| re: BOOH And JCS | |
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Nilsson 11:44 am UTC 08/12/14 |
| In reply to: | re: BOOH And JCS - renegadeangel 12:53 pm UTC 08/07/14 |
| Sounds to me like we can expect BooH to re-enter the charts when BooH the Musical is finally released, when or if that ever happens. But as for the BooH 'brand' carrying some sort of weight to sell a significant number of tickets to some tangentially related show? I'm not so sure. > > > > > How much weight does the Bat out of Hell name actually > > > carry? How many more copies of BooH3 have sold over CHSIB? > > > Is it a whole heap? > > > > I don't really have a clue, but given the fact that the > > original BOOH entered the charts again during Meat's > > latest tour suggests that it does in fact still carry some > > weight and should be well recognizable by the public. > > BOOH3 ... well, the lack of its major success rightfully > > comes from the lack of it's quality and doesn't have > > anything to do with its name. It's actually nice to see > > that people judge albums more by their inherent quality > > than by the name they carry. > > > > > BooH The Musical's first challenge is communicating to > > > people that it isn't a Meat Loaf Jukebox musical, ala We > > > Will Rock You and Mama Mia. Because you can guarantee that > > > is how it will be seen. > > > > This is indeed something that the advertising / marketing > > folks for the show would have to communicate well. It > > certainly can be done. No use in worrying about that just > > yet, however - if the show actually gets so far that it's > > about to see a theater from the inside and we have > > something like a real opening date (which some folks doubt > > will ever happen), then we can talk about marketing / > > advertising, I guess. ;-) > > > And there you have it. BAT came back into the charts on > the back of Meat touring. Have a look at the album cover, > MEAT LOAF BAT OUT OF HELL is what people see and what they > associate the album with, Rightly or wrongly thats how it > is, > To move forward with the musical without having Meat on > board in some capacity, even as an ardent fan, will > definitely have a negative impact. Just have to wait and > see how negative it ends up being | |
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