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BULLWHIP 01:25 am UTC 03/24/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Is it time to face the truth? - Rupert 10:04 pm UTC 03/22/09 |
> What nobody has mentioned on this website is that Bat out > of Hell Musical should make economical sense for the > people behind it. > > 1. Meat Loaf is at the very end of his singing career and > people still want to see a professional show with his > music in it - hence the musical Sorry but your wrong. Like it or not, people are there to see Meat Loaf present the music. If Meat is done vocally, then that is one huge outlet of Jim's music that will be gone. > > 2. Bat out of Hell is in the top ten albums of all time > which means a proven audience and aging - hence a musical > will be up their street. Your average person has no idea that Jim wrote the albumn or that he is working on a musical. > > 3. People like Steve Steinman - a copy cat act can make a > full time living doing Meat Loaf stuff so there is a > proven audience out there for it and already warmed up. > You said it. Meat Loaf stuff. Not Steinman stuff, Meat Loaf stuff. thats what people want to see. > 4. Albums sales are falling off so investing in a live > event is potentially a better source of income for record > companies like Sony. If that was truly the case, then why are they pushing Jim to get the musical out there and bankrolling even a modest public relations push. > > 5. The music is very strong so even if the storyline is > average it should get an audience. Yes the music is incredible. But check out some of Jim's videos that he did. Too much of everything to the point where it loses most of the impact the song carries, rendering it less of an impact and more of a curiousity. > > Compare to other musicals it seems a far more attractive > proposition so I don't see why it should not be a success. > The only concern is if Jim over engineering it - cost > wise. Which is why it will never be what Jim evisions it should be. Which means that it will never happen. > > > > > > > I agree. I think that the powers that be have a muzzle on > > everyone involved. No offence to anyone but I really don't > > see Jacqueline being the spokesperson. > > > Yes, but she wouldn't admit if it was going nowhere fast. > > > Rob Evan was In the Know with the Dream Engine and he was > > > convinced it was happening... but it didn't. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Exactly. And that is my point. I appreciate someone in the > > > > > know giving it a vote of confidence. And don't take me > > > > > wrong I'd love to see it happen. > > > > > But there is no evidence whatsoever to back up any > > > > > statements made. Even the DE had a website and it still > > > > > went nowhere. > > > > > > > > > > > > Uh, isn't Jacqueline somebody in the know? | |
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