I highly doubt that:twisted:

Banjo talk moved to here ... twang

I may be wrong but to me it seems he is introducing people that just go to the studio and even if they are on the album look at it this way. There should be something for everyone to enjoy on the album with all the different sounds there might be. I am very much looking forward to this. anyone hear about any tentative release date yet? :D

I just hope it's not too experimental in that there's 12 completely different types of songs, or however many are going to be on the album.

There can be overproduction as much as under production, Aerosmith's Album Just Push Play is proof of that.

I heard April 2010; Source from a post production Ghost Hunter interview via Jason Hawes (interview was about working with Meat on set).

Suzieq

Well there is jack shit happening in the Meat Loaf Twitter world at the moment as Twitter has been the target of a Denial of Service attack and has been down for the last few hours now.... :-(

there's always youtube! ;) That last girl, Kara? She was a cutie, me thinks :)

we posted 3 new ones yesterday!
m

Kara is one of the judges on America Idol. For those who would like to know, Justin has co-written a song and Played Guitar on that song. He also Sang with a group on a song or 2. Really like him. Fun !

M

Methinks too :))

I think Justin used to work in a pub in Huddersfield called 'The Crown' or one of his Darkness bandmates did, so I was told when I used to drink there.

Saw the clips on the YouTube channel, despite Twitter being down. I agree Kara is gorgeous. What is it with American girls eh??? Bloody hell! She's 38, I wouldn't have thought that actually, I would have guessed 30 or so.

So has Kara then listened to most of the album. I'm interested knowing what she means with "it's a complete journey". Can't wait to hear it all finished!

Awesome! Another Rock & Roll mercenaries WhooHoo!

Excellent !!
Thanks for the update Meat :-)

I also saw him playing bass in one of the videos. I wonder if it was on the same song.

Are any of Kara's songs on the new record?

Justin sang with a group? Like background vocals, or something similar to 1983's Promised Land :cool:

:twisted: Justin was the lead singer of a Brit band called The Darkness.

Their best know hit, I Believe In A Thing Called Love.


The Darkness opened for Meat in Germany a few years ago.

Man they're like a mix of Queen and AcDc. Haha, Thanks Mouse! :D

I love that song, now I'm totally interested to hear the song that Justin and Meat worked on together.

This one's better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUoYDJDiY6U

More weird dancing than in Jim Steinman's videos. :))

:twisted: What do you mean "weird".

That's just how I dance at family piss ups :shock:


JH and TD never took themselves very seriously.
They were all about fun.
Be interesting to see if Justin is still as nuts as ever, or if he's doing some (for the lack of a better phrase) "serious work".

Damn, I have the wrong family. I'd like to see that. :-)

I hope he is. :twisted:

and still no banjo :(

I'm not much of a Darkness fan at all, but I do like their Christmas song


Often wondered why Meat has never done a proper Christmas single :shrug:

I enjoyed the Jam Session tweet, it's nice to be a witness to the process unfolding.

Suzieq

Thanks Meat, sounds great, glad that you're having fun.

Carole

No fault of yours Meat. Twitter was compromised yesterday and no one could log on to see the 3 tweets you posted. It was all over my local news last night. Someone had put a whammy on the server so it was overloaded. All order has been restored to twitter now, it's working just fine.

Suzieq

I'd like to see him release a Christmas song. Bruce Springsteen did "Jingle Bells" :D

Meat did sing a Christmas song live with Ian Wright a few years back though. I think he'd look great in a Santa costume. He should have been cast in "The Santa Claus" film ahead of Tim Allen. That would have been awesome, and very funny.

Are you saying the Santa Claus film with Tim Allen wasn't funny?

Some time ago I wrote some lyrics down for a Christmas song re-doing Jims 'Dance In My Pants' to 'Santa In My Pants', with Patti singing it and Meat Loaf playing Santa. I was heavily intoxicated with egg nog at the time :hic:

You're giving yourself way too much credit as being the SABOTEUR. ..................
EGG NOG ??????? Santa in my Pants????? wow !!!
M

hey, it could work? lol

:cool:

Looks like the next B-Side :cool:

"I'mma dasher not a dancer

I'mma dasher not a dancer ..."

Really? DAMN! ...I need to get more practice in then :))

i've heard worse...

can we start off the lyric with "westlife roasting on an open fire..."

or is that too much?

i need a banjo
i'm holding out for a banjo to appear in a song
and its gotta be plucked
or we're gonna be ;)

nah, this aint working as a song

Preferably on a Diane Warren song. :twisted: I'd like to hear something crazy.

