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Paul191
09 Mar 2006, 18:52
Hi guys, I was just wondering, does anyone know why DIST was never released as a single in the UK? The only reason i'm asking is because it was such a good song that it may have performed quite well in the charts just like it did in Germany.:twisted:
PanicLord
09 Mar 2006, 20:42
I might be wrong, but I think it is because Meat's label really seriously screwed up and were 100% CRAP! I think Meat is suing one of the labels for the incompetent mismanagement and lack of promotion.
Might be something else too of course...
Trudy67
10 Mar 2006, 13:58
I agree Paul191. Here in Western Australia the only promotion it got was when he was on tour. When you make a request from the radio stations they say "sorry we dont have any copies of that album".:( All we get are the same few songs played - BOOH, Heaven Can Wait, Paradise, Took the Words and Anything for Love. One day the local station had Meat as their artist of the day, they played one song each hour. The only other songs that I heard from any of his albums other that Bat I or Bat II was I'd Lie For You and Dead Ringer. Its a great shame that people who dont surf the net or come to these sites have no idea what other great Meat songs are out there.:(
Have a great day everyone.:D
Bye For Now
Trudy
Paul191
10 Mar 2006, 19:14
I agree Paul191. Here in Western Australia the only promotion it got was when he was on tour. When you make a request from the radio stations they say "sorry we dont have any copies of that album".:( All we get are the same few songs played - BOOH, Heaven Can Wait, Paradise, Took the Words and Anything for Love. One day the local station had Meat as their artist of the day, they played one song each hour. The only other songs that I heard from any of his albums other that Bat I or Bat II was I'd Lie For You and Dead Ringer. Its a great shame that people who dont surf the net or come to these sites have no idea what other great Meat songs are out there.:(
Have a great day everyone.:D
Bye For Now
Trudy
I agree with you totally. However, in the UK we are lucky enough to here many other great songs by Meat on the radio. I've heard 'Modern girl' and 'Midnight', countless times aswell as his biggest hits. But, i do wish they would play a lot more.
anyone fortunate enough with an extra couple bucks could by a copy of CHSIB and go down to their radio station and demand them to play a few, Testify Is a splendid song to wake up too. when i bought CHSIB, I must have bought the first copy in the store ;) the week after buddy had it playing first to end looping and he told me since I bought it they had to re order 3x
people orderring and buying... lucky for me i got all 4 posters... i gave one too my bro, one to an ex, one on my wall and another i have no clue :S
rockfenris2005
23 Mar 2006, 04:55
I live in Australia. On my 18th birthday I went to a restaurant and they hd the radio station on. Not only did they play the "new single" Man of Steel but proceeded to play Did I Say That, Couldn't Have Said it Better and Testify in THAT order! So it was big in Melbourne, at least
Once I heard them playing Paradise By The Dashboard Light on the radio and it shocked the heck out of me :lol: Usually they only play Anything For Love .. but I haven't heard it lately .:(
On April 15, 2004 (I remember because it was tax day here in the U.S.), I stopped at the post office. They had a tent set up and were doing a big promotion with one of the local radio stations ... I walked over to the tent, and asked the girl why they weren't playing CHSIB on the radio. She told me I had to talk to her boss (the station manager) and called him over ... I asked him why they didn't play Meat Loaf's music on their station. He gave me a funny look, and when I told him about CHSIB, he said he had no idea that Meat had a new album out, and would check into it right away. Sadly they never played any of the songs from the CD .... at least not that I'm aware of anyway. :(
Vicki
Ohio got plenty of airplay for the song Couldn't Have Said It Better. One of the many reasons it is good to be in the MidWest.
With all the love there ever was....
David
Mick Loaf
24 Mar 2006, 01:40
Stupid radio stations, they fear Meat Loaf songs because they think they're
too long but they don't realise how many Meat fans there are AND how many
people actually just like listening to his songs!
They only play Meat Loaf in Scotland on the radio when the DJ needs a pee!
I had the most joyous experience the other morning in the wee hours. The radio actually played the *full* BOOH, not the radio version, but the full version. It was 4am, I was driving through the hills with the lights of the city twinkling and spread out below me....AWESOME!!!!
Back on topic. We in Adelaide heard CHSIB maybe 20 times on the radio, and that was it. None of my local stores had heard of the album, I had to get the most obscure CD shop to order it in.
Stupid people.
Mick Loaf
27 Mar 2006, 02:28
TREX has nailed the original question - bad management!
Why don't they understand how to treat a Meat Loaf album?
rockfenris2005
27 Mar 2006, 08:19
It was everywhere here. There were stacks and stacks of copies in the latest release section
Pudding
27 Mar 2006, 11:14
I didn't see the album in the shops for ages after it was released most other place and I eventually ended up buying it secondhand in a music store. Lo and behold, a couple of weeks later, nearly every music shop stocked it :roll:
Pud :twisted:
PanicLord
27 Mar 2006, 19:59
It was everywhere here. There were stacks and stacks of copies in the latest release section
Where are you?
Nowhere you want to be: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
It's full of bloody Victorians. ;)
PanicLord
28 Mar 2006, 21:24
Nowhere you want to be: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
It's full of bloody Victorians. ;)
:lmao:
Nowhere I want to be? You have the best concerts, DVD recordings with the MSO, and huge piles of Meat's CDs in the shops.
Plus its Australia!
I would love to be in Australia! :lol:
Good person!
Avoiding Victoria is recommended... ;)
PanicLord
29 Mar 2006, 19:01
At the risk of going a little off topic, why?
Because it's full of Victorians.
Theiving Mexicans they are.
:D
(All in jest, Victoria and South Australia have a really solid sibling rivalry thing happening... they hate us, we hate them, but God forbid any non-aussies pick on either :D)
PanicLord
30 Mar 2006, 01:12
Because it's full of Victorians.
Theiving Mexicans they are.
:D
(All in jest, Victoria and South Australia have a really solid sibling rivalry thing happening... they hate us, we hate them, but God forbid any non-aussies pick on either :D)
:lmao:
I have been warned... thanks for the explanation...
Just to remind people I have been on topic at some point in this thread, I thought I'd better put some more appropriate comments in too... ;)
I might be wrong, but I think it is because Meat's label really seriously screwed up and were 100% CRAP! I think Meat is suing one of the labels for the incompetent mismanagement and lack of promotion.
Might be something else too of course...
I agree 100% :lol:
mikeloaf
30 Mar 2006, 23:06
At NEC 2003 Did I say That was one of the highlight. After the amazing version of Frying Pan, it was a total contrast and he sang it perfectly.
As a recording, I listen to it, but I find it an awkward song, the start and the end don't seem to be right together, and it would have been difficult to edit it to say 3 1/2 mins to produce an effective single.
Man of Steel was the wrong song to launch as a single ( UK 2003 ) and it didn't do well at all, Meat was ill anyway and couldn't have promoted it.
Testify or Love you out loud would have been much better choices. Meat Loaf is famed for long, theatrical music, BOOH, AFL, ILFY, CHSIB, epic love between man and woman songs.
He's a big man who sings big songs. Maybe chasing chart single successes isn't where his appeal lies.
AndrewG
02 Apr 2006, 15:13
Did I say That is my favourite song from CHSIB. I think it would have been great, had the video been a follow up to I'd lie for you. I think Anything for love, Lie for you and DIST are similar style songs.
Totally agree Musicman - Def. the best!! I don't actually care for the video, I thought the edits were horrible and the video itself wasn't that great.
Sorry feeling rather opinionated today Lol
Ross
PanicLord
03 Apr 2006, 00:40
I also think DIST is the best song from CHSIB, followed by CHSIB and MOS. I reckon if the record company had started fresh in the UK after the disastrous lack of marketing of CHSIB with DIST it could have been a big hit.
Too late now... unless they do it to get Meat's name back in the public eye prior to Bat3??
The promotion here was just pathetic! they better do good for bat 3.
Sapphire Lady
12 Apr 2006, 09:30
I also think DIST is the best song from CHSIB, followed by CHSIB and MOS. I reckon if the record company had started fresh in the UK after the disastrous lack of marketing of CHSIB with DIST it could have been a big hit.
Too late now... unless they do it to get Meat's name back in the public eye prior to Bat3??
I can't see any way DIST will be released as a single now. Next single will be from Bat III. They might even release the album before the first single (as was the case with Bat II). Do we know that Bat III is being handled by the same record company as CHSIB?
Rumour has it (I think it's rumour, I know I've heard it, but can't recall whether it is from an official source or not) that Meat is suing whoever ****ed up the CHSIB stuff, namely the label.
Thus, I assume Bat III will be a different label.
Love to see Virgin back on it.
Paul191
12 Apr 2006, 18:11
Good! I really hope he is suing the label who did CHSIB, they were dreadful. If Virgin or Epic do Bat III then i'll be very happy. Both of them are great.
It may not be such a bad idea to get an up-and-coming label, who don't have a huge rep yet.
In fact, I don't think it matters what the name of the label is, provided they bust their balls and get the album, the music and the man out there.
