94. If It Ain't Broke, Break It

White of High · 09 Dec 2006, 14:49

This is the START OUT OF HELL & ARRIVE TO HEAVEN topic.
Let's Go to Rock 'n' Roll!!!!!!!

If It Ain't Broke, Break It (3)

One of the worst Jim Steinman song ever. The music is a bad choice, the music is about nothing. I don't feel the power, I feel only noises and loud. It's really not Meat's and Jim's style. It was a soundtrack... the worst song on that CD. In Wuthering Heights - for example - I Will Crumble was so much better. Or Meat should have been working 'Only Wheen I Feel' or 'More' from the CD. This song is crappy, about nothing... Really not a Bat song by Jim...

My score: 3

Lord Kagan · 09 Dec 2006, 15:21

I like it 8/10

needmoremeat · 09 Dec 2006, 16:32

It's not the best song on the album, but it's not the worst. I do really like the intro when the brass and heavy guitars come together, never heard anything like it, it's so whacky it's fun!

6/10

**allrevvedup** · 09 Dec 2006, 16:48

it's a bit of fun, switch off the mind, a good song to play loud

8

mszee · 09 Dec 2006, 17:06

I actually enjoy the song very much...to me it sounds now modern and updated...unlike other Steinman's songs used...

9/10

luk.out.of.hell · 09 Dec 2006, 17:19

5/10

geordieloaf · 09 Dec 2006, 19:06

Not a bad song. Don't see the point of the your crazy or whatever, for that it loses a point.
7/10

Pudding · 09 Dec 2006, 21:33

I've never been a fan of this song, ever since I heard its first incarnation on MTV's Wuthering Heights movie, it does absolutely nothing for me. This version is bareable, but only just.

4/10

Pud

SamCat · 09 Dec 2006, 22:13

One of my favourites from the album I loved it when i heard it on the HOTD tour and wasn't sure of the album version at first Now i love this version too Great for walking up the road to when i'm late for work!! 10/10

MeatGrl1 · 09 Dec 2006, 22:42

#If it ain't real fake it
If it ain't yours take it
If it don't exist you make it
If it ain't broke break it
If it ain't real fake it
If it ain't yours take it
If it's gone to sleep you wake it
If it ain't broke break it...#

This song made me laugh when I first heard it and then I heard it live... WOW! I think it works a bit better live though the album version is kick ass. I actually really love this song and I cannot explain why, it's just upbeat and makes me wanna dance. It's a song that if you try to analize too much or try to figure it out it just won't work, just take it as it comes and is.

10/10

Bap · 10 Dec 2006, 00:37

8/10 Actually my ringtone as the beginning is perfect for that. But its a fun tune not a classic.

mikeloaf · 10 Dec 2006, 00:45

I love this song! Its great on the CD and it's great live. 10/10.

gecko73 · 10 Dec 2006, 01:13

My son loves this song.

Vote 11/10

It runs in the long-term loop, together with land of pig. Only after 20th times, it does me a little bit crazy and agressiv.
KR Nicole

evil nickname · 10 Dec 2006, 12:14

Not as good as the Wuthering Heights version (which got the point: short, heavy throw-away kinda song), but still nice enough album fodder.

7.5/10

Bart · 11 Dec 2006, 14:42

The song is nothing compared to other short Steinman songs.
To me it is an album filler. A shame.
4/10

Eddie's Teddy · 11 Dec 2006, 15:24

Hmmm, one of my least favourite songs on the album. It's a bit all over the place tbh. 6/10.

Shaz · 11 Dec 2006, 21:41

agree..great live - 8/10

duke knooby · 11 Dec 2006, 22:13

couldda been great, shouldda been great, but been desmonded, 7

RSG · 11 Dec 2006, 22:26

I would love to hear this live! I like the edge to it, definetly has the Meat Loaf fixins

The vocals blow the roof, The drums are wicked.

Paul191 · 11 Dec 2006, 23:38

WOW! I love this song to bits! It's over-the-top, loud and fun. This is a classic funky Rock 'n' Roll song!

