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Scaramouche 11:56 pm UTC 08/20/07 |
| In reply to: | Over The Top- Mohegan Sun - Willis 10:58 pm UTC 08/20/07 |
| Not sure who arranged it (probably Adam Ben-David), but 'Holding Out For A Hero' was very clever, with a great vocal from Elaine. I do hope that if/when the TDE album comes out, they do try and do something (slightly) different with the established 'hits', rather than just trying to replicate them. This arr. of Hero, was a step in the right direction. Also love Body, Objects & Making Love from this gig. Still waiting to hear 'Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young', from the first night (if Rinkoff can unlock his vault)! > I have no idea what Justin is talking about in his post, > but...Pudding reminded that nobody has made a post about > the boots he uploaded. > I've had quite a while to listen to the ones I previously > had, and nows time for a mini review. I'm going with the > Over The Top from Mohegan Sun. This one was recommended > to me (thanks Lewd!) cause I enjoy bare bones productions > of usually large songs, and it's my favorite. I'm just > going to assume Rob Evans is the lead vocals. > > 01. Pray Lewd > Always a good intro, I think it'd work better as an > intermission song. Start with something gripping first, > Like "Anything For Love" > > 02. Heaven Can Wait > Great vocal, not a special vocal, but better than most > could do. > > 03. Read'em and Weep > Seems that Rob is trying to imitate Meat a little too much > during most of it, but I love the background vocals. They > use the "Manilow lyrics", I prefer the original. Rob's > voice really come into it's own at the end. In whole, a > good tune. > > 04. Total Eclipse Of The Heart > The piano seems a little sped up. The vocal seems to > speed up and slow down without reason. Lyrics are getting > jumbled. Not fan of this performance, lacks the power > that the song carries. I hoped to turn around and see > Rory Dodd take back the mic from male vocalist. > > 05. Making Love Out Of Nothing At All > Absolutely great performance. A hard song to really pull > off with emotions, and this guy does...until 2:55 "it's > nothing till I give it to you" mangles it. I don't think > it fully recovers, though the attempt at the end note is > impressive But it's still pretty good, and the only > recording of this song by OTT and DE. > > 06. Holding Out For A Hero > I love this version. Love that they used the "Hot Summer > Night" intro. Love the slower arrangement. Brings a > little bit of a new light to the song and recovers what > has been covered so many times before. This is probably > the closest thing to a "rock version" of this that I've > heard. And I love the guitar! > > 07. What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most > I'm assuming this is one of the earlier performances of > this. The Dream Engine versions are much, much better. > This is good, but Rob has really improved on this one. > > 08. Objects In The Rearview Mirror > My favorite version of this song, ever. I love the duet > style arrangement. First time I heard that, it just made > too much sense. Still as chilling a song as it ever was. > I hope Jim uses this song and this arrangement in the Bat > musical > > 09. Speaking In Tongues > Also love this. I like that although Jim is known for his > long songs he can throw in a few shorter ones. Big fan of > the guitar tone. And finding good in a bootleg, the lady > laughing sells the humor (for those not getting it) > > 10. Two Out Of Three A'int Bad > The crowd really seemed to like it. Good vocal, but he > doesn't own this. Still one of my often played tracks. > > 11. Safe Sex > Once it gets going, this is really good. Is it Elaine > Caswell? > > 12. It's All Coming Back To Me Now > Not even close. > > 13. Braver Than We Are > I miss Karine. > > 14. I Would Do Anything For Love > I love this as well. Strong guitar and more production > than the other songs without being over the top (sorry). > Vocals are really, really good. I think i've played this > more times than the original the past couple years. > > 15. Only When I Feel > I like this over the shorter Break It. "Our soul is a > beast that goes bump in the night"...many great lines in > this. I hope it's not a dead song. I think it would work > better never switching to Break It. > > 16. For Crying Out Loud > Ain't no topping Meat. But he sure tries. I like only > having the piano. This is good. > > All of the above is my uneducated opinion. Please don't > blow my computer up. I need it. > > | |
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