67. Martha
 

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Martha (8)

Typical Tom Waits lyrics. A little love story. I love this fine and soft melody. Did you hear the original version by Tom Waits. Very very strange. His voice is fantastic.
Meat's version? Yeah, good!!!

Has Meat ever performed in concert???

My score: 8



Average: 7.78 (124.5/16)

Meat never performed this song in concert. It's a good song. Better than the Tom Waits version.

My score: 7

this, i don't understand -

on "martha", and on "lost boys and golden girls" on the "back into hell" album, why don't the band play? i mean, sure, it's a good song, but they both would be better with the actual band, instead off synthesised instruments etc...i don't understand why they would intentionally do this.

I just love that song! (superb waltz music)

9/10

I hardly ever visit the tire tracks section (lack of time). Until i saw the topic Martha. This is SUCH a great song. Very nostalgic.
10+ (is the + allowed?)

One of my absolutely favourites, I love it, I'd give it 10!

This is one of the few songs I don't like very much.
Hardly ever play it, find it a little 'boring'.

5/10

Mariella

/i love it! 9/10

10/10! :D

God i HATE this song!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:

It is AWFUL!!!!

I give it 0.5/10.....and the 0.5 is only cos Meat is singing it... :evil:

I never liked this one. Could be lots of emotion expressed here but it misses by a mile for me.
3/10 The only way it rates a three is strong ML voice!

Martha
 

Now I may not normally listen to a song like this, especially by that Tom guy. But this song, is really amazing. Sure its soft, but that doesn't make it bad. The most important reason, why I love this song soo much. Is Meat's voice!!! He takes BIG leaps, I love his BIG voice. He really impresses me in this song. The music is beautiful. I think I hear piano, and its wonderful!! And just when I thought the BIG voice is as big as it gets in a slow song, Meat proves me wrong with WHERE ANGELS SING.

Martha MEAT LOAF 8.5\10
Original ??\10 don't know don't care, never heard, and I probably never will, but all I know is Meat, is the ultimate singer for it!!!!
And I say that, being more than a fan. But for someone who knows good music.

Martha
 

I love this song - its lovely, gentle and romantic, but also rather sad. :)

Guess for someone my age (24) you have to use some imagination to put yourself in this song but if you can (and deal with some harsh, romantic, stark realities of life) I think its got a great sentiment.

Took some getting used to hearing Meat Loaf sing this but now I really like it, its thought provoking. Could be a signature to a nice matinee movie.

7/10

Luke

I love it its a very nice song.

9\10

adam

I love this song- 10
I'm a big Tom Waits fan, but I love Meat Loaf's version- I used it in a choreography I made in university.

Could you tell us a little more about your choreography LIL' Dancer? Thank god, i have to type the word and not say it. :lol: C-H-O-R-E-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y

My concept of the piece, was to have a man remembering his first love in an idylllic light- seeing her in all the old movie stars- Casablanca etc.
I wanted to make it clear to the audience that she was a memory- and I chose to show this by having the dancer appear as though she were a black and white, celluloid image.

Well- the piece started with a gentleman in hat and jacket walking into the theatre (after the audience was seated) and sitting in the front row (we had a seat reserved) when the music starts, a girl comes unto the stage and begins a solo dance. The girl is costmed and made-up to look like a black and white image- like in a film. (she had a long, black ball dress on, had pitch black hair, and we put greyish makeup on her skin-with a soft lighting effect, it really looked like she was black and white! :D

About halfway through the dance, when the music begins to really swell- the man gets up out of his seat, and joins the woman onstage- first waltzing with her, followed by a series of lifts whereby he is holding her in sort of a child-like poses in his arms.

The piece ends with her walking off stage slowly, and the man smiling after her as the lights go down.


I don't know if I've described this well- can you sort of picture what I mean?

Baa Humbug!! Guess where all the lost romantics are :oops:

A lovely song, just for the lovers of the Meat Man!! 8O

If listenin the whole record Martha is just perfect. Neighborhood is story album. It begining at the first date and Where Angels Sing means that I don´t know which one dies. But Martha is great song and it deserves 8,5/10

Despite the fact that it really, really depresses me, this is a great song 9/10

this is one of the few things in life that makes me cry

10/10

I do understand why Meat picked that song... it just fits in the album story line... but I don't like it!

3/10

I like this song a lot because you can really here meats voice and the chous beat sounds like stage musical song and makes me lauth

10/10

a sad song.....got an emotional background I cant really describe with words.

Very "controlled" singing, with clear and straight notes, and then the part "And I was always so impulsive, I GUESS THAT I STILL AM", still controlled, but stronger.
Fits perfetcly to the song

8

prefer Tom Waits version on "Closing Time" cd, but meat did good version

I love this song... don't really know why, I think it's the emotion, knowing he's had this secret love for so many years, and I wonder what's made him suddenly decide to tell her.... 9/10

Have never heard Tom Wait's version, but can imagine it's a lot more gruff comapred to Meat's operatic type version of it

A very good version all the same, one of my grandmother's favourite songs strangely...she's 80 and also loves watching CSI Miami:D

8.5

I am not keen on this song,i just can't get into it.

I was being a bit simple and forgot to leave my score.I give it 4,not my cup of tea.

This is a gorgous song. So different for Meat I think.

9/10

Absolutely beautiful, one of his best vocal performances. 10/10 for me. My favorite alongside Objects, Left In The Dark and now Blind As A Bat :)

Heffing love this song tis beautiful! 10/10

I've just googled the Tom Waits version, found a live one, and hated it! Meat's version is definitely better, IMHO...

I really like this song. So diffrent from anything meat's done.
Fantasic vocals shows what a great range he has to his voice.
9/10

Sorry, but i don´t like this song
4/10

3. I've never liked this song.

9/10 Love it, powerful, emotional and Meat's voice is great.