Info on Testify's title track

Anonymous · 17 May 2002, 06:53

Hi all -

Just thought i'd pass on a bit of news - forgive me if this has already been posted here. I'm a regular over at the Better Than Ezra message board, and in a recent update, their lead singer/songwriter Kevin Griffin has confirmed that he is the songwriter of the title track of Meat Loaf's upcoming album. here's what he had to say on the subject - he had also talked in the past about writing the song specifically for Meat and how it's about a bad guy is riding in the desert when his truck breaks down and he happens upon a tent revival:

HOW FUNNY IS THE WHOLE MEAT LOAF THING? I WROTE THE SONG ON A LARK AFTER MEAT HEARD SOME OF OUR ALBUM, AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, IT'S THE TITLE TRACK. WATCH OUT, IT'S GOT A GOSPEL CHOIR AND EVERYTHING!

K.G.

Dave · 18 May 2002, 17:10

Hi Shari!

Welcome to the message board! What is the URL for the Better Than Ezra site? Would love to read some more about it!

Shane · 20 May 2002, 12:04

Thanks for the news! We didn't know that. We knew that Meat's new album would be called Testify, but we didn't know there was also to be a track called that (well, at least I didn't anyway).

We'd be very grateful for any news regarding this that you pass on.

Anonymous · 22 May 2002, 20:24

thanks for the welcome!

the url for the better than ezra site is http://www.betterthanezra.com - but ythe easiest way to find the message board is here: http://www.betterthanezra.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi - you can find the info that kevin posted about the song under "kevin's tour journal"... If i think hard enough, i may remember where i first heard about him writing the song a year ago - they described in a radio interview that when BTE had just been signed to the Beyond label and were mastering their latest CD out in L.A. - that's where Meat heard their CD and liked it so much he asked kevin to write him a song.

Shane · 23 May 2002, 13:23

Does Better Than Ezra already have a song similar to the song they are writing for Meat? I would like to get some sort of idea of what it may be like.

I heard a few months ago that Better Than Ezra were writing a song for Meat when Meat's bassist (Kasim Sulton) said that "the guys from Better Than Ezra are writing one for him" or words to that effect. I didn't know it was the title track though. Before then, I had never heard of them.

What is the name of their latest CD?

17 May 2002, 06:53	#1
Anonymous Guest Post Container Join Date: 02.04.2002 Posts: 496	Info on Testify's title track Hi all - Just thought i'd pass on a bit of news - forgive me if this has already been posted here. I'm a regular over at the Better Than Ezra message board, and in a recent update, their lead singer/songwriter Kevin Griffin has confirmed that he is the songwriter of the title track of Meat Loaf's upcoming album. here's what he had to say on the subject - he had also talked in the past about writing the song specifically for Meat and how it's about a bad guy is riding in the desert when his truck breaks down and he happens upon a tent revival: HOW FUNNY IS THE WHOLE MEAT LOAF THING? I WROTE THE SONG ON A LARK AFTER MEAT HEARD SOME OF OUR ALBUM, AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, IT'S THE TITLE TRACK. WATCH OUT, IT'S GOT A GOSPEL CHOIR AND EVERYTHING! K.G.

20 May 2002, 12:04	#3
Shane Super Loafer Join Date: 30.04.2002 Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand (GMT+12) Posts: 608	THANK YOU Thanks for the news! We didn't know that. We knew that Meat's new album would be called Testify, but we didn't know there was also to be a track called that (well, at least I didn't anyway). We'd be very grateful for any news regarding this that you pass on.

23 May 2002, 13:23	#5
Shane Super Loafer Join Date: 30.04.2002 Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand (GMT+12) Posts: 608	Thanks again Does Better Than Ezra already have a song similar to the song they are writing for Meat? I would like to get some sort of idea of what it may be like. I heard a few months ago that Better Than Ezra were writing a song for Meat when Meat's bassist (Kasim Sulton) said that "the guys from Better Than Ezra are writing one for him" or words to that effect. I didn't know it was the title track though. Before then, I had never heard of them. What is the name of their latest CD?

18 May 2002, 17:10	#2
Dave Mega Loafer Join Date: 12.04.2002 Location: Southern Ohio - United States of America Posts: 2,564	Hi Shari! Welcome to the message board! What is the URL for the Better Than Ezra site? Would love to read some more about it!

22 May 2002, 20:24	#4
Anonymous Guest Post Container Join Date: 02.04.2002 Posts: 496	thanks for the welcome! the url for the better than ezra site is http://www.betterthanezra.com - but ythe easiest way to find the message board is here: http://www.betterthanezra.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi - you can find the info that kevin posted about the song under "kevin's tour journal"... If i think hard enough, i may remember where i first heard about him writing the song a year ago - they described in a radio interview that when BTE had just been signed to the Beyond label and were mastering their latest CD out in L.A. - that's where Meat heard their CD and liked it so much he asked kevin to write him a song.