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rockfenris2005 06:54 am UTC 11/17/16 |
| In reply to: | re: Braver Than We Are.....how is it holding up? - Scaramouche 10:25 pm UTC 11/16/16 |
A KARINE HANNAH STEINMAN ALBUM IS THE DREAM PROJECT FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's right up there with "BATMAN"! She is sensational! > > So it's been with us a while now. Like it better than at > > first? Less? Just the same? > > Well the cover is great (although the inside booklet > artwork/layout sucks). > > Pros > > Who Needs The Young? has a great arrangement and Meat's > vocal just about works. > > DIRTY JOB and GODZ also have great arrangements. > > Ellen/Karla are great on GOING ALL THE WAY. > > The new bridge section in TONGUES is great, although I'm > still not too keen on the song overall. > > Cons > > Meat's vocals (still) don't work for me. Jim describes > them as 'heroic' and they may well be but at best they > would only be suited (now) to a stripped back acoustic > type arrangement (think the last things Johnny Cash did). > Certainly not the bombast and complexity of a Steinman > song. > > The piano sound throughout is not very good. Probably midi > and in turn 'thin' with no depth or richness of an > acoustic grand. I'm surprised Jim (presumably) okayed it. > > The production is not on a par with Jim at his best (think > Bat 2 or Tanz). The more I listen the more it gets > 'diluted' for me. Certainly can't describe it as > Steinmanesque. The closest it gets is on GOING ALL THE WAY > (in a few places) but still falls short. > > Also what were they thinking in replacing the thrilling > and frantic cello attack on MORE with a barely audible > electronic sound? > > Stacy Michelle is obviously a very good singer but I do > not like the tone of her voice. Karine Hannah, Lorraine > Crosby or Patti Russo would have been better choices. > > In fact, I wish they would still do the Karine > Hannah/Steinman album as her vocals at the NYC shows last > year were tremendous. She would be great on NOTHING from > Garbo? > > The song choices were bizarre. Lets face it, SOUVENIRS and > TRAIN of LOVE are never gonna be in a Steinman top 10 (or > 50) and were long forgotten (even by Jim). There are far > better (and rare) pieces in the Steinman catalogue they > could have reworked (GARBO and Vaults of Heaven > immediately spring to mind). > > The revision/edit of SKULL was horrible. I was hoping for > a real modern take on the compete TDE69 performance, or at > least something similar to what Meat did live in the 80's > but no. Also leaving out the 'let the revels begin' > section was unforgivable. > > > I really do hope the BAT musical releases some recorded > music, which feature Jim's (direct) production > involvement. > > > > > > > > > > > | |
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