Celine Dion or Meatloaf?

inspired by Ulysses on the other thread (who claimed he preferred Celine to the Big Guy), i thought i'd try out the new poll software.

to me, they are both appalling, and if i was in a bar that played more than one track of theirs i'd insist on leaving, but which one would you listen to if you *had* to pick one?

jesus, polls are complicated these days, btw...

That poll is too complicated. They are all a cunch of bunts. Fatties, Faggots or Fuckin Ugly.

I would rather listen to my special "Kraut Mix" I have on at the moment featuring Nina, Christine Sturmer, Juli, Wir Sind Helden etc. It is my attempt to integrate.

p.s. I have seen Meatloaf live. Utter cack. Not as painfully tedious as Eric Clapton but still dreadful.

I'd rather listen to Gildo (Dildo) Horn or the wombles or the Bay City Rollers or René and Renate if you are old enough to remember that one...

polls are complicated things, nowadays...
i could have even added a third question
it's all too much for my poor addled brain to deal with

In my defence, I only bought it because I was desperate for French music and actually ended up liking it. Don't like the rest. Meatloaf though sucks big time.

@ DD - actually, you know, looking back the Bay City Rollers did some decent tracks
Remember Shang-a-Lang?

@ Ulysses - I don't blame you, it's a very difficult choice
as i said, they are both torture on the eardrums

@Topsy

Yes, but least Celine sings in French which in itself is music to a lot of ears. I definitely don't listen to her in English.

if you want some french music, i can burn you some negresses vertes, mc solaar and saian super crew
all are surely far preferable to ms dion, n'est-ce pas?

The Loaf rocked when I was 12...

All the kids at school they were wishin they were me that night!!!

Very definitely, now I have Noir Desir, Francis Cabrel and Le Telephone. Much, much better. But back home, I couldn't get that stuff.

Telephone are also fab
Au coeur de la nuit was the first French album I ever bought

I wanted to vote for Celine but the poll wouldn't let me

How can you people say she doesn't have a beautiful voice?

Good Voice just Crap Songs

Alright Rus, that one I'll give you.

Ah, so the poll has been rigged. Is there an election inspector option? Not that I care what the majority think. I like my French album.

This special dedication goes out to Ulysses:

"Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will ya hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot?
Will you take me places I've never known?

[Loaf] I can do that! Oh oh now, I can do that!

After a while you'll forget everything
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night's fling
And you'll see that it's time to move on

[Loaf] I won't do that! No I won't do that!

I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
And sooner or later, you'll be screwing around

[Loaf] I won't do that! No I won't do that!"

People, this is classic, gut-wrenching songstry. Celine has not one song in her repetoire with such a visceral impact.

ooooh, shang-a-lang, oooooh shang-a-lang, it took me five years of therapy to get the lyrics out of my head.

So have I. It was fun dammit. Never mind the quality of the music.

i didn't rig it, honest guv!
anyway, she's got 3 votes, so it must be possible to vote for her...
maybe EdBob hates her with a passion and disabled that option, or something?

Must admit the video was great.

Ooh ja, the vid is good! Speaking of which, does anybody have a copy of that? You can just PM me, you don't have to publicly admit it.

Good god, Meatloaf is on Bayern 3 right now! WTF! I gotta run run!!!

Not to confuse matters but
It's all coming back to me now (Celine) And I would do anything for love (Meat) were both penned by Jim Steinman
Does this mean that he actually responsibile for the crap produced by both and we just take it out on him?

HELL YEAH! Am now streaming in Bayern 3. I consider this little coincidence a moral victory.

Edit: Shit, I only caught the last few lines. Boo, hiss.

No, if Bayern 3 play it then it's definitely not a moral victory. Bayern 3 is shit.

Oh, go put on your fluffy slippers and weep to "Where Does My Heart Beat Now".

I was only allowed to vote in the second question.

So, in conclusion, the new poll software seems a bit iffy

Bayern 3 are playing "I had the time of my life" now. It's worse than both and proves B3 is absolute shite.

Boomtown, strange then that both polls have the same total number of votes.

Meaning the girls, too! My 15-yr-old daughter gets the giggles every time she hears that line; should I be worried?

is a bit - unless my vote in question one was actually registered but it couldn't do the results section until I had voted in two - and it thus pretended to give an error

Yes, I believe you have to answer both sets of questions in order for your vote to register.

Meatloaf may or may not be shite but he had at least one good song whereas Ms. Squealine "I look like a russian helicopter gunship and sound like a bad lawn mower" Dion is probably the reason why intelligent extraterrestrial life hasn't contacted us yet.

I hate Celine more than anyone (see my 'Celine Dion Sucks' thread) but Yeti has done us all a favour with this remarkable piece of prose...

As far as Meat goes, since Fight Club... well any rock star who will get made up as Bob with Bitch Tits? He rules.

Erm... where is the "I'd rather put a gun to my head and pull the trigger than listen to any of this tosh" button?

I regret missing Meatloaf as Dr. Scott in the Rocky Horror Show LA stage version. I do not regret going to last summer's concert coz the backup singers were great.

ach, you guys are just too thick to appreciate the delicate vocal intricacies and superior tonal quality of the godess that is Celine.

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what's ULOC?

Useless trivia:
Celine Dion was the second Eurovision contestant who rose to international "stardom" (whatever that means). She came in second in mid-80s, with a song written by a turkish guy. She was well known in Turkey way before she was famous worldwide.

Moral of the story:
Ban Turkey from the EU

Uter's Land of Chocolate
Uter is a German exchange student

am a bit confused, tbh

She actally represented Switzerland in 1988 with a song called "Ne partez pas sans moi" Written By:
N. Martinetti and A. Sereftug
I guess Mr Sereftig may be Turkish
There si also a German version of the song called "Hand in Hand"
Lyrics Available Here:
http://www.powerofthemusic.com/t%20hand.html

@Rus
Maybe you can Google, but I still remember the melody*. Whaddaya say to that. Hah!

*: Nothing to be proud of, I know...

he played Dr. Scott? wtf? in the film version he played Eddie (the biker).

How about an option for neither?? I hate them all with a vengeance! *vomit*

i did think about putting in an option for neither, but that would have made it far too easy a decision, so i left it out

Well I have to say I think some of Meatloaf's earlier stuff, like the epic full length version of "Bat out of Hell" and "Dead Ringer for love", "Two out of Three ain't bad" and so forth were brilliant records
his later stuff was cack though.

Andrew, could I politely ask you to please refrain from categorising "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" as cack? I realize it is not a masterwork but it makes for damn good shower singing.

Why? thats what it is!
I could categorise it as "Pants" if you would rather