Acoustic tour ????

[tonyloaf]

Meat the westend has been brought up in my own private meeting and i can comfirm i can make this :)

[duke knooby]

But a banjo would be cool :)

[mickp]

Of course the real magic of the internet is if you search 'bat out of hell banjo' on YT, you actually find someone playing it

[Sue K]

Originally Posted by mickp

Of course the real magic of the internet is if you search 'bat out of hell banjo' on YT, you actually find someone playing it

OH... off to do just that... lol ... ... hahahaaa ... xo

and ummm... hehe... SORRY I DID... got out QUICK before I saw a cover of FCOL ... OH... noooo ... Only ONE person in the UNIVERSE can do THAT one justice ... !!!! ... xo

[duke knooby]

Originally Posted by Sue K

OH... off to do just that... lol ... ... hahahaaa ... xo

I searched for years to find a good version, never succeeded. However, if you were to search for bat out of hell on the ukelele, you will strike gold

[mickp]

Totally off topic, but Gus and Fin do some great uke stuff on YT, don't think they've done Meat yet.

[DJLeen]

Originally Posted by Fire Ball

the west end was brought up again today !!!!
M

Yayy !! My prayers being answered !!!

[JennaG]

Originally Posted by Fire Ball

the west end was brought up again today !!!!
M

That sounds promising.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed and in the meantime, will start saving up.

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[Mr. Happy]

I think acoustic stuff is great, although I do understand why it wouldn't be quite so appealing to others. I'm not sure I'd want to hear an entire show of Meat Loaf unplugged, but a slot in the set for one or two songs a night could be cool. It could be an interesting way to approach playing material which doesn't get showcased that often - you don't lose the thunder of one of the bigger hits, which everyone is expecting and wanting to hear at a Meat Loaf show...and there's not a lot of rehearsal involved, considering the substantially smaller amount of people involved. You could put a totally different song in that hypothetical slot practically every show

[Vickip]

Originally Posted by Fire Ball

the west end was brought up again today !!!!
M

And then a run on Broadway in New York would be perfect

[Michael Marxen]

Originally Posted by Wario

I dunno the acoustic Took the Words was always great...

So was the acoustic section during Meats very best of tour IMO! (Mainly?) covers though.
Unlikely to work with SteinMeatmusic (recent proof: "Holding out for a Hero" on the new Footloose soundtrack).

[AndrewG]

Originally Posted by Fire Ball

Andrew G , where did you get that from !!! If we get to the West End , It will be Rocktales and Cocktails . This show so far away from an Acoustic tour it would be like moving New York to Moscow. It's a Rock show with a Meat loaf twist !!!

M

I think I posted that as a reaction to when you said you were considering doing gigs just with Randy and Justin? I had assumed that would be acoustic.

But Vegas show on West End would be great for us to see here in the UK.

The Very best of tour in 99 acoustic portions were great I remember. I was at the Glasgow show and you had a verbal fight with a loud guy in the audience during it.

I think a whole acoustic show is maybe too much. Saw Springsteen acoustic in 2005 and thought it was a bit too much of the same thing. But I'm always open to ideas/new things.

[AndrewG]

Originally Posted by Michael Marxen

So was the acoustic section during Meats very best of tour IMO! (Mainly?) covers though.
Unlikely to work with SteinMeatmusic (recent proof: "Holding out for a Hero" on the new Footloose soundtrack).

I disagree. I think any song, if it is a good song should and does work on piano/vocal only. I liked the Operastar arrangement of Bat as well and know a lot of others hated it. But a whole show is too much maybe. Having said that acoustic doesn't necessarily mean everything needs to be played softly. The Angels Arise thing from Steinman sounds great and that is just piano and vocals.

[Butcher King]

Originally Posted by Fire Ball

Andrew G , where did you get that from !!! If we get to the West End , It will be Rocktales and Cocktails . This show so far away from an Acoustic tour it would be like moving New York to Moscow. It's a Rock show with a Meat loaf twist !!!

M

Thank God! Acoustic concerts are boring IMO.

[Ollie241189]

Originally Posted by Fire Ball

Andrew G , where did you get that from !!! If we get to the West End , It will be Rocktales and Cocktails . This show so far away from an Acoustic tour it would be like moving New York to Moscow. It's a Rock show with a Meat loaf twist !!!

M

Meat, it would be amazing to see this show in the West End! I'll be there everynight if it is!

[RoknRollJesus]

Originally Posted by Vickip

And then a run on Broadway in New York would be perfect

I'm with you on that one Vicki!!!

[LucyK!]

So long as they're residencies...that way I can set up pop-up shops for the duration

[chairboys]

Originally Posted by Butcher King

Thank God! Acoustic concerts are boring IMO.

I saw Colin Hay in May doing a solo, acoustic set. It was my first unplugged gig and it will be my last. He had presence, good songs, a fine voice and some funny tales to share. I am a huge fan of his but the stripped down style cannot hold my attention for 30 mins, let alone 2 hrs. A couple of tracks here and there within a full-on show is fine, but a full evening of the stuff? No thanks.
Keep rockin' hard, Meat.

[hairyone]

West End = Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes