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Originally Posted by JulesFromMOTS
I will admit tho, Detroit wasn't as good a show musically ... However, Meat made up for it with a ton of humor and fun! How someone can say he doesn't have it, doesn't understand performance.
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I would have to agree with you 100% on this one.
I was in row three in the center section in Cleveland, and was in row 23 (with some major view obstructions) in Detroit. I found the music quality (band & vocals) was much better in Cleveland. I know Meat seemed to have much more energy in Cleveland than he did in Detroit, but then again, he had just done four shows in five days! JEEZE! I sang three Meat Loaf songs at the House Of Blues in Myrtle Beach as the opening act for the Rocky Horror Picture Show and was flat on my back until it was nearly time to Time Warp, I can just imagine the things that are going on, physically, with Meat, during a tour like this.
Guys, let me tell you something about this show. FORGET everything you ever knew about Meat Loaf when you go to see this show. This reminds me a lot of the early to mid 80's tours when Meat did none of the slow songs and took little to no time to chat with the audience in between songs. In retrospect, I can say I cannot say I was not disappointed at all with either of the two shows I was lucky enough to see on this tour. The band is WAY much better than the band on the Just Havin' Fun Tour could ever have hoped to be! Despite the vocal problems he has mentioned on this board, Meat Loaf's vocals are just amazing during this show.
This is a tour you CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS if you are a Meat Loaf fan! Further, this is a tour you HAVE TO SEE UP CLOSE to gain a full appreciation for. It is a shame that people have to go through ticket brokers and eBay to get the good seats, but the extra money is well worth it for this show. After "suffering" through a show back in row 23, I will never do that again. The only way I even knew Mark Alexander was there was by seeing him on the video screen, thankfully Renee comes to the front during Testify or I would not have seen her either. The view from my seat was HORRIBLE! Meat performs mostly on the edge of the stage, and I know there were people sitting in the section I was sitting in that said they did not see Meat at all during the show. I felt very detached during the show (on whole) and missed being able to see the interaction between Meat and the band.
But all in all, both shows I attended were good shows. I just don't think that the mojo was working as well in Detroit as it was working in Cleveland.
ROCK ON FIRE BALL!!!