Bart
17 Jul 2005, 13:30
I remember every little thing about the Bonn concert as if it happened only yesterday.
I remember the voice, the performing and the great audience reaction on every song.
Some people say that he slurs. Well, he didn’t.
Some people say that he sings out of tone. Well, he didn’t.
Some people say that he lost it all. We he didn’t.
His performing was really good for someone who is really old. Cause he is really old for a rocker. But the stage is his. The stage is about 25 meters and he was everywhere on it.
Life is a lemon, Black Betty, Dead ringer. The voice was in a fine shape. He has sung them so damn good. Anything for love was stunning and with deep emotion. Bat was good as usual. The audience were clapping and cheering throughout the concert. They/we were amazing that night. He still had the power to perform all of these songs. He still had the stage performing as he had had for the last 30 years.
Every song, every performing had a different image. Some songs he sat, some songs he was on the left and others he was on the right. Some songs he was in the front, other songs he was more in the back. On every song the bandmembers were on different places. On every song Meat sang different. Some songs high, others he sang low. So many artists sound the same on all the songs they are singing. So many artists just stand behind their mike on all the songs they are singing. But Meat and the band were doing theatre. All of these things I have stated here above, well, Meat is the only one who does that and not everyone realize that. They don’t realize that the concept of the shows now and in the past are unique. And so it was in Bonn.
It’s a fact that his voice can’t bear a long tour. A few shows is better for him. I wonder if this tour is not too long and I think he does too many shows in too little time. He shouldn’t do that. But who am I? What do I know about touring? What do I know about tourmanagement? What do I know about how to get my voice in shape on a tour when my body is old but I really want to rock? Do I have 30 years experience on doing theatrerock? What do I know about being so long from home and family? What do I know about staying in hotels my entire life? What do I know about promoting myself and just keep on touring so my name will be remembered for my next and last album? What do I know about touring when it’s the only thing which make me feel that I really live and that I am somebody? Well, the fact is I don’t know nothing about all of these things. I can say all that I want about it. I can say that he could do better this or better that, but I don’t know shit about it. But there is one thing I know. I know that he still can do it. And that makes me a very happy fan. Cause his performing and his voice still sent shivers down my spine. I still haven’t found a singer who sings like him. His 58-years-old voice still touches me every time I listen to it. His common voice is more sensitive then ever. Not so loud as before, but it has still all the ingredients to lift me up high and there is MORE emotion in the voice then before. That’s what I know and that is what I can judge about.
Well, why I write all this? Cause two things happened the last 12 hours. First I have heard the Bonn concert once again (in my dreams). Second, I had the first conversation about Meat Loaf with my girlfriend in twelve years! Do you believe that? Well, it’s the truth. I never bother here with my Meatmania. But now she suddenly asked me if Meat has helped me put through some very scary and some tough times in my life. On that moment I got very emotional, it made me freaking out cause I realized that he did. He is every day with me for the last 21 years. Especially in this awful period he made me escape. I always listen to Meat sitting on the ground with my headphones on. I can’t listen in the car or anywhere else. I just sit on the ground. When I was 18 I could sit like that for hours. But now I am 34 and I manage to sit like that not longer than an hour and a half. Then my back and legs really hurts.
Every time when I sit there on the ground and listen I am somewhere else. I am not in the room, I am not at home, I am in a different world. Somewhere very far. I am not touched about the songs from a personal point of view. When I listen I always see him on a stage performing the songs. I never picture myself in the songs. When I am done I am still very far for at least an hour. And because of these wonderful escapes I manage to cope with tough times. My girlfriend just made me realize that because of that very simple question which I failed to ask myself. Well, enough of that crap.
How come some people say that he lost it? Are they wrong? Or am I just a freaky fan? I am a fan, but not freaky. I can imagine that some people think he lost it. Cause every concert the voice is different. Sometimes its good and during others it’s pain awful. And those people judge it on a pain awful concert. So in a way they are right. But they have to remember that his voice is not made for touring and that his voice has been pain awful on many concerts in the last 30 years. In the late seventies it was sometimes pain awful too. And so it is his entire touring existence. So the voice is also unique in this particular way: the quality is never the same.
So some people were the lucky ones on concerts were he sings great, others were not so lucky and they think that he lost it. The fact is, he never lost it. It’s just the way his voice is. Just deal with it!
