24 Minute interview on PBS
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very interesting.. ta for posting
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It's a honest interview filled with the truth and i really enjoyed watching it.
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Re: that prayer on the wall thing. It appears Meat got his facts wrong. So unless objecting to a violation of the US constitution and standing up for what you believe is right is a sign of the world going to hell in a handbasket, I think it's a pretty bad example.
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Also, there's a video which goes into Chuck D's contribution on the album a bit more: http://video.pbs.org/video/2210992925
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And using Wiki to confidently point out Meat "got his facts wrong" irks me. Caryl |
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Well irk me.
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However if you're going to bring it up as an example of how the world is going to hell then the example is taken out of context. Good interview though, still doesn't change my view of not liking the album. |
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Fact is that he was extremely out of line here. THIS was the best example he could find of the world going to hell in a handbasket? Not starving children or needless wars or Kony. No. Some kid in middle America who wants the constitution upheld is the best example that he could find. Interviews like this just tell me how out of touch ML really is with the rest of the world. I actually try to avoid interviews with him from the past and the present because IMO he doesn't comes across well in almost EVERY interview I've seen with him. I know it will never happen and everyone has the right to their opinion, but I wish that he would just shut up and sing. |
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I do not consider Wiki to be some tablet of stone-set truth. I support Meat, I am ENTITLED to do this and to express my views. I can manage to do this with courtesy. Some might not find it surprising that fans on a fansite support or defend the man whose name heads every page. Please don't even try to harass me into changing or diminishing my support of Meat, who is someone I respect. |
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Thank You. |
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As have you proved yourself, for which I cannot thank you with any sincerity |
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So I still stand by my original assertion that Meat got his facts wrong on this one. |
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You wish that he would shut up and sing? Believe it or not he's actually a very interesting person and I suspect that if he wasn't asked various questions in interviews he wouldn't answer. Fact is the people that interview him find him very interesting and want to know his views on a whole range of things. Caryl is right in that Wikipedia is well known for gathering it's info from here there and everywhere and so ends up not quite factually correct in a lot of what it says. You wish he would just shut up and sing? I would say what the hell are you even doing on this site when you insult the artist you are meant to be supporting? How can you even be allowed to come here and blatantly insult the artist? |
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very interesting
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And supporting an artist means that I buy his records and see him in concert. If he does or says something that I object to I am going to make it known. Even though I'm aware that democracies don't exist on internet forums, we all live in Free countries where we're allowed to express our opinions. I know that may seem foreign for a message board where it seems like 50% of the posts are just people agreeing with each other. I love ML as a singer and sometimes as an actor, but that doesn't mean that he's omnipotent. Lately especially it seems that every time that he opens his mouth and does a keystroke I do a facepalm. |
I really don't want to give a damn about Meat Loaf's political and worldviews. I don't care, I'm in it for the music. But when he's making a big deal out of how his latest album in grounded in reality and how he thinks about stuff, no characters in the songs, etc., it gets kinda hard to stay out, right?
So when he comes up with probably the worst best example of the world going to hell in a handbasket, I want to headdesk and facepalm at once. If Meat sings that he can barely fit his big dog in there, I know it's stupid, but that's not Meat, it's his character. On the other hand, saying stuff like Quote:
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I don't see how she is what's wrong with the world. Go yell at the people sending her death threats, or something. |
Are you all really naive enough to think that Meat really thinks that is the best example? It was an example he came up with at a moments notice in response to a question. It's like the other week when he said everyones got their hand out, were you all naive enough to think he really meant everyone in the world? Of course he didn't, and you'd be stupid to think so.
FFS HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO BE TOLD HE GETS NERVOUS ON TV AND DOESN'T ALWAYS SAY THINGS EXACTLY RIGHT? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE, STOP PICKING. |
I've seen the same "best example" (Meat's words) pop up three times now:
http://www.lfpress.com/entertainment.../19527466.html http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/...atloaf2012.htm http://video.pbs.org/video/2213078176 Which would suggest that he didn't come up with it at a moment's notice. |
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I like the passion with which this intelligent, caring, and articulate man speaks about his concerns and beliefs. It simply reinforces the meaning of the album and enhances the pleasure in listening to it for me |
Great interview, thanks for posting!
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Thankyou for posting this interview.
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