The almost complete
Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman lyric archive
This is the archive. Links might be dead.
Since the last update Dans der Vampieren, the Belgian production of Tanz der Vampire has come and gone. Those of you who have missed it, you've missed an excellent show. Luckily, they've released a live highlights cast album of Dans der Vampieren, which you can order directly at the theater. For orders from outside Belgium or The Netherlands Sound of Music might be an easier option.
Further more, Meat Loaf has released a second (digital) single from Hang Cool Teddy Bear: If I Can't Have You, a duet with Kara DioGuardia. It contains another non-album track called "Don't get Me Goin'." Unfortunatly for all of us outside of the US, it's still unavailable due to stupid and outdated geographical restrictions.
2010-10-25
It won't be long before the Vampires start to dance in Antwerp. Last wednesday's issue of the Belgian magazine Knack (August 18th, 2010) contained a free promotional single of "Totale duisternis" and "Ontembare begeerte".
Rumor has it that a cast recording will be released about a month after the premiere.
2010-08-23
It took a bit longer than expected, but I've finaly finished my review of Hang Cool Teddy Bear.
2010-06-15
Late last month, a new cast recording of Tanz der Vampire was released, and it's a blast. I've added a page for the Gesamtaufnahme Neue Wiener Fassung, which is German for 'Complete Cast Recording of the new Vienna Production'.
Also, I was able to obtain a 1977 press kit for Bat Out of Hell. I don't collect material like that per se, but as it included a print of my favorite photo of Meat and Jim together, I couldn't resist.
2010-06-08
Yesterday, Hang Cool Teddy Bear was released in The Netherlands. In due time, when I've had the chance to form an opinion on it, I'll let you know what I think.
In a couple of weeks, a new, full recording of the current Vienna production of Tanz der Vampire will be released, starring Thomas Borchert, Marjan Shaki, Lukas Perman, Gernot Kranner, Anna Thorén and James Sbano. I've seen this version, and it was awesome. You can pre-order the album at Sound of Music.
2010-04-17
Yesterday, "Los Angeloser" b/w "Boneyard" (a non-album 'B-side') was released as a digital single. So I added a page with the lyrics.
(Also, the temporary "Los Angeloser" page should now redirect to the single.)
2010-04-03
After acquiring the 12″ maxi single of Bonnie Tyler's Have You Ever Seen the Rain, that part of my collection is complete.
If you're not living in North America, you can download "Prize Fight Lover"—an outtake from Meat Loaf's upcoming Hang Cool Teddy Bear album—on hangcoolteddybear.com. (If you're in North America, you'll have to wait a bit, as mr. Loaf's record company there has other plans with that track.) That site is also slowly revealing samples of the album, if you log in using facebook or Twitter. (I'm on Twitter too!)
Of course, you can find early transcriptions of those samples and the Prize Fight Lover lyrics on the Hang Cool Teddy Bear page.
2010-03-30
Since the last update I've acquired two pretty rare singles:
2010-03-08
Meat Loaf's new album Hang Cool Teddy Bear is scheduled for release on April 19th, 2010. For now, the page just has the lyrics for the first single, "Los Angeloser."
Good news: Dans der Vampieren, the Belgian production of Tanz der Vampire is back on! Tickets for it's (limited) September 2010 run in Antwerp can be ordered from Music Hall Productions.
2010-02-27
On April 7th of 2009 I made some changes to this website, which meant that I could add some visitor tracking to all pages. Here are some of the relevant numbers for last year.
There were 8,505 visits from 5,872 absolute unique visitors who stayed for 1:58 on average. With 2.61 pages per visit, that's good for 22,220 pageviews. Since April, there has been a strong upward trend: the number of visitors in December is almost twice as high.
Visitors stopped by from 90 countries. The top 5 is as follows:
- Germany
- United States
- United Kingdom
- The Netherlands
- Poland
Unsurprisingly, search engines account for 69.04% of all visitors, and Google is king. At least 3,850 keywords end up at this website, ranging from snippets from lyrics to artists names, ect.
The three most popular albums are:
- Tanz Der Vampire - Die Gesamtaufnahme
- Taniec Wampirów
- Patti Russo - MySpace
The browser stats is where it gets really interesting: Internet Explorer gets a beating from all other browsers!
