I keep on thinking about it...so I've asked people who are not fans and don't know much about him what they think. Interesting...they also think that it's because he is an actor first and thinks more about getting into the character and expressing emotions than how his notes will come out...

One thing you gotta' remmeber is Meat Loaf himself claims to entertain, not sing. I think it is all part of the act.

~Dave

That is part of what I am trying to say, however, it explains WHY is he doing it...still doesn't explain HOW...do you know what I mean?

Lucy is right about the acid reflux disease; Meat mentioned it in the commentary of MSO. But he also said he had been chewing gum a long time before that 'prescription' for medicinally dried out vocal chords. What I don't understand about the gum is how he can 'park' it so securely that it doesn't move no matter how open his mouth is, or how heavily he is singing.

And Meat does put acting first in his performances.

You´re right Virginia, i´ve looked it up, too. I can´t understand how much gum he can chew while singing! I´ve counted 3 pieces of it. I whouldn´t be able to speak with so much gum!

If I remember what he said correctly, Meat said he used to put in 5 pieces, but has now worked down to 4!

thats a useful technique. i find chewing helps coz my vocals dry quick, i just wish others wld see it like that and not whine at u for chewing come when singing.
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leeann

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Scientists have explained why we see a rainbow arching across the sky and why chocolate makes us feel so good .. but the rainbow isn't any more beautiful for understanding what causes it, the chocolate doesn't taste any better .. and a Turner doesn't look any more wonderful for having its brushstrokes dissected :-) We have a cherry tree in my road which is a mix of pure white and pink blossoms .. the Council had all the white branches pruned away one year (the vandals!) .. but the white has grown back. It's one of a kind .. a small wonderment .. and like so many of life's miracles that lift one's heart, I don't need to pick them apart to try and understand them, but just bask in the joy they give :D

Meat sees himself as a performer rather than a singer of songs .. How does he do it? Who knows? Like a Turner or the cherry tree, he's one of those miracles in life that I'm just happy to have wash over me :))))))

A very poetic statement. Thanks for that!

Very poetic and very true...I see things sort of the same way...

explain for me plz.
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leeann

Hi Fallen Angel :D

Lotus was being naughtie... LOL. Read the last line of your post above, about "chewing gum" or something else... :shock: :lmao:

J.

Oh my dear lord...nobody noticed this until now...oh god...:oops:

I am dying here laughing....

OI. I noticed. :D

It's a common enough typo, now play nice. :-)

Common enough typo??? In which language???? I am playing nice...I didn't bring it up...but it's still funnnneeeeeeee...

lol

So you're saying Meat's a Cherry Tree :wtf:

Pud :twisted:

No

Have to reactivate this thread because I´ve noticed something:

We were talking about the two different ways of reaching voluminous notes. (bend over and the Pavarotti-way)
We´ve said that Meat bends over to reach voluminous notes and that´s very difficult to explain how it works.
(That was just a short review for those who didn´t read the posts above)

Did You see the AI performance?
There he´s singing exactly the other way...
Maybe that´s the reason why he wasn´t "that" good.

I think he didn't get into 'position' as much as usual because he was holding back for Katherine, and not using even half of the power he is capable of.

I think the way Meat sings, upon close examination, would make a professional opera singer cringe. From what i have noticed, he doesn't do a lot of heavy breathing when he performs. They are more like short, less controlled breaths. Opera singers don't have bigger lungs... they just have more control over their lungs and have the ability to get more air out of them. They have abdomens and back muscles like iron because they use them so much! Their sound, especially when it's biggest, comes from deep down inside them - they use the whole of their bodies to produce a sound. Standing in a different posture will create a different sound. Meat is the opposite to this really - most rock and pop singers are the same. You'll see him take a lot of breaths between phrases and words. He also uses his thoat and chest to shape the sound and give that unique vibrato of his. Overall it takes a lot more effort and strain to sing the way Meat does. So that's why I think Meat bends over a lot of the time to get big notes. He is using his upper body more than his lower body and bending over he is somehow trying to dig deep by tensing up. It's a habit he has gotten into. When he was younger he didn't do it so much. I think this way of singing has kind of taken its toll on him because you'll notice he needs to put a whole lot more effort in to performing now. Does any of what I said make sense :?

Meat still sound great though and always has done :D

if Steinman's a kitten, why couldn't Meat be a cherry tree? :devil: