This is prolly REALLY nerdy but....

[Wario]

Ive been watching some last at bat videos on youtube and noticed during two out of three hes standing like this:
http://media.mlxxfc.net/Screen shot 2013-06-17 at 7.17.03 AM.png

A complete reference to the rockpalast DVD release here:

http://media.mlxxfc.net/Screen shot 2013-06-17 at 7.15.24 AM.png

SO cool.

[Adje]

LOL

During LAB he had his arms crossed. During the Original tour he moves his arms. It's geeky you waited for the frame where it looks like he's crossing his arms (which he does not). :lol:

So I'm pretty sure it's not a refference...

[melon]

Yes well at the start he says he's going to try and sing it like 78... He means it completely.

I posted a pic a while ago of one taken from the 70s and one of mine from the LAB tour joined together... I'll see if I can find it and post it again

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[melon]

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd28/melon016/Random%20Items%20for%20Uploading%20to%20MLUK/1977amp2013_zpseb384a59.png (http://s223.photobucket.com/user/melon016/media/Random%20Items%20for%20Uploading%20to%20MLUK/1977amp2013_zpseb384a59.png.html)

[CarylB]

During LAB he had his arms crossed. During the Original tour he moves his arms.

It's where he starts (as in the photos Mel's posted), rather than how long he stays in that position Adje.

I think there is always a relevance in what he's doing as he prepares to sing every song, rather than whether he keeps his arms folded or not throughout this particular one. Meat's an actor; he creates a character for every song. As an actor he has a physical stance or movement to summon every character he has created for the song .. doing that brings the character into focus for him, he takes it into every part of his body, becomes the character, is no longer himself. The clearest one for me is as he's preparing for BOOH .. but he has one for every song, although he says we probably won't notice a lot of them. ;) But if you watch him prepare for each one, there will be a position of a hand, an expression on his face, something in his stance etc .. some small thing he does as an actor to call in the character. The folded arms may be the one he used in '78, so using that might help him create that original character as he felt it in '78, which is as Mel says what he said he'd do, and what he delivered :-)

So yes, it is a bit nerdy Warrio .. but you are a self-confessed nerd, and proud of it ;):-) This time, yes, it's cool you noticed ;)

[Wario]

I posted a pic a while ago of one taken from the 70s and one of mine from the LAB tour joined together... I'll see if I can find it and post it again

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd28/melon016/Random%20Items%20for%20Uploading%20to%20MLUK/1977amp2013_zpseb384a59.png (http://s223.photobucket.com/user/melon016/media/Random%20Items%20for%20Uploading%20to%20MLUK/1977amp2013_zpseb384a59.png.html)

I bolded something Mel. Thats a fantastic comparison picture but the meat on the right is from 1981. He started wearing that vest only during the 1981 tour. Then he ditched it, lost weight, and began wearing all black, which sans a few exceptions (Like the second act of LAB for example) he pretty much has worn all black his entire stage career.

Sorry, just had to say it :lol:

[CarylB]

I bolded something Mel. Thats a fantastic comparison picture but the meat on the right is from 1981. He started wearing that vest only during the 1981 tour. Then he ditched it, lost weight, and began wearing all black, which sans 1993, 1996, and few exceptions (Like the second act of LAB) he pretty much has.

Sorry, just had to say it

Now you're being nerdy! :lol::lol:

It's how he started the song in '78 too ;)

[melon]

I bolded something Mel. Thats a fantastic comparison picture but the meat on the right is from 1981. He started wearing that vest only during the 1981 tour. Then he ditched it, lost weight, and began wearing all black, which sans a few exceptions (Like the second act of LAB for example) he pretty much has worn all black his entire stage career.

Sorry, just had to say it :lol:
:shrug: All good, It's only 3 years difference ;)

Now you're being nerdy! :lol::lol:

Lol

[AndyK]

I bolded something Mel. Thats a fantastic comparison picture but the meat on the right is from 1981. He started wearing that vest only during the 1981 tour. Then he ditched it, lost weight, and began wearing all black, which sans a few exceptions (Like the second act of LAB for example) he pretty much has worn all black his entire stage career.