Is there a label called "ballbusters"?
Is there a label called "ballbusters"?
Why not start it..lol....
:roll:
Oh, you can laugh.
I'll catch you in the morning and tell you what has been achieved today, and not only will you respect my broken balls, but your jaw will dislocate, it will drop so fast... :D
Oh, you can laugh.
I'll catch you in the morning and tell you what has been achieved today, and not only will you respect my broken balls, but your jaw will dislocate, it will drop so fast... :D
alright will wait ..and training my jaw rightaway to stay in place
mikeloaf
15 Apr 2006, 01:42
I have to say I heard and saw Meat on the TV and radio promoting CHSIB. Thats how I knew the release date and played the album on my way home from work the day it was released in the UK.
The video's were not upto WTTN standard but I had the album and knew about the tour in good time. Perhaps others were just unlucky to miss the promotion. Maybe it missed the target market.
I can only speak for my area of Aus., but it was a fluke that I heard CHSIB on the radio, otherwise I wouldn't have known it existed.
Naturally, I bolted down to the nearest CD store to buy the album...had never heard of it. Ditto every other CD store in town. I had to get it ordered in..... (my now husband found it somewhere in the interim, but that's another story) it's hardly a promotion when the music shops don't know it exist.
I soooooo hope the Bat III is on the level of Bat II. Even up there would be fine.
mikeloaf
18 Apr 2006, 00:25
Certainly in the Uk CHSIB was promoted. It was the single 'Man of steel' which failed in the charts ( it got to 17 I think ). That was due in part to Meats heart trouble, he was sick and unable to sing it live, etc.
All I can say is I knew about the album from his TV and radio appearences on regular 'chat' and music shows.
PanicLord
19 Apr 2006, 21:41
Although I think the promotion overall was disappointing (ie CRAP) there was SOME promotion. But not enough - remember when Bat 2 came out? It was EVERYWHERE and it sold by the bucket load (the promotion was backed up by quality music)!
I think I saw an ad for CHSIB twice on TV, a couple of live performances of the song on various chat shows... and that's it. Pathetic.
RadioMaster
19 Apr 2006, 23:40
for CHSIB Meat himself did in germany a great promotion. He was in the two biggest TV shows "Wetten dass...?" and "TV Total".
It was even a little scandal connected with it. It was as headline of the biggest newspapers the next day.
What happend?
Meat gave Thomas Gottschalk from Wetten dass after the performance of DIST a tongue kiss (look here: http://www.meatloaf.de/_realmedia/_video/meatloaf_wettendass.ram)
Meat gave CHSIB as the themesong of the biggest TV production of the year, Napoleon.
So you can say here in Germany, the promotion was good.
The problem was either with Man of Steel, i didnīt knew it was released as a single.
I donīt know which label got Bat3, i just know that iīll be published through Universal Music.
R.
German Loafer
30 Apr 2006, 00:10
Did I Say That was first single in Germany, i saw the video on VIVA (german music video station) once or twice, that's where I got first news of the new album. Man of Steel was only released as the fourth single, without the video being played bei MTV and co. Second was CHSIB, this video I only saw once, in the Album charts on MTV, and third was Because of you, which I only heard once on radio. All in all the presence of his songs in the media was simply to low to attract much interest here.
RadioMaster
30 Apr 2006, 12:53
Did I Say That was first single in Germany, i saw the video on VIVA (german music video station) once or twice, that's where I got first news of the new album. Man of Steel was only released as the fourth single, without the video being played bei MTV and co. Second was CHSIB, this video I only saw once, in the Album charts on MTV, and third was Because of you, which I only heard once on radio. All in all the presence of his songs in the media was simply to low to attract much interest here.
I thought MOS was the third single? after DIST and CHSIB. I didnīt know that BOY was released...
R.
German Loafer
30 Apr 2006, 17:39
Well, I heard it on Radio with the dj saying something about new single, and that was before I heard of any MOS release. That's not a very reliable source, so I'm not that sure about it.
I thought MOS was the third single? after DIST and CHSIB. I didnīt know that BOY was released...
R.
I thought MOS was the third single too. I remember there were rumors floating around that BOY may be released as a single, but, as far as I know, it was never released officially ... :??:
Vicki
German Loafer
30 Apr 2006, 17:55
Well, I searched the net a bit, but I looks like there wasn't a BOY-single.
Now I wonder why I heard of it on the radio??
BOY was supposed to be the third single here in Germany (Meat told me so), but it never happened.
So I think the radiostation thought it would be released soon.
Love,
Eva
German Loafer
30 Apr 2006, 18:04
So the mystery finally resolves...
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