| re: Loaf Feature Story | |
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Infinite_Victims 09:55 pm UTC 02/28/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Loaf Feature Story - Vin 07:24 pm UTC 02/28/07 |
| I agree with Vin that Meat's age and years out of the mainstream public eye were major contributors. I can't think of many older singers of Meat's age that are still around & sell like they did at their peak even the ones that still have some chart success. Add to that lack of any real airplay, poor promotion, and bad choices of singles (not that anything would catch on on radio). I doubt the vast majority of owners of the 2 real Bats even knew of this one. That said the fact that it is a pretty poorly produced album killed any chance it could take off. The whole world knew months ago that Jennifer Hudson was a lock for the Oscar and a major media push, yet her association with Bat 3 was never even attempted to be promoted. The choice of COM as the next single (if it ever comes out) is the nail in the coffin. > I'll disagree with that. Most recording artists suffer > from the law of diminishing returns as they get older and > less and less relevant with the driving market of the > industry, which is youth. > > I don't believe the lack of Steinman is the main reason > the album performed relatively poorly (relative to its > forebears, that is.). I think it has much more to do with > the public's perception of Meat Loaf, which is largely > negative or else non-existant, and with Meat's age, and > with the disastrous choice of lead-off single. > > I'm not saying a Gold Record is great for Bat III, I'm > just saying that anything less than a Gold Record would > have been a crushing humiliation for Meat. Now he can at > least say it went Gold, which is, after all, a number that > the industry considers a success. > > > > > > > > Bat III went gold in the States? Fantastic. At least > > > that's some small shred of dignity preserved, or at least > > > the illusion thereof. > > > > > > > Bad For Good went Platinum. If the first sells 40 million > > the second sells 14 million and this one sells 500,000 > > that's not much dignity. It just proves Meat's nothing > > without Jim. | |
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