re: What Meat should have done | |
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Markus 02:01 pm UTC 03/01/09 |
In reply to: | re: What Meat should have done - Smeghead 01:34 pm UTC 03/01/09 |
I didnīt say nobody would be able to do it. But for your statement we have no proof. > Not really. There are people who know how to sing for a > living and could sing Jim's songs every day and not tear > up their voice. It was the way Meat sang that ruined his > voice. Karla Devito said that he used to turn the stage > monitors up so loud that no one up there could hear a > thing and they all risked going deaf. That's going to > lead to singing off key and screaming. DeVito said that > anytime meat couldn't get out a note he would just do his > inhuman screaming thing and tear up his voice even worse > just because it would set the kids screaming. I loved > Meat's singing in the day... but it is not realistic to > say that nobody can go out and sing Jim Steinman songs for > an hour and 15 minutes six days a week without ruining > their voice. > > > On the other side: thatīs the nature of many of Jims > > songs. Still think there are not many others out there > > being able to do Jims songs like Meat did over 20 years. > > > > > It isn't about singing 6 days a week. Plenty of > > > professional singers do that. The problem is that Meat > > > didn't sing properly. He screamed and screeched, and tore > > > up his voice. > > > > > > > To prevent Meats voice from going out during the first Bat > > > > out of Hell gig was to go on tour for a couple of weeks at > > > > a time and then take time off. That way, he could have > > > > taken about another couple of weeks to let his voice heal > > > > as well as his body. He would have been able to keep > > > > focused and on track way better than singing 6 days a > > > > week-every week!! Then maybe, just maybe things could have > > > > turned out alot differently. He could have sang on Bad for > > > > Good, never had that weird break-down that he did, > > > > possibly had a better relationship with Steinman, Bat 3 > > > > could have been the 'Real Deal' etc. etc. | |
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