London play back on friday
 

I have 3 invites I can send out . To the playback in London on Friday.
1st 3 to write back that they can come get in.
M

i can come Meat :0)

Yes please

yes please if any left

I've got my 3 , they are the first to answer. Send me you e-mail and I will send the invite to you
M

thats an awesome gesture!!!

Chris, will make the bed up for ya mate!!!!!!!!


Meat......many thanks for a great gesture!!!

God that was quick.... I close mi eyes and then its gone :( ... Perhas my luck may be next time. Ross

Sadly I was too late but alas could not make this as I'm working 2- 10PM though I'm sure I could of got cover.. Well done to Anji, Michael and Chris :up:.

Meat, that was such an awesome gesture :cool: :up:.

you are one awesome dude!! Thank you so much for this :cool:


Gonna have something to boast about at the studio tomorrow now :-D
Roll on friday :lol:

wow! thats awesome, i really wish i'd been quicker! Am off, and am in London!
I wanna cry now :(

That's sods law isn't it ???

Sorry Benny.

It was something I thought about the other day, been to every tour since 99! And never met my IDOL! Would love to one day to say thanks

ohwell thank you meat! If you have a spare PLEASE PLEASE! I'll do the dishes!

Congratulations Anji, Michael & Chris :))
I can't wait to hear all about it !

And that was a very nice gesture Meat !
Vicki

thanks meat i,m still sat motionless

i knew i had to take that hol on firday /saturday

& thanks to sis/anji for the use of the sofa

now to make travel plans

once again meat many thanks

I'd love to of got an invite too... I was one out from getting it :( but Meat if you want a sound technician or can squeeze a few more bodies into the room (I fit easily into small spaces) then please send one to me :))

God that would of made my entire day.... screw work, it woulda been Meat Loaf time hahaa

O but Meat god ur good to us fans... Generous or what?! :D

Congratulations guys! Have a great time.

Not jealous in the slightest ... honest ... no, really :p

I'll sweep the floor's anything! I'd do anything :))

LMFAO !!!

Ross I would have to agree there, work or a possability of meeting Meat... There is no competition really :p LOL :lol: !!

I'm still shaking lol

Congrats mate :up:.

it would be amazing to be there :)


Still hinting for a spare :-P Plleeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

I bloody bet you are!! I wouldn't be able to sleep Hahahaha.... Meat I bet your reading all this and having a good ol' giggle :lol:

please :(

I'll quit now! Always worth a try as me mum always said :))
Those lucky people going have fun! xx

*big hug*

Meat's acting once more as a real gentleman.

Congratulations to all three of you. That's fantastic !

Florence

well done people:D,, and well done meat:D,,
please give us reviews of the album!!

well done dudes

WOW THIS NEW CD HAS REALLY CHANGED YOU....GOOD THING THING YOU WROTE THAT ITS FOR THE LONDON PALYBACK...CAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO THINK THE 3 INVITES WAS SOMETHING ELSE........OH OK I'LL GO AWAY NOW:lol:

Congratulations you lucky three, hope you have a fantastic time.

Not jealous here, nope, not at all... :twisted: good job I live in the middle of nowhere really or I'd be even more annoyed at myself for not being online earlier to get a shot at this.

That is grand, thank you, Meat and congrats to the winners who just happened to be my bestest buds...

Meat...how about us poor Americans lost in this British invasion?

xx

One more time...jumping for joy here for my buds!!!

Congratulations! OMG first Sarah and now you three. WOW! Lucky Ducks. By the time Meat gets back to the US, he may get creative and have to have people be willing to shave their heads to get in on a playback. Please don't do that MEAT. At least not in Florida. LOL.

Have a great time and take lots of notes!

Suzieq

I will consider shaving my head...

Ok now I know I really do live in the wrong country. Wow congrats guys, I'm not jealous at all!!!!!! That is a lovely gesture to make Meat and make their dreams come true.

Carole

You read my mind :wink:
And congrats again Anji, Michael & Chris !
Vicki

Honestly, I would too......but I'd have to get a wig for the playback event :)

As everyone's said, an awesome gesture from the man himself.

Wow that is so cool, Meat!

