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WhenItComes2LovingU · 10 Jun 2009, 20:37

Be warned: frank opinion ahead. I don't claim to take any sides in a debate about Meat Loaf's voice, this is merely my reporting of what I hear and my own personal opinion. If you don't like honesty about my personal opinion, then please skip my post and have a cookie content in having your own opinion unchallenged by my post.

I'd have to say that I actually like pretty much all the different aspects of Meat's voice through the years until it reaches about 2006/07 or so. That's right around where he started having serious trouble the likes of which we'd not heard since '78 or so, which I assume was due to the cyst.

Since the cyst popped, he just hasn't sounded right to me. At times he talks his way through a song, and I'm no judge because some of those notes are hard to hit, especially for someone his age, but when he does try to sing, it doesn't sound right, and reviewers have been pointing this out for a while during and since cyst time. It sounds unhealthy, and at times he starts to lose his sense of melody and go into this weird one-note sort of warbling that reminds me of Lou Reed or Bob Dylan mumbling their way through a song in such a way that the melody becomes unrecognizable. This is not to say that he's not still great given a little time off, but I think a little time off isn't enough if we want to have Meat in serviceable voice and ready to roll. Perhaps a qualified doctor should check to see if there is any residual effect left from this cyst, if only to explain this phenomena. I'm not a fan of Meat Loaf getting 0, 1, or 2-star reviews any more than you guys are, and if this would help, I'm in favor of it.

And if he's not willing to get it checked, I hope I'm not out of line in saying that he really should stick to the studio at this point, like it or not. Live, maybe it's different for you, but for me, showmanship doesn't always make up for the fact that you're supposed to be singing, and to me it's questionable as to whether or not he's actually been singing lately. He's one of my favorite performers, but I don't want to have to be in the position of one day going to a concert where I'm made to feel I should leave if I actually expect him to sing.

10 Jun 2009, 20:37	#13
WhenItComes2LovingU Banned Join Date: 16.01.2006 Posts: 303	Be warned: frank opinion ahead. I don't claim to take any sides in a debate about Meat Loaf's voice, this is merely my reporting of what I hear and my own personal opinion. If you don't like honesty about my personal opinion, then please skip my post and have a cookie content in having your own opinion unchallenged by my post. I'd have to say that I actually like pretty much all the different aspects of Meat's voice through the years until it reaches about 2006/07 or so. That's right around where he started having serious trouble the likes of which we'd not heard since '78 or so, which I assume was due to the cyst. Since the cyst popped, he just hasn't sounded right to me. At times he talks his way through a song, and I'm no judge because some of those notes are hard to hit, especially for someone his age, but when he does try to sing, it doesn't sound right, and reviewers have been pointing this out for a while during and since cyst time. It sounds unhealthy, and at times he starts to lose his sense of melody and go into this weird one-note sort of warbling that reminds me of Lou Reed or Bob Dylan mumbling their way through a song in such a way that the melody becomes unrecognizable. This is not to say that he's not still great given a little time off, but I think a little time off isn't enough if we want to have Meat in serviceable voice and ready to roll. Perhaps a qualified doctor should check to see if there is any residual effect left from this cyst, if only to explain this phenomena. I'm not a fan of Meat Loaf getting 0, 1, or 2-star reviews any more than you guys are, and if this would help, I'm in favor of it. And if he's not willing to get it checked, I hope I'm not out of line in saying that he really should stick to the studio at this point, like it or not. Live, maybe it's different for you, but for me, showmanship doesn't always make up for the fact that you're supposed to be singing, and to me it's questionable as to whether or not he's actually been singing lately. He's one of my favorite performers, but I don't want to have to be in the position of one day going to a concert where I'm made to feel I should leave if I actually expect him to sing.