10/10

robgomm · 15 Dec 2006, 12:20

This song is quite good, I like the lyrics to it. The only thing I would say is that when I first saw Meat perform it at Chatsworth last year, it was a song called only when I feel (or was a combination of two songs?), and it worked much better that way. It's still a good song, but I was slightly dissapointed they changed it.

7 out of 10

Rockette · 16 Dec 2006, 05:25

The first time I heard this song it was a taped version from the HOTD tour and the recording quality was crappy. I was assured at the time, I'd love it when I heard a better quality recording. That person was absolutely right!

Looking forward to hearing it live. 8/10

Blackkat13 · 16 Dec 2006, 07:14

10/10

L96 · 16 Dec 2006, 22:20

Has no purpose, and no meaning, without the OWIF sections. Repetitive, dull, repetitive, lacking in imagination, repetitive...

3/10

mikeloaf · 17 Dec 2006, 00:38

I guess, like most songs, you have to find your own meaning. I agree the song would be better with the OWIF sections, like on the HOTD tour, but I think it is good all the same.

09 Dec 2006, 14:49	#1
White of High Nature's Siegfried Join Date: 27.05.2002 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 2,930	94. If It Ain't Broke, Break It This is the START OUT OF HELL & ARRIVE TO HEAVEN topic. Let's Go to Rock 'n' Roll!!!!!!! If It Ain't Broke, Break It (3) One of the worst Jim Steinman song ever. The music is a bad choice, the music is about nothing. I don't feel the power, I feel only noises and loud. It's really not Meat's and Jim's style. It was a soundtrack... the worst song on that CD. In Wuthering Heights - for example - I Will Crumble was so much better. Or Meat should have been working 'Only Wheen I Feel' or 'More' from the CD. This song is crappy, about nothing... Really not a Bat song by Jim... My score: 3

09 Dec 2006, 15:21	#2
Lord Kagan On the other hand, You have different fingers Join Date: 17.05.2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 8,833	I like it 8/10

09 Dec 2006, 16:32	#3
needmoremeat Mega Loafer Join Date: 23.11.2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,416	It's not the best song on the album, but it's not the worst. I do really like the intro when the brass and heavy guitars come together, never heard anything like it, it's so whacky it's fun! 6/10

09 Dec 2006, 16:48	#4
allrevvedup "Most things that i worry about, never happen anyway" Join Date: 29.11.2003 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,355	it's a bit of fun, switch off the mind, a good song to play loud 8

09 Dec 2006, 17:06	#5
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	I actually enjoy the song very much...to me it sounds now modern and updated...unlike other Steinman's songs used... 9/10

09 Dec 2006, 17:19	#6
luk.out.of.hell Senior Loafer Join Date: 24.10.2006 Location: Bruchköbel Posts: 108	5/10

09 Dec 2006, 19:06	#7
geordieloaf Can't You See My Faded Geordie Jeans Bursting Apart Join Date: 25.10.2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 1,360	Not a bad song. Don't see the point of the your crazy or whatever, for that it loses a point. 7/10

09 Dec 2006, 21:33	#8
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	I've never been a fan of this song, ever since I heard its first incarnation on MTV's Wuthering Heights movie, it does absolutely nothing for me. This version is bareable, but only just. 4/10 Pud

09 Dec 2006, 22:13	#9
SamCat Hello Harry!!!! Join Date: 11.09.2006 Location: London Posts: 3,086	One of my favourites from the album I loved it when i heard it on the HOTD tour and wasn't sure of the album version at first Now i love this version too Great for walking up the road to when i'm late for work!! 10/10

09 Dec 2006, 22:42	#10
MeatGrl1 No Day But Today Join Date: 29.05.2006 Location: Sitting on the steps outside looking so restless and reckless and lost! Posts: 9,089	#If it ain't real fake it If it ain't yours take it If it don't exist you make it If it ain't broke break it If it ain't real fake it If it ain't yours take it If it's gone to sleep you wake it If it ain't broke break it...# This song made me laugh when I first heard it and then I heard it live... WOW! I think it works a bit better live though the album version is kick ass. I actually really love this song and I cannot explain why, it's just upbeat and makes me wanna dance. It's a song that if you try to analize too much or try to figure it out it just won't work, just take it as it comes and is. 10/10

10 Dec 2006, 00:37	#11
Bap Super Loafer Join Date: 20.09.2004 Location: Wales! Posts: 608	8/10 Actually my ringtone as the beginning is perfect for that. But its a fun tune not a classic.