That would be obligatory :))

Is your new avatar part of that? :yikes:

Practice makes perfect ;)

Meat loaf on twitter
 

Iam enjoying watching meat loaf and the band on twitter please can anyone tell my why is cc and aspen not on twitter with the rest of the band

Several people here answered your question already...

Aspen is no longer with the NLE.

This was posted by Aspen Miller Vincent on her myspace.

I have been cast, alongside my husband, Tony Vincent, as the lead female vocalist for the 1st National Tour of Dirty Dancing

Happy Birthday to Mr. Flowers. A happy guy and a underrated guitarist!

Underrated by who exactly? He seems to be exactly where he wants to be, if he wanted more then I'm sure he could go out and get it.

A rare Saturday tweet last night, wishing Randy a Happy Birthday. I'm not sure of guitarrist ratings, but Justin Hawkins tweeted that Randy's solo they recorded could change lives. I like Randy just where he's at with the NLE! It's been said, "If the boy can play, let em' play." Happy Birthday Randy!!!

I liked Randy's Happy Birthday party tweet too :) (Happy Birthday, Randy!) ....this is silly, but you know what I wish I had? a recording, or even better video, of Meat singing Happy Birthday :) I have three friends I would play it for next week if such a recording existed :)
-Kathy

Don't know if any of you guys have seen the two videos embedded in the middle of this page. I'll post the link anyway just in case. http://justinhawkinsrocks.co.uk/

Few more here: http://justinhawkinsrocks.co.uk/inde...ubaction=&id=&

Good thoughts Kathy! You made me wish I had that too.

Suzieq

Brian May, now we're talking talent, is there anything the bloke can't do?

Uhhh ..... can he wear my backpack?

Brian May! :cool: How many great guitar players are acknowledged scientists as well? Isn't he chancellor of an university, too?

When hell freezes over...

He said "can't" not "won't" :lol:

Yes, John Moores Liverpool, for a couple of years now .. same year his doctorate was awarded. He replaced Cherie Blair!

Caryl

Wow, two rock GODS!!!:-P

Brian May and Cherie Blair?

I didn't suggest they were having an affair ;) .. But he did replace her as Chancellor when her run of office had completed its seven year term and she had to stand down. She was then appointed an Emeritus Chancellor for her services to the university during her chancellorship .. so they well may meet up .. but I doubt they'll be linked up in any other pairing :lol:

Caryl

So is Brian May going to be involved in this album too? If so there'll certainly be plenty of guitarists on it ;)

But as a fan of Queen and also Brian May's solo stuff I'd be more than happy to see his involvement in another Meat project.

Nice to see Brian May in L.A. !! The twitter with Randy and Paul playing the riff nearly floors me. I trust this is going to be steller album. Meat! I'm not worthy!

People seem to be forgetting that Brian May's involvement with Bat 3 was less than stellar.

BFG needed more guitars yes but BM's contribution was still good.

Look at a time for heroes

I was under the impression that Brian's guitar work on Bat3 was a highlight? Even Jim Steinman himself loved it.

These Twitter videos are awesome. Great to see Brian May. Any more videos with Patti? She's so gorgeous- Is she married? ;)

YouTube Video

Check out this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRpJg1StvFw :cool:

I do hear the similarities between 4-11 sec. mark of Randy's groovin' tweet.

The biggest problem with Brian May's guitarwork is that there wasn't enough of it. What there was was fantastic, but no solo in the middle is a huge anti climax.

I thought Bad for Good was unnecessarily shortened on the album. Indeed there should have been a solo after the "put your foot on the gas let it go, let it go" bit and the God Speed bit should have been put back in. Final criticism is that the piano was turned down too low. Other than that the production works well imo.

it needs a good extended remix as a single bside or something

i thought that the whole of bat3 has been shortened too much, to sound more mainstream-y. Just listen to the intro to IACBTMN and compare it to the original pan'box version, and you'll know what I mean.

It certainly does have it's moments though...

Vocal-wise its terrific thats for sure

(WTF's up with my avatar lmao. i dont remember changing it lmao)

100% agreed. You really miss that lack of solo in the middle... it just feels "empty".

