Meat is theatre. Theatre is illusion. Nobody watching Romeo and Juliet minds that the actors playing the starcrossed lovers don't really die in a romantic double suicide. As long as audiences are hearing Meat sing, which he always does, does it really matter whether they are hearing him perform alongside himself as backing singer? It's ALL him. It sounds great in YTTW, which now brings that wall of sound from the original album. It also keeps bands sounding tight and steady in a situation where adrenaline can easily take hold and screw up tempos. There are bands who don't use a click, but there are also plenty that do.
It's used for vocals in a lot of West End shows now, simply because of the demands the schedule makes on their voices. Even with a day between shows, Meat's schedule is hugely demanding on his voice. He sings live, he entertains, he does not mime (like many younger singers do now). That works for me, and if he uses a click track? It worries me not at all. He and the show are the thing.
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