[loaferman61]

Originally Posted by letsgotoofar

When they were auditioning songs for HCTB and accepting submissions in the industry, I remember being told they were looking for simple, three-to-four-chord blues that wasn't taxing on the voice. That's... obviously not what they ended up with. But once I heard it, especially after the events in Newcastle at the end of the "Three Bats" tour, I thought it was a step in the right direction.

If Meat had one more album, I'd like to hear him do that, stuff in the vein of "For What It's Worth." Music from his youth, music that inspired him, very stripped down like Rick Rubin's work with Johnny Cash. Nothing but Meat, a single instrument (be it piano or guitar), and a microphone. Four takes of each song, cut together the best vocal, no filters, no major adjustments, no over-production and scads of background vocals (I wouldn't even wanna hear another voice on the album, ever) and orchestrations, just "Meat Loaf unplugged."

His voice on HCTB was the best it had been in some time. Maybe those other songs were on HIAH, I remember Meat saying Cavallo said some of the songs he had were not for the HCTB album but save them for something else. I think Braver was a step in the more stripped down sound, to be Steinman (written) songs the piano was obviously understated and so was Jim's normal "bombast" he is famous for, I feel like Paul and Meat worked out the sound they wanted that fit his then current voice. I'd love to hear Meat sing again if he is well enough to record and in a good place vocally. With CD's going the way of the dinosaur I think they'd have to use online distribution kind of like that Caleb Johnson project did I bought that but have no idea what it cost to make or what they made back off it. Is Caleb even doing that show now?