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re: Meat Loaf Christmas Album

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steven_stuart 11:44 pm UTC 07/27/11
In reply to: re: Meat Loaf Christmas Album - John_Galt 04:57 am UTC 07/27/11

> I think Meat would make a terrifying Santa! I can just
> imagine some poor child sitting on Meat Loaf's lap asking
> Meat Loaf for the newest Transformer toy and, in return,
> getting that bug-eyed stream-of-consciousness nonsensical
> narrative that we've all come to know and love from from
> Meat's interviews.

Hee hee. That's very funny.

> Having said that, I think "When Children Rule the World,"
> might make a nice addition to the track list.

Oh yes. That's a really good idea.

> With these novelty
> Christmas albums, I tend to think that arranging the
> Christmas songs in the signature style or sound of the
> artist might actually be more important than the song
> selection. Imagine Jingle Bells ala I Would do Anything
> fo Love...

I see exactly what you mean. He needs someone like Steve Margoshes to arrange the songs. He understood Meat Loaf perfectly when it came to the Bat songs. I know that Steve still does Jim's music but I'm not sure if he still does Meat.

> I think Meat should also avoid The
> Little Drummer Boy and all the other songs that have been
> killed by pop artists many times before.

Yes. Every Christmas they show the David Bowie/Bing Crosby video over and over again. Its almost as annoying as the Shaking Stevens Christmas video.

> The vocals are
> also awfully important on these projects, as well.

That's true.



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