Rock & Roll Dreams come through
by Andy on Oct.17, 2006, under Music, Reviews
I’m hoping that I’m wrong about Bat out of Hell 3. Using one of my free iTunes downloads, I downloaded the first single from the album: It’s All Coming Back To Me.
Most people will know it from the Celine Dion version, but that itself was a cover. The original was written by Jim Steinman for his girl-band project Pandora’s Box.
This version sees Meat Loaf duetting with Norwegian singer Marion Raven, and I must say it is quite stonking.
Raven’s voice takes a while to get used to - IMHO, her voice is a little child-like and nasal, but after the first couple of listens, it doesn’t grate as much. For the time being (at least until Google notice it!) you can watch the video at YouTube. It’s not the best of his videos (that place is reserved for the Michael Bay epic “Objects in the rearview mirror”) but it’s quite good.
Featuring all the trademark overblown operatics that characterise any Meat Loaf song, it certainally whets my appetite for the forthcoming album. With Desmond Child (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Aerosmith) producing and writing, perhaps it is in safe hands…
