Meat and the AUS Rugby Grand Finals

[MBrevard]

Well, I just got through listening to the Rugby Finals in Australia and I'm ready to strangle the announcers for this event!!

First of all, from the sounds of it, the power went off right before the show was to begin. Then, they finally brought Meat and the band out. The announcer proceeded to talk through the center of Bat (and other places). They didn't seem to realize there was going to be a second song, so started to talk through it!!! They thought that it was Kelly Clarkson singing with Meat. Thankfully, Meat, as he always does, introduced Patti at the end, so the announcer had to backtrack and try to make up for his mistake....

Why weren't these guys told what was going to happen?? Oh well...

After the Kelly Clarkson section, he did manage to read an email I had sent in, telling him to say hi to Meat--that all of us from the MLUKFC forum love him (they just read "forum" ) and couldn't wait to hear him sing!! Sadly, I had turned my recorder off by then, but I was still listening....At least we may have let Meat know we're thinking of him...if he gets a copy of the message.

Wait... Just heard a bit more from listening to the radio's coverage:

I guess Channel 9 is getting hundreds of emails complaining that they didn't show Meat's full performance on TV!! Way to go, people!! I guess lots of folks are OUTRAGED!!!...

Wait a minute. The announcer just said that they can't even read some of the mail coming in because people are SO upset about not seeing Meat that their use of language is not fit for broadcast!!!! I LOVE this, don't you??!!!

If you missed Meat's part of it, here's a link so that you can listen to what happened. Wasn't the best of connections, so I apologize for the quality, but...it's the best I could get.

Enjoy it, friends!! I hope Channel 9 continues to be flooded with angry email and phone calls!!!!

When are these people going to learn that THE WORLD LOVES MEAT LOAF??!!

Love to all,
MB
xxx

[dottie]

Thanks Mbrevard for taking the time and the trouble to post this for us, a wonderful way to start the day, listening to Meat

[mladay]

Hey Mbrevard

Thanks for that, and it's funny you live in Cal USA and i live in Newcastle Oz just afew hours from Syndey but we only got to see Meat sing Bat Out OF Hell then Ch 9 went to a Panel talking about the game so we did not get to see the 2nd song at all but we could hear it same and it sounded great.

I have sent a email to Ch 9 and well i don't think they could read in on air.


Cheers

Ian (mladay)

[MBrevard]

Hi!!

Dottie, listening to Meat is a GREAT way to start EVERY day!!! Yes!!

Hi, Ian!! You know, it's an incredible world, isn't it?!! There you are in OZ and it's 6:30 in the evening and here I am in California, where it's 1:30 in the morning and I'm listen to YOUR radio station!! It just never ceases to amaze me!!

I'm so glad you got to see him--at least for a while, on your TV!!! But what in world was Channel 9 thinking??? Here they have a BIG name performing at this huge event--someone who has not been in your country for how many years now?? And they cut away from his second number--from the album which was just released there!!! It really IS outrageous!!

I didn't realize that was happening, of course, from here. The radio coverage was bad enough, as you read earlier and you heard! But at least, we got to hear most of it!!

I'm SO glad you wrote your letter!! I hope the station gets SO many complaints they can't take them all!!

He did sound good, didn't he!!! Did he look good? Did he look more rested?? I hope so. This is a grueling schedule for him right now...I hope his other promos have been going better for him, too!!

Thanks again, Ian!!

Love,
MB
xxx

[Bohemian]

Oh Brilliant. The first thing that came to my mind is that I would have to send a bloody irate email from each of my email addresses to Chennel 9 over that farce.

Meat sounded and looked so damn good. The performance on the Footy Show was well below par (I still loved it, course) but that bit of Bat Out Of Hell we got to hear tonight from the pre match entertainment (all 2 minutes of it ) sounded so dman good. Sounded just PERFECT. Great to see Meat can still ROCK ROCK ROCK! (Sorry - just hyped about the Meat Concert on Feb 28 - never seen him in Concert before!).

Anyways: I am SO pleased to hear that channel 9 are getting inundated by angry emails. My suggestion is that none of us relent until they show the bloody thing. Multiple emails a day until it gets shown - primetime.

HELL! Lets post the address to send em here and get everyone to give em a line. I mea, as members of the international Meat Loaf community I think we all have the right to feel very cheated here.

I'm off to find the channel 9 complaints line...

Bohemian

[CarylB]

Thanks MB .. lovely )

[Beer-man]

Yes there was outrage in this house too......I too cant Wait until the 28/2/2003.....might see you in line for the tickets

[Beer-man]

which email address are you using to send complaints to the scum sucking pigs at channel 9?

[Bohemian]

Originally Posted by Beer-man

Yes there was outrage in this house too......I too cant Wait until the 28/2/2003.....might see you in line for the tickets

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet. Shall be grand.

On a side note - would anyone be able to tell me the email address I should use? I have found the postal address to comlain to from every capital city in Australia... but where's the damn email address??

