Oh for heaven's sake. You choose to see what Meat said as "an excuse", I simply accepted what he said at the London Playback. He said we'd hear him use a phrase which might make us say "Did Meat Loaf sing that?" .. and that his initial reaction was "I can't sing that" .. but he had reasoned that it was a fit within the context. Any more you'll need to ask Meat not me. I'm not in the man's head, I just accept his explanation.
I said that to ME whether a song speaks for itself or not is not relevant and that I listen to them in the context off the album and Meat's delivery. That's MY perspective. Different to yours, but I am entitled to enjoy music any way I wish. The telephone directory is not a song. But yes, IMO any song Meat has sung, I can hear something in, and MY view is that he DOES give any song legs. "Fictitious" means created .. so of course Patrick is created, and that's my point. Meat creates a character for all the songs he sings, he's always said that. This time he shared that character with us. You don't like it, and clearly will never see it. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist for Meat and for many others .. just that you don't, or don't want, to see it.
You say "Obviously you did not watch the video. It's not about "patronizing", it's about credibility." I was referring to your comment in your reply to me as being patronising, in that you were implying that if I'd only click the link you gave I'd "realise". Now you say I can't have watched the video when I've told you I did. I watched it and gave my reply. Just because I don't find your argument convincing to me doesn't mean I didn't bother to watch it, nor that I couldn't identify what you were driving at. I simply disagree. If Meat had dressed like the young men in the video there would have doubtless been negative comments from some about that. IMO he doesn't need to. His passion and delivery make the song work for me.
Caryl
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