And a huge congratulations to the 3! I know you will have a great time! We are 4 lucky people, aren´t we? :-)

Thank you so much guys (insert hug smiley) wish i could take all my mates :-D but it's lovely you can find the words to wish us well :cool:

nice one guys!! :D
Have a great time and take lots of pics!

(and maybe smuggle in a tiny microphone...)

Congrats all! So jealous (yet again!)

well done you three..have a great time...enjoy

Wow! Congrats to you 3, have a great time.

:twisted: Well done you three.
Pleased as punch for you :mrgreen:

Never knew the childminder's a Meat fan, that's that sorted...bring on Friday!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to you three who have won.... Don't forget to tell us all about it when you get back. Looking forward to hear all the gossip.

Have fun guys!!! ohhhhh im so jealous. x

great. congratulations to you all. have fun!!!!!!!

Absolutely Gutted!

Turned the bloody computer off at 10.25 to watch Fecking Shameless. :(

Have a good day to you lucky 3!!

Congrats we want lots of pics please!!!!

Congrats people! Have a great night!

well done, enjoy!

lol...I know the feeling...it's a bit quiet and uneventful up here in Manchester, isn't it? :)

Congrats to the lucky three - what a lovely gesture!

Congratulations guys! What a fantastic gesture, Meat. Have an amazing amazing amazing day all xxx :D:D:D

Congrats Anji, M and Chris, i hope you all have an awesome time, i am sure you will;)

We were not allowed to take anything with us into the cinema. Not even our mobile phone :-) Meat had threatned to frisk us all before we came in :-)

Congratulations to the winners.

I hope you all have a great time.

Thank you guys :-) counting down now ;-)

Well that would make you more likely to take one in!!!!!!!!!!! haha I would hope he would frisk me very thoroughly!!!!!!! Can't wait to hear all about it.

Carole

Hey Guys, thats excellent and thanks to Meat for the incredible invites. Rock on :)

Oh, I can see it now... "If you can find the mobile phone, you can keep it..." :shock: :lol:

I'm sure you will have an unforgetable time!
Well done guys:D

I wouldn't say that...I would say...well...if I can't bring my phone...can I please have yours?

changed

I can pretend to be you kev! :))

Not wanting to sound like a killjoy or smartarse but isn't that picure going to result in a load of uninvited people descending on the mysterious place in London? :))

London play back on friday
 

congratulations to you all i hope you have a fantastic time with meat loaf

Mannnn why do I have to live in the US!!! Congratz you three lucky buggas!

Hope you and Lucy have a fantastic day tomorrow while I'm at work with steam coming out my ears amazingly jealous hah :)

just wanted to wish the 3 lucky lucky people a great time with meat will be thinking of you all

I'm guessing there's 3 sleepless nights going on right now.

Congrats to the 3 lucky fans who get to go hear HCTB prerelease date, and also get to hang with Meat while you listen. :))
:cheers:

J. xo

have fun guys!

well that does sound good sarah...:lol:

Hope the days goes well and ya all have an excellent time. Full reports expected though :lol:

here was my invite!

Pretty cool pic though :)

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._5659748_n.jpg

Venue and times blocked out until after the event has passed.

remember we want reviews:D

No one will know where it is now! :devil:

Feckin awesome day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

where is our song by song review?:lol:

i think that was the review!

Later, feeding the kids first lol, can't wait for the twitter though, that was the last thing I was expecting whilst we were outside the cafe having a mug of tea........................FECKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent !! :))

well i suppose the kids come first:D

Nevar! lol

Ok, here we go.......................

Check out the Twitter when it's up, Meat gets out of the car, everyone heads for the building but Meat just heads to us and todays Tweet is born lol.

We all head upstairs to find free beer and canopes...when in Rome so we tucked in. then we took our FRONT ROW seats and Meat walked in.

There was a big picture of the album cover, first time Meat had had this prop so he explained the three different styles, Impressionist, Fantasy Art and Realism. On to the bat, Meat explained that he'd seen it on the bottom of columns on a church in Portugal when he was there a couple of years ago and had taken a picture, said he'd let us figure out what was around it's neck. The woman in the black dress is actually a model who'd sat for photo's, the drawing was made from a picture.