Thanks,
:) Bohemian

(Might send a few snail mails as well - man I'm angry. Meat comes to Australia and all this great exposure and stuff and Ken-bloody-Sutcliffe screws us again. )

[MBrevard]

Hi again! I just found this page with information about how to contact Channel 9.

I'm not sure if this will be helpful or not, but have a look at it and see what you think!

http://ninemsn.com.au/support/channe...1c1c92dcfa8a6d

I'm glad to hear Meat looked good! Thanks for that!! Wish y'all could have seen MORE of him!!

Love,
MB
xxx

[Beer-man]

I'll call from work tomorrow me thinks. How dare they talk over the mighty meat.......Not happy Jan.

I thought it was funny that Meat was drowning them out for most of it anyway.....

[Bohemian]

Originally Posted by Beer-man

I'll call from work tomorrow me thinks. How dare they talk over the mighty meat.......Not happy Jan.

I thought it was funny that Meat was drowning them out for most of it anyway.....

Too right. At least we could still make out the end long notes of CHSIB and then Meat screaming "Miss Patti Russo!" to the crowd. But it doesn't end there even. When they went to the panel it was bloody Phil Gould they spoke to for the most part. A bloody double whammy!

Bohemian

[Marianne]

Thanks MB for taking the time to put this link here for us.
It was lovey to hear The Man. It sounded realy good.

Marianne.

[Frying Pan]

I enjoyed it too, he sounded pretty much on the money I was concerned after hearing about the throat problems and the Footy Show performance but if he sounds like that when I see him I'll be a happy man.

[JenniferSal]

OK, for those who didnt get a 'visual' like me, i found the (hopefully just the start of!) some photos on one of the agency sites. Theyre only thumbnails, so if you have trouble making any out, basically Meat's in a white shirt, black vest, Kasim is in the red concert suit he's been wearing, but thankfully with a white shirt (to me, when he's worn that suit with a red print shirt, although he looks good in it, under some of the lights it sometimes washes him out!), Paul seems to be in his black concert attire, and thats basically it on the band members seen.

There's a shot of Meat coming to the stage in a classic car, there is another shot with, I think, dancers at the base of the stage and onstage, again i THINK, Meat is leaning on Kasim for some reason, then there's another shot of Meat singing under blue lighting. The page might be updated with more, and hopefully other agencies will be having some listed, some of those dont update until Monday though. If i see anything more, or if someone else does, im sure it's gonna make its way to the board. Link:

http://newsandsport.gettyimages.com/...s=&pes=&lr=500

If it doesnt link well, please copy and paste into your browsers. Take care!

Jen S.

[LP]

He sounded GREAT!!!!! Thanks for the audio.

Any worries I had are gone. Why do I ever take notice of negative posting????

I'm now sat in an empty office working overtime, hungover but really really happy to have heard that.

Luke

[LP]

And cool pictures too! Not getting much done here....

[Vickip]

Originally Posted by JenniferSal

OK, for those who didnt get a 'visual' like me, i found the (hopefully just the start of!) some photos on one of the agency sites. Theyre only thumbnails, so if you have trouble making any out, basically Meat's in a white shirt, black vest, Kasim is in the red concert suit he's been wearing, but thankfully with a white shirt (to me, when he's worn that suit with a red print shirt, although he looks good in it, under some of the lights it sometimes washes him out!), Paul seems to be in his black concert attire, and thats basically it on the band members seen.

There's a shot of Meat coming to the stage in a classic car, there is another shot with, I think, dancers at the base of the stage and onstage, again i THINK, Meat is leaning on Kasim for some reason, then there's another shot of Meat singing under blue lighting. The page might be updated with more, and hopefully other agencies will be having some listed, some of those dont update until Monday though. If i see anything more, or if someone else does, im sure it's gonna make its way to the board. Link:

http://newsandsport.gettyimages.com/...s=&pes=&lr=500

If it doesnt link well, please copy and paste into your browsers. Take care!

Jen S.

Thanks for the link Jen :)
Vicki

[Vickip]

Thanks for everything MB

Vicki

[Eva]

Thanks MB! He sounded soooo great! :P
Thanks Jen! He looks soooo wonderful! :P

Love
Eva

[MBrevard]

Thanks, Jen! Nice photos! (Wish these agencies would make their thumbnails larger, though!! )

Great to see Meat out of his totally black outfit, for a change!!

Love,
MB
xxx

[Vickip]

Originally Posted by MBrevard

Thanks, Jen! Nice photos! (Wish these agencies would make their thumbnails larger, though!! )

Great to see Meat out of his totally black outfit, for a change!!

Love,
MB
xxx

Right you are MB
I love the white shirt with that vest !!
Vicki

[Testify]

thanks for the links

[Dick]

When was it that Meat was actually on, Start end or half time?

Thanks,
Dick

[MBrevard]

Thanks, everyone!

Dick, Meat was on the PRE-Game Festivities, I believe--BEFORE the Final Rugby game was to be played. He was the first of the scheduled entertainment, and came on about 6:30 AUS time.

Hope that helps!

Love,
MB
xxx