Sorry, just had to say it :lol:

Except for the gold shirt he used to wear during the BA tour, for example :p

[Wario]

Except for the gold shirt he used to wear during the BA tour, for example :p

You wanna get technical heres the instances where he didnt wear all black post 1981:

BA Tour: wore a Gold shirt for two out of three and bat
1988 Tour: wore a white shirt and suspenders for paradise
1991 Tour: Wore some different over the top shirts, most notably during Toads Place (The "Sequined Sodas")
Bat 2 Tour: Act 1 of the Tour he wore a white pirate shirt
WTTN Tour: During Not a dry eye, original sin, and Amnesty he wore a red shirt while during the last part of the show before bat it was dark blue. first part of the show and bat was all in black
CHSIB Tour: Wore the white shirt for Bat
3 Bats Tour: Wore the White Shirt for the first act (He wore all the black the first act for RAH)
LAB: Wore white shirt for last act

That may seem like alot but it isnt compared to everything as a whole. Most of those shows, like the CHSIB Tour shows, were mostly all black but he switched it up towards the end.

[Evil One]

You're assuming he wore the same for every show. How do you know one day he didn't wake up and think '~~~~ it, I'm wearing a yellow shirt tonight!' :shrug:

[Wario]

You're assuming he wore the same for every show. How do you know one day he didn't wake up and think '~~~~ it, I'm wearing a yellow shirt tonight!' :shrug:

Meat is very formulaic (Only in terms of dress and set list) for each tour, which makes it easy to assume.

[chairboys]

Meat is very formulaic (Only in terms of dress and set list) for each tour, which makes it easy to assume.

I love his formulas. Beats those old chemistry lessons any day.

[misterfive]

Is there a technical term for the kind of outfits Meat wears on stage?

[CarylB]

Wardrobe ;)

[misterfive]

Wardrobe ;)

Smart ass... I mean the style.

[Wario]

Smart ass... I mean the style.

no need to be rude.

I believe the style is epicness.

I believe the actual styles can be classified as such:

Bat 2 Tour: Theatrical Elizabethan
WTTN: Sequined Noir
The Last four Tours: Sequined Everything
all Other Tours: Black on black or White on Black

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd28/melon016/Random%20Items%20for%20Uploading%20to%20MLUK/1977amp2013_zpseb384a59.png (http://s223.photobucket.com/user/melon016/media/Random%20Items%20for%20Uploading%20to%20MLUK/1977amp2013_zpseb384a59.png.html)


Also... maybe two out of three is the same character as the Mad Mad Escapes speech that started the 1988 LB&GG Tour!

-L_02uDXWyM

[AndrewG]

What does "prolly" mean?

[melon]

What does "prolly" mean?

Bad slang for probably lol

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[chairboys]

Bad slang for probably lol

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i think you are prolly right

[ForeverInBat]

This thread and its contributors has made me giggle much!! Thankyou!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

[ninja]

Wardrobe ;)

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

[misterfive]

no need to be rude.




Since when is calling out smart-assery being rude? I have heard ruder things on a fortune cookie.

[The Flying Mouse]

Wardrobe ;)

Smart ass... I mean the style.

no need to be rude.


Since when is calling out smart-assery being rude? I have heard ruder things on a fortune cookie.

:twisted: Remind me never to go for chinese food at some of the places you eat at :bleh: :lol:

Remember folks, the written word by itself can sometimes come over more harshly than intended.
Smilies are a good way to inject a bit of intent into a post. To soften words and to indicate humor.
They're not called emoticons for nothing :wink:

In all fairness, Caryl used a wink smilie to indicate that she was only engaging in some friendly leg pulling.

