I got a feeling that I'm gonna be alive forever, dancin' on the edge of a grave..."
I'm really surprised that I am so unmoved by Jim Steinman's death. Maybe it's because there's nobody in my life, besides my brother, to commiserate with, but also honestly, it's not like he was going to put out more stuff, you know? He had a penchant for taking his older material and reworking it for a new audience, such as his vampire musical (based on The Fearless Vampire Killers even), which was originally just reworked Steinman songs in German.
Seriously, when he made a hit, it was gold, but he'd just as often squeeze out a turd. I never got into what he did with Sisters of Mercy, but that's understandable as it was goth and I am not. It sounded well produced, but that's all I can say about it. And that is a thing about his music, if he was the one producing the album, it would definitely sound stellar. Hence the garbage train wreck of Bat Out of Hell III, which Meatloaf apparently just recorded a bunch of Jim Steinman's songs without his producer's touch. I think I listened to the entire album once and never opened the CD case again.
So I have had lots of friends who have better taste in music than me. That is, they were pretty snotty about their music and wouldn't really get into mine because of theatrical stuff like Jim Steinman. I never understood that, especially with the ones who were Deadheads and thought the Grateful Dead were the best rock band of all time. Fffffffffffffffffffffffffuck you guys. Seriously, you turn your nose up at an Alice Cooper song like "The Last Man on Earth" because it's a humorous vaudeville romp about destitute homeless people, but you cream your panties when Mumford and Sons releases a Tiny Desk show on vinyl. Whatever.
So anytime there were road trips it was time for another Iron & Wine marathon.
My point is, maybe it's because I am no longer working in radio, but I am still surprised that I am not more moved by Jim Steinman passing. His time was over anyway.
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Everything else in my life seems to be going fine, especially work, where I am doing the best work I've ever done. To think I used to do fart jokes for a living. As of tomorrow I am fully vaccinated and can finally start seriously looking at where I want to move to. I have a top-tier FICO score and a house down payment burning a hole in my pocket, just waiting for me to get out of here. Crossing fingers Covid passes soon.