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Klasien 08:58 am UTC 06/18/07 |
| In reply to: | Todd on BfG - Wilbury 02:14 pm UTC 06/16/07 |
| Johnstone is a great player too... by the way... Him playing on it would have been much better than making BFG sound like a Queen thing... K. > Yep, pretty much all the lead guitar work on the Bad For > Good album is Todd. The notable exception is the outro of > STARK RAVING LOVE which is all Davey Johnstone (Elton > John's long time guitarist, coincidently also a fantastic > backing vocalist. looks freakishly like Todd in the film > clips from the Dead Ringer album as well :o) ). > > > > > I didn't know that was Todd Rundgren (my copy of BfG > > doesn't have any sleeve notes) is he playing lead guitar > > for the whole album? > > > > I agree that it's weird that he only does backing vocals > > on the last two Bat albums. Does anyone know why? I do > > like Brian May but I think Todd's guitar is probably one > > of the things missing from Meat's version Bad for Good. > > > > > I miss Todd's guitar in Jim's stuff in general, actually. > > > I have never understood why he's now just the backing > > > vocals guy, his guitar would have been a VERY valuable > > > contribution to Bat 2. > > > > > > (His guitar would ALWAYS be a valuable contribution to > > > ANYTHING, really. I'm personally a big fan of Davey > > > Johnstone's guitar work as well). > > > > > > > > 2. But more importantly, the bat 2 version of Frying Pan > > > > > makes the original look and sound PUNY in comparison. And > > > > > I really like the original, I think it's great. But the > > > > > Bat 2 version makes it sound wimpy. > > > > > > > > I actually like the original version better. I agree that > > > > Meat's version is ace and its my favourite song on Bat out > > > > of Hell 2, but I bought Bad for Good after I'd already had > > > > Bat 2 for a few years and I can still remember hearing > > > > Jim's version for the first time and just being absolutely > > > > blown away by it. I love the sound of that piano on Meat's > > > > version but for me you just can't beat the intensity of > > > > the original. And I really miss those guitar bits... | |
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