If I want to call someone a wiseass (and on this forum I have more than enough occassion to do that :mrgreen: ) a simple :p is enough to indicate that you are not trying to be offensive.

Back to the topic please, such as it is :bleh: :p

[Wario]

:twisted: Remind me never to go for chinese food at some of the places you eat at :bleh: :lol:

Remember folks, the written word by itself can sometimes come over more harshly than intended.
Smilies are a good way to inject a bit of intent into a post. To soften words and to indicate humor.
They're not called emoticons for nothing :wink:

In all fairness, Caryl used a wink smilie to indicate that she was only engaging in some friendly leg pulling.

If I want to call someone a wiseass (and on this forum I have more than enough occassion to do that :mrgreen: ) a simple :p is enough to indicate that you are not trying to be offensive.

Back to the topic please, such as it is :bleh: :p

oh shut up smart ass :))

[CarylB]

In all fairness, Caryl used a wink smilie to indicate that she was only engaging in some friendly leg pulling.

Thanks Mouse :-)

And I'd rather be a smart ass than a dumb ass anyway ;)

[Sue K]

Thanks Mouse :-)

And I'd rather be a smart ass than a dumb ass anyway ;)

SPEAKING of leg pulling ... ;) ... I like when 'Imself grabs at his pant leg for a moment ... I find that very zexy... Anyone want to make an ol' firt happy and post a picture of that ? ... :lol: ... Love, Peace and Understanding to all on this loverly Wednesday morn ... 63F in PhillyTown ... and sunny ... like me ... hahahaaa ... xo

[melon]

SPEAKING of leg pulling ... ;) ... I like when 'Imself grabs at his pant leg for a moment ... I find that very zexy... Anyone want to make an ol' firt happy and post a picture of that ? ... :lol:

:twisted: Like this? ......

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd28/melon016/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20Sheffield%20Motorpoint%20Arena%2019-4-13/IMG_0581_zps7976d807.jpg (http://s223.photobucket.com/user/melon016/media/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20Sheffield%20Motorpoint%20Arena%2019-4-13/IMG_0581_zps7976d807.jpg.html)

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd28/melon016/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20Manchester%20MEN%20Arena%2025-5-13/IMG_2459_zpsa1865a7d.jpg (http://s223.photobucket.com/user/melon016/media/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20Manchester%20MEN%20Arena%2025-5-13/IMG_2459_zpsa1865a7d.jpg.html)

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd28/melon016/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20London%20O2%2010-4-13/IMAG3525_zps7ec91c05.jpg (http://s223.photobucket.com/user/melon016/media/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20London%20O2%2010-4-13/IMAG3525_zps7ec91c05.jpg.html)

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd28/melon016/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20London%20O2%2010-4-13/IMAG3524_zps6a1a16d3.jpg (http://s223.photobucket.com/user/melon016/media/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20London%20O2%2010-4-13/IMAG3524_zps6a1a16d3.jpg.html)

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd28/melon016/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20Glasgow%207-4-13/IMAG3308_zpsd70ce9aa.jpg (http://s223.photobucket.com/user/melon016/media/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20Glasgow%207-4-13/IMAG3308_zpsd70ce9aa.jpg.html)

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd28/melon016/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20Nottingham%20Capital%20FM%20Arena%2020-5-13/IMG_1915_zps9151256b.jpg (http://s223.photobucket.com/user/melon016/media/Meat%20Loaf%20-%20Nottingham%20Capital%20FM%20Arena%2020-5-13/IMG_1915_zps9151256b.jpg.html)
http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/163500_10151599993573855_83365354_n.jpg

[Sue K]

ooo ... thank you ... thank you very much, Melz... you KNOW what I likes !!! ... :) ... xo

[misterfive]

Thanks Mouse :-)

And I'd rather be a smart ass than a dumb ass anyway ;)

That is exactly what my fortune cookie said.

[melon]

ooo ... thank you ... thank you very much, Melz... you KNOW what I likes !!! ... :) ... xo

;-)

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