Blind before I stop - Page 2

German Loafer · 27 Apr 2006, 20:06

Last Year I bought an CD-Box called "Rock n' Roll Hero", which included all Songs from Bad Attitude, Blind Before I Stop and Live at Wembley '87, and payed 13 €.
It ain't the Albums, but all the songs, and im completly satisfied.
As you are from Germany too, if looked up the german amazon link http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASI...891676-2221636
Maybe this could be the right thing for you.

AndrewG · 27 Apr 2006, 23:55

What a crazy assed tracklisting that is. It's well worth the money but it's almost as if having Meat playing on random. Weird stuff.

mszee · 28 Apr 2006, 01:04

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Originally Posted by Musicman

What a crazy assed tracklisting that is. It's well worth the money but it's almost as if having Meat playing on random. Weird stuff.

If I have all or almost all ML records, should I try to get that one too or it will be a duplication?

Pudding · 28 Apr 2006, 01:10

Well...I suggest you click on the link, look at the tracklisting and see if the songs are duplicated from your collection.

I personally wouldn't buy it.

Pud

mszee · 28 Apr 2006, 01:17

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Originally Posted by Pudding

Well...I suggest you click on the link, look at the tracklisting and see if the songs are duplicated from your collection.

I personally wouldn't buy it.

Pud

OH no, no...I am a collector...for me even if it's one song on the record done differently than on the other record, I have to have it...it's not about number of tracks...

AndrewG · 28 Apr 2006, 02:25

Those tracks will be exactly the same as on BA, BFIS and Live, just in a completely different order. Arista has released these tracks in many different collections over the years, I think the originals are all you will need. I agree if there were some B sides or outtakes it would certainly be "collectable".

mszee · 28 Apr 2006, 02:31

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Originally Posted by Musicman

Those tracks will be exactly the same as on BA, BFIS and Live, just in a completely different order. Arista has released these tracks in many different collections over the years, I think the originals are all you will need. I agree if there were some B sides or outtakes it would certainly be "collectable".

Thanks a lot...I don't really mean collectible in a sense I just have to have them...I also have to hear them all...do you know what I mean?

German Loafer · 28 Apr 2006, 13:59

Well, this box is uesless for you if you already own the Albums, but I only had them on LP, so it was a cheap opportunity to get these tracks on CD.

AndrewG · 28 Apr 2006, 14:14

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Originally Posted by German Loafer

Well, this box is uesless for you if you already own the Albums, but I only had them on LP, so it was a cheap opportunity to get these tracks on CD.

Makes sense.

mszee · 28 Apr 2006, 17:29

Makes sense to me too - thank you all for your help.

rockfenris2005 · 29 Apr 2006, 08:36

Definitely get 'Rock And Roll Hero' if it's the version with BA and BBIS. The productions of the B.A. songs are really different to what you hear on the album. It just sounds different.. more louder, more refined

mszee · 29 Apr 2006, 09:08

Ok...I went to look on Amazon for this album - just to take a look at it - god know, it ain't expensive to keep a full collection. But now I am completely confused...it appears to be that there are more than one editions of this album??? 2 available ones look like have the same tracks but different album covers? Is that the only difference? Thank you all!

Dave · 30 Apr 2006, 00:59

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Originally Posted by mszee

3. Live Around The World I bought when it first came out - 2 CD's great album - has some songs that I've never heard before like What you see is what you get. And I also love Whatever Happened to Saturday Night on this album which I don't think was released before on the record.

Whatever Happened To Saturday Night (Hot Patootie) is from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I have been fortunate enough to have heard Meat Loaf perform this song twice in my life. He did it at the Storytellers show I attended, as well as one of the shows I saw on the Just Havin Fun Tour.

~Dave

Vickip · 30 Apr 2006, 01:15

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Originally Posted by Dave

Whatever Happened To Saturday Night (Hot Patootie) is from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I have been fortunate enough to have heard Meat Loaf perform this song twice in my life. He did it at the Storytellers show I attended, as well as one of the shows I saw on the Just Havin Fun Tour.

~Dave

Yep ... the show you're talking about during the Fun Tour was at the Allentown State Fair. All of a sudden he started singing it .. it was totally unexpected and fantastic

Vicki

Dave · 30 Apr 2006, 19:26

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Originally Posted by Vickip

Yep ... the show you're talking about during the Fun Tour was at the Allentown State Fair. All of a sudden he started singing it .. it was totally unexpected and fantastic

Turns out it was not that unexpected. Meat Loaf was to be in Allentown the night before and arragments had been made for him to make an appearance at the Rocky Horror Picture Show performance the night before the show. Turns out the boyfriend of one of the local cast members was a high ranking official with the Allentown Fair, that is why the fair pushed so hard to get Meat Loaf in the first place. Turns out there was fog or weather in the area (if you can remember) and Meat Loaf's flight could not happen until the morning of the show. Meat Loaf's management did make sure that some of the local cast members were given some priority seating. The Columbia the night before spoke with me before the show. They were told Meat would do the song for them. Once again, Meat Loaf is a VERY cool dude!!

