| re: Bat Out of Hell III: The Version that Doesn't Suck! (a constructive hate-thread) | |
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milvago-chimango 08:40 am UTC 02/25/12 |
| In reply to: | Bat Out of Hell III: The Version that Doesn't Suck! (a constructive hate-thread) - Black-Fandango 05:37 am UTC 02/25/12 |
| it's a nice idea and maybe somehow a wish of every steinman fan to render bat III into something more dignified. some years ago i've made up that personal bat III re-arrangement: 1. bad for good 2. original sin 3. a kiss is a terible thing to waste 4. it hurts only when i feel (an edit of live-footage and album-footage) 5. left in the dark 6. seize the night (cut-version of 5 minutes) 7. the future ain't what it used to be concerning cry baby cry, land of pigs and it's all coming back to me now i am for some reason so much disappointed by the production and orchestration (land of pigs way is way too crude), that i cannot grow onto them. > Like many of you, I was severely disappointed with Bat Out > of Hell III. More than that, it really pissed me off! If > anyone had even looked at me wrong on the day I listened > to Bat III, lasers would have shot out of my eyes and > fried their ass! But, over the years my hatred for it has > somewhat subsided. Subsequent listening to both the album, > and the individual songs have given me a more forgiving > perspective on it (because there actually are more good > songs than bad), but have also made clear the album's big > problems: > > 1. The album contains too many bad songs. > Yeah, I know, duh. But this problem goes deeper than just > a few bad songs, they actually make the other song suck by > association. The entire album is slightly ruined from the > get-go by the terrible title track, and the awesomeness > that is Bad for Good is spoiled by its seguing into the > insiped Diane Warren-ballad Cry Over Me, ect. > > 2. The album is way too long. > This might ring as weird complaint. After all, Bat III is > actually a few minutes shorter than Bat II. However, Bat > II never felt long, it goes by quick. With Bat III, on the > other hand, you feel like your life is flashing before > your eyes as you listen to it. > > 3. The album is way too LOUD! > Again, another weird complaint. As we all know, Jim > Steinman likes his music like he likes his life: > everything louder than everything else. But, Steinman's > music is loud in much the same way as Phil Spector's: it's > a wall of sound, more big than loud. Bat III's screeching > nu-metal guitars and thunderous basses actually give you a > headache. > > 4. The album is badly sequenced. > This one is harder to explain. The songs just seem to be > placed in just the right order to make the problems I > listed ten times worse! > > So recently I attempted to create a new version of the > album which rectifies these issues. I cut out the bad > songs (which helped problems 1 and 2), and put the songs > in a new order (which remedied problems 3 & 4). To my > happy surprise, I really liked what I came up with. It > went by like lightning, and I enjoyed every second of it. > > Here's the track list of my version: > > 1. Seize the Night > 2. It's All Coming Back to Me Now > 3. If It Ain't Broke, Break It > 4. Blind As a Bat > 5. Cry to Heaven > 6. In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher Is King > 7. What About Love* > 8. The Future Ain't What It Used to Be** > 9. Bad for Good > > * - Yeah, I know What About Love isn't the greatest song > in the universe, but I like it. What can I say? I'm a > sucker for a good love song, and Meat and Patti's > performances on it are phenomenal. > ** - Add 15 seconds to the end of the song. > > I ask my fellow Steinfans and Meatheads to give my version > a shot, if you like it better, yay! And if not, feel free > to come back here and tell me how much of an idiot I am (I > won't mind). | |
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