IŽd love to hear some sort of conversation of Jim and Todd in the studio! :)
> That clip that was made available from Meatloaf.net of
> Todd pointing out to Desmond how inane the lyrics to If
> God Could Talk are, in which he generally runs Desmond
> round in circles and makes clear how little devotion
> Desmond has in making anything other than 4 or 5 minutes
> bursts of aesthetically trendy noise, tends to put a smile
> on my face when it pops up on Random in iTunes.
>
> And -- call me a conspiracy theorist (and I have been a
> bit of a conspiracy theorist of late) -- why oh why was
> THIS clip put up on Meat's official page? Of all the
> behind the scenes studio footage that could have been used
> to promote the album, we get shown footage of Todd telling
> the songwriter and producer with sound argument why the
> song on the album is seriously flawed, gives him numerous
> chances to change the lyrics, only to have Desmond
> contradict himself, try and change the topic,
> misunderstand the issue and admit that the lyrics are not
> designed to be clever, witty, memorable, meaningful or
> smart but that it's "just a love song".
>
> WTF?
>
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