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TravisWRedfish · 10 Jul 2006, 20:51

Meat Loaf has always been about "the experience". By this I mean Jim Steinman writes the lyrics and music, while Meat Loaf sings the lead, his background singers sing background, and the musicians play the music. They are and have always been a "team". However, looking at past interviews with Meat and the gang, Jim tends to speak about their style of music in the singular. Example (from the "Classic Albums" DVD):

Clip taken from an interview in the 70s

"Interviewer (To Meat): How do you describe your style of music?

Meat: I'll let Jimmy describe our style of music.

Jim: How do I describe my style of music?"

With all due respects to Jim, shouldn't it be "our" instead of "my"? Meat Loaf is a complete experience, without Meat, Karla - Patti, Todd Rundgren and everyone else involved with making the Meat Loaf experience what history has turned it into, Jim may never have made a name for himself. By the same token Meat has to be grateful for Jim's lyrics as being part of the reason for his success. The bottom line is that like Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, Lewis & Martin and all the others, without 1, there might never have been the other. So please Jim, in the future, please think of "your" music as "our" music. After all, you didn't deliver the final product to the public all by yourself. Others helped a tiny bit too, no?

10 Jul 2006, 20:51	#1
TravisWRedfish Loafer Join Date: 24.01.2006 Posts: 70	Meat Loaf is a "team player", is Steinman one too? Meat Loaf has always been about "the experience". By this I mean Jim Steinman writes the lyrics and music, while Meat Loaf sings the lead, his background singers sing background, and the musicians play the music. They are and have always been a "team". However, looking at past interviews with Meat and the gang, Jim tends to speak about their style of music in the singular. Example (from the "Classic Albums" DVD): Clip taken from an interview in the 70s "Interviewer (To Meat): How do you describe your style of music? Meat: I'll let Jimmy describe our style of music. Jim: How do I describe my style of music?" With all due respects to Jim, shouldn't it be "our" instead of "my"? Meat Loaf is a complete experience, without Meat, Karla - Patti, Todd Rundgren and everyone else involved with making the Meat Loaf experience what history has turned it into, Jim may never have made a name for himself. By the same token Meat has to be grateful for Jim's lyrics as being part of the reason for his success. The bottom line is that like Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, Lewis & Martin and all the others, without 1, there might never have been the other. So please Jim, in the future, please think of "your" music as "our" music. After all, you didn't deliver the final product to the public all by yourself. Others helped a tiny bit too, no?