- Internet Explorer 46.62% (IE7: 51.37%, IE8: 36.34%, IE6: 12.23%, IE5.5: .05%)
- Firefox 39.27%
- Opera 5.01%
- Safari 4.99%
- Chrome 3.48%
If you promise to stop by again in 2010, I'll promise that I'll continue to update and tweak the site whenever I feel like it. ;-)
2010-01-12
Since the last update there have been two new 'major' releases.
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Only for a While is a compilation of mostly unreleased Steve Barton songs. It's released by Stage Door Records and quite lovely.
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Bat Out of Hell: The Original Tour is a new DVD of Meat Loaf's 1978 Rockpalast performance. Beware of the US version, which reportedly misses the two covers.
Other updates include several additional single versions, but you probably don't need to track those down.
Finally, in other news, Meat Loaf is still working on his next album, Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell: The Musical now has a website and an unofficial forum, and Dans der Vampieren is still off.
2009-11-21
Last week, I received a 1991 promo-cd of The Garage Project featuring Patti Russo. You can find all the details I could find on the Let the Good Times Roll page. Also, I added the lyrics to "Don't Ever Put Out the Flame" (a work in progress song she's just added to her MySpace) to the other unreleased tracks page.
And while we're on the topic of work in progress songs: Meat Loaf is in the studio recording his new album. One of the songs that might make it is Los Angeloser, witten by James Micheal (who wrote "Did I Say That?" and co-wrote "Blind as a Bat", "Couldn't Have Said It Better", "Love You Out Loud" and "Man of Steel".) I've added a temporary page for the lyrics of his demo version.
And Dans der Vampieren is still off. Total bummer.
On a final note, I'm doing some Meat Loaf related blogging at the moment on my weblog. See the link on the sidebar.
2009-08-05
2010-04-03
Dans der Vampieren, the the Belgian production of Tanz der Vampire scheduled for a December 2009 run in Antwerp and a February 2010 run in Ghent, has (for now) been postponed until September 2010.
Musical van Vlaanderen vzw, the producer of the musical, blames the delay on Studio100 and Stimuhl, two competing musical production companies, who appealed a yearly € 2.5 million goverment grant. Studio100 and Stimuhl say that this postponement cannot be blamed on their appeal, as they claim that Dans der Vampieren wasn't covered in the grant.
The Belgian Council of State has yet to rule on the appeal, and Tanz Belgium remains in limbo until then. It has been confirmed that tickets already bought will be refunded, and that groupreservations will be cancelled.
Related links:
⇒ Article on Broadway World
2009-07-28
2009-08-05
Lately, I seem to be on an online shopping spree. Lots of Dusty Springfield records, and some items related to this website. And in case you start to worry, don't. I'm not starting a Dusty website anytime soon. Here's the list of updates.
In other news, Meat Loaf is in the studio recording a new album, and provides, ahem, useful updates via Twitter. (If you like, you could also start following me, but I tweet mostly in Dutch and it's very rarely Meat Loaf/Steinman related.) The album is scheduled for sometime next year, and one of the songs which is being recorded is Los Angeloser, written by James Michael who also (co-)wrote "Did I Say That", "Couldn't Have Said it Better" and "Blind as a Bat".
Dans der Vampieren is the official title of the Belgian version of Tanz der Vampire. There are two limited runs in Antwerp (December 20, 2009–January 3, 2010) and Ghent (February 3—14). Ze zijn op komst seems to be the gateway to all official information.
2009-06-04
As it's a national holiday in The Netherlands, I have the time for an update. In a frenzy of internet shopping (and a not particually fruitful trip to the "most impressive record fair of the world") I acquired some stuff:
On the Meat Loaf page, I also added the Chat out of Hell interview CD I have had lying around for years, and a section for the books. If anyone has a copy of Phönix aus der Hölle by Patrizia Kurz und Ralf E. Isenbarth (ISBN-10: 3927801844, ISBN-13: 978-3927801844) for me to complete that part of the collection, please get in touch. (Hey, I had to get in that link to the revamped colophon somewhere …)
2009-04-30
As I said before, there's not a lot left for me to collect. If you don't count a 'live' version of "Blind as a Bat" that can only be found on a single that was never commercially released (and of which only one copy is known to exist), I have a hard copy of every song Meat Loaf has ever released. Dito for mr. Steinman and Pandora's Box, and my Bonnie Tyler collection is as complete as I need it to be. So what's left? Mostly odds and ends by Karla DeVito and Ellen Foley (most of her singles—like The Shuttered Palace—contain album tracks as b-sides, with Boys in the Attic being an exception as it contains a non-album track), and additional but superfluous single versions like the special half-speed mastered edition of Jim's Lost Boys and Golden Girls single. Exciting, huh?.
