89. Cry Over Me

White of High · 04 Dec 2006, 19:32

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

Cry Over Me (4)

This song is the reason why this album is not a real Bat Out Of Hell album. I really don't understand why Meat Loaf starts with Diane Warren. On Welcome To The Neighbourhood were 2 Warren songs. Not A Dry Eye In The House was okay, I'd Lie For you was a copy of Anything For Love, I never liked and I'm not alone with my emotions. On CHSIB there was You're Right, I Was Wrong what is one of the worst song on the album (Let's read Standing) and now here is another "pearl". This song is crappy, the story is simple and boring. Meat's voice is one of the best on this album but this song is about nothing interesting. I heard it million times. Almost I heard Ms. Warren's cliches and themes (like this one) in million ways on his career... Bad choice!

My score: 4

geordieloaf · 04 Dec 2006, 19:35

I actually like it. I know the lyrics are a bit sappy but Meat's vocals are really good. For me it's not the weakest song on the album.
7/10

**Monstro** · 04 Dec 2006, 19:52

Shame on me but I really like this one, vocally it's great and it's a really emotional song - what I like in a song.

8/10

mszee · 04 Dec 2006, 20:00

Don't like it, don't like it, don't like it...

Tried very hard...still don't like it...not enough that it's very pop...it's also grossly overproduced in my opinion...

5/10

luk.out.of.hell · 04 Dec 2006, 20:14

the worst song on the album

4/10

LucyK! · 04 Dec 2006, 20:17

Without knowing it, it turns out that the majority of my least favourite Meat songs are by Diane Warren, but this has got to be the exception, I love it, Meat's vocals at the end just get me every time!

robgomm · 04 Dec 2006, 20:52

Sounds to me like White Of High just has a vendetta against Diane Warren. Not A Dry Eye is widely viewed as one of Meats best ever songs (although there's many of those) and I absolutely love it, and the same goes for I'd Lie For You, which sounds nothing like Anything For Love by the way.

I actually like this song, in an interview Meat said it's the most emotional he's ever got singing a song and you can really hear the emotion in his voice as he sings this one. Maybe he's relating to his personal marriage breakup in this song but he really sings it very powerfully and emotionally, there's alot of anger in his voice. The song itself isn't the greatest ever written (still better than 99% of stuff written in the charts) but Meat makes it an excallant song, I love lsitening to it.

8 out of 10

Bap · 04 Dec 2006, 21:11

9/10

evil nickname · 04 Dec 2006, 22:54

Meh. Boring song, nothing noteworthy, and whoever wrote the vocal melody of the pre-chorus ("It's so easy for you-oooo-oooo-oooo / to feel nothing for meee-eeee-eeee-eeeee") should appologise to everyone who has the had the unfortunate pleasure of hearing that.

4/10 because I'm feeling generous.

(On a side note, of all the songs mrs. Warren wrote for mr. Loaf, I can only appreciate I'd Lie For You and Not A Dry Eye. Don't get me started on the others.)

JanT · 04 Dec 2006, 23:47

I love this one, very angry, very emotional. (Reminds me of how I felt when I got dumped on my birthday.) So why do I love it?... 'Cause I got over it and moved on

10/10

duke knooby · 05 Dec 2006, 00:48

id give it a 6.5, nice song.

sunneke · 05 Dec 2006, 07:39

oeps you can delete this one, sorry

sunneke · 05 Dec 2006, 07:40

A mistake song i would call it, although it's a nice song, nice lyrics, but not a meat song 7/10

Pudding · 05 Dec 2006, 08:06

Dianne Warren should have been beaten away with a large stick when Bat3 was being recorded, this song serves no purpose on the album.

2/10

Pud

Bart · 05 Dec 2006, 14:06

I don't like this threats Pud. It'sd scary.
But this song is horrible. The intro is weak an indeed like Evil said the Easy for yououo-ououou-ououou part is so , just so, so.. so... boring, cheap and...and....unforgivable. Unforgivable that this song is on a Bat album. The intro, the music, the verses, the chorus, everything, just everything is so damn cheap and boring.
1/10.

