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Bart 09:41 am UTC 10/29/07 |
| In reply to: | The sad thing is... - rockfenris2005 07:04 am UTC 10/29/07 |
| The sad thing is that Jim did not record an album since 1993. (i am not counting Tanz). The sad thing is that these songs you mention are ready to record for I dont know how meny years, but still nothing ever happened. > > All we are getting, in commemoration of the album, is a > dodgy 3CD repackaging of the 3 Bats (well, 2 Bats and 1 > fake Bat. I still think there's a case for false > advertising but, meh.) > > I think one of the great American musical tragedies (and > there are many) is that Jim and Meat seem to have no plans > to "cap off" this whole saga. When I hear songs like "Not > Allowed To Love", "What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most" > and "We're Still The Children We Once Were", I feel sad. > When I see Jim quoting lyrics from "Paradise Lost" and > "The Monster Is Out Of The Cage", I am mortified. > > Those lyrics, to me, were just as integral to the BAT saga > as "Objects" was, as "Two Out Of Three" and "Paradise" > was, and "Bat" itself. All this, possibly, great stuff, > unheard stuff... that Jim has taken the time to write > after what appeared to be a huge dry-spell. Why couldn't > Meat just accept it and go with it? Why couldn't Jim work > out his differences with Meat? or Meat work out his > differences with Jim? It didn't matter that they hated > each other, if they do, it just mattered that -- in spite > of everything else, which is all well and good -- that > they finished it off. I really feel "Conclusions & > Climaxes" would have been that album and it would have > redeemed the mistake. It would have been a fitting > conclusion i.e. "Paradise Lost" just seems like it has to > be the last statement of the trilogy > > Sooo sad. I don't think the musical will make up for it > either > > | |
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