| re: Welcome to the Neighborhood | |
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Leesa (gallytrotter@mchsi.com) 02:04 pm UTC 10/23/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Welcome to the Neighborhood - Marklbetya 10:27 pm UTC 10/22/07 |
| I wanted to mention that the first time a song beginning with 'and' came to my attention was when Brian May was discussing in an interview a tune called 'Mad the Swine' that Roy Baker was going to produce--it was in the mid-seventies. Well, it never happened for some reason but the standing joke with Queen was that it was the only song that started with 'and'. Ever since, I've always noticed if that's a song's beginning. So there are a few others I've spotted over the years but I can't think of them right off. Doesn't Meat Loaf begin singing 'And I would do anything fo love...'although that's not officially the title? Leesa J > I've always liked this album. By far my favorite of the > non-Steinman Meaterial. I'd Lie for You (and that's the > truth) being the first cut was just too much of a copycat > of "I'd do anything for love (but won't do that)" right > down to the parenthetical. It was a bad choice, and > invited comparison. Any comparison to Steinman obviously > won't fare well. > > I also thought it strange that the first word of the album > was "and." Can you think of any other songs, let alone > albums that start with the word "and?" > > I can think of only one. > > Mark > > > 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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