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Jim Steinman, Rock Legend, is Dead to us! at 73

Late in his life, he apparently became a steampunk trans.

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by Anonymousreply 63May 9, 2021 1:34 AM

I was not expecting those chins.

by Anonymousreply 1April 20, 2021 6:13 PM

He’d do anything to live, but he wouldn’t do that.

by Anonymousreply 2April 20, 2021 6:51 PM

He's now "sleeping on it" for all eternity.

by Anonymousreply 3April 20, 2021 6:56 PM

Nooooo

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by Anonymousreply 4April 20, 2021 7:06 PM

Oh, no! His sister Gloria must be devastated.

by Anonymousreply 5April 20, 2021 7:08 PM

Did DL kill him like we killed Jani Lane?

There was a thread about him a few months back

by Anonymousreply 6April 20, 2021 7:08 PM

A face that was made for radio. Like his music.

by Anonymousreply 7April 20, 2021 7:09 PM

When I heard the news of Jim passing, it felt just like a Total Eclipse of the Heart.

by Anonymousreply 8April 20, 2021 7:12 PM

Did his Rock and Roll Dreams ever come true?

by Anonymousreply 9April 20, 2021 7:18 PM

Seems like he was a bit of a loner throughout his life. He avoided relationships and protected himself from getting hurt. So the songs he wrote didn't come from his heart, but he was able to evoke those emotions perfectly.

by Anonymousreply 10April 20, 2021 7:20 PM

Closet case?

by Anonymousreply 11April 20, 2021 8:17 PM

All revved up and nowhere to go. Harsh.

by Anonymousreply 12April 20, 2021 8:47 PM

R11 Well, this video is kinda screamingly camp.

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by Anonymousreply 13April 20, 2021 8:48 PM

And now he’s like a bat INTO hell.

by Anonymousreply 14April 20, 2021 8:50 PM

I guess tonight is what it means to be dead.

by Anonymousreply 15April 20, 2021 8:57 PM

Did he ever appear in Playgirl's REAL MEN section because he's a HOTTIE

by Anonymousreply 16April 20, 2021 8:57 PM

I’m 65 and my first reaction was, who?

by Anonymousreply 17April 20, 2021 9:00 PM

Thanks for that update, r17.

by Anonymousreply 18April 20, 2021 9:05 PM

His music sucks donkey dick.

He had ONE melody line.

ONE.

by Anonymousreply 19April 20, 2021 9:29 PM

[quote]When I heard the news of Jim passing, it felt just like a Total Eclipse of the Heart.

In my TOP TEN of the shittiest overplayed radio hits of all time.

by Anonymousreply 20April 21, 2021 11:04 PM

I simply must know where she got her shades!

by Anonymousreply 21April 22, 2021 12:45 AM

But his goiter survived him.

by Anonymousreply 22April 22, 2021 12:58 AM

Huge fan of his music. He definitely had a particular style and rarely varied from it, but he had many memorable songs that still hold up today.

by Anonymousreply 23April 22, 2021 1:03 AM

What was it about those Wall of Sound guys that made them so wacky?

by Anonymousreply 24April 22, 2021 1:05 AM

OMG!!! I'm bawling!!!

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by Anonymousreply 25April 22, 2021 1:07 AM

His music was so subtle, it's surprising that his wardrobe choices were so over-the-top

by Anonymousreply 26April 22, 2021 1:14 AM

He was so identified with Bat Out of Hell that most people thought he produced it, when it was actually Todd Rundgren.

by Anonymousreply 27April 22, 2021 1:19 AM

It's interesting to see someone whose musical style was as bloated as he was.

by Anonymousreply 28April 22, 2021 1:23 AM

If you're commenting on his appearance, R28, you do know he died of kidney failure and had been sick for a long time?

by Anonymousreply 29April 22, 2021 1:25 AM

Will Celine be singing a power ballad at the funeral?

by Anonymousreply 30April 22, 2021 1:25 AM

Come on. I love many of those songs. They are all somewhat the same, but they are fucking ICONIC. The song he did for Celine is still considered her most impressive recording in the English Language. She and Bonnie Tyler were given a GIFT. Celine didn't need Steinman, but she proved something with this song that took her career to the next level.

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by Anonymousreply 31April 22, 2021 1:29 AM

Can I have his shades?

by Anonymousreply 32April 22, 2021 1:33 AM

How can you not love the man who wrote “Good Girls Go to Heaven, Bad Girls Go Everywhere”?

by Anonymousreply 33April 22, 2021 1:36 AM

The best cover of one of his songs is this one done by Jeremy Jordan, that both pays homage and mocks it simultaneously with a powerhouse performance. The guy he flirts with is that Jeff dude who is with that model Taylor that y’all have so many threads about. If Jeff actually got the chance to be fucked by Jeremy I hope to god he took it.

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by Anonymousreply 34April 22, 2021 1:42 AM

Jeremy is so fucking sweet and cute and loves to sing the diva songs. But he is straight. He's just one of those guys who is comfortable being one of the girls. I think he should be a bigger star. BUT - he often misses those high notes, let's not pretend. It's why he dare not sing it "straight."

