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Vin 04:06 pm UTC 03/03/08 |
| In reply to: | re: Just to start conversation - rockfenris2005 06:25 am UTC 03/02/08 |
| Yeah in regard to Frying Pan. Like he did with Read'em and Weep, getting around to finishing another verse for Manilow. Seemed like the height of sloth to me when I first heard "Dead Ringer," no excuse for not having another verse. Looking back, though, it was probably the height of not giving two flying rat shits about Meat's record and just wanting to get the fuck out of there. > > I prefer "Back Into Hell" because that's the way Steinman > envisioned his songs. Unlike "Bat Out Of Hell" where it > was compromise, and everyone had to prove themselves on > limited resources. For all of Bat's beauty, it doesn't > sound like the epic Steinman Productions to me. "Making > Love (Out Of Nothing At All)", and everything that > followed, do. I have the same problem with "Bad For Good", > which is not as good as "Bat Out Of Hell", and "Original > Sin" which feels like a first draft of greater things to > come on "Back Into Hell". "Back Into Hell" feels like > production/arrangement/vocal perfection to me. The only > weakness is the length of the songs but, what do you > expect, it's Jim Steinman. I still would have preferred > the original concepts for "All Revved Up" and "Paradise" > compared to what we have on Bat. Easily! > > Also, I have the same problem with "Frying Pan". > Basically, he repeats the whole song. What he should have > done, for "Back Into Hell", was fit the repeated verse > with different lyrics, creating the second verse. > | |
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