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Wilbury 12:37 pm UTC 04/01/07 |
| In reply to: | Alive is the best track there for me. - Wilbury 12:28 pm UTC 04/01/07 |
| Oh one more thing, I'd change the bit at 3:06 in Alive where Meat repeats the first few line of the chorus that the Choir has just sung, it's stupid and I think it should justgo straight into Meat singing the line that comes AFTER the line the choir sings "As the end of teh world comes tumbling down...". This off-kilter, wrong number of bars thing recurs throughout the entire fucking album and it's sooo annoying. It's obviously one of Desmond's only arrangement tricks he brought to the table. "I want you to Cry Over Cry Over me!!" at 2:56 in Cry Over Me, and every second fucking line in the outro of Blind as a Bat. > For me, the far and away best track on the entire album in > every way (production, arrangement and ESPECIALLY Meat's > vocal performance) is ALIVE, hands down. > > To me, the album would be about a million per cent better > if they dropped the title track altogether and put Monstro > / Alive as the opening track, with the Spanish lines > dropped entiirely (what's the relevance there?!?) and > added some ambient motorbike grumbling at the beginning of > the organ intro. > > I mean, as long as it's trying to use the Bat name anyway, > it may as well put in a LITTLE fucking effort to have > earned it, right? (Why is there even a motorbike on the > front cover? Did theys top and think about what they were > doing at ALL?) > > (as well as a whole lot of other tweaks that are needed, > obviously. Not least of all drop Cry To Heaven and try to > forget that meat's attempt at singing it ever happened. > And re-edit Break It into something a little more tight > and less long-winded). > > > > > I agree that Blind is a Bat is probaly the finest track. > > > > But the other two are a little bit lame "Cry Over Me" has > > a little bit of emotion attached too it, and I'm sure a > > lot of people can relate to that song. But "If God Could > > Talk" does nothing, it's as dry as a loaf of bread then > > again that's my own personal opinion. Different songs > > affect people in different ways LOL.. > > > > > > > > > > Those are actually two of my personal favorites off the > > > album. I actualyy DON'T like most of the Steinman songs > > > on the album- without his production and guidance they > > > lose what they could have been. > > > > > > For me, the best song on the album is Blind as a Bat. > > > After that it's a tie between Cry Over Me and If God Could > > > Talk, then What About Love. > > > > > > It's a ML album, not a Steinman album. Comparing it to > > > Steinman's actual production and management credits isn't > > > fair to either side. > > > | |
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