Meat continued to talk about the making of the album which he again said was the most important one of his life. Mentioned how Rob had let him run with it, see what works. At one point Meat and Rob sat down and Rob had said out of the 23 songs they had they had 3 to use, the rest suck so in came a team of songwriters. Meat had told Rob that the album was gonna be based on the soldier's life flashing ahead of him but they didn't tell the songwriters, Meat didn't want them stating the obvious like some bland musical. In the album there's only one woman described and a hooker. The album opens with an injured soldier on in some war laying on the ground looking around him and seeing his best friend laying there, he knows he should get up but he can't, he trys to crawl to get help but again he can't. His life flashing ahead of him is his way of staying alive but this doesn't have a Hollywood ending.

Meat then says about the album "You think you know what's in it....but you don't"....he was right.

Track one opens with an orchestra, and an anvil, depicting the sounds of battle and this was where all my good intentions of taking notes and trying to give you all a good review failed miserably so you're getting my thoughts from now on.

Loud, feckin loud, this album rocks and will grab you by the balls from the word go. Where the Monster is Loose tried to go this one goes there, back and halfway round the block again and in the process takes you on a wild ride through Meat's imagination. There is a rawness to Meats voice on the album that backs up what he said about the lack of mixing on his singing during recording and it's excellent, I loved the sound, sounds better than I can remember and you can just picture him singing these songs live. Peace On Earth just rocks into Living On The Outside then Los Angeloser, I'm still (IMO) not convinced this is the single I'd have chosen and if you're looking at this as a benchmark of what the album is like you're way off. If I Can't Have You (duet with Kara Diogardi and featuring Hugh Laurie) brings the tempo back up and by now I'd completely stopped taking notes as I was just carried away with the whole thing. Love Is Not Real then Like A Rose, this one had us bouncing, just think Beastie boys meets Metallica and you're half way there lol. Song Of Madness has guitar work like you've never heard, hats off to Steve Vai as this is loud!!! Did You Ever Love Somebody then California Isn't Big Enough, this one had us all looking around at each other, at which point I found out that Meat had sat right behind us and was awaiting our response to this song with a cheshire cat grin all over his face which was matching ours, I won't give the game away but trust me, you weren't expecting those lyrics and Meat....please do keep it in your pants lol. Running Away From Me then Lets Be In Love (featuring Patti) then for me my fav, was waiting for this since behind the music was on, If It Rains. You may be the same or not but usually one song from an album grabs me and holds me til I've heard the album a few times and this was it, it really suits Meats voice and the power was amazing. Elvis In Vegas was last but in no way least, one again I need to listen to a few times as I think the lyrics will mean a lot more when you get to relisten.

Note to John Miceli, there must've been many a night you went home knackered, drumming on this album is incredible!!!!!!!

Meat had said a new sound/direction and he wasn't joking, I'm sure this album will not be to all fans taste and arguements will ensue but on first listen it blew me away. When you hear Meat talk about this album and the whole project it's easy to see his genuine love and enthusiasm for what he's created, operatic it ain't and as Meat said "It'll rock your socks off".

sounds great Sir...

great stuff! thanks

Damn...just makes waiting for April even harder!

MIchael sounds like you had a great time and also this album sounds GREAT!!!! I cant wait for it to be released... I wanna hear it now hahaha :P

What was the tracks like with Patti on? Where they good and do you know if she'll still be part of the tour? That's one question I'd love to ask Meat lol...

Meat wrote this yesterday:
(http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/showthr...4176&page=3#51)

So I'll guess you'll see Patti on tour :D

NICE one!

Sounds amazing ... I can picture Meat sitting there with that grin on his face :))

Thanks for sharing it with us !

Thanks for posting that Monstro.

Still gathering my scrambled and ecstatic thoughts having just got in .. and will try and add to Michael's great review. But in answer to your question ..

The track with Patti is imo absolutely awesome .. actually .. orgasmic .. lol .. I kid you not!!

Second part has been answered :)

Thank you Meat for such a privileged and simply brilliant afternoon. Gates opened on a stunning new direction :)

Caryl

Great review!
You explained the feeling of the album way better than I did :-) And whops, I thought "If I can´t have you" was a duet with Pearl. I guess I dont know her voice that well since I couldn´t hear that it wasn´t her..sorry :-)

Great reviews guys, can't wait to hear it for myself! :)

Thanks for a great review Monstro, sounds like a wonderful afternoon. Now I really am intrigued about that song, can't wait to hear it now.

Carole