What if there was a new Very Best Of?

Evil One · 21 Aug 2010, 20:00

What would you want on it? Not what should be on it. Bearing in mind a CD is about 76 minutes long and you can only have two discs!

Bat Out Of Hell
Dead Ringer For Love
Blind As A Bat
It Just Won't Quit
I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back
Modern Girl
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
Everything Louder Than Everything Else
I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us
Bad For Good
Objects In The Rear View Mirror

I'd Do Anything For Love
The Monster Is Loose
Not A Dry Eye In The House
You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
Surf's Up
Testify
Lost Love
Read 'Em And Weep
Paradise By The Dasboard Light
Prize Fight Lover
Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through
For Crying Out Loud

Honourable mentions go to Frying Pan, Original Sin, Pig and the remix of MATLAF.

LucyK! · 21 Aug 2010, 21:02

Some immense choices on there! I can't see Martha but hey you can't have everything

Probably doesn't count as it never made it to the final album but I would love Decadent Wish to get the attention it deserves, so I'd switch Lost Love for that. I'd swap Prize Fight Lover for All Revved Up, Monster's Loose for If It Rains or Peace On Earth, and I'd take Surf's Up off just because I could!!!!!!

Other than that, immense!

duke knooby · 21 Aug 2010, 21:06

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Originally Posted by Lucy!

and I'd take Surf's Up off just because I could!!!!!!

dont think so

LucyK! · 21 Aug 2010, 21:27

Evil One said I could have what I wanted on it, not what should be on it!

Wario · 21 Aug 2010, 21:51

DISK I (come out to an Hour and 12 minutes)

Execution Day
Out of the Frying Pan
Testify
Took The Words
Piece of the Action
California
Read 'Em and Weep
CHSIB
It Just Won't Quit
Where The Rubber Meets The Road
Unsaid
Modern Girl
Rock & Roll Dreams

DISK II (come out to an Hour and 13 minutes)

Bat
Dead Ringer
Midnight [Remix]
What You See Is What You Get
Blind as a Bat
Everything Louder
Masculine
Los Angeloser
Did I Say That?
Objects
If I Can't Have You
Two out of Three
Rock & Roll Hero

Sarge · 22 Aug 2010, 00:15

Too lazy to put them in a particular order and to check the running time, but these are gems that should not be missing from such a compilation:

Cry Over Me
Special Girl
Cry To Heaven
You're Right, I Was Wrong
"Lesbian" Love
Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas
Forever Young
Did You Ever Love Somebody
Man Of Steel
45 Seconds Of Ectasy
Because Of You
Rock 'n' Roll Hero
If God Could Talk
You Can Never Be Too Sure About That Girl
Don't You Look At Me Like That
Burning Down
Do It!
A Man And A Woman
Where Angels Sing
Masculine (the American classic!)

AndrewG · 22 Aug 2010, 00:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sarge

Too lazy to put them in a particular order and to check the running time, but these are gems that should not be missing from such an compilation:

Cry Over Me
Special Girl
Cry To Heaven
You're Right, I Was Wrong
"Lesbian" Love
Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas
Forever Young
Did You Ever Love Somebody
Man Of Steel
45 Seconds Of Ectasy
Because Of You
Rock 'n' Roll Hero
If God Could Talk
You Can Never Be Too Sure About That Girl
Don't You Look At Me Like That
Burning Down
Do It!
A Man And A Woman
Where Angels Sing
Masculine (the American classic!)

You're joking right?

Pudding · 22 Aug 2010, 01:48

I don't want any new Very Best Of, not unless Meat & Jim got together again and added a couple of new songs.

Evil One · 22 Aug 2010, 01:55

Meat playing piano and Jim singing?

samurai7 · 22 Aug 2010, 04:38

Was thinking about this today, as it goes. I'd expect a singles retrospective with couple of new ones a la Bon Jovi's Crossroads et al. That sort of thing.
For the new tracks, my preference, and in my ideal world, would be some Meaty renditions of some of the 'lost' Steinman songs.

youngJB · 22 Aug 2010, 04:53

I made "Best Of" compilations on itunes, but they were all well more than 2 discs. I can't even fit my favorites off of the three Bat albums on two discs...

...but what the hell...