~Dave

Vickip · 30 Apr 2006, 20:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave

Turns out it was not that unexpected. Meat Loaf was to be in Allentown the night before and arragments had been made for him to make an appearance at the Rocky Horror Picture Show performance the night before the show. Turns out the boyfriend of one of the local cast members was a high ranking official with the Allentown Fair, that is why the fair pushed so hard to get Meat Loaf in the first place. Turns out there was fog or weather in the area (if you can remember) and Meat Loaf's flight could not happen until the morning of the show. Meat Loaf's management did make sure that some of the local cast members were given some priority seating. The Columbia the night before spoke with me before the show. They were told Meat would do the song for them. Once again, Meat Loaf is a VERY cool dude!!

~Dave

Very cool

Vicki

*AndyK* · 02 May 2006, 15:23

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Originally Posted by rockfenris2005

Definitely get 'Rock And Roll Hero' if it's the version with BA and BBIS. The productions of the B.A. songs are really different to what you hear on the album. It just sounds different.. more louder, more refined

You're not wrong there Ryan, there's a story behind this, which will be revealed in Rear View Mirror sometime soon

mszee · 02 May 2006, 15:26

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Originally Posted by AndyK

You're not wrong there Ryan, there's a story behind this, which will be revealed in Rear View Mirror sometime soon

I've posted this above but nobody replied - could you please point me to the right album? It appears there were more than one release. I am looking on
Amazon.

Night of the soft parade · 12 May 2006, 21:27

Blind before I stop is one of my favourite albums to be honest, I know that must shock a lot of people, but I think it fitted in well with how musical styles were at that time.

Albums with a big production like the ones Meat makes with Jim Steinman were extremely unfasionable by 1987, so all in all I love Blind before I stop, I think its a great album and very under estimated.

**RadioMaster** · 12 May 2006, 21:55

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Originally Posted by Night of the soft parade

Blind before I stop is one of my favourite albums to be honest, I know that must shock a lot of people, but I think it fitted in well with how musical styles were at that time.

Hi and welcome to this site!
You´ve got an interessting nick, don´t you?
Oh, i forgot something:

Night of the soft parade · 12 May 2006, 22:17

Thanx, I'm glad you like my nick name.

I took it from the song One more kiss (night of the soft parade) cause thats one of my all time favourite Meat Loaf songs and theres a connection to my last real name as its Knight so there ya go!

I used to pray it would be a single here in the UK but they released Getting away with murder instead, our UK record companies haven't got a clue, they can't see a hit single if it jumped up and bit them on the nose.

I was amazed noone else used night of the soft parade when I attempted to register to be honest as I didn't try anything else.

Night of the soft parade · 12 May 2006, 22:33

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Originally Posted by Radiomaster

Need Your help!
Think about buying BBIS but don´t know if it´s worth the cost. The only song that I know from is Getting away with murder it´s good, but not great. How are the other songs?
At the amazon Z-Shop is only one copy, should i buy it?
R.

The rest of the album actually in my opinion is very good, its ironic cause I personally think Getting away with murder is the weakest track, and to think the UK record companies released it as a single here, it wasen't a hit needless to say, but yeah buy the album cause it really is very under estimated to me.

Highlights are:
One more kiss (night of the soft parade)
Burning down
Special Girl
Execution day
Blind before I stop
Man and a woman
Rock & roll mercenaries
Masculine

Slightly weaker tracks:
Getting away with murder
Standing on the outside
Rock & roll hero

But I love them all to be honest, its probably my favourite album apart from Midnight at the lost and found, I used to think that was the best until I heard Blind before I stop, so there it just proves what some people don't like others really adore!

The UK singles taken from Blind before I stop by the way were:
Rock'n'roll mercenaries.
Getting away with murder.
Special girl
Blind before I stop

And all in that order of release as far as I remember, and there was a live version of Masculine brought out as a double a sided single with a live version of Bat out of hell which was released in late 1987 also which I have as a 12inch vinyl.

mszee · 13 May 2006, 01:44

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Originally Posted by Night of the soft parade

The rest of the album actually in my opinion is very good, its ironic cause I personally think Getting away with murder is the weakest track, and to think the UK record companies released it as a single here, it wasen't a hit needless to say, but yeah buy the album cause it really is very under estimated to me.

Highlights are:
One more kiss (night of the soft parade)
Burning down
Special Girl
Execution day
Blind before I stop
Man and a woman
Rock & roll mercenaries
Masculine

Slightly weaker tracks:
Getting away with murder
Standing on the outside
Rock & roll hero

But I love them all to be honest, its probably my favourite album apart from Midnight at the lost and found, I used to think that was the best until I heard Blind before I stop, so there it just proves what some people don't like others really adore!

The UK singles taken from Blind before I stop by the way were:
Rock'n'roll mercenaries.
Getting away with murder.
Special girl
Blind before I stop

And all in that order of release as far as I remember, and there was a live version of Masculine brought out as a double a sided single with a live version of Bat out of hell which was released in late 1987 also which I have as a 12inch vinyl.

We're on the same page...although I think that Getting Away With murder is a brilliant video

rockfenris2005 · 15 May 2006, 14:54

Revolutions Per Minute deserved to be on BBIS. I can't believe they cut it

**RadioMaster** · 06 Jun 2006, 13:04

Now that it´s somehow off topic, but I didn´t want to start a new thread for:
Found the following offer
WTTN: 4,28€
DR: 7,76€
MATLAF: 7,91€
BA: 7,25€
BBIS: 7,98€

Package: 35,18€
Shouid I buy it?

27 Apr 2006, 20:06	#26
German Loafer Loafer Join Date: 26.04.2006 Location: Telgte Posts: 72	Last Year I bought an CD-Box called "Rock n' Roll Hero", which included all Songs from Bad Attitude, Blind Before I Stop and Live at Wembley '87, and payed 13 €. It ain't the Albums, but all the songs, and im completly satisfied. As you are from Germany too, if looked up the german amazon link http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASI...891676-2221636 Maybe this could be the right thing for you.

27 Apr 2006, 23:55	#27
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,081	What a crazy assed tracklisting that is. It's well worth the money but it's almost as if having Meat playing on random. Weird stuff.

28 Apr 2006, 01:10	#29
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	Well...I suggest you click on the link, look at the tracklisting and see if the songs are duplicated from your collection. I personally wouldn't buy it. Pud

28 Apr 2006, 02:25	#31
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,081	Those tracks will be exactly the same as on BA, BFIS and Live, just in a completely different order. Arista has released these tracks in many different collections over the years, I think the originals are all you will need. I agree if there were some B sides or outtakes it would certainly be "collectable".

28 Apr 2006, 13:59	#33
German Loafer Loafer Join Date: 26.04.2006 Location: Telgte Posts: 72	Well, this box is uesless for you if you already own the Albums, but I only had them on LP, so it was a cheap opportunity to get these tracks on CD.

28 Apr 2006, 17:29	#35
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 29.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	Makes sense to me too - thank you all for your help.

29 Apr 2006, 08:36	#36
rockfenris2005 Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.02.2003 Location: Posts: 2,217	Definitely get 'Rock And Roll Hero' if it's the version with BA and BBIS. The productions of the B.A. songs are really different to what you hear on the album. It just sounds different.. more louder, more refined

29 Apr 2006, 09:08	#37
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 29.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	Ok...I went to look on Amazon for this album - just to take a look at it - god know, it ain't expensive to keep a full collection. But now I am completely confused...it appears to be that there are more than one editions of this album??? 2 available ones look like have the same tracks but different album covers? Is that the only difference? Thank you all!

12 May 2006, 21:27	#44
Night of the soft parade Rookie Join Date: 12.05.2006 Posts: 11	Blind before I stop is one of my favourite albums to be honest, I know that must shock a lot of people, but I think it fitted in well with how musical styles were at that time. Albums with a big production like the ones Meat makes with Jim Steinman were extremely unfasionable by 1987, so all in all I love Blind before I stop, I think its a great album and very under estimated.

12 May 2006, 22:17	#46
Night of the soft parade Rookie Join Date: 12.05.2006 Posts: 11	Thanx, I'm glad you like my nick name. I took it from the song One more kiss (night of the soft parade) cause thats one of my all time favourite Meat Loaf songs and theres a connection to my last real name as its Knight so there ya go! I used to pray it would be a single here in the UK but they released Getting away with murder instead, our UK record companies haven't got a clue, they can't see a hit single if it jumped up and bit them on the nose. I was amazed noone else used night of the soft parade when I attempted to register to be honest as I didn't try anything else.

15 May 2006, 14:54	#49
rockfenris2005 Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.02.2003 Location: Posts: 2,217	Revolutions Per Minute deserved to be on BBIS. I can't believe they cut it

06 Jun 2006, 13:04	#50
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	Now that it´s somehow off topic, but I didn´t want to start a new thread for: Found the following offer WTTN: 4,28€ DR: 7,76€ MATLAF: 7,91€ BA: 7,25€ BBIS: 7,98€ Package: 35,18€ Shouid I buy it?