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Markus 03:57 am UTC 10/11/07 |
| In reply to: | Bat Out Of Hell Live - Mr.Egg 11:47 pm UTC 10/10/07 |
| It sounds like elevator music to me. Scorpions Symphonic CD sounds A LOT better and the best I´ve heard so far is Symphonic Led Zeppelin - very innovative. Markus. > A few years ago, I bought the special edition of a CD > called "Bat Out Of Hell Live - with the Melbourne Symphony > Orchestra". > > When I found it in the music store, I thought it was a > great concept. Jim's Bat songs recorded by a classical > orchestra instead of a rock group. Of course the original > rock recordings can never be beaten but I think that the > basic classical orchestra concept was an interesting > avenue to go down. > > It wasn't until I got the album home that I realised > something was not quite right. > > They had included two other composers. James Michael and > Nikki Sixx. Their song is called "Couldn't Have Said It > Better". > > If the product hadn't used the words 'Bat Out Of Hell' in > it's title, then I would have no right to complain. How > could I complain if the CD was called "Meat Loaf Live"? > > When Bernstein conducted Beethoven's Ninth, he didn't > stick five minutes of Chopin in between movements. > > Also, when Bernstein conducted anything, the sound of the > orchestra was fantastic. Unfortunately, the Melbourne > Symphony Orchestra does not sound great on this > recording. > It sounds cheesy. They should have involved Jim. > > I understand that Meat was doing a world tour at the time, > promoting the album "Couldn't Have Said It Better". But > the Melbourne recording was a special one off. And it > called itself Bat Out Of Hell. Of course Meat could have > sung non-Jim songs during the normal part of his tour but > this is different. > > He is making the same mistakes with Bat 3. By using > another composer (Desmond Childs) and by not involving Jim > in the project. > > > > > > | |
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