Now..wtf was this good for :wtf:
I remember the voice, the performing and the great audience reaction on every song.
Some people say that he slurs. Well, he didn’t.
Some people say that he sings out of tone. Well, he didn’t.
Some people say that he lost it all. We he didn’t.
His performing was really good for someone who is really old. Cause he is really old for a rocker. But the stage is his. The stage is about 25 meters and he was everywhere on it.
Life is a lemon, Black Betty, Dead ringer. The voice was in a fine shape. He has sung them so damn good. Anything for love was stunning and with deep emotion. Bat was good as usual. The audience were clapping and cheering throughout the concert. They/we were amazing that night. He still had the power to perform all of these songs. He still had the stage performing as he had had for the last 30 years.
Every song, every performing had a different image. Some songs he sat, some songs he was on the left and others he was on the right. Some songs he was in the front, other songs he was more in the back. On every song the bandmembers were on different places. On every song Meat sang different. Some songs high, others he sang low. So many artists sound the same on all the songs they are singing. So many artists just stand behind their mike on all the songs they are singing. But Meat and the band were doing theatre. All of these things I have stated here above, well, Meat is the only one who does that and not everyone realize that. They don’t realize that the concept of the shows now and in the past are unique. And so it was in Bonn.
It’s a fact that his voice can’t bear a long tour. A few shows is better for him. I wonder if this tour is not too long and I think he does too many shows in too little time. He shouldn’t do that. But who am I? What do I know about touring? What do I know about tourmanagement? What do I know about how to get my voice in shape on a tour when my body is old but I really want to rock? Do I have 30 years experience on doing theatrerock? What do I know about being so long from home and family? What do I know about staying in hotels my entire life? What do I know about promoting myself and just keep on touring so my name will be remembered for my next and last album? What do I know about touring when it’s the only thing which make me feel that I really live and that I am somebody? Well, the fact is I don’t know nothing about all of these things. I can say all that I want about it. I can say that he could do better this or better that, but I don’t know shit about it. But there is one thing I know. I know that he still can do it. And that makes me a very happy fan. Cause his performing and his voice still sent shivers down my spine. I still haven’t found a singer who sings like him. His 58-years-old voice still touches me every time I listen to it. His common voice is more sensitive then ever. Not so loud as before, but it has still all the ingredients to lift me up high and there is MORE emotion in the voice then before. That’s what I know and that is what I can judge about.
Well, why I write all this? Cause two things happened the last 12 hours. First I have heard the Bonn concert once again (in my dreams). Second, I had the first conversation about Meat Loaf with my girlfriend in twelve years! Do you believe that? Well, it’s the truth. I never bother here with my Meatmania. But now she suddenly asked me if Meat has helped me put through some very scary and some tough times in my life. On that moment I got very emotional, it made me freaking out cause I realized that he did. He is every day with me for the last 21 years. Especially in this awful period he made me escape. I always listen to Meat sitting on the ground with my headphones on. I can’t listen in the car or anywhere else. I just sit on the ground. When I was 18 I could sit like that for hours. But now I am 34 and I manage to sit like that not longer than an hour and a half. Then my back and legs really hurts.
Every time when I sit there on the ground and listen I am somewhere else. I am not in the room, I am not at home, I am in a different world. Somewhere very far. I am not touched about the songs from a personal point of view. When I listen I always see him on a stage performing the songs. I never picture myself in the songs. When I am done I am still very far for at least an hour. And because of these wonderful escapes I manage to cope with tough times. My girlfriend just made me realize that because of that very simple question which I failed to ask myself. Well, enough of that crap.
How come some people say that he lost it? Are they wrong? Or am I just a freaky fan? I am a fan, but not freaky. I can imagine that some people think he lost it. Cause every concert the voice is different. Sometimes its good and during others it’s pain awful. And those people judge it on a pain awful concert. So in a way they are right. But they have to remember that his voice is not made for touring and that his voice has been pain awful on many concerts in the last 30 years. In the late seventies it was sometimes pain awful too. And so it is his entire touring existence. So the voice is also unique in this particular way: the quality is never the same.
So some people were the lucky ones on concerts were he sings great, others were not so lucky and they think that he lost it. The fact is, he never lost it. It’s just the way his voice is. Just deal with it!
Now..wtf was this good for :wtf: