12. Read 'em And Weep - Page 2

Pudding · 17 Feb 2004, 02:19

Read'Em and weep is a brilliant song, definately one of the best songs on the Dead Ringer album but I feel the production side of things let it down, that's why I prefer the Barry Manilow version (not the voice) because it has Jim at the helm.

For the song I give it 9/10
Meats version 8.5/10

Pud

Rob The Badger · 17 Feb 2004, 14:14

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Originally Posted by LostSoul

but the whole Dead Ringer album sounds rocky...

The only problem I have with Dead Ringer as an album is that the pacing is absolutely awful. The only break you get is the middle eight of IKYIYDCB and the verse of Read 'Em And Weep. Other than that it's just Guitars right up until Everything Is Permitted, which itself is not the calmest track.

As for the production on Read 'Em And Weep, it really is excellent, but then when you get to the chorus it's as if someone said, right, we'll crank it up just to shock the ears. Doesn't cut it.

03gills · 01 May 2004, 21:14

Well, Jim Steinman did write another winner here.
It's the best of the Dead Ringer album.
But it still should be re-done with Steinman involved. Hint.Hint Fireball :D
Still Good 8/10

**RadioMaster** · 09 Oct 2006, 19:35

love this song, it´s great, very emotional. And very true
"it´s there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart it´s running silent and angry and deep". silent, angry, deep, perfect description of the feelings.
The song is sad and angry at the same time.

The video is somehow funny...
Meat at the typewriter with his stage outfit and THAT hat

It´s the same as with the MTYD video, where he comes from the truck with that outfit..........a typical trucker suit!

9, if not more.

24K · 23 Oct 2006, 22:47

I absolutely love this song.It sends shivers down my spine,it evokes such emotion and passion.I give the song 9.5.

Ross · 24 Oct 2006, 00:51

Love it - fav song from Dead Ringer. I love how high he goes at the end.

10/10

MeatGrl1 · 24 Oct 2006, 02:14

When I first heard this song I got chills!
Meat delivers this song with all the emotion and feeling as if he has been there. This song is powerful lyrically and I just love that.

#For the magic that our bodies had made
{Read 'Em And Weep}
For the blood that we've lost
Running silent and deep
And all those secrets that we somehow
betrayed for whatever the cost
{Read 'Em And Weep}
For the memories still alive in the bed
{Read 'Em And Weep}
For the lies we believed
Running silent and deep
And all the things that can never be said

C'mon and look at me and read 'em and weep...#

This part particuarly I find the most powerful, the lyrics are amazing and well knitted.

it, it's such a shame Barry Manilow was given the go ahead on this song because he slaughtered it from start to finish, there is no emotion when he sings it. But Meat gives power and life to it and still gives me goosebumps.

10/10

mszee · 24 Oct 2006, 02:31

One of my favorite ML songs...right up there with For Crying Out Loud...

Listen to it often...and it never stops breaking my heart over and over again...

There is so much pain in this song...I can feell it physically myself...

10/10

Evil One · 23 Jan 2007, 23:06

7. Great song. Shame about the quality.

Wario · 24 Jan 2007, 16:12

meat did do it once live and its on my website.

Great song, one his first I heard and stick to it as a regular on my play list:

10/10 - no further comment, your honer

**allrevvedup** · 24 Jan 2007, 16:34

It is a good song, i think Meat would've done it better if done around the time of Bat 1 or Bat 2, but the lyrics are the most impressive.

Barry Manilow's version killed the song for me, but more altogether worrying is as far as i know Jim produced this version?

djfierce · 24 Jan 2007, 16:34

fantastic lyrics, wow
great tune
in the great scheme of meat songs not my fave but its up there so....

8

**Monstro** · 24 Jan 2007, 22:39

One of those songs you can picture in your head, fantastic

9/10

geordieloaf · 24 Jan 2007, 22:54

Fantastic lyrics, loads of emotion.
9/10

White of High · 25 Jan 2007, 22:25

Average: 9.04 (244/27)

samurai7 · 26 Jan 2007, 02:41

Fantastic. One of the most emotional vocal performances I've heard, even with only half a voice! lol!

10

firefly · 26 Jan 2007, 10:49

10/10

Caelan · 26 Jan 2007, 11:27

10/10

03gills · 05 Mar 2007, 11:46

I also quite like the different verse on Manilow's version.

Sapphire Lady · 05 Mar 2007, 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by 03gills

I also quite like the different verse on Manilow's version.

Wow I didn't know there was an extra verse and was reduced to looking at Barry Manilow websites to find it

To save anyone else the horrors of doing that, here it is:

And I've been dreaming forever
Hoping something would eventually come
I saw your eyes in the dark, I felt your kiss on my lips
I traced your body in the air until the bodies were numb

Beautiful song, with or without the extra verse 10/10

mikeloaf · 08 Mar 2007, 01:04

Before I got into Meat in the early '90's I had heard Barry Manilows version of this song on CD and I liked it. I love Meats version, it seems more vocal and passionate.

Paul191 · 10 Mar 2007, 11:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

meat did do it once live and its on my website.

Great song, one his first I heard and stick to it as a regular on my play list:

10/10 - no further comment, your honer

Well done...... You have a good site which has kept me hooked for more than a couple of hours..... And that's harder than it sounds.

Oh yeh, Great song..... 9/10

Jaymze · 16 Mar 2007, 11:52

a very self indulgent song and incredibly soppy, personnaly I think it's far to slow, but it does have good lyrics and meat is very passionate in singing it, a 5.

duke knooby · 14 Apr 2007, 20:30

9.5/10 top tune

florence75015 · 30 Aug 2009, 15:57

Beautiful song, a classic for ever

10/10

17 Feb 2004, 02:19	#26
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	Read'Em and weep is a brilliant song, definately one of the best songs on the Dead Ringer album but I feel the production side of things let it down, that's why I prefer the Barry Manilow version (not the voice) because it has Jim at the helm. For the song I give it 9/10 Meats version 8.5/10 Pud

01 May 2004, 21:14	#28
03gills Loafer Join Date: 07.03.2004 Posts: 73	Well, Jim Steinman did write another winner here. It's the best of the Dead Ringer album. But it still should be re-done with Steinman involved. Hint.Hint Fireball :D Still Good 8/10

09 Oct 2006, 19:35	#29
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	love this song, it´s great, very emotional. And very true "it´s there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart it´s running silent and angry and deep". silent, angry, deep, perfect description of the feelings. The song is sad and angry at the same time. The video is somehow funny... Meat at the typewriter with his stage outfit and THAT hat It´s the same as with the MTYD video, where he comes from the truck with that outfit..........a typical trucker suit! 9, if not more.

23 Oct 2006, 22:47	#30
24K Mega Loafer Join Date: 20.10.2003 Location: WAY UP NORTH Posts: 1,923	I absolutely love this song.It sends shivers down my spine,it evokes such emotion and passion.I give the song 9.5.

24 Oct 2006, 00:51	#31
Ross Best Sig and Avatar 2006!!! (shared) Join Date: 25.11.2003 Location: Coatbridge near Glasgow. Scotland Posts: 3,446	Love it - fav song from Dead Ringer. I love how high he goes at the end. 10/10

24 Oct 2006, 02:14	#32
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	When I first heard this song I got chills! Meat delivers this song with all the emotion and feeling as if he has been there. This song is powerful lyrically and I just love that. #For the magic that our bodies had made {Read 'Em And Weep} For the blood that we've lost Running silent and deep And all those secrets that we somehow betrayed for whatever the cost {Read 'Em And Weep} For the memories still alive in the bed {Read 'Em And Weep} For the lies we believed Running silent and deep And all the things that can never be said C'mon and look at me and read 'em and weep...# This part particuarly I find the most powerful, the lyrics are amazing and well knitted. it, it's such a shame Barry Manilow was given the go ahead on this song because he slaughtered it from start to finish, there is no emotion when he sings it. But Meat gives power and life to it and still gives me goosebumps. 10/10

24 Oct 2006, 02:31	#33
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	One of my favorite ML songs...right up there with For Crying Out Loud... Listen to it often...and it never stops breaking my heart over and over again... There is so much pain in this song...I can feell it physically myself... 10/10

23 Jan 2007, 23:06	#34
Evil One Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.01.2007 Posts: 5,192	7. Great song. Shame about the quality.

24 Jan 2007, 16:12	#35
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	meat did do it once live and its on my website. Great song, one his first I heard and stick to it as a regular on my play list: 10/10 - no further comment, your honer

24 Jan 2007, 16:34	#36
allrevvedup "Most things that i worry about, never happen anyway" Join Date: 29.11.2003 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,356	It is a good song, i think Meat would've done it better if done around the time of Bat 1 or Bat 2, but the lyrics are the most impressive. Barry Manilow's version killed the song for me, but more altogether worrying is as far as i know Jim produced this version?

24 Jan 2007, 22:54	#39
geordieloaf Can't You See My Faded Geordie Jeans Bursting Apart Join Date: 25.10.2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 1,360	Fantastic lyrics, loads of emotion. 9/10

24 Jan 2007, 16:34	#37
djfierce Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.06.2005 Location: Posts: 3,596	fantastic lyrics, wow great tune in the great scheme of meat songs not my fave but its up there so.... 8

24 Jan 2007, 22:39	#38
Monstro Promoted to Wario's spellchecker Join Date: 17.09.2005 Location: London Posts: 12,947	One of those songs you can picture in your head, fantastic 9/10

25 Jan 2007, 22:25	#40
White of High Nature's Siegfried Join Date: 27.05.2002 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 2,930	Average: 9.04 (244/27)

26 Jan 2007, 02:41	#41
samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	Fantastic. One of the most emotional vocal performances I've heard, even with only half a voice! lol! 10

26 Jan 2007, 10:49	#42
firefly Mega Loafer Join Date: 09.07.2006 Location: paradise Posts: 3,088	10/10

26 Jan 2007, 11:27	#43
Caelan life is one big adventure Join Date: 23.06.2005 Location: some town in Alberta called Leduc Posts: 5,550	10/10

05 Mar 2007, 11:46	#44
03gills Loafer Join Date: 07.03.2004 Posts: 73	I also quite like the different verse on Manilow's version.

08 Mar 2007, 01:04	#46
mikeloaf Super Loafer Join Date: 06.11.2005 Location: England UK Posts: 708	Before I got into Meat in the early '90's I had heard Barry Manilows version of this song on CD and I liked it. I love Meats version, it seems more vocal and passionate.

16 Mar 2007, 11:52	#48
Jaymze Super Loafer Join Date: 10.12.2003 Location: Sunderland Posts: 265	a very self indulgent song and incredibly soppy, personnaly I think it's far to slow, but it does have good lyrics and meat is very passionate in singing it, a 5.

14 Apr 2007, 20:30	#49
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,889	9.5/10 top tune

30 Aug 2009, 15:57	#50
florence75015 Senior Loafer Join Date: 15.08.2009 Location: Paris Posts: 110	Beautiful song, a classic for ever 10/10