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pidunk 12:25 pm UTC 06/30/07 |
| In reply to: | THE REVIEW - Rob 10:45 am UTC 06/30/07 |
> 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. :-( I understand that the vocal afficianados of this site have the critique of voice as their first priority, but it is just a fact of endurance that a person's vocal performance cannot sustain a high-travel high-pressure tour like this one. Most of those who tour like this are the writers of their own songs, and so their fans are happy enough to hear them with or without vocal issues. Robert Plant was hoarse when I saw Led Zeppelin perform but there was narry a suggestion that he shouldn't have been there. With Meat the rules seem different because he is a vocalist of these songs, and as such, he really should look out for his voice as his first priority as well. So, he is definitely unwise to put his voice into demands where it cannot endure. What does he expect that he has to offer to these songs, if not his voice? | |
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