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Jim Steinman, pop genius behind Meatloaf and others, dies

Jim Steinham (Image: Facebook) There’s thunder in the sky, and a killer’s in the bloodshot streets, and Jim Steinman has passed on, taking much of the ’70s with him. The writer of Meatloaf’s Bat Out of Hell, of Bad For Good, of … er … Bat Out of Hell Two, and numerous other classics including the insane Total Eclipse of the Heart has gone, at the age of 73. Who dies at 73 these days. It’s almost gauche. Twenty seven or 52 or 90, please. But how do you memorialise a man, the bulk of whose work was done in bubblegum pop turned into mini-operas, like Bayreuth done out of spun sugar? From one angle the man’s work was ridiculous. Yet from another it’s a triumph, wringing from mainstream American popular culture one last triumph, the culmination of a culture of self-confidence and continuity, the point at which the country, the empire, was still revelling in its own capacity to create a culture that conquered the world, but only through a parodic version

Music snobs be damned – Jim Steinman was the Wagner of rock

Music snobs be damned – Jim Steinman was the Wagner of rock  Creator of some of the most magnificently overblown anthems in pop history, for Jim Steinman nothing succeeded quite like excess Underrated legend: Jim Steinman Credit: Sony Music Archive Rest in Peace does not really seem an appropriate phrase to commemorate the passing of Jim Steinman, the American rock composer who has died aged 73. If there is any cosmic justice, Steinman is currently pulling up at the pearly gates on a 1800cc Harley-Davidson motorcycle in a cloud of smoke from a backfiring exhaust, whilst massed ranks of angels and devils compete for his immortal soul in a Wagnerian choral face off.

Jim Steinman, composer of bombastic hit records for Meat Loaf, dies at 73

Jim Steinman, composer of bombastic hit records for Meat Loaf, dies at 73 Matt Schudel Jim Steinman, a songwriter who composed chart-topping hits for Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler, but was best-known for creating the bombastic music for Meat Loaf’s popular “Bat Out of Hell” recordings, died April 19 in Danbury, Conn. He was 73. The death was confirmed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Connecticut, which did not provide additional details. A brother, Bill Steinman, told the Associated Press that the cause of death was kidney failure after strokes. Mr. Steinman, nothing if not eccentric, woke up late in the day and worked all night, writing songs that combined the power of opera, Broadway extravaganzas and the rock-and-roll wall of sound of producer Phil Spector.

Jim Steinman, composer of hit records for Meat Loaf, dies at 73

Jim Steinman, composer of hit records for Meat Loaf, dies at 73
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Jim Steinman, composer of hit records for Meat Loaf, dies at 73

Jim Steinman, composer of hit records for Meat Loaf, dies at 73
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