# Rock producer Jim Steinman, has died at 73
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 20, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395 "2021-04-20T19:17:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/1 "2021-04-20T19:17:02Z")
amn this stinks … meats gotta be upset …
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/rock-producer-jim-steinman-who-helped-pen-hits-for-meat-loaf-and-bonnie-tyler-has-died-at-73/ar-BB1fRrYi?li=BBnb2gh&ocid=SK2DDHP](https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/rock-producer-jim-steinman-who-helped-pen-hits-for-meat-loaf-and-bonnie-tyler-has-died-at-73/ar-BB1fRrYi?li=BBnb2gh&ocid=SK2DDHP)
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/2 "2021-04-20T19:26:00Z")
Awwwww. Man; so many great songs and performances this man was responsible for and associated with!
RIP Mr. Steinman; you done good. _Real_ good.
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### Author:  [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/3 "2021-04-20T19:29:10Z")
Wow, he was a great producer and quite the showman. Sad to see him depart.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/4 "2021-04-20T20:00:00Z")
Such a distinctive songwriter.
Many years ago, I heard a song on the radio and thought, “I’ve never heard that voice before, but I bet the song was by Jim Steinman.” It was.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2evzT7RTWY)
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/5 "2021-04-20T22:18:17Z")
Doesn’t need those dashboard lights on anymore.
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/6 "2021-04-21T09:10:09Z")
Not a Meatloaf or Tyler fan.
But he did this, and it is one of my all-time favourites still:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-RVJyNpfDk)
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/7 "2021-04-21T14:05:50Z")
> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Not a Meatloaf or Tyler fan.
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> But he did this, and it is one of my all-time favourites still:
I’ve always found his work with Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler too bombastic and cheesy, though I respected it, but I’ve never known that he produced “This Corrosion”, which is one of the greatest recordings of the 80s.
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/8 "2021-04-21T14:15:00Z")
That and _Dominion_.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWvOHT0zfXY)
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### Author:  [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/9 "2021-04-21T16:08:13Z")
Aw man, that’s awful! I loved his songs. Sad.
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/10 "2021-04-22T00:29:23Z")
Steinman and Meat Loaf were the perfect singer-songwriter duo. Steinman’s love of Wagner and Phil Spector gave him the ability to write bombastic, over-the-top rock anthems that were really just all about love and sex and teenage thrills, and Meat had the stage presence and bravado and voice to bring them to life. There’ll never be another songwriter like him.
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### Author:  [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/11 "2021-04-22T07:49:34Z")
Fuck.
Sometimes you just need bombastic, over-the-top arena rock and maudlin ballads with a touch of wry humor, and when you do, you need Jim Steinman songs.
> [@Jim Steinman](#):
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> Heaven can wait
> And all the Gods come down here just to sing for me
> And the melody’s gonna make me fly
> Without pain, without fear
Thanks Jim.
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### Author:  [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-producer-jim-steinman-has-died-at-73/940395/12 "2021-04-22T08:36:44Z")
Thought I’d link to Jim’s contributions to the Streets of Fire soundtrack. He wrote two songs for it, and in true Steinman fashion, you can pick them out in about 5 seconds.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxD3Ro9mAk)
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgaHi7IziHI)