| re: Land of the Pig | |
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BULLWHIP 11:28 pm UTC 01/10/08 |
| In reply to: | re: Land of the Pig - Jacqueline 03:25 pm UTC 01/10/08 |
| I have yet to hear anyone do a really good production of a Steinman song. No one has captured magic of the production or the attention to detail. It takes more than music and lyrics to make something special. But saying that, Meat comes closer than anyone else has so far. > Land of the Pig is not one of my favorite songs but I > totally prefer Robs version. His voice is amazing but his > version of the song makes a lot more sense. Meat's is > more like a thrash version. The song I hate most on TMIL > (of the Steinman songs) is Future...but I'm such a huge > fan of the Pandora's Box version. Actually, now that I've > typed that...Bad For Good is my least favorite. I was > hoping that song would nver be covered and remain Jim's. > Anyway...thanks for the post and you're right - there's no > reason there should be a flame war for expression an > opinion. xxx JD > > > 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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