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Paul Richardson · 22 Feb 2011, 23:31

May be someone here can help me out.

I've been listening to the LATW version of Heaven Can Wait - the one which is probably from the Hudson Theatre in 1993 where Meat says at the beginning, '... ladies and gentlemen Mr Jim Steinman ... we'd like to do Heaven Can Wait ...'.

Other than (I think) some very early shows in 77 / 78, I'm not aware that Meat performed this song between then and the first Bat 2 shows in 93, and he then stopped performing it during the mid 90s. Is this right ?

I'm interested in why it was neglected for so long and what prompted Meat to resurrect it during the Bat 2 era when he could easily have sung another ballad from Bat 2, which from a promo point of view may have made more sense - Lost Boys & Golden Girls ? Or even It Just Won't Quit ?

Any ideas ?

22 Feb 2011, 23:31	#1
Paul Richardson Super Loafer Join Date: 16.05.2010 Posts: 535	Heaven Can Wait Live May be someone here can help me out. I've been listening to the LATW version of Heaven Can Wait - the one which is probably from the Hudson Theatre in 1993 where Meat says at the beginning, '... ladies and gentlemen Mr Jim Steinman ... we'd like to do Heaven Can Wait ...'. Other than (I think) some very early shows in 77 / 78, I'm not aware that Meat performed this song between then and the first Bat 2 shows in 93, and he then stopped performing it during the mid 90s. Is this right ? I'm interested in why it was neglected for so long and what prompted Meat to resurrect it during the Bat 2 era when he could easily have sung another ballad from Bat 2, which from a promo point of view may have made more sense - Lost Boys & Golden Girls ? Or even It Just Won't Quit ? Any ideas ?