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Pudding 01:55 am UTC 11/11/09 |
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re: I like the new homepage - Rob 06:22 pm UTC 11/10/09 |
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If people associate Bat Out Of Hell with Meat Loaf more than Jim (and they do) then having Meat Loaf as part of the advertising is a moot point, as he's already associated with it.
> I don't think anybody is seriously suggesting having Meat
> on stage, but totally ignoring him in the advertising and
> publicity for the show would be ridiculous. Everyone who
> knows the name Bat out of Hell knows it's by Meat Loaf.
> Far fewer people know that Jim wrote the songs. Denying
> the Meat Loaf connection will make the publicity a mess -
> far better to play it down where possible, but to
> acknowledge that the classic songs made famous by Meat
> (and that's the crux) will be in it.
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> Loafers won't expect to see Meat on stage. Queen fans and
> Abba fans were able to understand the difference quite
> easily. Whether it's just another jukebox musical or
> something much better will be down to the quality of the
> writing, not whether Meat is mentioned in the adverts.
>
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