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Originally Posted by daveake
Not much of a debate IMO - I think the majority of fans in the Meat and Jim communities will agree that their best work was together. The difference is that you, Caryl and other Meat fans obviously prefer Meat's non-Jim work to Jim's non-Meat work, whilst I and other Jim fans feel the opposite.
Simple really  |
Sometimes over-simplifying leads one off the mark :) I've never said that I
prefer Meat's "non-Jim work" .. just that I don't necessarily view it as somehow lesser work.
I'm primarily a fan of Meat and his performance/delivery, and I happen to think that CHSIB was one of his best albums, so find many of the songs on that very special .. Just as to me, Alive! is one of his best and btw, like Pud, imo not Steinmanesque at all. But there are Steinman songs that I also find very special .. Jim has been an outstanding composer with marvellous music and lyrics to his credit, and there's probably never been a better love song written than FCOL. It's just that I don't view any song Meat records that Jim didn't write in a different way to those that he did.
Caryl