no. I even named it in the top 5 albums thread we had a couple of days ago. I wasn’t alive when Bat 1 came out, and was 13 when Bat 2 was released - fully aware that might have something to do with it. He’s had other very good records, far from a one album wonder.
"You took the words right out of my mouth" An icon of my early teens who roared back for a stellar 2nd act. A larger than life American Original. Sometimes the clichés fit like a glove. I remember my Aunt driving my cousin and I to the pool when Two out of Three came on the radio. I cannot count how many times a bunch of us were drunk in college and Paradise came on the jukebox. Of course we "sang" along. And there he was again at the 1994 Winter Olympics. And always in Rocky Horror, especially when you see it 27 times. We have lost a great one. RIP Meatloaf
First Meatloaf album was a record you wanted to hate. But once you heard it, read the liners and took it all in, it was and is a brilliant LP.
I am sorry to hear this. Just this past Christmas season I was wondering whatever happened to that Christmas album that he finished years ago and never released. But, that's OK. He gave us a lot of other great music to enjoy.
This is such sad news. I discovered Meat Loaf and the magnificent Bat Out of Hell album when he debuted on Saturday Night Live in 1978 and became a fan by the time he finished storming through an electrifying "All Revved Up With No Place to Go." He appeared on the show again a few years later when Tim Curry hosted. I remember him romping through a multi-guitar cover of Chuck Berry's "Promised Land" but I had totally forgotten this delightfully over-the-top sketch with him and Curry hawking their "One-Stop Rocky Horror Shop," which captures his powerful presence and comedic gifts. RIP
Bat Out Of Hell, one of the first three albums I ever bought, is Meat Loaf's best but there's lots of great music across his career. This is how I'd rank his records (caveat:I haven't heard his work with Uncle Ted nor the Stoney & Meat Loaf album): 1. Bat Out Of Hell 5/5 2. Blind Before I Stop 5/5 3. Bat II:Back Into Hell 5/5 4. Bad Attitude 5/5 5. Welcome To The Neighbourhood 4/5 6. Dead Ringer 4/5 7. Couldn't Have Said It Better 3/5 8. Midnight At The Lost & Found 3/5 9. Bat III: The Monster Is Loose 3/5 10. Hang Cool Teddy Bear 2/5 11. Hell In A Handbasket 2/5 12. Braver Than We Are 2/5 Some fine songs on those last three records but Meat's vast voice is such a shadow of its former self that I've found them difficult to listen to. Probably need to try them again at some point.
Saw Mr. Aday open for Southside Johnny at the Tower Theater in Philly in December 1977. Mr. Aday was practically booed off the stage. Bat Out of Hell had been out for a couple of months at that point, but it had yet to really gain traction — and certainly not with the Brooceheads & retro R&B fans who made up most of Southside's audience. For myself, a little too much bombast (then & now) — but his talent was undeniable. RIP, Mr. Aday.
Not being the writer, he was struggling by the time Bat Out Of Hell II went multi platinum. After that I think he did ok, supplanting his income with junk like Celebrity Apprentice. He was always also an actor.
Another one that really hurts. I was fortunate to have seen him in concert 3 times (1989, 1990, 1994). I will never forget the 1989 show when he played many songs from Bad For Good, and he revealed his plans to work on Bat 2 with Jim Steinman. Thanks Meat for all of the great over-the-top performances and for introducing me to the brilliance of Jim Steinman. Rest in peace!
One of the best performers I've seen live. He really put everything into it. According to some obituaries he was something of an introvert offstage. That make's his stage shows even more remarkable.
He sang on the Free For All album. I like this song a lot but it's a recycled version of "Stranglehold".
The only time I saw him was '88 doing mostly Bat Out of Hell and Bad for Good material. There was no talk of reunion with Steinman at the time, but what a show!
I stupidly didn’t go to an 80’s club show when he passed through Hickory NC when I was in high school.
I ask for forgiveness for going off topic. I am wondering if the master tape to bat out of hell was destroyed in the universal fire. I know some of his tapes were destroyed. But I don’t know if it was the MCA albums or the Cleveland record albums.
Looks like he took this secret to the grave… https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/mourning-world-may-never-know-what-meatloaf-wouldnt-do-for-love
