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Originally Posted by renegadeangel
Yes or I wouldn't have said it.
I thought most die-hard fans who still see the shows and buy all the albums realized by now that Meat's voice has changed over the years like anyone elses does and were mostly over it.
People here even talk about his voice in eras, not necessarily that one is better than the other but that there are notable phases and preferences. Wario (who - forgive me if I'm putting words in his mouth) seems to be the main champion of the mid-late 80s arena rock voice. People who came onboard during the 90s often prefer the Everything Louder tour. Old school fans want to hear everything from the late 70s run and often think it's unsurpassed. For my part, I love the more nuanced recent performances, thought the shows I saw in the 2000s were okay at the time but now wouldn't listen to them (since he's surpassed them now with better ones and my view of them at the time was that they was tempered by the idea that they were probably an icon who I loved's last performances) and will listen to virtually anything else besides that second Rockpalast show.
Do you think that if say, we were given an unreleased Born To Rock tour show that we'd all waste our time comparing it to the 70s or 2014 and not view it in the context of a '95-96 show? I'd like to think we've got past that.
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You've kind of proven my point. Yes there are hardcore fans who would accept anything Meat has to offer and there are hardcore fans who compartmentalize his performances by either album, tour or era.
I think we have seen quite a few upsets on the board in the past when people unintentionally compare Meat to his past.
I think that is all part of what the artist has to offer. Nothing is ever going to be a carbon copy of what preceded it or it becomes stale and for lack of a better word safe.
I like the fact that Meat pushes the envelope with everything he does. He seems to constantly want to move forward with the way he expresses himself.