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samurai7 02:05 pm UTC 08/05/09 |
| In reply to: | Meat's Surf's Up - Rob 12:08 pm UTC 08/04/09 |
| Which version of Meat's Surf's Up do you mean? The UK or US version? > I've kinda touched on this a few times before, but Meat's > SU is probably my favourite of all his attempts at a > Steinsong without Jim being present. It's sufficiently > different from the original to be worthwhile (actually > something that too many of the covers on Bat 2 didn't > achieve) and it subscribes to Jim's ethos of using the > piano as a percussion instrument perfectly. > > The arrangement seemed cluttered to me when I first heard > the album (and I should say, I heard this version before I > heard Rory's on BFG) but the more I listen to it, the more > I realised it's actually the production that's a bit > woolly > (Meat's vocals are buried too low in the mix at certain > points) and the arrangement is actually pretty good. I > guess it shows that Jim's songs can withstand different > treatments and still shine through, and I love the way the > band give it a real good kicking compared to the > beautiful, delicate version on BFG. > > I stuck it in my fantasy Meat Loaf set in the thread below > because I'd love to have heard Meat doing this version > live back when he had the voice to do it justice. As Jim > might say, that would have been "really cool". > > > > | |
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