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Music and lyrics by Philippos Aristotelous
Vocals by Ami Kozak
"Sounds great! Very Jim Steinman-esque!!!!"! Andrew Polec, lead singer and actor in Jim Steinman's sensational Bat Out Of Hell The Musical
This is a song written by Philippos Aristotelous as a tribute to Jim Steinman, one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Jim has been a great influencer and contributor to the evolution of the rock scene from the late 70's to the early 90's and a member of the Songwriters' Hall of Fame (as of 14 June 2017).
Jim Steinman developed and made popular the so-called "Wagnerian Rock" genre, referring to the merger of twentieth century rock and roll and nineteenth-century opera reminiscent of Richard Wagner and of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. The term is sometimes used ambiguously in rock writing, referring to a bombastic Teutonic style, or fantasy lyrics (*)
Songs written by Jim Steinman were performed and made popular by the likes of Meat Loaf (Bat Out of Hell I and Bat Out of Hell II which includes, inter alia, the song "I' do anything for love"), Celine Dion ("It's all coming back to me now"), Bonnie Tyler ("Total Eclipse of the Heart"), Barbra Streisand, Cher, Def Leppard and others.
released October 9, 2017
Vocals by Ami Kozak