Nowhere Fast: The Best Version
 

What is the Best version of Nowhere Fast? For me its Meat's live version. the fire Inc one is good, but Meat's alternate lyrics are better in my opinion

Fire Inc? Meat's? The Live version of Meat's? Any other version?

Here are the ones i have listed in the poll:

FIRE INC:

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MEAT ALBUM VERSION:

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MEAT LOAF - BAD ATITUDE LIVE VERSION (song cut from video release):

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FARCRY:

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I prefer the lyrics and vocals of Meat's version (I don't really like Rory Dodd) but the production of Fire Inc's is vastly superior.

I find myself in agreement with the one of evil.

Meat's live version took his version of the song to a higher level, if the studio arrangement had been similar to the live arrangement and witht he production values of the Fire Inc version then it could have been a stunning song.

My issue with the Bad Attitude Live version (and the rest of the show for that matter) is that it all sounds very 80's :doh: That and you can probably hear AndyK in the audience asking for cake. :bleh:

I have a recording of Meat doing a shorter Nowhere Fast from '85 as well. The intro is much quicker and it works quite well. :twisted:

I voted for Meat's Live version, but Fire Inc. version is also good. So why I choosed Meat? There is one explanation - voice. Meat is far superior singer than vocalist of Fire Inc. !

No contest. Meat.

Farcry does a great version. But Meat is always going to be the best.

Meat Live for me.

Voted for Meat Loaf, the album version.

i still love the album version... great chorus.. though it's not my favourite song on the album

I find myself in agreement with the one of cake.

Meat on the album for the voice! Prefer Fire Inc's production though.

I love them all, but for me it's not even close: Fire Inc.

The vocal arrangements on this song are off the wall!! During the outro they have three vocal harmonies going on at once. It's funny because The Fire Inc version would seem more like an arrangement that would have been good for ML. I've always suspected that Meat and his help may have rewritten or at least rearranged NF to make it fit in with the other songs on BA, but I base this on absolutely nothing. Simple speculation.

But REALLY. They're two different songs. It's like comparing "Stark Raving Love" to "Holding Out For a Hero", "Original Sin" to "Gott ist Tot" or either version of "A Kiss is a Terrible Thing To Waste".

Similar, but in the end different songs.

BTW, I love the live arrangement of NF but I dislike that they cut out a whole verse coming out of the solo.

Found a few more:

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The last one is funny

No question for me: Fire, Inc. I heard it in the movie, knew it was Jim immediately and went to the music store upon leaving the theater and bought the 45 RPM single.

Not the best Jim song from that film by a wide margin.

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I take your wide margin and raise it by a half marathon lol, absolutely love this song, one of Jim's best

I like NF better and I vehemently disagree that it's by a wide margin.

AND HOLY HELL, HOW COULD I FORGET THIS VERSION? THIS IS #1A) FOR ME.

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Is it just me or did anyone else expect Antonios Gubba & Putremo Putreimos from Channel 9 Neus ( The Fast Show ) to pop up a few times there

Anyone else humming "Footloose" after listening to this?:D

not me

btw what's footloose?

A 1980s flick about dancing.

Speaking of which...

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Fire Inc.

Meat's version does absolutely nothing for me, and, for me, butchered the original. The Fire Inc version is a masterpiece, even if the 'god speed' section is a little overused.

Lol. That's my favorite part. I love how they have three vocal sections going at the same time.

butchered teh original? they were both released at the same time.

Meat's version was the original. Jim rewrote it for Streets Of Fire. :twisted:

This is exactly why I love Tonight is What It Means to Be Young, too :D

Let me reword that. Because I heard the Streets of Fire version first, it's the original to me. Although with that said, I thought that Streets of Fire was first anyway. I wasn't thinking very hard when I wrote that ;) I'll get hate for this, but if Streets of Fire really did come second, then it's proof that you CAN polish a turd >:D

Streets of Fire is the Original. Even though they were probably both written around the same time. Keep in mind that I consider them to be two completely different songs and one is not a cover of the other.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088194/

SOF - June - 1984

http://meatloaf.net/content/bad-attitude

BA - Nov - 1984

BTW. Note how Meat Loafs website shows dates the PROPER way. ie: Month-Day-Year. :cool: jk, love you bitches.

No it isn't. Jim wrote what became Meat's song first then rewrote it for Streets Of Fire, after which he gave the original to Meat for Bad Attitude. :twisted:

There is also this version, from the rather appalling-looking sequel to Streets of Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhG7r...9&feature=plcp

I prefer the Fire Inc version myself.

That film will be dreadful.

Wow, it would be great if you could provide a link instead of just stating it...

From my point of view, it seems that the streets of fire version came first... Because it was released first.

You share a word in your user name with Evil One but obviously not his sense for subtle irony. :))

Irony?

Not sure if that's the word.

I could tell you the sky is blue and people piss in the sea, whether you choose to believe is up to you.

have you a link to this information?? only messin :-P

I can confirm one incident