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Klasien 09:07 pm UTC 07/02/07 |
| In reply to: | re: THE REVIEW - pidunk 09:21 pm UTC 06/30/07 |
| no my point being merely that if and when I pay good money to see a singer in concert... I expect him to sing... not do whatever you want to call it Meat does nowadays. K. reminding herself to use more clear and simple language around certain people... > Your point of course that Meat has the dramatizations to > show, being a spectacle in itself for the price of > admission, may justify a new billing if Meat can't keep > the voice in its proper tone: "Meat Loaf's Pantomime Out > Of Hell Review". > > > > > 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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