| re: The Emperor's New Clothes | |
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Rob 12:22 pm UTC 02/14/10 |
| In reply to: | The Emperor's New Clothes - Steven 08:52 am UTC 02/14/10 |
| LOL - superb rant! Actually Meat's voice was OK in this performance. How do you expect a man in his sixties to sound? Listen to Springsteen at Glastonbury if you want to hear a really bad (and I mean flat as fuck!) performance. On the whole, older singers live off their past reputations rather than anything they do nowadays (Stevie Wonder hasn't made a decent album since the 1970s ffs), and as long as people still want to hear them sing, then what's the problem with it? > > If you want my honest thoughts: > I for one are surprised every time Meat Loaf is allowed to > open his mouth somewhere. I just don't get it. I just > don't get for how long he has already been able to make > this work. > Is anyone actually listening? He can't sing, he simply > cannot sing! Yet he is surrounded by fine musicians, he is > allowed to "sing" publicly -- ironically even on shows who > concentrate on judging other people's singing abilities(!) > -- he is allowed to make records, again and again and > again. > Anyone with a bit of a musical sense must recognize how > bad he is. Sometimes you see people feeling embarassed who > have to present him on shows etc., yet no one says > anything, yet everyone pretends it wasn't so, yet he's > still allowed to make recordings, concerts, appear on TV > shows etc. Why? How does he make it work? Far better > people get kicked for much smaller reasons all the time! > > I would so like to know what all these musicians > are *honestly* thinking who [have to] work with him at one > occasion or another. For example the orchestra guys on > that "opera star" TV show. Or the lady, Juliette Pochin. > Or the guys who keep on making records with Meat Loaf or > going on tour with him. They know about it. Sometimes you > can see it in their faces. Yet everyone pretends it wasn't > so. > > Why? > Why, why, why? > > It's like The Emperor's New Clothes. Only Meat Loaf isn't > an emperor, so unlike in the story, there isn't even a > serious reason for people to pretend they wouldn't see how > bad and embarassing he is. > > I just don't understand it. > > And I feel sorry for Jim that his name still gets attached > to this embarassing guy all the time. > > > | |
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