I adore Neighbourhood. I think Meat would be lucky to have another CHSIB. Another Neighbourhood at this stage would be a comeback of Bat 2 proportions!
I was thinking maybe a Meat Best Of would be the vehicle for this to happen. A sanctioned one I mean: Either a Vol 2 to his Very Best Of, or perhaps just a newer model that replaces his old one.
> mental images aside... (yes, a dirty mind is a joy
> forever, but this is way below dirty)
>
> I like that idea, I do think some of Meat's songs could be
> made even stronger with a little help from Jim... but to
> then go back and revisit... dunno...
>
> Maybe Meat should hope for another album like
> Neighbourhood...?
> A few Jimsongs, a few songs from other writers but
> produced by Jim... and perhaps with a real context or
> storyline to them...
>
> -K-
> who is glad that these guys' career moves don't depend on
> her
>
> > … is Jim doing Meat.
> >
> > Holy shit, what a mental image that is.
> >
> > I very much like Meat covering Jim songs, for the most
> > part. Unlike most people, I really like his version of
> > Left In The Dark. Most of the covers on Monster are all
> > tripe, but up til then they were all good.
> >
> > But I've just had a thought that Jim remixing some of
> > Meat's songs (like he did to Take That), would be waaaay
> > more interesting. A number of Meat's songs are good
> > without being great, but I think they could be GREAT given
> > the right lovin'.
> >
> > Blind as a Bat and Testify could both be kicked up a notch
> > from alrite to fantastic. Testify too. Maybe even
> > something older, like Where Angels Sing.
> >
> > What do you reckon?
> >
> > **As an aside, I find Meat Loaf's comment that Desmond
> > played 'song doctor' on Blind As A Bat completely
> > laughable, given how broken the arrangement still is…
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