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Originally Posted by meatloaf-unofficial
As I remember, Meat had to use the track because he was initially going to take the band with him but then the organisers said he couldn't - which by the way is wrong because other bands there that night had full backing??!!!
Anyway, because at that stage, it was too late to get a backing track made, he had to use that one which was previously recorded..... And a cracking good one as well... I love the live versions of songs, the arrangements are awsome!!
I remember reading it either here or on .net forums.... but dont quote me on this lol
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Yes Meat did make some comments about this hinting at what you are saying but in my opinion those are just excuses.
Surely the set piece for Dead Ringer would have taken longer to put together / rehearse with Jamelia (sex on legs!) and the dancers etc than to take the live backing track recorded for Ken Bruce (which obviously already had Meat's vocals removed in the first place so they could put the album vocals on top of it) and give that original tape to the audio guys at the show and sing on top of it.
I'd rather not see Meat mime at all. I can appreciate BAAB is a much more difficult song to sing than Dead Ringer and the importance of giving a perfect rendition in preparation for a single release but I just don't buy the excuses. Even just hearing it live with a pianist and a softer / less strenuous arrangement would be preferable I think. I am however glad he did sing Dead Ringer live as it redeemed himself quite a bit I think.
Sorry but I just don't like the Britney Spears-esque approach of miming songs during such shows, it's not what I expect from Meat and I am extremely glad he USUALLY NEVER does this.
On another and completely unrelated note Britney Spears miming during her X factor performance whilst all the contestants are actually singing live on the show and her getting away with that is just outrageous I think.
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