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ricgough 04:37 am UTC 09/10/16 |
| In reply to: | re: Going All The Way is Just The Start.... - AndrewG 11:24 am UTC 09/09/16 |
> What really gets me is Karla's start "You think I fly like > an angel without any tears." > The incredible melody and massive vocal make it sound like > an angel flying and saying these things. Completely > insane! Completely Steinman. > > Meat comes across like Rocky Balboa in Rocky 6 and Creed. > Somewhat broken down and older but commanding and > directing the story and going the distance one last time. > "But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard > you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can > take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is > done!" > > For me it's the most epic conclusion one could have hoped > for after a massive 39 years. > > > > > When I heard it for the first time, (and they actually > > included "There are secrets I never can tell" which just > > felt so wonderful to hear, it must have impacted on my > > enjoyment of the song too), I thought. Yes. This one > > track's all I need to hear. It's done. It's complete. > > Catharsis. I'm not even talking about the enjoyment and > > everything else. They just corrected that in that one song > > and felt so relieved for them. That they got that chance. > > And that I got to listen to it. And yeah, to me, it's up > > there with "Anything For Love" and "For Crying Out Loud". > > Ellen and Karla singing together on the second half when > > everything goes crazy turned my blood cold. And then Meat > > bursting in and it felt like you could HEAR them just step > > aside at that moment as he launched into his own volly. > > Fkn magical. That's the best I can do right now to explain > > it. > > > > And you can even SEE Karla smiling on this. Know how she > > smiles and is all bubbly and positive? I can see her > > through the recording smiling as she sings. And then > > Ellen's in the background longing for a cigarette. > > > > > In my opinion the full version is right up there with Bat > > > out of Hell and Anything For Love as the best three songs > > > ever made. > > > > > > It's the only thing I've heard from Braver so far in full > > > but in my opinion this album is already a winner. Bat and > > > AFL defined the the Bat 1 & 2 albums for me, they wouldn't > > > have existed without these songs. > > > > > > An achievement for which there are not enough > > > superlatives. > > > > > > Pure Meat & Jim Magic. Its when flattens the high-note on "dancing, the moonlight glancing at my hair". Then meat comes in deep on the sacred air bit. Fucking gets to me. | |
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