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Wilbury 09:47 am UTC 06/18/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Todd on BfG - Klasien 08:58 am UTC 06/18/07 |
| Oh hell yeah, I agree! It would have been very beautiful and a lovely thing to hear to have Davey on Bat 3, either Jim's real version or the dicky Desmond piece of crap that is TMiL. But unfortunately, it seems Desmond's "special guests" were picked by virtue of their name being able to sell records, rather than necessarily what they brought to the sound. :o( > 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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