This is one of the more quintessential Jim Steinman songs to me, because it’s this enormous, glorious mess. Not all of the parts seem to belong, but they’re all good, and there are some just wonderfully garish lead guitars culminating in a fantastic solo from Todd Rundgren. The song begins with a booming guitar chord…

“I remember everything! I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday.” So begins Steinman’s first (but not last) solo speech on record, his tale of fantastical guitar smashing. There are background sounds from synth player Larry Fast, but those frankly do not matter much. This is a dramatic monologue, and this is…

The Bad for Good equivalent of “Heaven Can Wait,” “Lost Boys and Golden Girls” is a gentle, sweeping, piano-led ballad with an almost lullaby feel. A choir and some doubled (if not more) lead guitars join in later, but even then the atmosphere remains subdued and quiet, terms that don’t typically fit Jim Steinman. One…