So the most exciting bit is probably the page for the three new tracks by Ellen, that are available from her MySpace, iTunes and the like. You can also read my thoughts about download stores on my weblog.
2009-04-02
The mailman was kind enough to deliver a package containing 4 maxi-singles this morning, so that gives me enough content for an update. Apart from a Paradise by the Dashboard Light 12″ from 1978, they're all from 1983:
Later, I'll add a page for the "Album Sampler—Autumn '95", which contains three tracks from "Welcome to the Neighborhood".
update: It's up. Also, for those who haven't seen it yet, some handiwork.
2009-03-26
Earlier today a single dropped in the mailbox, which reminded me of some overdue updates:
Until the next update.
2009-02-07
Biggest update in a long while
This summer I was sitting behind a computer with my leg up, and that wasn't good for my credit card. It was good for the collection, however.
Meat Loaf: the US 7″ singles of I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us, I'd Do Anything for Love and Rock and Roll Dreams were just slightly different enough to be interesting to me. The UK 7″ of Special Girl was the last missing version and the most interesting addition surely is the Australian Hits out of Hell, including "Lost Love".
Of both Jim and Ellen, I found one promo each, Sad Song and Dance In My Pants with Karla DeVito.
Speaking of Karla, I added two pages for those two songs I 'found' some mp3s of: first there's We Are Not Alone from the "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack, and secondly, there's this song called Gimme the Word, a duet with Paul Anka from his 1983 album 'Walk a Fine Line'. The only regular single I found is Money Can't Buy Love, the only single released from her second album. Finally, I obtained three promos from the "Is This a Cool World or What" era. The first is Just Like You, the second Midnight Confession and finally I got the Karla DeVito sampler.
On the Still The Children page, I made a Elaine Caswell section. After I obtained a copy of the Happy Ending single, I had some sort of dilemma, as I couldn't put that on Ellen's page, as she isn't featured on that track.
And then there's Patti. She performed her song Bring Me a Bible and a Beer on Meat Loaf's 'Casa de Carne tour' (of which I will speak no more). Rumours had it that she'd release an album in October, but it looks like it might take a while longer. So, in the mean time, the only way to legally obtain some of her songs are either through iTunes or some (US-only) store called SnoCap which seems to be tied to MySpace. I don't do iTunes, but after some poking around, I was able to get through that SnoCap business. So now I have a Legal Downloads page.
On a final note, I've also tweaked the website a fair bit.
posted on 2008-10-28 by Evil Nickname
Other Children
One you get a pretty complete collection, things tend to slow down. You might have noticed.
Now, this update. It's a minor one. Both Ellen Foley and Elaine Caswell can be heard on Joe Jackson's 1984 album Body and Soul. While Ellen only does background vocals on three tracks, Elaine can also be heard as featured vocalist on the song "Happy Ending". But as I don't have a section for Elaine, I stuck the album in Ellen's.
Also, as you might have heard, Meat Loaf is on tour again, and Patti Russo is back in the band. Which gives me the perfect opportunity to pimp her section. (And no, I don't know how I got all that stuff either. Don't ask.)
posted on 2008-07-02 by Evil Nickname
Anthem. Eight.
While, once again, a shipment mysteriously disappeared in mid air, another two items found their way here:
- In 1989, a 'all star' girl group called Desolation Angels released one album called Anthem. Karla was one of the Angels, and sung two covers on the album.
- In 1993, Bat II was released as a double LP in Zimbabwe. I got a copy (my eighth), and it sounds much, much better than the UK vinyl.
