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Mr.Egg 10:40 am UTC 10/22/07 |
| In reply to: | Welcome to the Neighborhood - rockfenris2005 09:44 am UTC 10/22/07 |
| When I first saw the video for "I'd Lie For You", I thought it was a Jim song. They didn't plagiarise the actual tune but they did steal Jim's style. > What do you think? I used to HATE this album, because I > thought Diane Warren was ripping off Steinman and the > Steinman covers sounded so much better in their original > versions. But I got ahold of another copy and I listened > to it without any preconceptions (I had attempted to do > this with "The Monster Is Loose" but arrived at the same > conclusion as before: BOOOORRRRING!!!!) > > I would have been thrilled if "Welcome To The > Neighborhood" was the last Meat Loaf album. I think > "Martha" and "Where Angels Sing" are a fitting enough > conclusion to one's singing career as "For Crying Out > Loud" was for a first album. I've really come to > appreciate this album for what it is, Meat Loaf's attempt > to craft an intelligent and cohesive concept...with enough > strong and different songs to make it memorable. I'll > always think "I'd Lie For You" is a Steinman rip-off, in > concept and execution, but there's something about it and > the rest of this album that now gives me a good feeling. > > I used to like "Couldn't Have Said It Better" much more > but now I don't. Oh, and sue me, I'm talking about Meat > Loaf on a Steinman message-forum. Allow me... (lawsuit is > on its way to my address, should take a second.) > > | |
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