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Vin 02:30 pm UTC 01/09/11 |
| In reply to: | re: What if..... - steven_stuart 03:46 am UTC 01/09/11 |
| I doubt Meat, after having to "fight" to whatever degree just to get Jim's name on the album, had much say in the repective font sizes. I also don't think it would have worked to call the band "Meat Loaf" and have Meat go by "Marvin" in the line-up. He was already known as "Meat Loaf" by a decent number of people at that point, and the general public would have just assumed that he was "Meat Loaf" when they saw any clips of the band because of his size. It would have been like people who thought Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin were individuals. > > That said I think Jim would have made a good album, and > > his vocals on BFG are nothing to be ashamed of but I don't > > think the album would have ever been a mainstream smash. > > It might have had a better chance if Jim had been able to > do the vocals for "Rock And Roll Dreams", which is, in my > opinion, a more mainstream song than "Dance In My Pants", > which Jim did sing and made a video for. > > Some people on this forum have said that Jim doesn't have > the vocal range for "Rock And Roll Dreams" but I'm not > sure about that. > > > Of course, Meat nearly destroyed himself and so much > > happened it is hard to say. I do think Meat was right in > > fighting to the point of sobbbing to have Jim credited > > alongside him on the album and that should Meat ever make > > the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (such as it is) it should > > be a dual induction of both Meat and Jim. The way they > > wanted it from the start. > > Meat has said that but he also made a solemn promise never > to work on a Bat album without Jim. Also, he fought for > Jim to have his name on the BOOH album but he allowed the > record company to make his name the bigger brand name that > sold the album (its a shame that "Meat Loaf" wasn't a band > with Marvin Aday and Jim Steinman being like John Lennon > and Paul McCartney or Mick Jagger and Keith Richards). | |
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