I think some of you are a little too narrow minded here, i am 25 so i have only ever seen Patti at my live experiences and therefore only relate Patti with Meat in Paradise. I was dreading Paradise last night, i couldn't see how thy could pull it off. Yes she is very young, yes she's not Patti, but the fact that they came up with a whole new take on Paradise says to me that Meat is very repectful to Patti!
I think the new version was fantastic, i'm glad she sounds totally different to Patti, this version acknowledges the age difference respectfully and there is no 'old man groping a kid' as someone suggested would happen elsewhere on this site.
I love Patti and wish she was still with Meat but she's not so i look to Aspen to do the job.
Meat clearly thinks she can and i think last night she showed she can, it was weird watching someone else with him but that's what we've got!
I don't buy this shoe filling business, if she was trying to fill Patti's shoes then i would never respect her or Meat. I expect her to put her own stamp on classic songs, i believe she did this last night!
Bearing in mind she must have known what was being said about her before the show she must have been nervous so in my opinion all things considered she did herself, Meat and us proud.
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