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Originally Posted by Fire Ball
People that aren't fans only hear Bat out of hell and expect me to have the same sped up 1/4 tone voice that was on Bat in 1976 when it was recorded. The tone of of my voice has changed because of the 3 sinus and the 2 Vocal cord surgery's. The tone change makes people say it's out of Key , I'm not . I'm not saying every note is perfect here and every night is great , I hit some flat notes but I'm not out of key, All you have to do is listen to the backgrounds . When someone is out of Key there is a huge clash between BG's and Piano. There are no clashes like that on any show tape . . There are show tapes I don't like and upsets me. We still do Bat, Paradise and Took the words in the same key they were recorded ,not sped up keys . Elton has lowered his keys a step or a step and a have down. D.T. and some of his evil band have been posting reviews on ticketmaster in the states to try and bring down my Star average. Motley Crue has a better star average than I do and he doesn't even sing the songs ... the Audience does , he sings a line and points the mike to the audience they sing. Venting, Meat
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I understand and feel for you. It's grossly unfair, and disgraceful.
What I would say is that, even if some will come expecting you to sound like '76 and Alvin, once you start I really believe the vast majority of people in every audience are swept away by your charisma, passion, stagecraft and your vocals. There's a solid maturity now that is just as impressive as when you toured in the early years.
It's atrocious that an unstable and dementedly jealous jackass can campaign to bring down your ratings on TM, and must be hugely frustrating, but I don't believe it would influence any fans, nor even really influence those who know of you and the reputation for excellence you've achieved over the years. You are a household name, and in my view people who are in or coming to Vegas on holiday will be attracted by that, and won't be put off by his miserable campaign. Even if people bother to consider the star ratings or read the reviews (and I suspect most don't) there is a sameness of offensive wording about many of the blistering ones which would make me suspicious immediately, and such a contrast between them and the preponderence of extremely enthusiastic ones, that I think people would give more weight to the many, many 5 star reviews.
But vent .. and move on. Would the producers have chosen you to headline the first season if they didn't know you were the best?
You know just how special you're planning this show will be! .. and we trust you