Meat inspired Jim's songs?????????
Actually Richard Wagner, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Doors....oh yeah and Phil Spector inspired Jim's songs. "Bat Out Of Hell" came from Jim's obession to write the most extreme car crash song of all time, as he had a childhood obsession with these types of songs. "Heaven Can Wait" and "For Crying Out Loud" were written before Jim ever met Meat. "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" was inspired by Phil Spector and Queen (the hand clapping at the end.) "All Revved Up" was written for Neverland and I believe Jim's attempt to try and calm "Come In The Night". "Two Out Of Three" was inspired by Elvis Presley's "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" as Mimi Rogers I believe, asked Jim if he could write something simple and said he needed a traditional ballad on "Bat Out Of Hell" and then there's "Paradise". Well, I can't argue with you there, Meat actually dated a girl named Rene Allen and they'd park by the lake and she'd actually say "stop right there.." so this song was inspired by Meat, but it's the only one inspired by on "Bat Out Of Hell" and even then Jimmy still took it to the ultimate extreme with "praying for the end of time" and I believe it was Jimmy who suggested the baseball commentary in the middle of the song.
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