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Originally Posted by Fire Ball
Somewhere on here I read about the keys, the keys are fine , I have said I have dry throat and the Climate in Australia is very very dry which made it harder . The keys are fine just listen to some 2011 you tubes before I went there and did 90 interviews and stayed in that dry climate. The AFL was not not great but not bad bad enough to be boiled in oil. and hung on a tree. I disagree with that key statement. The are fine 95% of the time and the way I sing lower keys make it harder to sing. It doesn't make any difference anymore . I'm done. I will finish the DVD and finish the album ... Perth was my last show . I can't fight anymore.
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To me this is like any situation where someone is bullied at work.
If anyone on here has ever been at a job where they had a boss who told them constantly that they "werent good enough", eventually you begin to feel like you really never will be good enough. You start to feel like even though your trying your best, you will only ever be sub-par.
This is how Meat has been treated by the Australian media and AFL fans, and cyber bullies. And for the moment, Meat is really hurt, and I think partially buying into their bullying by believing that he truly is no longer good enough. If he felt otherwise, he would brush it off as ridiculous behavior, but he seems to be buying into the "meat's an old man who is past his prime" shpeil.
That's like saying black people shouldn't vote. And young people cannot possibly understand life. Or that seniors have nothing left to contribute to socity. Or that Middle aged people are too old to go back to school and have a meaningful career.
None of these ideas are "truths". They are stereotypes placed on us by society. They are the types of ideas that destroy hopes and dreams. Telling groups of people who they should be, and what constraints they automatically have on their lives just because of the "group" they belong to.
Meat belongs to the group of rock stars who have been around for 40 years. Performers who have dedicated their lives to entertaining others, and have a tried and true approach that has proved to be immensely successful. These people are still very physically capable of performing, and although ALL of them have different singing voices than they did originally, these people are still talented singers and entertainers who have the ability and experience to entertain people. And it is a tried and true fact that a different voice does not always mean a "better" or "worse" voice. For instance, I fell in love with tom wait's older voice, the scraggly, scratchy screaming older voice. Its awesome to game to with songs like Hoist That Rag. I also love Neil Young's current voice and the emotion he depicts with it.
Meat Loaf is no exception. His current vocal style is powerful and hard. I love that. And over the past year there have been thousands of satisfied fans who love it as well.
What has happened in Australia is a racist attack. Only it is no race they are attacking, it is the group of "Veteran Rockstars". They are viciously picking apart all his personal qualities (that he has no control over) and telling him that he is not worthy because of those qualities.
This, to me, is the utmost example of singling a person out because of something they cannot control. Be it skin color, gender, or age. And it disgusts me. It disgusts me how hurt they have made Meat over it. He cannot control his age and the changes it makes on his body, neither can any of us.
So to end what I am trying to say. Let me reiterate that nothing about Meat Loaf has changed. He still gives his all, his performances still rock like the previous Hang Cool Tour shows, and he is still a veteran performer who is very, very good at entertaining others.
What HAS changed is that he is being bullied because of who he is. And this I cannot stand for. None of us should stand for this.
And Meat, if your reading this, please, please do not let these people's bullying cause you to end your career. We know your a figher, and you need to stand up to these bullies and say "I will not let you limit my life. Or change my plans for my future just because you hurt me". They dont deserve that power over you. Don't give it to them.