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Wilbury 03:35 pm UTC 05/15/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Paul Crook producing Hell In A Handbasket - rockfenris2005 03:21 pm UTC 05/15/11 |
| Yeah I remember when we were all calling it Funhouse. The version of the cover art they ended up with is great, tho. References the original piece of art really nicely. What has Meat said about Man of Steel? All I've read is him saying how James MIchael and Nikki Sixx 'outwrote Steinman' and 'threw in the kitchen sink' etc etc when he was selling the album, as he does. Do you mean that? Or has he since revised down his opinion?? > > > Well since we're playing armchair expert, I would have > > left off Unsaid but definitely included Decadent Wish. I > > wouldn't cut anything per se, but I'd axe the emo poetry > > at the beginning of Man of Steel and axe the intermezzo. > > I'm not a fan of Diane Warren, but I thought she did a > better job with "Unsaid". If I had to choose between the > two, well, you know what my choice would be. > > I didn't mind the "Intermezzo" and I'm not sure if I agree > with Meat's new assessment of "Man of Steel" either... > > I thought the A side or the first chapter or whatever the > hell you want to call it was the strongest part. > > > > Then I'd move Mercury Blues and actually list it as a > > standalone track, then re-order the songs into a more > > straightforward 13 song album, without the 'chapter 1' + > > 'chapter 2' crap. > > Yeah, "Mercury Blues" should have been listed. And also, > wasn't there another song that didn't make the album? > "Shadowlands"? It was similar in style to "Testify", if > I'm not mistaken, hence why it wasn't included (It > probably wasn't even recorded. I just remember seeing it > mentioned in an old news announcement once, either when > the album was going to be called "Funhouse" or "Testify". > > Btw, I found these images on my computer. Interesting... > >
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> > > > > Then it would be just about ideal to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > The more I think about it, the more I realise that > > > > Couldn't Have Said It Better is his last work of any > > > > merit, and if I close my eyes and pretend real hard that > > > > that's where his career finished, then it's all a lot > > > > easier to take. > > > > > > > > (What are we still doing awake at this hour on a Monday > > > > morning?) > > > > > > Friend of mine thinks "Welcome to the Neighbourhood" is > > > the last decent Meat Loaf album, and he should have called > > > it a day (lol, ADAY...) at that point. But I liked > > > "Couldn't have said it better", I just would have added > > > "Decadent wish" and "Unsaid" and taken out "You're right, > > > I was wrong" and "Because of you". And that would have > > > made it perfect for me. But it's good. Much better than > > > "The Monster is Loose" which is where the crap starts. > > > > > > And Lol, I was about to watch a movie as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, the list of people that are the only people Meat will > > > > > > work with is now Rob Cavallo and Peter Mokran. > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh, haven't you heard? Peter Mokran is amazing. Never > > > > > > going to use anybody else to record vocals ever again. > > > > > > Ever. > > > > > > > > > > All this talk about Peter Mokran is reminding me that I > > > > > want that CHSIB vinyl :( Sorry. Continue... | |
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