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Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse
 Yet I was talking to someone who saw him on the 3 Bats tour who said that all the classic stuff was great, but then he sang all this crap they didn't know 
Album tracks are fine for the die hard fans who have all the albums, but many people who profess to love Meat Loaf have never heard of Surf's Up, Left In The Dark, I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back.
To people who don't know them, them might as well be brand new (i.e. Just songs they don't know).
I think a lot of people do go to ML shows because the opportunity comes up to see someone they've listened to for years, so they take it.
I'm not exactly a massive Springsteen fan, and if I went to a concert because the opportunity came up, and he didn't sing songs I know, it'd be a pretty pointless experience in comparison with my expectations |
Definitely true, but this is not a black or white thing. You CAN drop some staples in favour of rarer (sp?) songs, as long as you keep some other ones.
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Originally Posted by samurai7
put it this way; if I didn't do AFL, Took The Words, 2oo3, Paradise, Dead Ringer and Bat, I wouldn't get out of the venue alive! The other songs can be substituted, but these six MUST stay. I do always do Lemon and All Revved Up as well, and more often than not I do Heaven Can Wait too, but these are the ones people come to hear.
I'd imagine it'd be the same for Meat - these are the songs that have stood the test of time and become firm favourites. To not hear them at a concert would be wrong. I've seen many big acts who've left out their greatest hits, thinking that they've become bigger than the songs, which is a gross mistake in my book. Without those songs, you'd be playing to an empty auditorium. End of story.
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I think there's a difference.
People come to
your shows to hear the songs they know, because youre not a famous rockstar (no offence
). so
the songs are the stars of the night. If they go to see ML it might be a similar situation, but not entirely. The fact the see the Loaf as a big rock star on stage (no matter if you know the songs or not) might be more important then you think.
It's a 50:50 thing I'd say, half songs and half rock star.