OT: Jim Steinman obituary. "Bat Out of Hell" songwriter

[Centerstream]

One of my favorite songwriters.

Jim Steinman (1947–2021), “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” songwriter

Jim Steinman, “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” songwriter, died Monday at a hospital in Connecticut at the age of 73.

www.legacy.com

 

[Adesmar123]

One of my favorite songwriters.

Jim Steinman (1947–2021), “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” songwriter

Jim Steinman, “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” songwriter, died Monday at a hospital in Connecticut at the age of 73.

www.legacy.com

There's a "Two out of Three ain't Bad" joke or two somwhere in there.

 

[Jackalope]

He's was a resident of Ridgefield, CT for the past 28 years.

 

[Waquoit]

Nothing I can say, a Total Eclipse of the Heart.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I very much enjoyed the Bat Out of Hell album. I was in college at the time.

His "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" was made into a primitive music short featuring Meat Loaf (of course) played each time the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" was played at the theatre where I worked while in college.

I remember listening to a Meat Loaf concert on the radio where Jim Steinman was credited not only for the song-writing but also was the pianist for the concert, back shortly after in came out. After that I lost track of both of them.

 

[Ouremblem]

I still remember when I first heard “Two out of three ain’t bad”.

 

[Adesmar123]

Nothing I can say, a Total Eclipse of the Heart.

Written for Steinman's vampire musical.