Also, I'm testing out some changes for IE. If anyone experiences any weirdness, drop me a line.
posted on
2008-05-05 by
Evil Nickname
No Promises, No Debts
Back in 2003, Meat Loaf promised that he would play "For Crying Out Loud" during his next concert in The Netherlands. Two concerts later, he still hasn't. Time for action.
posted on
2008-04-24 by
Evil Nickname
Latest mini-haul
The companion release to Meat Loaf's latest DVD, a one disc live album imaginatively dubbed 3 Bats Live is out now. Also, on a record fair I came across two singles I didn't have yet: the unremixed version of Razor's Edge and The Sisters of Mercy's Dominion, which is co-produced by Jim.
posted on
2008-04-16 by
Evil Nickname
Finally
My collection is complete again: 3 Bats Live. If one of those other two copies that "got lost" above the North Sea eventually turn up — not that I'm holding my breath — I'll be overcomplete.
Rumor has it that a (single) CD version will be released late March.
posted on
2008-02-25 by
Evil Nickname
Tanzing in Hungary
Today, a package from London did find my mailbox. So, I have now updated my Vámpírok Bálja page with the details of the CD. If someone who does know Hungarian traces any errors in my translation, drop me a line.
In other news, I have on good authority that the hole in my Meat Loaf collection due to some shipment that went AWOL somewhere over the North Sea should be filled soon.
posted on
2008-01-22 by
Evil Nickname
Wake Up.
Karla's second album, Wake 'Em Up In Tokyo, still hasn't been re-issued on CD. It's a shame.
posted on
2008-01-12 by
Evil Nickname
Is Karla coming to your house?
Today I received a copy of Karla DeVito's 1982 Christmas single, Santa Claus is Coming to my House. If all goes well, I should have some info on her second album soonish.
In other news, my copy of the new Loaf DVD still has not arrived, and I am considering an international conspiracy. Also, the download page now has a news-feed.
posted on
2007-12-11 by
Evil Nickname
Small update
In the quest to make this website even better, I'm trying out something new with the updates feed. Instead of maintaining a separate rss-feed, I am now marking up the news page with the hAtom-microformat. If all goes well, you should notice little or no change.
And after receiving Westlife's Home singe — which did not include the promised Jim Steinman remix of "Total Eclipse" and will be returned to sender shortly — I have now enough information to create a page for the mp3.
posted on
2007-11-11 by
Evil Nickname
Ellen Foley Reissues
Last week, the two Ellen Foley reissues became available. See the Spirit of St. Louis and Another Breath pages for details.
I still haven't received my copy of Meat Loaf's Three Bats — Live from London… Ontario DVD, but I did add another version of the Anything for Love single to my collection, as well as a 1995 album sampler and the last missing version of Pandora's Box All Coming Back single.
And what might warrant a repeat notice: I do have some downloads every now and then. Keep an eye on my weblog or the download page. I'm working on implementing something of a rss-feed for the downloads, but if people don't even seem to use the rss-feed for this page, well, their loss. I won't keep mentioning downloads forever.
posted on
2007-11-02 by
Evil Nickname
Last update until the next one
A couple of weeks ago, I obtained a copy of Ellen Foley's Spirit of St. Louis album. It looks like that both this album and Another Breath will be reissued on Wounded Bird Records late this month or early next month.
On the Meat Loaf front I got what I believe to be the final missing major piece: the Live at El Mocambo promo LP. Also I found the SACD version of Couldn't Have Said It Better for a bargain, as well as the regular 12" version of the Modern Girl single. The upcoming Three Bats — Live from London… Ontario DVD should be out mid October.
Some slight changes in the Steinman section. Moved some things around, and I added a page for the new and fantastic 10 Jahre Tanz der Vampire — Das Jubiläumskonzert album. Great stuff. What's even better is that was in the audience on one of the days it was recorded.
On a final note, every now and then I might have some downloads up. Keep an eye on my weblog or the download page.
posted on
2007-09-17 by
Evil Nickname
Holding out for an Update
Yes, I have moved, and yes, I have a working internet connection. So here's the notification of the long overdue update. I haven't kept a list of changes, so you'll have to find them yourself. Mostly minor stuff.
posted on
2007-08-06 by
Evil Nickname
A new beginning
I am about to move to a new apartment and with that, I am leaving my old ISP behind. Since my website used to be on one of their servers, I had to move that too. A move like this was going to happen anyway, so I just set the whole thing up, and moved it. A redesign and all that will follow eventually.
So forget the old website, ignore the bugs, and bookmark mljs.evilnickname.org. For those three people watching the RSS-feed, it should be redirecting to the new site.
