8. Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire (Meat Loaf, 1993)
Unusually devoid of laments, dystopias or irony, Steinman finally wrote an unambiguously happy song for Bat out of Hell II (not counting the random ‘walking wounded’). It opens with a cheery woohoo from each of the instruments, building into a surrealist city in which yet another libertine attempts seduction via a series of extravagant metaphors backed by yet another angelic choir. It’s great fun! (Do note that the full-length song is actually the half-length song sung twice.)
Most Steinmanesque line: ‘You can feel the pulse of the pavement racing like a runaway horse.’
Top 10 Jim Steinman songs of all time
8. Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire (Meat Loaf, 1993)
Unusually devoid of laments, dystopias or irony, Steinman finally wrote an unambiguously happy song for Bat out of Hell II (not counting the random ‘walking wounded’). It opens with a cheery woohoo from each of the instruments, building into a surrealist city in which yet another libertine attempts seduction via a series of extravagant metaphors backed by yet another angelic choir. It’s great fun! (Do note that the full-length song is actually the half-length song sung twice.)
Most Steinmanesque line: ‘You can feel the pulse of the pavement racing like a runaway horse.’