Disc 1 (time - 1:10:10)

01 - Bat Out Of Hell
02 - Modern Girl
03 - Dead Ringer For Love
04 - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
05 - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
06 - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
07 - Read 'Em And Weep
08 - Paradise By The Dashboard Light
09 - Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
10 - Couldn't Have Said It Better
11 - Heaven Can Wait

Disc 2 (time - 1:12:1

01 - Home By Now/No Matter What
02 - Original Sin
03 - Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through
04 - Did I Say That
05 - Living On The Outside
06 - Blind As A Bat
07 - Left In The Dark
08 - Out Of The Frying Pan (And Into The Fire)
09 - More Than You Deserve
10 - Bad For Good
11 - Elvis In Vegas

Pudding · 22 Aug 2010, 05:56

I'm not understanding why some are are wanting a 'very best of' CD when they've probably already got all the songs and some several times over

Wario · 22 Aug 2010, 06:30

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Originally Posted by Pudding

I'm not understanding why some are are wanting a 'very best of' CD when they've probably already got all the songs and some several times over

The mysteries of life

Mr. Happy · 22 Aug 2010, 09:33

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I don't want any new Very Best Of, not unless Meat & Jim got together again and added a couple of new songs.

This has to be my opinion too...kinda pointless having the same songs over and over again, just in a different order. It would definitely need a couple of new songs...

...which is why in my list I included three new ones, in the same way Kiss, Home by Now and Is Nothing Sacred were included on the first Very Best Of

My original list contained roughly forty songs, I had to cut it down

Lots of tough choices

Disk 1:79.78 Minutes (1 Hour, 19 minutes)
1. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (5:05)
2. Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back (8:00)
3. What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most (4:42)
4. Bad For Good (7:33)
5. Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad (5:26)
6. Dead Ringer For Love (4:21)
7. Couldn’t Have Said It Better (7:07)
8. Left In The Dark (7:13)
9. More Than You Deserve (6:56)
10. Blind As A Bat (5:51)
11. Out Of The Frying Pan (And Into The Fire) (7:23)
12. I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) (12:01)

Disk 2:86.98 Minutes (1 Hour, 26 Minutes)
1. Paradise by the Dashboard Light (8:29)
2. Where The Rubber Meets The Road (4:58 )
3. Modern Girl (4:26)
4. Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (5:51)
5. In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King (5:30)
6. Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (10:16)
7. Elvis in Vegas (6:01)
8. For Crying Out Loud (8:45)
9. Original Sin (6:04)
10. Read Em And Weep (5:24)
11. Braver Than We Are (9:07)
12. Bat out of Hell (9:51)
13. We’re Still The Children (4:56)

Yes, I have too much time on my hands

Wario · 22 Aug 2010, 09:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fenechboy

This has to be my opinion too...kinda pointless having the same songs over and over again, just in a different order. It would definitely need a couple of new songs...

...which is why in my list I included three new ones, in the same way Kiss, Home by Now and Is Nothing Sacred were included on the first Very Best Of

My original list contained roughly forty songs, I had to cut it down

Lots of tough choices

Disk 1:79.78 Minutes (1 Hour, 19 minutes)
1. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (5:05)
2. Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back (8:00)
3. What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most (4:42)
4. Bad For Good (7:33)
5. Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad (5:26)
6. Dead Ringer For Love (4:21)
7. Couldn’t Have Said It Better (7:07)
8. Left In The Dark (7:13)
9. More Than You Deserve (6:56)
10. Blind As A Bat (5:51)
11. Out Of The Frying Pan (And Into The Fire) (7:23)
12. I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) (12:01)

Disk 2:86.98 Minutes (1 Hour, 26 Minutes)
1. Paradise by the Dashboard Light (8:29)
2. Where The Rubber Meets The Road (4:58 )
3. Modern Girl (4:26)
4. Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (5:51)
5. In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King (5:30)
6. Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (10:16)
7. Elvis in Vegas (6:01)
8. For Crying Out Loud (8:45)
9. Original Sin (6:04)
10. Read Em And Weep (5:24)
11. Braver Than We Are (9:07)
12. Bat out of Hell (9:51)
13. We’re Still The Children (4:56)

Yes, I have too much time on my hands

are you aware you can only fit 80 minutes to a disk? lol

Mr. Happy · 22 Aug 2010, 09:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

are you aware you can only fit 80 minutes to a disk? lol

My first disk was OK. Just. I had one minute to spare

Second disk...um. Cut out Original Sin and rotate Braver Than We Are with Read Em And Weep

Sarge · 22 Aug 2010, 09:55

Since we don't know how long some of the songs would actually be if they were recorded by Meat, it theoretically could be possible that they'd all fit on the disk(s).

Wario · 22 Aug 2010, 09:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fenechboy

My first disk was OK. Just. I had one minute to spare

Second disk...um. Cut out Original Sin and rotate Braver Than We Are with Read Em And Weep

You cant actually fit 79 minutes onto a CD, its needs leeway to finalize. 76-77 minutes can actually fit.