As inaugural update, there are two new Meat Loaf additions: a one-track promo single of Blind as a Bat and the whole Cry Over Me collection.
posted on
2007-05-29 by
Evil Nickname
Rejuvenation 2007.02.21
That item I mententioned in the previous update has arrived. So have several others.
First, there is yet another version of Meat's Rock and Roll Dreams single, this one including the unplugged version of Anything for Love. Then there's this Life Is A Lemon promo I snatched from eBay at the last moment. With those two items, I think I'm (almost) done with collecting Bat II-related items. I might be missing some obscure promos, but I guess I'll be focussing on other areas first.
Another addition is the Meat Loaf related John Parr single Magical. Meat co-wrote the song. I've had the mp3 for ages, and stumbled across this one eBay.
In 2002, Jim produced the song "Vittoria! (Aida 2002)" for the OperaBabes. That's the easy part. The hard part is knowing where to find it. It was included on some versions of their debut album "Beyond Imagination", on some versions of the World Cup 2002 album (as it was supposedly England's official theme—but it didn't appear on the UK version) and as B-side to the "One Fine Day" single (and that song did appear on the UK version of the World Cup album). And that single is what I found.
Then there's the afformentioned item: a couple of months ago, I won a retail copy of Jim Steinman's Fire Inc.'s Nowhere Fast single. That probably got lost somewhere over the North Sea. But now I got another one. As far as I know there is no 12″ version, so that would mean that—as far as I'm concerned—my Fire Inc. collection is complete.
What I also added to the Jim Steinman page, are the details for both Nothing But a Merciless Night albums. In case you didn't know, they're tribute albums by the fans, for the Maestro.
Lastly, I'm still not done with the Meat Loaf bootleg section. And I'd probably need a Jim Steinman bootleg section to keep track of the various recordings of indeterminate origin of various projects. Stay tuned.
Resumption 2007.01.17
Instead of waiting for the last item to arrive, I had a "what the hell" moment earlier tonight, and decided to go ahead and push out the update.
The update is a bit heavy on the Tanz der Vampire I guess: pages for four different versions are added. There's the Estonian Vampiiride Tants, the Polish Taniec Wampirów, the Japanese Tanz der Vampire — live highlights and the upcoming Hungarian version, Vámpírok Bálja.
The other musical that got some updates is Whistle Down The Wind. After picking up a copy of Tina Arena's Whistle single, I figured I might just as well add Boyzone's No Matter What too. After all, that one has been lying around since '98.
In the Loaf department I recieved an additional version of the Nowhere Fast single, this time with a popup sleeve. Remind me to take a picture of that one. Also, I finally received my copy of Bat out of Hell III on red vinyl. And three days later, the copy I ordered at my local record store—and was subsequently cancelled—arrived too. (And no, you can't have it, it's already spoken for.)
On the Meat Loaf page, I changed some things around. The most structural is moving the Stoney and Meatloaf stuff to a separate subsection. There, I added the related Edwin Starr single, Who Is The Leader of the People. The song was first recorded in 1971 by Stoney and Meatloaf. When it didn't make the final cut on album, they scrapped the lead vocals and put Starr's in. Stoney and Meatloaf can be heard in the background, or so I'm told. A Meatloaf solo version can be heard on the album's 1979 reissue.
From the bare essentials to the point where I'd call my Bonnie Tyler collection complete in little more than three months. After buying the Lovers Again single, all I'm missing are the less essential alternate formats. Like the 12″s of Band of Gold and the No Way To Treat A Lady. The 7″ picture disc of the Faster … single is nice too.
Reissue 2006.12.27
The most notable updates this time are the just issued new "Collectors Edition" of Bat II and the "Special Edition" of Original Sin. Both include a DVD with the videos and some additional footage, Bat II includes a(nother) live version of Bat I (this time compiled from the Bat II singles), and the albums are remastered. The jury is still out on the quality of the remaster, but it looks like both albums have become victims of the loudness race.
Other updates include the 12" versions of the "Good Girls Go To Heaven" and "Safe Sex (When It Comes 2 Loving U)" singles, Meat Loaf promo's (another CHSIB and the Objects one) and the 7" jukebox single of "Not A Dry Eye In The House", Taylor Dayne's "Original Sin" single and 7", and another promo of Mrs. Dion's "It's All Coming Back To Me Now".
