April 25, 2021 by Maggie McNeill
You're fixin' to ride the lightning. - "Officer" Joe Gutierrez
If Western culture emphasized composer over performer in popular music as it does with orchestral music, Jim Steinman would be recognized as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. In honor of his passing, here's a video of the one hit he had as a performer; compare and contrast with Meat Loaf performing the same song a little over a decade later. The links above the video were provided by Lucy Steigerwald, Franklin Harris, Tim Cushing, Jesse Walker, Cop Crisis, Radley Balko, and Nun Ya, in that order.
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