Id guess you could edit a few repetitive "Objects" verses and have that CD wind up 76 minutes foir disk 2 and disk 1 just cut the repeat of the first verse to frying pan (its tricky but Ive done it successfully)

Otherwise become Meats manager and get that released...

samurai7 · 22 Aug 2010, 14:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

You cant actually fit 79 minutes onto a CD, its needs leeway to finalize. 76-77 minutes can actually fit.

Id guess you could edit a few repetitive "Objects" verses and have that CD wind up 76 minutes foir disk 2 and disk 1 just cut the repeat of the first verse to frying pan (its tricky but Ive done it successfully)

Otherwise become Meats manager and get that released...

Wanna bet? If you use Nero you can.

Megan · 22 Aug 2010, 19:08

guys - i am not the brightest when it comes to electronic stuff.. my hubby does it for me... however.. can't we make the cds a MP3 cd so it can hold all the music we'd like to hear

i know both our cars can handle a MP3 cd.. shoot my hubbys car has a usb port that he put his ipod into... or is this a bad idea?

have a great day

suzieq · 22 Aug 2010, 20:20

@Megan
I agree with you. My Ipod is loaded up with all Meat's songs. If I set that on shuffle I have my own very best of. Of course if a new VBO came out then I would be sure to buy it. Especially for the new cover or a picture of Meat as the cover :).

What I'd like to see are more live recordings released of past and present. I had a version of 2 out of 3 where Meat's ad lib in the middle of it was so great. This was way back on a cassette I had made. I love my Casa Live CD that came with HCTB. Even if it was a song I already have, Meat's live performances are always different...he does different ad libs all the time.

AndrewG · 22 Aug 2010, 20:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by samurai7

Wanna bet? If you use Nero you can.

Indeed. Most software allow you to take out the 2 second gaps. You can get VERY,VERY close to 80 minutes believe me and that's even if with text info on the disc.

PanicLord · 22 Aug 2010, 22:12

Haven't got quite enough time to think about all the tracks now, but can I just say that I would prefer it if the tracks are in chronological release order on the CD? That way, you can listen to them in the "correct" order, or hit shuffle and enjoy the randomness. It really is a win win

glamourgirl · 23 Aug 2010, 17:14

I don't see "I'd Lie For You" in the lists. That's one of my favorites- one of Diane Warren's best or maybe it's just Meat & Patti's performance of the song. "What About Love" is another favorite of mine.

Pudding · 24 Aug 2010, 00:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by glamourgirl

I don't see "I'd Lie For You" in the lists.

You could always make your own list

21 Aug 2010, 20:00	#1
Evil One Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.01.2007 Posts: 5,192	What if there was a new Very Best Of? What would you want on it? Not what should be on it. Bearing in mind a CD is about 76 minutes long and you can only have two discs! Bat Out Of Hell Dead Ringer For Love Blind As A Bat It Just Won't Quit I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back Modern Girl Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad Everything Louder Than Everything Else I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us Bad For Good Objects In The Rear View Mirror I'd Do Anything For Love The Monster Is Loose Not A Dry Eye In The House You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth Surf's Up Testify Lost Love Read 'Em And Weep Paradise By The Dasboard Light Prize Fight Lover Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through For Crying Out Loud Honourable mentions go to Frying Pan, Original Sin, Pig and the remix of MATLAF. Last edited by Evil One; 21 Aug 2010 at 20:21.

21 Aug 2010, 21:51	#5
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	DISK I (come out to an Hour and 12 minutes) Execution Day Out of the Frying Pan Testify Took The Words Piece of the Action California Read 'Em and Weep CHSIB It Just Won't Quit Where The Rubber Meets The Road Unsaid Modern Girl Rock & Roll Dreams DISK II (come out to an Hour and 13 minutes) Bat Dead Ringer Midnight [Remix] What You See Is What You Get Blind as a Bat Everything Louder Masculine Los Angeloser Did I Say That? Objects If I Can't Have You Two out of Three Rock & Roll Hero Last edited by Wario; 21 Aug 2010 at 22:18.

