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Markus 10:15 pm UTC 07/16/07 |
| In reply to: | The Bat Trilogy - Dr_Rock 09:12 pm UTC 07/16/07 |
| Thanks Will for the review! Great to hear you had such a good time. But you forgot to mention (or to ask) the most important thing: How tall is he? *rofl* & *yawn* ;-) Markus. > On a sort of Jim related note, on Saturday night I saw > Britain's (and therefore the world's) top Meat Loaf > tribute show, at the illustrious Carlisle Sands Centre. > I'm not a great fan of tribute acts but I actually had a > really good time. > After all the fun of Tanzing in Berlin and Budapest I was > feeling withdrawal from Jim's music and when I heard Steve > Steinman (no relation, although he sounds like he could be > related to Peter Kay) was doing a show called The Bat > Trilogy I figured if I wanted to hear the songs performed > live then this was the show to see. I know Meat Loaf is > touring later in the year, but for twice the price you'll > probably get half the voice (but most likely three times > the arse) of Steve and no less enthusiasm. > So I went, but very definitely with my Jim fan hat on, and > really had fun. The premise was they would perform songs > from Bat 1, 2 and TMIL and all the hits were done as well > as Carpe Noctem, If it ain't Broke, It's all Coming Back > and TMIL (the only non-Jim song). Intriguingly they also > did Dead Ringer which he said was such a bloody good song > he didn't care that it wasn't on a Bat album he'd do it > anyway, and played for 2 1/2 hours in total. > Vocally Steve does sound quite like Meat although you can > tell the difference, and nowadays he doesn't miss nearly > enough notes or get enough words wrong to pass. There also > wasn't a bloke on the side of a stage to play a recording > of the song to cover missed notes. The band were very > professional and I was particularly impressed with the > keyboard player who tackled a medley of Original Sin and > It's all Coming Back to me Now without simplyfying it at > all. I spoke to him afterwards and he said he though he > had simplyfied a few bits, but I couldn't tell. The > dancers were quite hot (although they were no Aspen and > CC) and Steve didn't lech up to them enough to pass as > Meat. The dance routines, however, looked very school > disco; but I was still fondly remembering the dancing in > Tanz which nothing can match up to. > > Had a nice, albeit brief chat with Steve afterwards, > during which I stressed that I was a Jim Steinman, not a > Meat Loaf fan. We actually talked about Tanz which he is a > big fan of, and he was also a great admirer of Steve > Barton too. So if he brings the Bat Trilogy show (or his > forthcoming Vampires Rock show) to your neck of the woods > (did you spot that bad pun) I can highly recommend it as a > fun night out. > > Peace, > Will | |
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