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Vin 05:48 pm UTC 03/29/07 |
| In reply to: | Load Rveiw - Jsteinfan 03:41 pm UTC 03/29/07 |
| Arrgh! Jim has so NOT been writing the same song for 30 years. He's been writing the same 5 or 6 songs for 30 years... And do we really think Meat performed StN live? > Theatrical show pleases Meat Loaf fans at Arena > > By Sarah D'Esti Miller > Press & Sun-Bulletin > > Meat Loaf started out his career as a Broadway stage > performer in "Hair," and he still knows how to put on a > show, which he did Wednesday night for roughly 2,300 > adoring fans at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. > People with tickets near the sides of the stage were > relocated two sections over, whether to make the house > look fuller or to accommodate a larger-than-anticipated > stage, is unclear. What was very clear is a lot of people > were angry. > > Moving on, Meat Loaf's show is theatrical (almost as much > as watching the seating fiasco before the show), from the > opening play-acting of "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" > right through the "cast" bow at the end of the show. He > doesn't chit-chat with the audience a lot. He just does > his thing as he has for the past 30 years, since "Bat Out > of Hell" skyrocketed him to fame. > > Most of the audience looked like they were somewhere > between taking their road test and buying their first > house when "Bat I" first came out and they loved every > minute of it. People danced, waved their arms and pumped > their fists as Meat Loaf and his very excellent band went > through "Bat Out Of Hell," "All Revved Up with No Place to > Go," "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" and "You Took the Words > Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)." > > They rocked out to "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I > Won't Do That)," "Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money > Back," and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through." Meat Loaf > had videos, lights and even giant air-filled dolls of the > band members, although the significance of that is lost on > me. It was a fun touch, though. > > Meat Loaf also did numbers from his recently released > final "Bat" album, including "The Monster is Loose," > "Blind as a Bat," "If It Ain't Broke, Break It" and "Seize > the Night." You gotta hand it to songwriter Jim Steinman, > who wrote every song just mentioned except "Monster." > Steinman's been writing the same song for 30 years and it > comes out a hit every time and most of the time it's for > Meat Loaf. > > Meat Loaf's showmanship was great, as was his material. As > for his singing, well, it could have been better, but it > hardly mattered to the guy playing air guitar on the > floor. > > Two out of three ... never mind. > | |
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