Indeed Bat almost always sounds pretty good. Maybe Meat should start AND finish with that song?! This may help to get his voice started? I certainly wouldn't mind hearing it twice.
Pigs, at least the chorus, is sadly playback.
> Well, the Neverland Express were great, easily the best
> incarnation I've seen in the flesh and they really made
> Jim's music come alive.
>
> Meat, and it saddens me to say this, was pretty shocking.
> At times badly off key, inaudible for long periods and
> quite frankly I don't have a fucking clue what he was
> singing during "Took the Words" but it certainly wasn't
> the song I know and love.
>
> The show as a spectacle was excellent of course, but I
> just couldn't believe the state of his voice. I just felt
> sad for most of it and I almost wish I hadn't gone, and
> hadn't witnessed it.
>
> We were sat half way down the main stand (unfortunately a
> little too close to the bar as there seemed to be a
> scramble for it at various points of the concert which was
> frustrating as it distracted from the excellent light
> show) and at one point 2 guys came past in their Meat Loaf
> tee-shirts, one turned to the other & remarked "fucking
> hell - his voice sounds even worse from here!"
>
> There were some redeeming moments vocally - for some
> reason he always seems to do a decent job on "Bat...", and
> "Land of the Pigs" was at least in tune.
>
> If anyone's interested, I'll try to post up a song by song
> review later and maybe what the local press have to say
> about it tonight (I shudder to think, given all the build
> they've been giving the show since it was announced). Ah,
> well - I suppose everyone loses it eventually. :-(
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