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Originally Posted by anotherday
Its good.
Its what we have to keep the music alive, since whoever owns all of this shit now seemingly will do nothing with it and Meats wife doesn't care about the vault.
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I really hope she does care about it and making sure what Meat wanted done gets done. He wanted HCTB re-released. He had other ideas I am sure he communicated to Paul and Deborah. Hopefully once more time has passed (for heaven's sake, it's only been a year and this is Meat Loaf we're talking about!) these ideas of his - his unfinished business - will become more of an important focus. For now, Paradise Found and the NLE touring Meat Loaf songs with another amazing singer is a wonderful thing to have. Nothing will ever replace Meat, and I am always glad to hear that they're not trying to. Paul is keeping the band together. Trying to keep Meat's legacy together and likely continue his work.
I like to think of the NLE as akin to a karate dojo that Meat owned/founded. Meat's dead and Paul's the highest ranking Sensei now with other senior members collaborating to support him/each-other. We will get to witness how the dojo transitions from "Meat Loaf's Club/Dojo" to more of a "community/association dojo". After hearing how Paul thinks about this, it really does seem like this is an effort in equal parts to a) to keep the group together and practicing their craft (and making $$) and b) to keep Meat's life work alive and meaningful and beneficial to the wider community/the public. Paul seems to genuinely care about this based on his words/actions in the years leading up to Meat's death and since.
I saw an article that named Caleb as the heir apparent. I feel like that's actually Paul. Paul is Meat's protégé. They had something special. I feel like everything will build from there. Meat will live on through Paul and currently, well, IS.
The question now is: what does this all mean? I feel like Meat probably communicated with Paul exactly what/when/why/how he would want work released posthumously. He knew he was getting up there. He even said 1 year before he died that he might 'die this year' after Jim's death. When people start saying things like that, they're usually right. It's sad, but people affirming that shouldn't be ignored. Hopefully, folks were listening. Hopefully, there's a plan. Once Paul has more time to go through that grief cycle and gets into the right headspace, hopefully we'll start to see some of this stuff come out. I don't think the guy gets enough credit. He's grieving the loss of his best friend and mentor, AND carrying his legacy/life's work and keeping his band together. This guy's amazing. Sure, there's money to be made, but this is more than that, isn't it?
The only thing I'm uncertain about is who has access to Meat's vault. Would his wife sign off on Paul continuing to check off some of Meat's to-do list that he had before his passing? (the mysterious HCTB re-release, the Anything For Love TV show, etc). Hopefully, Deborah would be willing to work with Paul on this. She really seemed to love Meat in the truest sense of the term. So did Paul. That shared love for Meat and Meat's wishes may be enough to help this along.
Thoughts?