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Meat Loaf (1947 – 2022)

“Paradise by the Dashboard Light” (1977)

Meat Loaf was an American singer noted for his grotesque stage persona. He is best known for interpreting two songs written by Jim Steinman: “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” (1977) and “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” (1993) .

Meat Loaf became 74.

Steinman died died last year.

RIP Jim Steinman (1947 – 2021)

Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983)

Jim Steinman was an American composer best known for his work with Meat Loaf.

In general I find his music unbearably swollen kitsch. Bombast is the word. Steinman himself called it Wagnerian rock.

However, I admit that I have soft spot for “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983), a song interpreted by Bonnie Tyler.

That song happens to be in the Jahsonic top 1000 (part 2).

RIP Guem (1947 – 2021)

Guem was an Algerian musician, composer and dancer.

Guem is best known for his cult dancefloor recording “Le Serpent” (1978).

Le Serpent” (1978)

“Le Serpent” is a sibling to “Jingo” (1959) by Candido Camero, “New Bell” (1972) by Manu Dibango and “Road Close” (1984) by Tony Allen, who all died last year.