I totally agree with the BAT3 thing, I think some of those songs were shortened and it wasn't a good thing. Luv cx

Based on the Brian May twitter's, Meat could have another career working for QVC or one of the other shopping channels.

the latest music clip of paul and randy sounds like the monster is loose dont ya think? a little bit similer? guitar work is great in that clip

Interesting thought. I think the riff rather sounds like Led Zep's Kashmir. Puff Daddy used it for the Godzilla soundtrack, so in both cases a monster is involved. :)) (By the way, Puff Daddy's Come With Me and Meat Loaf's Monster both have "softer" middle parts that are similar to each other. It might be a coincidence, I think it's interesting.)

i actually think BAAB is the song on bat3 that strongly resembles kashmir

I've never noticed that before but you're right. The music in the part when Meat starts to sing "I'm not afraid of..." sounds indeed like Kashmir.

Thanks, been racking my brains trying to think of where I've heard it before and indeed it's Puff Daddy's Come With Me from Godzilla.

so brian may appears, and it changes to a discussion about the last album?????

lets get back on topic people... still no banjo :(

Hmm...I thought the topic was about Meat's tweets. The tweet referenced above was Randy's groovin' tweet. Which could be a recording, which could resemble that of Kashmir or BAAB. I've moved on from Brian May as I'm not sure about his contribution to this work. Finally, last I checked, the tweets do not indicate a banjo. So that piece of equipment is off topic.

thats me told

lol oooooooooooh right, might be a hidden suprise

ive been hiding it all along, ive secretly been hired to do a banjo solo a certain song

Watch, we get a banjo solo in a song. just watch. i bet you....

From Brian May's blog:-
So sounds like there's at least a little involvement from Brian on a song on the new album. Certainly sounds like everyone is doing plenty there!!

I think you'll find what you need here. :-)

You may get 45 seconds of ecstasy (banjo time), buy the album and search for a banjo. If there is one in there I'm sure banjo fans will find it.

YouTube Video

A long Twitter with lots of info.
7 weeks of tracking...15 songs done, lots of writers on this album.
Some potential song titles: "If it's raining...", "If I can't Find You"
Not sure I got all these names right:
James Michael
Rick Brantley
Greg Bekker
Kevin Curtis
Jon Bon Jovi :shock:
Tom Handbridge
Shawn Mcconnell
Jaron Johnston
Kara Dioguardi (such a honey ;-) )

Suppossed to be a double/triple album??? Meat is probably mocking us... :))

Sounds great none the less!

Oh ehh... almost forgot... Get well soon Meat!

Meat is the man! Heh. He was mocking us about a triple CD ;) heh
It's nice to see a tweeter like this. I can promise ya this... if the songs are great. Many of us wouldn't mind a double disc Meat Loaf record. There's never been one so far.

Hey Meat, I'm just curious is there anyway you can film around where you were sitting. It looks cool over there! :P

Wow. Bon Jovi. Wow. He wrote piano man right?

Mabey well get a PM cover! WOOT!

Lots of info on this last tweet is right. However for those with music production knowledge, can anyone please explain what exactly "tracking" means? Does it mean just the music is done, or does it mean the music and lyrics are done? Then what's the next step after tracking? I'm stirring it around as he's said in the last part of the tweet. But now it opened up a whole new can of worms. Thanks for your knowledge in advance.

Feel better Meat!
Suzieq

Billy Joel wrote 'Piano Man' hun.

Very informative video, I'm curious how the new album will sound and whether it will have its own style in spite of the numerous songwriters.

I hope he'll get better soon.

I hope it's something as great as Living on a Prayer and not another Bed of Roses.

:kickass: Watch out... (although Meat doing a Billy Joel song would be cool)

This will be a very different record. For I, more exciting than 05,06. 2009, has me on the brink of my seat. I'm far flung with wonder. Wow!

My life goes on, smartasses ;) babybat and I are expecting a baby late December, early January. Wow!

Anthony

There's no flies on you :))

Like most people now I'll be finding out who the f*ck half of the songwriters are and what they've done. So no Diane Warren or maybe there is Diane Warren and Meat purposely chose not to mention her :shrug:

As for the album being different, of course it's going to be different, it has different songs on it that Meat hasn't sung before, how different do you want it :??:

Personally I'll be gutted if it doens't come with a bonus DVD of recipes.

It means all the different instuments and vocals have been recorded, they just need fitting together properly and the sound tweaking, this is the bit where the producer earns their pay :-D the songs sound very very coarse right now and little mistakes might show.




Well Adam Lambert was also there also recording, and i reckon he would be singing the kind of songs she writes so might have just been a coincidence.

I wonder what became of that Hallelujah song with Hugh Laurie?

Rob Cavallo is a record producer who'll have several fingers in several pies all at once, just because you saw Adam Lambert doesn't mean he has anything to do with Meats album. Equally though I didn't hear Justin Hawkins name mentioned.