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rockfenris2005 08:03 am UTC 06/20/11 |
| In reply to: | Welcome To The Neighbourhood Vs Bat Out Of Hell 3: The Monster Is Loose - steven_stuart 11:45 pm UTC 06/19/11 |
> Chika asked: > > > Do you have a big collection of mr Steinmans music? > > I have a fairly big collection but my collection is not > nearly as complete as Ryan's collection. For example, I > don't have the Stoney and Meat Loaf album and I believe > that Ryan has the original vinyl in his collection. I have > the ordinary Welcome To The Neighbourhood but I thought > that the Diane Warren songs (which were the hit releases) > were an attempt to imitate Jim. There are songwriters like > Ryan who are influenced by Jim but they do not imitate > Jim. Even the first video, "I'd Lie For You", picks up > where the video for "Anything For Love" ends. As you know, > WTTN was the first release after Bat 2 and I think that > they were attempting not only to capitalise on Bat 2's > enormous success but to make it sound like the follow > album was a Steinman album. Also, interestingly enough, it was originally supposed to be called "Escape from Hell: Welcome to the Neighbourhood". That's what it says on my promo single (I don't know if it's a promo for the album or "I'd lie for you". It doesn't really say.) Of course one could argue that > there are two covers of Jim's songs on WTTN but Bat 3 > contained a cover of "Its All Coming Back To Me Now" and > many people were very critical of Meat for putting Bat 3 > out (including Jim and Ryan). To me the main difference > between the two is that WTTN does not use the official > BOOH brand name. And, indeed, Meat fought against using it. I wish he'd done that in 2006. So, Chika, to answer your question, yes, > I have a fairly large collection of Jim's music but I > won't be buying the new WTTN. I bought Bat 3 out of > curiosity. Its not that I don't respect Meat Loaf. He is a > wonderful actor and he often gives Jim a lot of credit > during interviews. Nobody else has understood Jim's music > like Meat. But I worry about WTTN becuase of the way it > followed Bat 2 and I worry about Bat 3 because it used the > BOOH brand name even though Jim didn't work on it. I do > have a copy of WTTN somewhere but I feel no need to > purchase the the special edition. Ryan, on the other hand, > is a real collector and I would bet good money that he > purchases the new release. Well, you just won that bet :P But I wasn't planning on getting it. An opportunity arose and I said, yeah alright, lol. But I wouldn't have bought it online. Actually I would be interested > to know if anyone on the board wants to compare WTTN with > Bat 3. WTTN wins every time for me. It's produced better. It's more consistent. It's sincere. It's a decent concept album. Also, is this new special edition of WTTN worth the > extra money? I don't think so, no. Will there one day be a special edition of > Bat 3: The Monster Is Loose? I think that's inevitable. | |
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