Here is Celine in the morning. She was sick for this performance and she backs off from sustained note and her voice breaks a bit - but she knows exactly what she is doing vocally. It's not her greatest performance - but everything she could do. It's an incredibly difficult song to sing. Sometimes the Steinman songs are curiously lacking in impact, for all their grandiosity.

I fucked Jeremy Jordan off the coast of Georgian Bay one whole summer in his ASS.

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by Anonymousreply 35April 22, 2021 1:49 AM

Guess it's a little known fact here, but he actually wrote other songs besides Coming Back To Me Now

Meatloaf & Cher - Dead Ringer For Love

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by Anonymousreply 36April 22, 2021 1:56 AM

Did he? Yes R36. A lot of people sing this Steinman song. Some better than others.🤪

Christine Bianco does most of the vocals on RuPaul's Drag Race musicals too. Some impersonations.

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by Anonymousreply 37April 22, 2021 2:16 AM

That was awesome r37

by Anonymousreply 38April 22, 2021 2:34 AM

Ha. She's not new, but I'm glad you liked it R38. There will be soon someone posting that Bianco's this or that impersonation doesn't sound so great or that Christine Pedi does it better. *yawn*

But the voice switching in that performance is AMAZING from Christine - it's almost impossible to do. Jeremy Jordan is from 54 below too. It was a good time. All coming back to me now....

by Anonymousreply 39April 22, 2021 2:55 AM

[Quote] I fucked Jeremy Jordan off the coast of Georgian Bay one whole summer in his ASS.

I don't know why you find this amusing. You used to type it on the Colton Haynes threads. Get some fucking wit!

by Anonymousreply 40April 22, 2021 8:08 AM

On a serious tip, is Meat ok? They had a very special long and deep relationship, and Meat is a very emotionally-sensitive person.

by Anonymousreply 41April 22, 2021 9:39 AM

Did they?

by Anonymousreply 42April 22, 2021 9:43 AM

Unforgotten

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by Anonymousreply 43April 22, 2021 9:57 AM

"Making Love Out of Nothing at All" - Air Supply

This is my favorite of Jim Steinman's songs.

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by Anonymousreply 44April 22, 2021 10:51 AM

Will we ever know now if Bright Eyes turned around?

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by Anonymousreply 45April 22, 2021 11:12 AM

Can someone check on SteinmanInsider? Make sure he has his mourning blacks steamed and pressed?

by Anonymousreply 46April 22, 2021 11:16 AM

Was the song It's All Coming Back to Me Now about the "friendship" between Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman?

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by Anonymousreply 47April 24, 2021 10:24 PM

R47 great thread. What an intense relationship Jim & Meat really had.

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by Anonymousreply 48April 24, 2021 10:28 PM

Who??

by Anonymousreply 49April 24, 2021 10:32 PM

The guy on the motorcycle with the chainsaw in Rocky Horror.

by Anonymousreply 50April 24, 2021 10:33 PM

He had a nice ass...well, not really.

by Anonymousreply 51April 24, 2021 10:37 PM

Time to drag out my bootleg of Broadway's Dance of the Vampires.

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by Anonymousreply 52April 24, 2021 10:51 PM

Total Eclipse Of the Heart is camp heaven and SO 80s. One of the definitive songs of the decade and Bonnie Tyler sang her ass off on it.

by Anonymousreply 53April 25, 2021 12:42 AM

Nice piece from Vulture.

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by Anonymousreply 54April 27, 2021 7:54 PM

“The gayest man on earth would call this over the top!”

Did Jim ever comment on the literal video of a Total Eclipse? It remains a standout in the genre.

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by Anonymousreply 55April 27, 2021 8:00 PM

Not familiar with him and initially thought that was Dr. Rachel Levine with some new fashionable eyewear.

by Anonymousreply 56April 27, 2021 8:34 PM

Dr. Rachel Levine only goes for no nonsense eyewear that does not distract or obscure the sight lines, she is a lady and a doctor, there is a decorum that needs to be upheld after all!

by Anonymousreply 57April 27, 2021 8:47 PM

I love that song, r25, and Ronan Keating especially.

by Anonymousreply 58April 27, 2021 11:30 PM

More Steinman at the theater:

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by Anonymousreply 59April 28, 2021 12:25 AM

and...

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by Anonymousreply 60April 28, 2021 12:26 AM

I"ve always been disturbed by this video. Heavily Satanic. Total celebration of the Dark Lord. All the gay boys kicking their legs up in Bonnie's face, saying get lost you evil wench! Unabashedly evil!

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by Anonymousreply 61May 8, 2021 9:21 PM

R61 that’s what tipped you off? Not, say, I don’t know...the album illustrated with a fiery brimstone chasm teeming with monsters, titled BAT OUT OF HELL? Or the similarly illustrated and titled BAT OUT OF HELL II: BACK INTO HELL?

by Anonymousreply 62May 8, 2021 10:02 PM

Here’s an excellent podcast from Slate.com about Steinman’s career. He had quite a number of hits that i recognized, but didn’t know that they all came from one person. Give the podcast a listen, it’s quite informative.

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by Anonymousreply 63May 9, 2021 1:34 AM
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