| re: Meat Loaf in Helsinki | |
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samurai7 04:46 pm UTC 08/12/08 |
| In reply to: | Meat Loaf in Helsinki - Roberto 03:27 pm UTC 08/12/08 |
| didn't they do Rock N Roll Dreams? > Yesterday I saw Meat Loaf live for the first time. A good > show, a great band, some wonderful songs. But Meat Loaf's > singing... He didn't really sing Jim's melodies but > composed his own melodies. Needless to say that Jim's > melodies are better. In some way it's the same thing as > Lou Reed or Bob Dylan mumbling their old songs live so > that the melodies become unrecognizable. > > At some point I started to think of Meat more as a master > of ceremonies than a lead singer. And as a show man he was > much better than as a singer. The show lasted for more > than two hours. I did enjoy it but not as much as I hoped > I would. The hall was half empty. I was standing close to > the stage. > > The Steinman songs played in the concert: > – If It Ain't Broke Break It (possibly my least favorite > Steinman song but a lot of fun anyway. > – Out of the Frying Pan (one of my very favorite songs) > – Bad for Good > – Life Is a Lemon > – Dead Ringer for Love > – Paradise > – You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (only the > chorus) > – I'd Do Anything for Love > – Bat Out of Hell > I may forget something. > > There were also quite a few songs not by Jim. I didn't > even recognize some of them. At least Blind as a Bat > should have been left out. Roadhouse Blues by the Doors > and Why Don't We Do It in the Road worked quite well live > (even though Why Don't We Do It in the Road is probably > the most stupid Beatles song). > > I wish they had done A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste, > I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back, In the Land of the > Pig the Butcher Is King, Seize the Night... | |
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