Good concert, but has some issues... - I m okay with the fact that Meat can t sing like he used to, no points deducted for that. But, I ll agree with many reviews here that say the legendary singer is off at times during the concert. Credit due though, he NAILS it more than he misses.The video is awesome, shot in HD (featured/promoted recently for free on DirectTV HD) and excellently edited, by far the highpoint of this DVD. Five stars for video, all the way.Although the audio is also five stars (great bass, crisp cymbols, everthing in between), it s the AUDIO MIX that takes all the bang out of this concert for me. The guitars are too far back in the mix, making this sound more like an 80s contemporary rock concert than classic hard-rockin Meatloaf. I already own the concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and I think it s much better (performance and audio mix) than 3 Bats Live, even though audio and video quality can t compare to this release.
Meat Rocks! - I love Meat Loaf and this is one of two live DVD s I own. I love this one cause it has music from Bat III on it and in my opinion that is the best of the three. He is a great entertainer and just as nice and fun in real life! Don t ever Stop Meat!!!
Okay show. - Caught this show recently on HD Net and thought it was just okay. It was obvious Meat was not at the top of his game. Having seen it in HD quality was rather disgusting toward the end of the show... it looked like Meat had puke in his mouth or something chewed up and not yet swallowed. What the heck was that?
Embarrasing performance - First off I am a big fan of Meat Loaf so I hate rating this so low. But here goes.. On the first line on the first song All Revved Up With No Place To Go he wasn t even near the melody of the song. I m talking WAY off here....not just a little flat or sharp. As I continued to watch it became clear to me that something was terribly wrong with Meat that night. The band is hot but because of Meat s poor performance I m sure I ll never watch this again. It was just too painful. It s no wonder this DVD isn t even mentioned on Meat Loaf s official website.This product should have never seen the light of day.
Meat past his best - his vocals have gone! - I ve ben a huge fan for years & have seen ML over a dozen times.All I can say is that he is now past it, his vocals are woeful on this DVD & he ends up ruining some greast songs.A great backing band try to make up for Meat s shortcomings, but sadly he doesn t have the range any more & his tempo & timing are pityful at times. He chooses to change the vocal melody on so many of the songs & often finds himself rushing the end of each line of lyrics to catch up with the next line! It s infuriating to listen to, especially when he s rarely in tune. I hate to say this, but he should have overdubbed most of this performance & he should listen back to the performance & realise that volume does not make up for singing flat!I wish I hadn t bought this, although I give it one star for the great backing band & vocals & a good documentary included on the bonus disc (UK version)