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Originally Posted by CarylB

But we know what the press made out of him singing duets with a much younger woman when he toured with Aspen Miller, despite the fact that she had a strong voice and considerable stage presence for someone of her years.

The stupid comments by some journalists about Meat and Aspen say more about the press than about Meat. They basically told him to stop doing what he had done on stage for 30 years just because he allegedly was "too old" and they made it appear as if Aspen Miller was some poor little, helpless girl who was forced to take part in unpleasant performances. Unfortunately Meat caved in and temporarily turned Paradise into a kindergarten performance. He should have just said "fück you" (like he does on other occasions ), "it's my show" and go on with it.

Originally Posted by CarylB

Meat and Patti have tremendous synergy on stage, an impressively intuitive understanding after working together for so many years, and she does any spicing up the show needs Meat puts such heavy passion into his songs, more than many other performers, and I think it needs a singer of Patti's depth, experience, maturity and stature to match it and make the duets work, and also avoid negative comment by journalists, and to be fair, some fans.

Something must be wrong with me, another of your posts I 100% agree with... When I watched videos of the recent shows, I realized how much I like the way in which Meat and Patti have grown "old" together.

Originally Posted by CarylB

To me, Meat is about as far from Jagger as you could find, and what works on stage for one is unlikely to work for the other.

Mick Jagger and Meat Loaf have totally different images and ways to perform. (I remember how Meat once appeared to imitate Jagger's way of walking during Gimme Shelter. )