Got it! Seen it! Love It!
Picked it up today in person from Sound Of Music, Essen, Germany,
(
www.soundofmusic.de).
Finally the reall magic of a Meat Loaf show is captured on video! Unlike in these scaled down productions for TV, all the elements that make it so special are there! I especially adore the over-the-top extended versions of Frying Pan, Testify and Mercury. And For Crying Out Loud benefits from double female background vocals and orchestra! Have not seen the standards yet, cause had to play these songs on heavy rotation so far.
Meats vocals are as fantastic as they are on one of these great nights out! Fortunately they did not polish them note-perfect and sterile, they kept the passion.
There is only one thing better than this: attending a show live inside the venue, where i.e. the lights and the drums naturally can be experienced even more impressive. Minor complaints?: The many camera shots from down to top are not favorable. And to me a few songs loose power with the addition of the orchestra.
Get your hans on it and tell your neighbours you`ll be back on mother earth sometime soon...
Michael