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| re: Susan, Blow Up Dolls, and Meat Loaf's Sexy Ass (M y Review of Tonight's Meat Loaf Concert) | |
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bobsaget 06:49 am UTC 07/28/07 |
| In reply to: | Susan, Blow Up Dolls, and Meat Loaf's Sexy Ass (M y Review of Tonight's Meat Loaf Concert) - Jsteinfan 03:55 am UTC 07/28/07 |
| Why the hell would he mess with anything for love, esp since it got him the grammy? > Fucking Odd! That pretty much describes my night! > Perhaps it would have been better if i were drunk..... > This was my 3rd concert this week (White Stripes, > Lifehouse + Goo Goo Dolls) and by far the worst! > > Some random notes / thoughts from tonight: > > 1) I had great seats that i acquired 3 hours before the > show... they were the seats reserved for band's friends > and family and was right next to john miceli's family. > They were from NY and the most annoying fuckers ever! they > wouldn't let anyone stand and they kept talking on their > cellphones. > > 2)Susan sat on my left side. I swear to God! This woman > told me that i was far to young to understand Meat Loaf > and what a great songwriter he is! i then mentioned the > fact that steinman wrote the songs and she informed me > that he wrote rocky horror and that meat loaf left rocky > horror to write Bat Out of Hell. I was sooo fucking > confused... then she turned to me and said "i hear he is > loud, so i brought ear plugs so i don't have to hear > anything!"....WTF? so on one side i had people who didn't > want Standing.. on the other side was Crazy Susan w/ ear > plugs..... > > 3) So the show starts without meat loaf. The the band + > Aspen & CC do All reved up reprise thingy..... then BREAK > IT starts - - suddenly these blow-up dolls shoot up from > the stage... they looks like crankyanker characters faces > on giant dildo's with arms... it had nothing to do with > anything and it was imposible to take the song seriously. > > 4)In addition Loaf was completly out of it. Forgetting > lyrics singing the chorus and verses in the wrong spot. > Durring lemon people cheered at the "I want my money back" > part - no doubt they wanted a refund! > > 5) PIG was great - i loved the video and Meat's vocals > came together nicely. However, many old people left at > this point... but the young people really reacted to it > (all 12 of us!) > > 6) I;'m not gonna go song by song... but my main complaint > is with the band... it was like they tried to take all the > steinmanesque elements out of hte songs... they only > really used the piano once, during objects, and 1/2 the > time the songs sounded nothing like the originals. Its > like when you dub a tape and by the time you get to the > 10th generation tape it sounds nothing like the > original..... > > 7) Before OBJECTS loaf stopped the show to catch his > breath and apologize for sucking during the previous > songs.... he seemed delirious, he couldn't remember > anything, and would forget what he was talking about 1/2 > through a sentence - the band was laughing at him but i > really think he's got some serious memory problems. So he > apologized & blamed everything on his stomach cause he > went to the BBQ place and got ribs with the XXX HOT SAUCE > and he claimed his ass was on fire or something.... he > made numerous jokes throughout the night about his sexy > ass. > > 8) Anything for love started with "some nights come hard, > other nights don't come easy" it was a TOTAL disaster the > crowd had NO IDEA what song it was... the piano part was > edited to like 3 keys that they repeated over and over and > it sounded nothing like the song... > > 9) His vocals were in and out throughout the night but the > timing was so far off and he was almost babbling like a > little delirious child that the poor vocals almost seemed > secondary. + The band sucked so bad to the point where it > was hard to tell what song they were playing. > > 10) After the break - he came back on fire! THE VOCALS > WERE THE BEST I'VE HEARD and they were live! He didn't > forget anything (though it was just paradise and Bat so > he's not likely to foget those) and the band sounded > great for the last 2. For paradise he dressed up like > himself (in the 70's) and actually looked more like Dean > Torkington LOL LOL LOL > > 11) Wed night i was stuck in traffic forever so i decided > to jump out early before the encore. > > I'm gonna try and see him again in boston next month, > hopefully they get their act together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > overall i give the show a D- I never once felt what i > usually feel it was missing the passion. Usually when the > voice struggles he still has the passion and electricity > and puts on a great show - tonight, despite his strong > second 1/2, he struggled and the show lacked just about > everything. > > Just my opinion > -J > > | |
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