22 Aug 2010, 00:15	#6
Sarge Mega Loafer Join Date: 09.05.2008 Posts: 3,562	Too lazy to put them in a particular order and to check the running time, but these are gems that should not be missing from such a compilation: Cry Over Me Special Girl Cry To Heaven You're Right, I Was Wrong "Lesbian" Love Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas Forever Young Did You Ever Love Somebody Man Of Steel 45 Seconds Of Ectasy Because Of You Rock 'n' Roll Hero If God Could Talk You Can Never Be Too Sure About That Girl Don't You Look At Me Like That Burning Down Do It! A Man And A Woman Where Angels Sing Masculine (the American classic!) Last edited by Sarge; 22 Aug 2010 at 00:29. Reason: spelling

21 Aug 2010, 21:02	#2
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	Some immense choices on there! I can't see Martha but hey you can't have everything Probably doesn't count as it never made it to the final album but I would love Decadent Wish to get the attention it deserves, so I'd switch Lost Love for that. I'd swap Prize Fight Lover for All Revved Up, Monster's Loose for If It Rains or Peace On Earth, and I'd take Surf's Up off just because I could!!!!!! Other than that, immense!

21 Aug 2010, 21:27	#4
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	Evil One said I could have what I wanted on it, not what should be on it!

22 Aug 2010, 01:48	#8
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	I don't want any new Very Best Of, not unless Meat & Jim got together again and added a couple of new songs.

22 Aug 2010, 01:55	#9
Evil One Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.01.2007 Posts: 5,192	Meat playing piano and Jim singing?

22 Aug 2010, 04:38	#10
samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	Was thinking about this today, as it goes. I'd expect a singles retrospective with couple of new ones a la Bon Jovi's Crossroads et al. That sort of thing. For the new tracks, my preference, and in my ideal world, would be some Meaty renditions of some of the 'lost' Steinman songs.

22 Aug 2010, 04:53	#11
youngJB Senior Loafer Join Date: 05.12.2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 116	I made "Best Of" compilations on itunes, but they were all well more than 2 discs. I can't even fit my favorites off of the three Bat albums on two discs... ...but what the hell... Disc 1 (time - 1:10:10) 01 - Bat Out Of Hell 02 - Modern Girl 03 - Dead Ringer For Love 04 - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad 05 - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 06 - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) 07 - Read 'Em And Weep 08 - Paradise By The Dashboard Light 09 - Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are 10 - Couldn't Have Said It Better 11 - Heaven Can Wait Disc 2 (time - 1:12:1 01 - Home By Now/No Matter What 02 - Original Sin 03 - Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through 04 - Did I Say That 05 - Living On The Outside 06 - Blind As A Bat 07 - Left In The Dark 08 - Out Of The Frying Pan (And Into The Fire) 09 - More Than You Deserve 10 - Bad For Good 11 - Elvis In Vegas

22 Aug 2010, 05:56	#12
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	I'm not understanding why some are are wanting a 'very best of' CD when they've probably already got all the songs and some several times over

22 Aug 2010, 09:55	#17
Sarge Mega Loafer Join Date: 09.05.2008 Posts: 3,562	Since we don't know how long some of the songs would actually be if they were recorded by Meat, it theoretically could be possible that they'd all fit on the disk(s).

22 Aug 2010, 19:08	#20
Megan Super Loafer Join Date: 01.01.2010 Location: Texas Posts: 213	guys - i am not the brightest when it comes to electronic stuff.. my hubby does it for me... however.. can't we make the cds a MP3 cd so it can hold all the music we'd like to hear i know both our cars can handle a MP3 cd.. shoot my hubbys car has a usb port that he put his ipod into... or is this a bad idea? have a great day

22 Aug 2010, 20:20	#21
suzieq Mega Loafer Join Date: 26.10.2008 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 2,319	@Megan I agree with you. My Ipod is loaded up with all Meat's songs. If I set that on shuffle I have my own very best of. Of course if a new VBO came out then I would be sure to buy it. Especially for the new cover or a picture of Meat as the cover :). What I'd like to see are more live recordings released of past and present. I had a version of 2 out of 3 where Meat's ad lib in the middle of it was so great. This was way back on a cassette I had made. I love my Casa Live CD that came with HCTB. Even if it was a song I already have, Meat's live performances are always different...he does different ad libs all the time.

22 Aug 2010, 22:12	#23
PanicLord Mega Loafer Join Date: 18.06.2003 Location: At The End Of The Line Posts: 2,651	Haven't got quite enough time to think about all the tracks now, but can I just say that I would prefer it if the tracks are in chronological release order on the CD? That way, you can listen to them in the "correct" order, or hit shuffle and enjoy the randomness. It really is a win win

23 Aug 2010, 17:14	#24
glamourgirl Super Loafer Join Date: 15.09.2009 Posts: 642	I don't see "I'd Lie For You" in the lists. That's one of my favorites- one of Diane Warren's best or maybe it's just Meat & Patti's performance of the song. "What About Love" is another favorite of mine.