I certainly back that Caryl ;) :)

We should all expect that when one posts a thread, such as this one, of course there is going to be different views, and yes people may not like what someone else has had to say, but it is all part of the forum.

As for the topic here, well feathers are bound to be ruffled. I know mine have been, but I'm standing up for my view, and if people agree or disagree with that, well that is your call ;)

The Wetten Dass performance, as I've said earlier, was nothing short of brilliant, and I don't think it was lip synched at all. But the best part was that I BLOODY ENJOYED IT TO THE FULL! I can't get enough of Meat right now :D I can't wait until his Sydney dvd comes out either :D All in all he means a lot to me, and that is all that matters in my life at the moment, other than my hubby and daughter of course ;) :)

Ozzy Loaf :lol:

@ Caryl: You probably didn't read some posts on this thread carefully enough and missed the way they are worded.

Priceless .. :lol: Thank you.

I suspect I have missed, ie fundamentally dis-agreed with, the way you have interpreted them

Caryl

Err can we stop posting links to obviously mimed previous performances. It's pointless and it's easy to tell they were lip synced.

Shall I tell you a BIG clue which everyone seems to have missed? The earpiece in the ear. If he's got it in it's so he can hear himself so he's singing live. On Wetten Das the earpiece was in, on the old videos posted the earpiece wasn't in. I rest my case. So can everyone please stop now with this daft discussion.

Just read all the posts from last night on this 'controversial' subject.
I was really giggling to myself at the intensity of everyone's views.
But, by the end of it all I was beginning to feel as though we are going round in circles.
As has been said before, just about everybody is in agreement that it was an excellent performance. And I really don't care either way about the "liveness" of it all.
Just one thing though, Rob. Perhaps the earpiece was just a fake prop to fool us?

Oh ha ha very funny, I can tell when you're on a windup lol

never

Even if it was lip synced, it's still entirely possible that he would have used the earpiece. He still has to hear the song to know when to mime, and when you're on a stage like that, hearing what's going on isn't as easy as it sounds :P By that logic, what's the point of having the guitarist play the guitar when there's a backing track being used anyway? ;)

I don't think it was lip synced, anyway. And that's because at the very start of Anything For Love, you can clearly see Paul reach up and retune the E string of his guitar down to drop D. If it was a backing track, that would have been 100% unnecessary, because it would have been impossible for anyone to tell the difference anyway.

*Ends daft discussion*

All that matters is that it was an awesome performance (regardless of whether it was lip synced or not) and we didn't have a repeat of the AFL. AND, on top of that, HiaHB charted well in Germany because of it :D

Impeccable? :??::D

That was a really good performance - it did exactly what it was supposed to do: engage the audience with some classics, and showcase a great new track from the new album. Vocals nicely done at the end of AFL, too. But my God, it's time to get the conditioner out Meat!

Love that word, describes Meat's performance impeccably :-P

I could give two toots if the performance was "mimed," "lip synched," or "performed live" - it does not really matter. What I care about is Meat Loaf displayed a quality performance in front of a live studio and television audience. That's all that matters to me at the end of the day - frankly, that is all that matters to most people who watched the show. Were people entertained by the performance? Yes, it would seem so. Meat Loaf did his job as an entertainer.

CHSIB :-) and I'm sure Meat would have told us if he was going to mime or lip-sync. (which he didn't)

This was an incredible performance. Everyone on stage did a wonderful job. I hope they perform this medley at future promo appearances.

:up: Totally agree! Who cares, if it was pre-recorded and lips synced or live - it was a great performance and very entertaining! :up:

Meat definitely sounded fantastic!

Yes and nothings else!!!

Sabine:D

I second that my dear :)

Hmmmm, you spell Aussie this way And what you've implied with that statement.......well lets say that I'm leaving that alone Although, I'm not impressed with it

Couldn't agree more with the fact that we all thought the performance was brilliant :)

I don't agree with the earpiece thing that Rob is going on about as sometimes, and I've noticed in the live performance of Meat with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, that artists such as Meat might remove the earpiece during a performance, but that doesn't indicate in any manner that he is lip synching.



From one Aussie to another, bloody well said mate!!!!




Couldn't have said it better ;) :)

Bloody oath mate :D;):-)


Second that :D

Simply awsome :D



TRUE TO THAT!!!!!!! :D:D:D

My beef is that a lip-sync performance can't never be as good as a live performance (no matter which artist). Adding "medley" and the new song (in Meat's case) and my overall rating of the performance is really falling.
IMO the audience of Wetten Dass are mostly 40+ people as far as I know from a audience analyze. I don't know if this is really Meat's target market?
Besides the most stupid host, I really miss the German Top of The Pops. Afaik performance were there always live (please dont break some illusions ;))

I dont want to offend anyone. I am just a fan with an opinion.

I respect your opinion but I don't agree with it :|

Maybe it is, although I don't know whether it would be intentional or unintentional. If you want to reach a younger audience, you have to appear on one of the shows ZDF hides on their digital channel ZDFneo. That probably means less viewers, though.

By the way, I wonder why they put a YouTube video of the Wetten, dass..? performance on his official website but don't mention that the CD is out in Germany. :??: