RIP: Jim Steinman

Oh you got that right, White. That Loaf kid was something else. Really something else. And as good as he was on record, he was even better live, they tell me. I remember when that album came out, it was right after the '77 series and a couple of the guys on the team went to go see him at Madison Square Garden. I think Cheap Trick opened for him. Anyway, Bucky Dent and Nettles were still talking about that show at the home opener against the White Sox the next year.

 

This should not be held against him.

 

I love this place.

 

Holy shit - I had no idea he produced "This Corrosion" by Sisters of Mercy.

Great, great song.

 

Some producers you can tell no matter the artist or genre. Steinman was one, as well as Mutt Lange and Desmond Child (who also later produced Bonnie Tyler).

 

Steinman also produced "More" on the Vision Thing album.

 

If you try to ignore the vocals, Shania Twain records sound remarkably like Def Leppard records. Both are Mutt Lange.

(The guy who used to drive me nuts with this was Jeff Lynne. Every single artist he worked with just ended up sounding like ELO.)

 

I've always thought Jeff Lynne sucks.
And I mean he totally sucks. ELO, too.

YMMV. Carry on.

 

I thought ELO was cool when I was, like, 10. Now I could take them or leave them. Mostly leave.

I sure as hell didn't need to hear George Harrison turned into that.

 

Ellen Foley made a great record with Ian Hunter, "We Gotta Get Out Of Here" which was a studio track on his terrific live album Welcome To The Club. Mick Jones had produced Hunter's previous studio album and Foley appears on that as does "Central Park and West" which basically reworks "Clampdown" into a tale of life on the upper west side.

I have to be one of the few people who heard Steinman's album Bad for Good, which he released after writing all the songs for the Bat Out of Hell followup but Meat Loaf couldn't sing them after blowing his voice out on tour. As a singer he made a great producer and songwriter.

 

A buddy of mine says Steinman was neighbors with Kornheiser and he was waiting to hear what Tony had to say on his podcast because he would talk about him

 

Mr. Tony also talks about how Steinman was in high school with him. If I remember, he said he was a very odd guy. I’m sure it will lead his podcast today, after his son tells his requisite golf stories.