES I would love to see the performances. They have to floating around the internet somewhere.

Yup. He knows that if it wasn't for Steinman, it's LIKELY (note that word) that he would not have made it. And not nearly as big.

They both helped each other in ways that cannot be measured.

2 great men!

Yes yes yes! Just watched the clips. Cheers R.
Let's hope the next time the boys appear together on stage is on Bat IV release day. I don't believe that dream is so far-fetched!

Or maybe the world premier of the Bat musical?

Great footage - thanks for posting :)

They need to do Bat 3 first. :bleh:

Yeah there's no way they could skip 3.....they'd have to start where they last left things

:twisted:
Let's not chaps.

The subject of wether Bat III should or should not have been called Bat III is an old one, and one that's never going to be resolved to everybody's satisfaction.

There's no sense in raking over old dead coals, especially on a thread celebrating the recognition and honour given to Jimmy in being inducted to the Hall Of Fame.

That was a nice vid, Meat looks great, Jim looks so bad. If you ask me, no chance to Jim & Meat work together. After I saw Jim's leaving the stage I grabbed my head and shaked. He looks very old and... hell... sick. Anyway, it was nice to see Jim again but no chance to work together. Meat can record Steinman songs but not under Jim's hand...