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ashkent7 12:50 pm UTC 09/16/16 |
| In reply to: | Braver - The Lords Review - Lordy 12:29 pm UTC 09/10/16 |
| Going All The Way got me like that. The lead in guitar solo is a massive declaration of pride in what follows to me. It's something you imagine hearing at a military award parade. And when it kicks into the last chorus and the say a prayer section...I always have one thought in my head. That thought is "This is the last time we are going to hear this", and that's what gets me. Yes we will have more of Jim's songs done by others, but there has always been something special about Meat's interpretations that can't be defined. So yes...grown man tears all around on this one. :) > I waited until the official release before I listened to > any of it because I know those snippets on iTunes and > alike are never good and I didn't want to draw my opinion > from that. Plus in reality we already knew the core of > the songs. I bought the cd so I could blast it out in my > car. So yeserday morning on my way to work I bought it > with a pack of tissues in preparation for the blood > dripping out of my ears because I was going to crank it > upto 11. However it wasn't my ears the tissues were used > on but my eyes! > > Who needs the young - put a massive smile on my face! Its > completely bonkers. My girlfriends face when I played her > this was a complete picture. I think she thought it was a > piss take until the final line ' learning to die' and the > laaaa laaaa laaaa.......she said the person who wrote that > has issues. pmsl > > Going all the way and more - well....... When the 'TOP > GUN' guitar opened up I got a lump in my throat. I have no > idea why and I couldn't control it. Then when meat > started I welled up. WTF??? And when Karla started belting > out, I was gone! This is a mother fucker of a song!! it > has so many twists and turns. I like it a lot. There is > nothing like this about!!! It's never the same song. > > Tongues - my girlfriend is not a meat loaf fan! She rolls > her eyes when I put him on and these last 2 days have been > quite a test of our relationship! Lol > BUT she does like this song, I think it's quite easy > listening and meat sounds pretty good on this. She did say > 'an erection of the heart? Who does that?' Jim steinman, > love!! > > That's it. i haven't moved past tongues. But I'm happy > with these 3 for now. > I love it so far. Jim was right about meats ravaged voice > and I suppose it could be bit of a surprise to hear him > like this for some people. But I think meat is 1 who would > never give up. And I could imagine him like a wounded > soldier on a battle field dragging himself with his bare > hands trying to get to the fight and BE HEARD!!!! > > | |
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