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Rupert 10:23 pm UTC 11/07/12 |
| In reply to: | re: Last at bat tour - John_Galt 03:11 am UTC 11/05/12 |
| It maybe due to the fact that secretly Meatloaf has actually changing his job and he is now the manager of UK soccer team West Ham Utd and Sam Allardyce is now a Meatloaf impersonator. They both have had better days but they still look the part! > At this point, if health permits and the budget is > sufficient to make it a worthwhile project, I'd love to > see Jim and Meat work together, again. > > Incidentally, I went to see Meat Loaf in concert for the > first time at the Wiltern theater in Los Angeles a couple > of months ago. Meat had some confusedly terrific things > to say about Jim in between a song set that had too few > Steinman songs for my taste. As far as I could tell, his > vocals were not bad at all, but they were buried so far > down in a very muddy, muddy mix I could hardly hear them. > My conspiracy theory is that whoever was mixing the show > was either (a) deaf, (b) incompetent, or (c) somebody's > buddy. Most likely (c). Meat sounded better than average > on "Bat Out of Hell", which is a great indicator that he > wasn't suffering too much up on stage. The audience > looked visibly bored by the new material, which was > arranged with a harder rock feel that was, unfortunately, > a little hard to sleep through. > > Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my first Meat Loaf concert, > but there's little doubt that Meat would benefit greatly > from new Steinman material. During two of the new songs, > sound samples of a rapper were flown in and the older rock > crowd that made up 85% of the audience looked a little > betrayed. I think some of the fun of going to a Meat > concert for some of these concert-goers is a rebellion > against the awfulness of contemporary music. The bland > and stupid rap lyrics seemed like a kind of surrender or a > pitiful admission that even Meat Loaf has to try to be > cool and impress these kids today. For what it's worth, > there was a girl in her early twenties or late teens > sitting one row in back from me who was very easy on the > eyes. She was very much the exception as most people at > the event looked a lot older, a little more eccentric, and > a little more brainy. I was thoroughly enjoying seeing > Meat on stage for the first time, but it was very easy to > turn around and look at the girl despite it all. Meat's > raw, stumbling enthusiasm and nonsensical, impromptu > ramblings are awesome in spirit, but this girl was > captivating. Here's what mattered about her: She > completely shut down during the new non-Steinman material. > I mean she looked a little pissed-off that she was having > to listen to it or she just decided playing on her cell > phone was a better use of her time. However, when any > Steinman tune came on, particularly the Bat II songs, she > came alive in an almost cartoonish way. So, what's my > point? Steinman's music played better with the old guys > in suits *and* with the youngest, hottest thing in the > house. Given that I see revenue from live performances as > crucial to Meat Loaf's future income, well, here's the > bottom line: Meat needs a refresh, but it has to be a > Steinman-influenced refresh. The new stuff doesn't > generate a new crowd and it doesn't play well with the old > one. > > -=John Galt=- > > > > > He also mentioned a new album BRAVE AND CRAZY....I would > > love this to be a Jim involved project, but Meat has a > > history of going with something trying to force Jim's > > hand...I have a feeling that this is nothing more than > > that. PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG! > > > > > > > Meat posted on Facebook that next year he will be touring > > > and the tour will be called "last at bat." No idea if > > > this had to do with the long rumored final at bat album | |
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