Jim Steinman RIP

[Greenmachine]

Sad news tonight with the announcement of the death of for me one of the great rock songwriters of the last 50 years, Jim Steinman.

Composer of many superb songs, and of course he wrote all the songs on Bat out of Hell which is in my top 3 favourite albums of all time.

RIP Jim and thanks for all those songs.

Jim Steinman: Bat Out Of Hell and Total Eclipse Of The Heart composer dies

The writer and producer, who worked with Meat Loaf, Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler, was 73.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Two Headed Boy]

I'm not the biggest classic rock fan but can appreciate the level of production on stuff like Bat out of Hell.

That said, I do love the bombastic stuff he did with Sisters of Mercy. It's quite removed from their post-punk roots but sounds fantastic.

RIP Jim

 

[moathibby]

Ok not the biggest fan of Meatloaf et al but one of their bombastic numbers usually puts a rye smile on my face.So farewell to a decent songwriter.