Meat Loaf covers? - Page 2

Lord Kagan · 26 Jan 2007, 21:20

Anyone know where I could get We will rock you?

*AndyK* · 26 Jan 2007, 21:21

As far as I know, you're right Lucy, I'm pretty sure Boyzone recorded No Matter What first for the WdtW concept album , the same album that A Kiss first appeared on. Of course only Jim and Meat and the studio engineers, the band, a handful, or record company people, the cleaner and a few others will know for sure which was actually physically recorded first. There's also a slim chance that they were recorded at exactly the same time ... End of the day Boyzone certainly were associated with the song first publicly.

samurai7 · 26 Jan 2007, 21:35

No Matter What was initially given to Boyzone's Stephen Gately by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It was intended as a solo recording, and not thought about in terms of single release, just a contribution to the concept album for WTTW. Then when Boyzone's record company heard it, they insisted on making it a 'band' effort (even though only Stephen and Ronan sing on it, same as nost Boyzone records

) and pushed for single release. It then went to number one for something like 8 weeks (haven't got my book to hand to say for sure.)

That's why it says it was recorded in London AND LA - because bits were added later, and it was remixed.

At roughly the same time, Jimmy gave the song to Meat, with the same intention - record it for the concept disc. For some reason, Boyzone's version was chosen to go on (perhaps cos it was a HUGE smash hit

) the album, and Meat' s version was kept for the Very Best Of album, which came out shortly after. Meat's planned single release was shelved in the UK. It was, however, released as a double-A with 'A Kiss...' in continental Europe.

The actual first release of the song is apparently on an Elaine Paige album

, so I've heard, but I've never managed to track this down.

Puritan · 27 Jan 2007, 10:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by evil nickname

56. Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin)
57. 16 Tons (The Company Store) (on the 1999 tour)
58. It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It) (segued into after "We Are Family" in 2003)

59. The Way You Do The Things You Do (Temptations)

*AndyK* · 28 Jan 2007, 12:31

Can we remind everyone that the open trading or linking to any of the bootleg recordings that exist is not allowed on this site.

26 Jan 2007, 21:20	#26
Lord Kagan On the other hand, You have different fingers Join Date: 17.05.2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 8,833	Anyone know where I could get We will rock you?

26 Jan 2007, 21:21	#27
AndyK Relentless Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Over the top..... seeing what's on the other side Posts: 18,694	As far as I know, you're right Lucy, I'm pretty sure Boyzone recorded No Matter What first for the WdtW concept album , the same album that A Kiss first appeared on. Of course only Jim and Meat and the studio engineers, the band, a handful, or record company people, the cleaner and a few others will know for sure which was actually physically recorded first. There's also a slim chance that they were recorded at exactly the same time ... End of the day Boyzone certainly were associated with the song first publicly.

26 Jan 2007, 21:35	#28
samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	No Matter What was initially given to Boyzone's Stephen Gately by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It was intended as a solo recording, and not thought about in terms of single release, just a contribution to the concept album for WTTW. Then when Boyzone's record company heard it, they insisted on making it a 'band' effort (even though only Stephen and Ronan sing on it, same as nost Boyzone records ) and pushed for single release. It then went to number one for something like 8 weeks (haven't got my book to hand to say for sure.) That's why it says it was recorded in London AND LA - because bits were added later, and it was remixed. At roughly the same time, Jimmy gave the song to Meat, with the same intention - record it for the concept disc. For some reason, Boyzone's version was chosen to go on (perhaps cos it was a HUGE smash hit ) the album, and Meat' s version was kept for the Very Best Of album, which came out shortly after. Meat's planned single release was shelved in the UK. It was, however, released as a double-A with 'A Kiss...' in continental Europe. The actual first release of the song is apparently on an Elaine Paige album , so I've heard, but I've never managed to track this down.

28 Jan 2007, 12:31	#30
AndyK Relentless Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Over the top..... seeing what's on the other side Posts: 18,694	Can we remind everyone that the open trading or linking to any of the bootleg recordings that exist is not allowed on this site.