MissAsh · 05 Dec 2006, 15:07

I love it. The emotion in the song, the anger... as soon as I heard it it became one of my favourites on the album and was stuck in my head for aaaages. Perhaps it's because it describes so perfectly how I've felt at one time or another, I dunno. I think it's amazing anyway, I'd love to hear it live but I know that won't happen.
10/10.

Eddie's Teddy · 05 Dec 2006, 15:31

I really did not like this the first time I heard it but I have to confess it has grown on me. I like the end of the song where he gets higher and higher. Can really feel the emotion in there. Until that point it's ok and nothing more.

7/10

Hypnobabe · 05 Dec 2006, 15:56

Sorry, I love this song... like others here, I love the emotion in it, and the sentiment behind it - comes down to having been abandoned by someone who said they loved me and would do for ever I suppose - it's like the Alanis Morrisette song, You Oughta Know...

10/10 from me

samurai7 · 05 Dec 2006, 19:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by White of High

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

Cry Over Me (4)

This song is the reason why this album is not a real Bat Out Of Hell album. I really don't understand why Meat Loaf starts with Diane Warren. On Welcome To The Neighbourhood were 2 Warren songs. Not A Dry Eye In The House was okay, I'd Lie For you was a copy of Anything For Love, I never liked and I'm not alone with my emotions. On CHSIB there was You're Right, I Was Wrong what is one of the worst song on the album (Let's read Standing) and now here is another "pearl". This song is crappy, the story is simple and boring. Meat's voice is one of the best on this album but this song is about nothing interesting. I heard it million times. Almost I heard Ms. Warren's cliches and themes (like this one) in million ways on his career... Bad choice!

My score: 4

Actually, Warren had THREE songs on WTTN. You forgot 'If This Is The Last Kiss'.

White of High · 05 Dec 2006, 20:17

Yep... that's too bad for calling a song. :)

needmoremeat · 05 Dec 2006, 21:56

Don't like this one. Sounds like a B-side for CHSIB at most, never a Bat song. Like White of High said, heard it before. COM should not have been on album at all, not least after such a rip-roaring song like BFG, it really brings you crashing back down after being on a high from BFG, and you long for the next Steinman song to come on. Don't like the aforementioned pre-chorus lyrics, nor the Crrrrrrryyyyyy-eye-eyes.
However, do like Meat's vocals at the very end. One, because they're really powerful, and two, you know the song's nearly finished and we can get back to the good stuff

Pudding · 05 Dec 2006, 22:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bart

I don't like this threats Pud. It'sd scary.

What threat? It's a figurative saying that's supposed to be taken metaphorically and not literally. It's like if someone said "I wouldn't touch her with a 10 foot barge-pole" how many people do you know of that actually walk around with a barge-pole? It's only a saying.

Whilst we're on the subject of Dianne Warren and Cry Over Me, I thought her effort on CHSIB was pretty piss poor.

Pud

Bart · 06 Dec 2006, 13:22

. Okay, sorry.

CHSIB is a well produced and very fine album. Don't know why Meat didn't choose Mokran for Booh 3. you're right I was wrong is pretty awfull but way better than the crap she wrote for Bat 3.

