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Smeghead 05:15 pm UTC 01/10/08 |
| In reply to: | Land of the Pig - Rob 03:14 pm UTC 01/10/08 |
| I think it is the worst song on the album (and that is saying something). Meat took out the whole melody. You can't even understand the lyrics the way he sings it. > Been listening to TMIL again lately (well, someone has > to!) and I have to say that I absolutely love Meat's > version of this song. It was the first version I heard of > it, which I suppose can make a difference although that > isn't always the case with Steinman stuff for me, but I > much prefer it to Rob Evan's demo version. Yes, I realise > that Rob's is a 'work in progress', but the slowing down > of the song just doesn't really work in my opinion. > > When I first heard TMIL it was the only track that gave me > that Steinman rush - it felt like something Jim might have > done if he'd been involved, and I know he has said he > thinks it's one of the best performances on the album. The > rest of the Steinman songs I'm not that keen on - they > range from ok (BFG, Future...) to awful (IACBTMN), but > '...Pigs' is great fun. > > Just wondered what other people's views are - on 'Pigs' > and the other Jim stuff on TMIL. Hopefully the whole 'Bat > 3' saga is sufficently long ago and faraway that we can > share our opinions on the Stein-songs on the album without > having a flaming war. | |
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