| re: Meat Loaf calls Steve Steinman | |
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BULLWHIP 11:49 pm UTC 03/25/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Meat Loaf calls Steve Steinman - Danny 11:07 am UTC 03/24/09 |
| Pink Floyd had the same response years ago when their opening act ended with a medley of their songs. No one likes to be upstaged. > I imagine Porkington's worse, but I went to see Steve > Steinman last year and it was excruciating. He took > something that was meant to be operatic and impassioned > and soaring and turned it into something kitsch, cheap, > and toe-curling. > > "Got an [x]piece orchestra coming out wiv me next year. > I'm fuckin' shittin' meself, I tell ye". > > Maybe I was expecting too much of a tribute act. It was > very much a parody, and not a particularly flattering one. > I think I may have missed the point, but I won't be going > again! > > > In my opinion this guys sounds pretty awesome and a great > > way to get Jim's music out there and keep it circulating. > > Screw the Loaf and his own personal pocket/ego. > > From what he is saying with regards to an orchestral > > backing it's like the way Jim's music should have been > > performed in the first place. > > I wish I had the opportunity to see one of his shows. > > I just hope Jim is seeing some royalty benefit or the like > > from them. > > > > > The Loaf is apparently mad at Steve for going on tour > > > right before him. Steve says it's "wacky" because he's > > > paying tribute to the music, not the singer. | |
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