10 Dec 2006, 00:45	#12
mikeloaf Super Loafer Join Date: 06.11.2005 Location: England UK Posts: 708	I love this song! Its great on the CD and it's great live. 10/10.

10 Dec 2006, 01:13	#13
gecko73 Loafer Join Date: 17.01.2006 Location: everywhere and nowhere Posts: 97	My son loves this song. Vote 11/10 It runs in the long-term loop, together with land of pig. Only after 20th times, it does me a little bit crazy and agressiv. KR Nicole

10 Dec 2006, 12:14	#14
evil nickname Guest Join Date: 19.04.2003 Posts: 2,238	Not as good as the Wuthering Heights version (which got the point: short, heavy throw-away kinda song), but still nice enough album fodder. 7.5/10

11 Dec 2006, 14:42	#15
Bart Bald Mega Loafer Join Date: 06.03.2003 Location: Holland, but I prefer Greece Posts: 2,243	The song is nothing compared to other short Steinman songs. To me it is an album filler. A shame. 4/10

11 Dec 2006, 15:24	#16
Eddie's Teddy Super Loafer Join Date: 17.08.2006 Location: scotland Posts: 235	Hmmm, one of my least favourite songs on the album. It's a bit all over the place tbh. 6/10.

11 Dec 2006, 21:41	#17
Shaz Rookie Join Date: 09.12.2006 Location: Posts: 14	agree..great live - 8/10

11 Dec 2006, 22:13	#18
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,889	couldda been great, shouldda been great, but been desmonded, 7

11 Dec 2006, 22:26	#19
RSG Mega Loafer Join Date: 27.07.2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,296	I would love to hear this live! I like the edge to it, definetly has the Meat Loaf fixins The vocals blow the roof, The drums are wicked.

11 Dec 2006, 23:38	#20
Paul191 Mega Loafer Join Date: 26.11.2005 Location: Posts: 1,530	WOW! I love this song to bits! It's over-the-top, loud and fun. This is a classic funky Rock 'n' Roll song! 10/10

15 Dec 2006, 12:20	#21
robgomm Mega Loafer Join Date: 22.10.2006 Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK Posts: 1,671	This song is quite good, I like the lyrics to it. The only thing I would say is that when I first saw Meat perform it at Chatsworth last year, it was a song called only when I feel (or was a combination of two songs?), and it worked much better that way. It's still a good song, but I was slightly dissapointed they changed it. 7 out of 10

16 Dec 2006, 05:25	#22
Rockette Mega Loafer Join Date: 10.06.2005 Location: I think! Posts: 4,805	The first time I heard this song it was a taped version from the HOTD tour and the recording quality was crappy. I was assured at the time, I'd love it when I heard a better quality recording. That person was absolutely right! Looking forward to hearing it live. 8/10

16 Dec 2006, 07:14	#23
Blackkat13 Mega Loafer Join Date: 30.07.2006 Location: Hell, Michigan Posts: 1,989	10/10

16 Dec 2006, 22:20	#24
L96 Inaugural goldfish winner Join Date: 04.07.2005 Location: In a handbasket. Believe me, for someone my height, it's hell... Posts: 2,373	Has no purpose, and no meaning, without the OWIF sections. Repetitive, dull, repetitive, lacking in imagination, repetitive... 3/10

17 Dec 2006, 00:38	#25
mikeloaf Super Loafer Join Date: 06.11.2005 Location: England UK Posts: 708	I guess, like most songs, you have to find your own meaning. I agree the song would be better with the OWIF sections, like on the HOTD tour, but I think it is good all the same.