Revision 2006.11.07
There aren't a lot of exciting updates this time. I've received a couple missing versions of stuff I already have (most notably the DVD single of Meat Loaf's It's All Coming Back To Me Now and the US version of Bad Attitude) and a upgrade: now I do have a copy of the Delta House promo single.
In a few weeks time Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny is coming out, and it's the first movie featuring Meat Loaf in a long time I'm willing to check out. The first six minutes, probably including all of mr. Loaf you'll be seeing in the movie, is up at Youtube. Of course, there's a transcription of the lyrics which will most likely be updated once the soundtrack is released.
Also, I've been tinkering with the layout a little, so the infoboxes should be looking a little better in IE. But please, do yourself a favor, and get a real browser.
Review 2006.10.26
Nothing much is added to the website, apart from yet another version of the "Paradise…" single, one more version of mr. Loaf's "It's All Coming Back…" and, more importantly, the lowdown on the Bat III promo that was given out the the album launch parties.
The actual purpose of this update however, is to point y'all to my review of the album.
Release 2006.10.20
Today Bat III was released in The Netherlands, and I got my copy of the CD/DVD combo. Hell, I even got a free litho (which is a very fancy way of saying they gave me a fancy poster). Still waiting for the LP version though. What I'm also still waiting for, are some of the other formats of the lead single. I do got the 7″ Picture Disc, and it looks sweet. Still not sure about the song. What I will be adding in the coming days, is an overview of the differences between my transcription of the lyrics, and the official ones. Those are up now, by the way.
Apart from that, I also got some additional singles by Bonny Tyler, and a single with dance-remixes of It's All Coming Back To Me Now by Céline Dion. Which means that I now do have a copy of that song I'd rate below mr. Loaf's take.
Structural update 2006.10.04
The release of Meat Loaf's new album and single are coming closer. So no one should be surprised that both the album and the single leaked out. Meat decided to play the entire album on some radio station, and someone was kind enough to capture it. I immediately dug in to transcribe the lyrics. You can expect a review once the album is released.
Also, Patti Russo announced that she has left Meat's band. I want to wish her much luck and success on her own.
A while ago, I wondered if Jim had anything to do with the B-sides of the singles he produced for Bonnie Tyler. As it turns out, he didn't, except for "Under Suspicion", which is included on the cassette version of the "Secret Dreams…" album. Although they did only two albums together (and two songs on a third), all those songs got released on a single, one way or the other. Thank Zeus that I'm not that interested in the stuff she did without Jim! Some singles are still coming in, and the end is in sight.
Finally, I did (yet another) overhauled of the organization of the site. I moved the Bonnie stuff to its own page, moved some of the related artists to Jim's page, leaving only the artists without a direct connection—like the solo things Ellen, Karla and Patti have done—in the "Still the Children" section.
Another thing I've added on (almost) every page are the details of the version(s) I have of each album or single. If you don't see an infobar, it would probably mean that I don't have a hard copy. Except in the case of the "Hits Out of Hell" video, which I loaned out to a friend three years ago, and he still hasn't returned. Dappie, I say 'crapdammit'! I'd also say that it does look better in Firefox then in IE, so get Firefox, crapdammit!
Browse around and check out the new stuff. To much is changed to list it here.
Some more singles 2006.09.11
I just came back from Antwerp, where I found some more singles from Bonnie and Meat. On top of that, "Blind As a Bat", another song from Meat Loaf's upcoming album "The Monster is Loose" (Bat III) got out of it's cage early. Pudding has the file. I have the lyrics, or at least, I did make a quick stab at them. These pages are new:
Update without a fancy title 2006.09.03
With still a month and a half left until the release of Meat Loaf's new single, It's All Coming Back To Me Now, I can now tell you it will be released as both a CD- and DVD-single, as well as a limited edition 7″ picture disc. I've pre-ordered the 7″ (as well as the LP version of the album) and I'll probably pick up the other formats on October 16th.
Two new songs from Batman: The Musical have been released via Jim's blog. The Dream Engine now has a MySpace profile, where you can check out some songs and samples from their upcoming album.