DanielF · 06 Dec 2006, 14:56

Cry Over Me is the only song on the album I really don't like. I always switch to the next song when it starts lol

Lord Kagan · 06 Dec 2006, 15:51

Very emotional, powerful song, 8/10

04 Dec 2006, 19:32	#1
White of High Nature's Siegfried Join Date: 27.05.2002 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 2,930	89. Cry Over Me This is the START OUT OF HELL & ARRIVE TO HEAVEN topic. Let's Go to Rock 'n' Roll!!!!!!! Cry Over Me (4) This song is the reason why this album is not a real Bat Out Of Hell album. I really don't understand why Meat Loaf starts with Diane Warren. On Welcome To The Neighbourhood were 2 Warren songs. Not A Dry Eye In The House was okay, I'd Lie For you was a copy of Anything For Love, I never liked and I'm not alone with my emotions. On CHSIB there was You're Right, I Was Wrong what is one of the worst song on the album (Let's read Standing) and now here is another "pearl". This song is crappy, the story is simple and boring. Meat's voice is one of the best on this album but this song is about nothing interesting. I heard it million times. Almost I heard Ms. Warren's cliches and themes (like this one) in million ways on his career... Bad choice! My score: 4 Last edited by White of High; 04 Dec 2006 at 19:43.

04 Dec 2006, 19:35	#2
geordieloaf Can't You See My Faded Geordie Jeans Bursting Apart Join Date: 25.10.2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 1,360	I actually like it. I know the lyrics are a bit sappy but Meat's vocals are really good. For me it's not the weakest song on the album. 7/10

04 Dec 2006, 19:52	#3
Monstro Promoted to Wario's spellchecker Join Date: 17.09.2005 Location: London Posts: 12,947	Shame on me but I really like this one, vocally it's great and it's a really emotional song - what I like in a song. 8/10

04 Dec 2006, 20:00	#4
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	Don't like it, don't like it, don't like it... Tried very hard...still don't like it...not enough that it's very pop...it's also grossly overproduced in my opinion... 5/10

04 Dec 2006, 20:14	#5
luk.out.of.hell Senior Loafer Join Date: 24.10.2006 Location: Bruchköbel Posts: 108	the worst song on the album 4/10

04 Dec 2006, 20:17	#6
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	Without knowing it, it turns out that the majority of my least favourite Meat songs are by Diane Warren, but this has got to be the exception, I love it, Meat's vocals at the end just get me every time!

04 Dec 2006, 20:52	#7
robgomm Mega Loafer Join Date: 22.10.2006 Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK Posts: 1,671	Sounds to me like White Of High just has a vendetta against Diane Warren. Not A Dry Eye is widely viewed as one of Meats best ever songs (although there's many of those) and I absolutely love it, and the same goes for I'd Lie For You, which sounds nothing like Anything For Love by the way. I actually like this song, in an interview Meat said it's the most emotional he's ever got singing a song and you can really hear the emotion in his voice as he sings this one. Maybe he's relating to his personal marriage breakup in this song but he really sings it very powerfully and emotionally, there's alot of anger in his voice. The song itself isn't the greatest ever written (still better than 99% of stuff written in the charts) but Meat makes it an excallant song, I love lsitening to it. 8 out of 10

04 Dec 2006, 21:11	#8
Bap Super Loafer Join Date: 20.09.2004 Location: Wales! Posts: 608	9/10

04 Dec 2006, 22:54	#9
evil nickname Guest Join Date: 19.04.2003 Posts: 2,238	Meh. Boring song, nothing noteworthy, and whoever wrote the vocal melody of the pre-chorus ("It's so easy for you-oooo-oooo-oooo / to feel nothing for meee-eeee-eeee-eeeee") should appologise to everyone who has the had the unfortunate pleasure of hearing that. 4/10 because I'm feeling generous. (On a side note, of all the songs mrs. Warren wrote for mr. Loaf, I can only appreciate I'd Lie For You and Not A Dry Eye. Don't get me started on the others.)

