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Kirst 09:23 am UTC 02/27/07 |
| In reply to: | Meat Loaf concert review - Pudding 07:39 am UTC 02/27/07 |
| Ok, I have obviously been out of the loop for a good while now. For instance, i didn't know he was doing objects again! that's pretty exciting. I'm going to my first meat loaf concert in a couple days and I think the set list looks pretty promising. Mostly steinsongs which can only be good news. Kirst > Just read a very good review of the Palo Casino gig on > 23rd Feb > > I had the pleasure of seeing Meat Loaf on his Seize the > Night tour at that Palo casino event theater. I hadn't > gotten the chance to see Meat since his Everything Louder > tour for "Bat Out of Hell II," but I'm happy to say he's > still got it. And if all his current venues are as > intimate as Palo, you could still have a chance to get > very close to the Loaf. > > Meat Loaf Concert Review > After a very quick "All Revved Up" intro, he opened with > "Paradise." A surprising, bold choice considering that's > the ultimate show stopper. I grew up in the Patti Russo > era so I'd never seen Aspen Miller do the girl parts > before. Patti Russo is a tough act to follow, and Miller > did well by not trying to top her. She did her own thing, > bouncing around as a bubbly cheerleader, and later > slinking out in a gown for "Anything for Love." She > actually attacked Meat during the "Gonna Go All the Way" > part, which was different. The "Stop Right There" doesn't > really make sense after that, but who cares? It's > "Paradise!" > > The opening could be explained by the costume change. The > two high school songs had Meat in a football Jersey. Once > "Paradise" ended, he re-emerged with a classy blazer for > the next few songs, adding again a jacket for the > remainder of the performance. He looked the healthiest > I've probably seen him, though it's also the closest I've > ever been. > > The first act was all classic "Bat 1 and 2" songs. They > saved the new stuff for the second act. I was actually > excited to hear "Bat 3" live, since I already knew the > other songs sound awesome. Act 2 opened with the intro to > "Seize the Night," leading into "Monster is Loose." > Whatever you may think of the title track, it is one > powerful number in person. The real treat was "Bad for > Good," which finally sounds like a Meat Loaf song. Without > the stunt cameo of Brian May, it's just Meat Loaf doing > Steinman. "Blind as a Bat" and "If It Ain't Broke, Break > It" held up as authentic to the album versions. I was > surprised they didn't do "It's All Coming Back" since Meat > is so high on his version of that or the full version > of "Seize the Night," but maybe they change it up across > the country. > > Meat did a great job playing to the audience with funny > banter, and playing with his band mates, encouraging solos > and messing with his backups. He even revealed his > favorite song to the audience, but he made us promise not > to tell anyone else, so I won't do that. I'll give you a > hint though, it's from "Bat 1." > > A few of the songs were abbreviated versions. Of course > the aforementioned intro versions, but there were also > some radio edits of the classics (i.e., no daddy verse in > "Objects.") But with over two hours of singing, perhaps > that was just a way to perform more songs. Meat sounded > more emotional than ever doing "Anything for Love" and > "Objects." He's perfected the pained, quivering bellow. > > I was surprised to see Meat do the fake encore (you know, > when they pretend they're done but they're just waiting > for you to cheer, and they still haven't performed key > songs so you know they saved them for an encore). I guess > that's just unavoidable in modern music exhibition. The > second encore with a Rolling Stones cover was a nice treat > though. > > For those interested, the complete set list, to the best > of my memory, was: > > All Revved Up with No Place to Go intro > Paradise by the Dashboard Light > You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth > Out of the Frying Pan (and Into the Fire) > I'd Do Anything For Love (but I Won't Do That) > Rock N' Roll Dreams Come Through > Objects in the Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They > Are > Intermission > Seize the Night intro > The Monster Is Loose > Bad For Good > If It Ain't Broke, Break It > Blind As a Bat > Bat Out of Hell > Encore > Two Out of Three Ain't Bad > Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back > Second Encore > Gimme Shelter > > So after all the hype Meat gave saying IACBTMN is HIS and > was meant for Bat3, etc etc etc, he doesn't even sing it. > > Pud | |
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