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EJXD2 03:59 am UTC 01/27/12 |
| In reply to: | Last Call For Neverland - Scaramouche 11:33 pm UTC 01/25/12 |
| The baby laughing over the intro was awful. The song was fun. EdD > First off, my promised Batman song 'Dancing With The Joker > In The Pale Moonlight' will have to wait a bit longer > (maybe May/June time). > > Sorry for delay, but in the meantime here is the other new > song I mentioned.....'(All Aboard) The Neverland Express'. > It's a demo, done quickly (as usual) over two and a bit > days, and needs a ton of work, but it's a decent demo to > give you an idea. > > This was specifically written as the opening number to a > Meat Loaf concert and/or concept album, with the working > title 'Dreams Of Neverland'. There isn't a specific > storyline to the concept (yet), more individual snapshots, > visions or dreams.....of Neverland. > > The lyrics are sung from two parallel view points. Firstly > it is Meat singing to everyone in the audience (or every > listener), about getting revved up & excited for the gig > (or album) to come. The lyric is basically saying 'trust > me & the band (TNE), and you will have a great time'. > > Alternatively, Meat is actually Peter Pan and every > audience member (or listener) is Wendy, and he's trying to > persuade you to fly to Neverland with him. The lyrics work > from both view points. > > The first part of the spoken word is based on dialect from > Peter Pan...'you see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed > for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand > pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the > beginning of fairies'. This should explain the baby > laughing in the background (which is actually my daughter > at 16 months). > > Here is how I envisage the concert staging: > > Meat would be dressed as Peter Pan, and every member of > the band would be in costume and have a relevant name (eg > - the female singer would be 'Wendy'). > > The stage would be dressed to reflect a traditional or > futuristic Neverland, with a large video screen (across > the back of the stage) projecting relevant images (eg - > images of a train similar to The Polar Express would be > shown during this opening number). > > There would also be a 'Hook' character who would come out > for several songs ('Renegade Angel' / 'More' / 'Who Needs > The Young?'), as well as Wendy having two solo spots > ('Faster Than The Speed Of Night' / 'Loving You's A Dirty > Job...' ), and two ensemble pieces for the band ('Beware > Of The Hook' / 'All Revved Up...'). BTW - 'Renegade Angel' > and 'Beware Of The Hook' are songs I've written (but not > demoed). > > The idea being that Meat would not have to do the whole > gig, which would hopefully help his vocals (on what he > does sing). > > This opening number would start with a tape playing the > baby laughing and then a band member (centre stage) doing > the spoken word monologue (images appear on the screen to > match the words...motorcycles, wolves, fire, crashing > waves etc, whilst the whole venue is bathed in a Northern > Lights effect). > > As the piano intro starts, Meat comes out and starts > prowling the stage left and right, pointing, shouting, > basically revving the audience up. > > During the 'Last Call' section of the song, images appear > on the screen to match the lyrics.....lost boys (Jim > Steinman), golden girls (Betty White - joke), renegades > (Steve McQueen), rebels (James Dean) etc. > > As the song ends, the piano riff segues perfectly into the > 'Faster Than The Speed Of Night' riff, and that becomes > Wendy's 'response' to the opening song from Peter. She's > been persuaded to go to Neverland and 'I don't want to let > another minute get by...' is just a perfect opening line! > > Meat (Peter) remains on stage fixated, as Wendy sings > 'Faster...' to him. Halfway through the song, Meat joins > in as it becomes a duet. > > I've sketched out a whole gig, which includes 'Heaven Can > Wait' as a duet (with the wedding vows), 'I'll Kill You If > You Don't Come Back' (with lyrical tweaks), ends > (perfectly) with 'What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most?' > (Meat & Wendy entwined) and encores with 'Bat Out Of > Hell', which is a slight departure from the theme, but > expected. > > Anyways have a listen and hope you enjoy. Suggest you use > headphones and turn it up loud! > > I will post lyrics on separate message. > | |
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