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samurai7 08:51 pm UTC 08/24/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Meat's Surf's Up - SeeingI 01:36 pm UTC 08/24/09 |
| I may be wrong but I don't think the Goffs were on that album?! > I adore Meat Loaf's version of "Surf's Up." I heard it > well before I heard the Jim/Rory version, and they both > have their charms, but Meat's will always be the one that > gets MY surf up, if you know what I mean. > > In particular I love how a simple change of emphasis can > really change the feel of the song. Jim's is romantic and > plaintive, with the piano figure describing a gently > lapping surf shimmering in the moonlight. Meat's version > is much darker, more dramatic (more typically Steinman) > with the piano line emphasizing the first beat to evoke a > pounding, crashing surf... possibly somewhere on the rocky > coast of California. > > The original version always felt a bit anodyne to me after > listening to Meat's version incessantly, but it's quite > lovely on its own. Meat's vocals on "Bad Attitude" are > the only time he's gotten close to his "Bat" peak, and > "Surf's Up" shows this amazingly, especially on the ending > "And so am I...!" lines. Also, the Goff sisters' > background vocals sound amazing, and it's got a really > good guitar solo outro. > > By the way, anybody with the UK version of "Bad Attitude" > should seek out the US version immediately. It's got a > much more raw, muscular sound without the tinny pop sheen > of the UK mix. > > > >I always find it interesting how "bare" the original Bat album is when > >compared to a lot of Jim's later work. I can't imagine 2 out of 3, for example, > >being recorded that simply if it had been written in the late 80s. | |
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