I thought I got lucky with winning a (retail) copy of Fire Inc's Nowhere Fast on eBay, but it seems to got lost somewhere over the North Sea. Total bummer.
As for what I did receive, you'll have to track down several minor additions yourself, but these pages are totally fresh:
Moving on 2006.08.08
Imagine the bliss of having your Meat Loaf collection as complete as you want it to be. What would you do? Apparently, I go on hunting down stuff Jim Steinman was involved in. So a lot of updates in that area. More to come, with some new items coming in.
One of which has directly to do with Jim Steinman blogging and uploading songs from the shelved Batman musical. Welcome to the web Jimmy.
Meanwhile on the Meat Loaf related issues, due to a settlement with Jim, he's able to call his next album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose. However, I'm sticking with The Monster is Loose since Some songs by Jim Steinman ≠ Bat Out Of Hell III
(you can quote me on that). The most important update is most likely the mp3 of 'It's All Coming Back To Me Now' (radio edit) which, while it's better than I expected, made me pick up a second hand copy of Mrs. Dion's Falling Into You. The video isn't bad either, but still.
Apart from moving the Fire Inc. stuff back to the Steinman page, the following pages have been added, updated and/or messed around with:
Complete! (well, sorta) 2006.06.04
Another month, another update: The Monster is still Loose and new updates about the album keep coming in.
Also, the arrival of a copy of Stoney & Meatloaf's "It Takes All Kinds Of People" means that I can cross the song "The Way You Do The Things You Do" from the list of songs I don't have a hard-copy of from that list. Which leaves it empty ;-). Whooptido!
On the Steinman front, I've also just received a promotional copy of Fire Inc.'s "Nowhere Fast" single. So I've added a page for that single, and moved all of the Fire Inc. stuff to Related Artists.
The Monster Is Loose 2006.05.19
Some days ago, Meat Loaf mentioned that one of the songs from his upcoming album has been leaked for real.
That song is called "The Monster Is Loose" and can be found over on some filesharing-site.
At the same time, he also announced the title for his new album: "The Monster Is Loose: Bat Out Of Hell III". The tentative release date is October 31, 2006. In the wake of this announcement, more facts about this album showed up. I've collected the most relevant ones on a newly created page.
There is just one thing that I need to get off my chest: an album with Some songs by Jim Steinman
ain't no Bat.
Reboot2006.04.30
Maybe I'm a bit early with the CSS Reboot Spring 2006, but what the heck. Here it is, enjoy.
Instead of just do a visual make-over, I've also done some more structural work to the site architecture. Most of the 'ego wanking' pages have been merged, moved or removed. Personally, I'm quite happy with the result, and I hope you, my theoretical visitor, are too.
Most of the content should be in place, updated, re-aligned, spiffied up, and the like. The latest additions are Jim Steinman's Lost Boys and Golden Girls single, Meat Loaf's Surf's Up 12" white label promo, Bat Out Of Hell Live 7" single, Getting Away With Murder 7" single, and the promo issue of the 1973 More Than You Deserve single.
Happy New Year2006.01.04
Happy new year to one and all. 2006 has all the potential of being a great Stein-year, with Tanz going to Tokyo and possibly Budapest, Bat Out Of Hell III and the new Steinman project The Dream Engine in the pipeline. We'll have to wait and see.
Updates: Minor tweaks, and more significantly, Rude Awakening
, with some comments by co-composer Rick Rose.
Moved2005.09.08
Moved the lyrics to (It Hurts) Only When I Feel
to the Over The Top page, and deleted the preliminary Bat Out Of Hell III page.
Update2005.06.10
Added some pages, did some fixes, tweaked the style some more. Added a preliminary Bat Out Of Hell III; Last At Bat page to hold the lyrics to (It Hurts) Only When I Feel
.
And one more2005.04.17
I've added some new pages here and there, streamlined some other parts, and refreshed the look on the whole site.
Hot! New! Fresh!2005.02.17
A (crappy sounding) bootleg of the "Over the Top: Songs By Jim Steinman" tribute showcase at Joe's Pub in New York on January 30th or 31st 2005 made it's way to the Internet. Two new songs were performed, and my attempt at transcribing the lyrics are up on Jimmy's page.
Happy Birthday mr. Steinman2004.11.01
It's Jimmy's birthday today! Congrats, and may you have many more in good health and all that.
