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re: Worst Non-Jim Meat Song

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Vin 02:58 pm UTC 01/15/10
In reply to: re: Worst Non-Jim Meat Song - Bart 12:35 pm UTC 01/15/10

I think 70% of the problem with Bat III is comprised of two psychological factors: the title and the sense of wasted potential that kicks you in the spleen while listening to the record.

It COULD have been much better, it really could have. I think it is actually a pretty solid, eclectic rock album, but it is impossible to listen to it and separate oneself from the sense of how much better it could have been, even without Jim. I mean, literally, even with the exact material they had to work with, it could have been executed much better.

Which is why the other 30% of the problem is Desmond Child. I was behind the choice of Des to produce originally, in Jim's absence, optimistic because I liked his work with Alice Cooper previously. But he ended up being a horrible choice.

But back to the point: whoever legitimately thought that "Cry Over Me" belonged on this record, or ANY record, should absolutely not be working in the music business. And whoever chose it as a single should not be allowed to hold any job with a shred of consequential decision-making power.

> Everything on bat 3 sucks. It is as bad as midnite. Maybe
> worse cause of it's title.
>
> > > As for his worst song: Cry Over Me. Makes me wanna break
> > > stuff.
> >
> > I'll vote for Cry Over Me too. There may be worse songs,
> > but I don't feel inclined to play a few likely candidates
> > to find out.
> >
> > Dave


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