Now I'm getting hungry again :lol:

still no banjo then?? :-P

anyway back to topic...

Ok! :saint:

Personally i hope it's not the end of the tweeters as they were starting to become good, maybe there's too many of them daily, but overall that's his choice.

I like them too. It's nice to see what's happening in the studio.

lol, that's my guy :)) I'll take one too, thin crust please!

I loved Wednesday's tweet of Meat singing live. It was a generous gift to us, and though I don't want to dispute what Meat himself has said, I didn't take it as "fun" at all, but as an act of sharing. In fact, it kind of blew me out of the water, and eclipsed the rest of my usual "Meat Loaf morning" (I save the vids for morning because that's when I enjoy them the most); I had to turn off the computer early and go do other things, just to let it sink in. I would never have guessed he would send us a vid of himself singing full throttle!! (I did love the one where he was singing softly) so it was a big surprise, just the fact of Meat giving of himself in such an open, unguarded way.
-Kathy

Very well said Kathy :-)
Vicki

I could not agree more, and that is not sucking up. It is not likely you can draw a very strong opinion from a snippet of what you have seen is a work literally in progress before your eyes. I know of no other artist who would do this and I appreciate Meat for giving us these glimpses. Sometimes I think the internet has spoiled us all. I am amazed that I get to see my favorite singer working in the studio, singing live and see it almost instantly. That is something I'd never have thought would ever be possible both in terms of technology and the willingness of the performer to open themselves up to their fans like that. Unfortunately the internet has also made us think we should all give the world our opinions instantly and just blurt them out no matter how uninformed we are. I know nothing about making albums and Meat's been doing it for decades, for heaven's sake people let the man do his work and appreciate him giving us these peeks at the process. If you want to put down the album after it comes out fine. But please don't mess up something it is obvious most of us enjoy and will only make us more ready for and excited about the finished product. I hope Meat will listen to the people who are positive and not let the negatives get him down to where he stops these. I'd like to have these updates all the way up to the release. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but for goodness sakes lets wait until we have more to go on than a raw clip of a few seconds before trying to tell a man who is a legend of rock and roll how to sing.

I dont think any of the comments in this thread was meant to 'put him down'

And I could not agree more with that :)

Caryl

The so called negative comments on this thread are nothing more than honest comments. Not "negative" but "honest". Big difference!

The Randy Flowers and Patti Russo video is great I wish Patti would have participated a little more in that song I love to hear her sing.

Hear hear! (Or possibly here here, I'm never quite sure!)

Either way, I agree 100%

Edit: thinking about it, I get really protective of my amateur tribute tracks at the link below, and would be very upset with criticism of my vocals, regardless of what I think of them myself. Yes, I realised when I posted them that I was opening myself up to a kicking - but that doesn't mean I'd enjoy being kicked, or that I wouldn't kick back. I guess no one likes to be told someone doesnt like something they put a lot of effort into.

So, totally get where you're coming from Meat, but I think you sound fantastic. Tons of power and emotion in that unique and beautiful voice.

Very well said, and I agree completely. I hope Meat continues to give us these little snippets. This is all exciting and new for me as it's the first time I've had a computer and been in the fan club while he's been recording an album, and I am revelling in it and really appreciate him including us in it all. I'm really enjoying it and it makes me anticipate the new album even more so. Thanks Meat.

Carole

I completely agree! I can't wait to hear/see more of Patti.

Yep, that's the only one Meat!!!!!! The megameat is the best.

Carole

I couldn't agree more.
Vicki

My opinion, i think meat should let the negetive nanny-poos say what they say and then he can laugh at them incessantly when they realise they were wrong and the song's kickass....

From what I hear, it has a real emotional curve handle with "lets be love theres no tomorrow ..." (i think thats what the lyrics are - i'm 18 so ipods have done wonders to my ears). It has the feel of "Did i say That". it sounds more Live to me, which, IMO, suits this segment perfectly.

Now its story time children:

Granted i used to not be fond frying pan cause the "wonder down the ancient hallway" verse was the only thing on the preview at this wallmart gift center scan thing. Lets just say that verse is not impressive by itself.It was the only song previewable on the scan thing.

i saved 20 bucks and bought BOOH2 on the notion it wasn't gonna be that good. i skipped frying pan for like 3 months straight till finally i listened to it and i regret that to this day.

THE END

12 second preview of unnamed Meat Loaf Song > Rocky Theme

:cool:

Like the 30 inch 11 pound carnivore special from Big Pie In The Sky I'm up for that :))

The comments about the "vocal coaching" have been addressed already and yes I can see why Meat wasn't too happy with it.

What I would like to see, and have wanted to ever since I started posting here, is people being allowed to express themselves within reason and to not be afraid to post something just because it isn't perceived as positive.

If you happened to like the song clips from the recent videos, great, music is there to be interpreted and enjoyed in many different forms by many different people.

All i would say to that is people have differing opinions, some may not have liked it and some may have neither liked it or disliked it (i would fall into the latter category) and while some may have been put across more bluntly then they should have been, they are still people's opinions.

What I'm trying to say is, let's try and be civil without going over the top, being insulting, condesending or patronising.

Let's not go the route of a well known forum that descended into chaos where posts of anything but 110% praise where jumped all over.

This is a forum, it's about debate, it's about getting points across and maybe just maybe it can be about having some fun and banter in here again and bringing back something that hasn't been used as much in a long time; respect.

:up: ditto..Yum!!!

I just want to see more of Kasim :-)) I do not like the videos he is not in...Nooooo Im kidding ;-)

just seen the patti and randy tweeter...so i'd be happy enough to see more vids of Patti!

Just a thought, and maybe it has been done already, but i liked the countryish version of don't stop believin'. I think it'd make an interesting cover...in general i mean not specifically meat

You can't have a good debate here, because there's too much moderation. If you're an outspoken person you're made feel very uncomfortable because everything written about Meat Loaf has to be positive. I feel like I have to bite my tongue and I just jump on the bandwagon. That's not what I want and I'm sure deep down Meat Loaf doesn't want that either.