And in line with what Pudding says, we actually do have a substantial list of songs Jim would have used for
Bat III in his blog, and "Pig" ain't on it.
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I can say that I would have included STILL THE CHILDREN, BRAVER, PARADISE LOST (thats a sequel Rinkoff was referring to), NO LIPS, HANDS, or BUTTS (thats a REAL "PARADISE" sequel, GOD HAS LEFT THE BUILDING (thats closest to BAT), THE MONSTER IS OUT OF THE CAGE (and I have NO idea if Meat or Desmond knew of that be4 their "MONSTER" song), CRY TO HEAVEN, and THE POWERS OF DARKNESS, which extols the GOOD aspects of The Powers Of Darkness. ... I know I wanted ALL new songs. ... Also WHAT PART OF MY BODY HURTS THE MOST.
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Again, ellipses mine. However, the question is then begged that why would Jim be talking to Meat about the song two years prior to
Bat III were it not for potential inclusion on an album at some point? The amount of songs Jim had provided for
Bat III was always in flux. Prior to his non-involvement, at least 5 songs had been written as of 2001, and then I hear talk of 15 demos from Meat in an interview, and then after Desmond came in there was talk of eight Jim songs and three non-Jim, and then by the end of the project, it was a more evenly matched amount of both. The question in my mind is, what story is true? I'm guessing we'll never quite know.