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Klasien 01:32 pm UTC 06/30/07 |
| In reply to: | re: THE REVIEW - pidunk 12:25 pm UTC 06/30/07 |
| funny that so many other rock singers Meat's age have so little problems with singing audible... I agree that the show and the music are more than half of the fun, but to be able to hear a singer sing his songs is the point of visiting a singer in concert????? K. > > > > 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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