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Jacqueline 04:14 am UTC 03/06/07 |
| http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/culture/story.html?id=e539fe42-8976-4897-9fba-1c240f7f305d&k=70083 Big portions of Meat served Never known for doing things halfway, singer delivers full-course meal to fans Sandra Sperounes The Edmonton Journal Monday, March 05, 2007 CREDIT: Ed Kaiser, The Journal Meat Loaf announces to fans that Edmonton is "sort of my new hometown," as he performs at Rexall Place on Sunday night. CONCERT REVIEW Meat Loaf When: Sunday night Where: Rexall Place Opening act: Marion Raven - - - EDMONTON -- Sunday dinner was extra filling for 9,000 Meat Loaf fans at Rexall Place. Not only were they treated to servings of his Bat Out of Hell rock-opera trilogy, they received generous helpings of ham and cheese as he acted out songs with the help of vocalists Aspen Miller and Norway's Marion Raven. The latter was also the appetizer -- an appropriate choice, considering she was supposedly conceived to the first Bat Out of Hell album. Raven opened the night's smorgasboard with a 30-minute set of acoustic ballads about irresponsible ex-boyfriends and "standing in the cold" from her upcoming solo debut, Set Me Free, in stores at the end of March. She looked and sounded a lot like Edmonton's own Maren Ord -- a little girl with a big voice, broken heart and an acoustic guitar. All innocence was lost when Meat Loaf lumbered on stage, ready to perform two hour-long sets, and a three-song encore for dessert. He opened the first course with All Revved Up With No Place To Go, then dove into his 1977 teen lust duet, Paradise By the Dashboard Light. Aspen Miller strutted on stage like a sexy she-devil, wearing short shorts, knee-high white boots and a tight half jersey which barely covered her breasts. She then proceeded to drape herself all over Meat and pretend to make out with the beefy singer. "Do you love me? Will you love me forever?" she sang. "Let me sleep on it," Meat replied. "Leave the bitch, Meat!" yelled one male fan in the crowd. His wife (or girlfriend) then slapped him in the arm. When Mr. Loaf -- or Michael Lee Aday -- wasn't pleading with Miller, he was using his fingers to goad the crowd into cheering as loud of possible, sort of like Bugs Bunny as the conductor in Rabbit of Seville. Meat also dissed the crowd's initial attempt at singing along to You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night). "Hang on," he said, stopping his band in the middle of the tune. "It's not April Fool's Day, 'cuz if it was April Fool's Day, I could understand why the singing I just heard sucked so bad." Meat's vocals -- or the mix -- wasn't perfect either. His pipes were often covered in the sweet ABBA/Queen-like gravy provided by his six musicians and two back-up vocalists. But when he talked about his wife and local girl Deborah Gillespie, fans could hear him loud and clear. "Edmonton is sort of my new hometown," he told the crowd. "My mother-in-law and father-in-law are sitting right over in that section," he said, pointing to seats to the right of the stage. Meat, seated on a stool, then started warbling another one of his never-ending ballads, Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are. Then again, he doesn't usually do short. His song intros are usually two minutes long, while his tunes clock in over eight. Which is probably why he -- and fans -- needed an intermission after only performing seven songs from the first two Bat Out of Hell albums. Whew. | |
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