04 Dec 2006, 23:47	#10
JanT Mega Loafer Join Date: 22.06.2006 Location: Blackpool Posts: 2,232	I love this one, very angry, very emotional. (Reminds me of how I felt when I got dumped on my birthday.) So why do I love it?... 'Cause I got over it and moved on 10/10

05 Dec 2006, 00:48	#11
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,888	id give it a 6.5, nice song.

05 Dec 2006, 07:39	#12
sunneke Mega Loafer Join Date: 17.01.2006 Location: Amersfoort Posts: 2,263	oeps you can delete this one, sorry

05 Dec 2006, 07:40	#13
sunneke Mega Loafer Join Date: 17.01.2006 Location: Amersfoort Posts: 2,263	A mistake song i would call it, although it's a nice song, nice lyrics, but not a meat song 7/10

05 Dec 2006, 08:06	#14
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	Dianne Warren should have been beaten away with a large stick when Bat3 was being recorded, this song serves no purpose on the album. 2/10 Pud

05 Dec 2006, 14:06	#15
Bart Bald Mega Loafer Join Date: 06.03.2003 Location: Holland, but I prefer Greece Posts: 2,243	I don't like this threats Pud. It'sd scary. But this song is horrible. The intro is weak an indeed like Evil said the Easy for yououo-ououou-ououou part is so , just so, so.. so... boring, cheap and...and....unforgivable. Unforgivable that this song is on a Bat album. The intro, the music, the verses, the chorus, everything, just everything is so damn cheap and boring. 1/10.

05 Dec 2006, 15:07	#16
MissAsh Super Loafer Join Date: 14.02.2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 743	I love it. The emotion in the song, the anger... as soon as I heard it it became one of my favourites on the album and was stuck in my head for aaaages. Perhaps it's because it describes so perfectly how I've felt at one time or another, I dunno. I think it's amazing anyway, I'd love to hear it live but I know that won't happen. 10/10.

05 Dec 2006, 15:31	#17
Eddie's Teddy Super Loafer Join Date: 17.08.2006 Location: scotland Posts: 235	I really did not like this the first time I heard it but I have to confess it has grown on me. I like the end of the song where he gets higher and higher. Can really feel the emotion in there. Until that point it's ok and nothing more. 7/10

05 Dec 2006, 15:56	#18
Hypnobabe mszee's Mistress with sexy goddess boots Join Date: 13.07.2005 Location: Hitting the highway like a battering ram... Posts: 7,686	Sorry, I love this song... like others here, I love the emotion in it, and the sentiment behind it - comes down to having been abandoned by someone who said they loved me and would do for ever I suppose - it's like the Alanis Morrisette song, You Oughta Know... 10/10 from me

05 Dec 2006, 20:17	#20
White of High Nature's Siegfried Join Date: 27.05.2002 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 2,930	Yep... that's too bad for calling a song. :)

05 Dec 2006, 21:56	#21
needmoremeat Mega Loafer Join Date: 23.11.2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,416	Don't like this one. Sounds like a B-side for CHSIB at most, never a Bat song. Like White of High said, heard it before. COM should not have been on album at all, not least after such a rip-roaring song like BFG, it really brings you crashing back down after being on a high from BFG, and you long for the next Steinman song to come on. Don't like the aforementioned pre-chorus lyrics, nor the Crrrrrrryyyyyy-eye-eyes. However, do like Meat's vocals at the very end. One, because they're really powerful, and two, you know the song's nearly finished and we can get back to the good stuff

06 Dec 2006, 13:22	#23
Bart Bald Mega Loafer Join Date: 06.03.2003 Location: Holland, but I prefer Greece Posts: 2,243	. Okay, sorry. CHSIB is a well produced and very fine album. Don't know why Meat didn't choose Mokran for Booh 3. you're right I was wrong is pretty awfull but way better than the crap she wrote for Bat 3.

06 Dec 2006, 14:56	#24
DanielF Steinfan Join Date: 21.10.2003 Location: Heidelberg/Germany Posts: 11	Cry Over Me is the only song on the album I really don't like. I always switch to the next song when it starts lol

06 Dec 2006, 15:51	#25
Lord Kagan On the other hand, You have different fingers Join Date: 17.05.2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 8,833	Very emotional, powerful song, 8/10