24
Mar
safe and warm if i was in l.a.
(or: march 24’s honey from the hive)
posted at 4:55 am by brandon in sweet you rock and sweet you roll
Meat Loaf (featuring Patti Russo) — “California Dreamin'”
(from Hell in a Handbasket
Not quite on the level of the revelatory take on The Mamas and the Papas’ iconic classic that Queen Latifah turned in a few years back, but the ferocious Mr. Loaf — with the nimble aid of his old favorite duet partner — shows he’s still got it, anchoring his terrific new album with a harder-edged, smartly rendered cover of an ever-reliable chestnut from the modern American songbook. (I had the great honor of chatting with Meat Loaf a couple of years ago for a special edition of Brandon’s Buzz Radio, and if you missed that conversation, I highly suggest you catch up with it here.)
