For me there are two frustrations that I see coming from the coverage.
Jim frustrated once again that even when his name is above the title, the media instantly make the "Meat Loaf's album on stage" quotes.
Meat's frustration because any interviews or quotes that he gives are going to have him repeating the line "This is Jimmy's musical. It's the musical he has been working on for 40 years. It is Jimmy's dream and vision."
Bat is massive. Meat is always going to be associated with it - but the problem comes down to assumption that one and both are the same entity. One of the first comments on Ticketmasters Facebook promo is a bloke saying he wouldn't pay £75 to see Meat Loaf perform. Meat isn't mentioned anywhere in the ad, and it is clearly Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell, but unless people look properly, or in some cases report properly, then they will continue to make the assumption that it is to do with Meat until the real promo kicks in. It is like bringing out a show called Born In The USA and not expecting casual readers/viewers/.listeners to think it is Bruce related, or to a shudder inducing lesser extent Hit Me Baby One More Time and expecting Britney to pop up. It's just the way it is.
As for the "just Marvin Lee Aday" thing. I see it like this. When you look back over all the documented videos, retrospectives and interviews to do with Bat and Bat 2, there are constant references made by Jim, usually when Meat is sitting next to him, where he talks about Meat like you would about your prize performing animal in a circus. He's said that they made him into King Kong on the original Bat tour, that he wanted to get him to a place that he hadn't been before, for Bat 2 that he wanted to bring him back to the same traumatic experience that was the creation of Bat - hence the Back into Hell subtitle. And to me it is always said tongue in cheek. Both Meat and Jim have always made and taken jibes at each other in good humour the same as any good friends do. "Even in the Braver promo, Meat said how he criticised the Bonnie Tyler production of Loving You's a Dirty Job only for Jim to say "that was my production" before they laughed about it).
I remember back when Bat 3 was released and Jim was more actively writing on his blog. He critiqued the album but did not really criticise it, and for me that because despite the legal stuff going on as Meat has professed they never really fell out. Again no more than friends do from time to time.
Jim's recent concerns about Meat's health on his Facebook page show how much he cares for Meat, and the efforts that Meat goes to give Jim credit and promote Jim in everything he does or is linked to of Jim's says more to me than any media article will.
And I did have to laugh at a complaint that £90 is too extortionate for a front of stalls ticket. It's clearly been a while since some people bought West End Tickets lol
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