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steven_stuart 01:35 am UTC 03/16/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Hopefully Not Lost But Sad About Ray Errol Fox - rockfenris2005 09:09 am UTC 03/15/11 |
| > Footage of what, the original cabaret version or > Smeghead's production? Any footage would be interesting. From any of the three productions. BTW, how involved was Jim in the 2003 CD? > I'm not sure if Meat Loaf's memory is correct. From what > Michael Weller said in a letter, he'd written it as a > musical and he was searching for a composer. Somebody > recommended Jim and he got the job. I don't think it was a > play with two songs that was later turned into a musical, > although Michael Weller wrote a lot of plays. > Meat Loaf and Michael's stories differ, and I don't think > either of them would lie. It's a bit confusing. > > The musical was actually originally called "Souvenirs", > according to Michael, but they changed it to "More than > you deserve", which was a song that Jim had written > previously and incorporated it into the score because he > wanted Meat Loaf to have a song. And, of course, the > reaction to that song made history and it seems to be the > only performance that people remember, because of how > famous Meat Loaf is. > > I think this is a shame, actually. I wasn't all that moved > by Meat Loaf's performance when I listened to the bootleg > (But this is probably because I'm so used to him. Imagine > if he had never been famous. I would have been impressed, > for sure.) But I was more moved by Fred Gwynne's > performance in the song "If only..." That is all very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to write it. | |
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