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Vin 05:01 am UTC 05/16/10 |
| In reply to: | Listened to HCTB yesterday on a highway ride... - Markus 08:09 pm UTC 05/15/10 |
| "No Matter What" may very well be my least favorite Steinman song. Its almost the opposite of everything that I love about Jim's music. Its trite, cheesy, schmaltsy, maudlin, Disneyfied and Hallmarky in its sentiment. There is no fever to the music, there is no sense of danger or adventure, or of a darker side of Romance. If only Jim had had this song available for Diana Ross when she asked him if he had any songs for her that were more "positive," I expect this would have fit the bill nicely. I'm not invalidating the song's merits, or dismissing Jim's right to write something in this vein. I'm just saying its not to my own taste. That said, I adore the "Home By Now" bookends, and Meat's vocals, and the production throughout both HBN and NMW are wonderful, and really make me wonder how good an album would have been if Meat and Jim would have made a follow-up to Bat II before the turn of the century. > ... still Running Away From me is my absolute favourite > track on the album. The only song I could play in a row > over and over again. The rest is not bad but doesnīt do > much for me. > > After HCTB The Very Best Of Meat Loaf was on the > playlist. > > It started with Home By Now / No Matter What and after the > first few chords a smile came to my face. :-) Donīt get me > wrong - no Meat bashing here! His new album may be as good > as it can get without Jim. But the vocal work alone is so > much better when Jim tells Meat what to do and how to do > it! So after Meat began to sing I knew where the smile > came from. :-) > Yes, Iīm not sure if Meat would still be able (and > willing) to deliver another REAL Bat Album. Iīm sure Jim > would be if only he wanted to. But Iīd be very grateful to > have one. And they should be too. > > After all I more and more lose faith in the Bat musical > project as thereīs no news, no info, no nothing. Meat > exactly showed how to gain interest in the new album with > all his tweets and interaction! It was very intense. If > Jim would only use 10 % it... I bet the response would be > equally great! But with an ad no one remembers now!? > > Even when they worked on Bat II there were some articles > and interviews long before the album was out. > > Canīt believe there are people actually working on this > musical project. > > Markus | |
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