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Wilbury 11:43 am UTC 06/30/07 |
| In reply to: | re: THE REVIEW - AndrewG 11:11 am UTC 06/30/07 |
| Haha, I've always thought this too! He always does a fine job on Bat, what's up with that? That's quite an idea you have there -- he could do an abridged version of bat as song number 1 or 2 and then an uber huge version to finish the night off. That'd fit in a little 'better' with the chronolological order of the show as well. > 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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