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Just seen itcon bbc as breaking news!
Noooooo! Gutted
Damn. The great ones are going that shaped my youth now.
Drag out the albums again - not too long after Steinman passed either.
They leave a good legacy.
Bugger.
🙁
* Zippos in the Air*
Gone gone gone
Aw man. That's a shitter. What a voice, and what a performer. I saw him at the Edinburgh Playhouse in the 1970s when Bat was still new. He was using the stage like few can and had a voice "like a horny angel".
Oh bollocks ☹️
BOOH was a massive album.
oh no, a big part of my growing up and still on my playlists. RIP
You beat me to it Duncan.
A few years ago my nephew Pip (a professional photographer), had a commission to photograph Meatloaf.
Pip was introduced to this 'old man' sitting in a corner, looking quite ill, in fact Pip thought Meatloaf could have keeled over at any moment.
It took all his skill to get decent photos to make Meatloaf look well.
I'm quite surprised he made it to this age.
Back in his Hey day Meatloaf was superb and couldn't be topped in the album charts.
RIP
There are few people whose music I liked less, but he was a genuinely funny guy. Loved seeing him getting interviewed. From memory he played a game where he would see how long he could go talking nonsense constantly before the interviewer stopped him.
"His name was Robert Paulson"
Epic Songs - Epic Life - Epic Man
Arse.
He was brilliant at pushing right up to the limit of parody, but not quite crossing it.
1st gig I went to. City Hall Newcastle, 1986 or 1987
Damn, I think if you were young in the 80's he is linked to your growing up.
My favourite story..
Ah, I loved Meatloaf when I was a kid.
Now there's not a dry eye in the house
After love's curtain comes down
Listen and you'll hear the sound
Hear the sound of a heart breaking, breaking
Not a smile left on my face
The ending's just too sad to take
And there's not a dry eye, not a dry eye in the house
Pip was introduced to this ‘old man’ sitting in a corner, looking quite ill, in fact Pip thought Meatloaf could have keeled over at any moment.
It took all his skill to get decent photos to make Meatloaf look well.I’m quite surprised he made it to this age.
I thought that when I saw the film Fight Club. Released in... 1999. He's not done too badly, considering! RIP.
NSFW (bit sweary)
Was a funny guy. RIP Meatloaf.
Bat Out Of Hell was a bit before my time, but like anyone with an older brother or sister, the album was in the house and was played so much, I reckon I can sing along to every track on the album. And happily so. He crossed so many boundaries, it’s like he took aspects of many of the epic rock performers of the 70s and 80s and was able to meld them in a way no one else could. The music transcends “cool” and “guilty pleasure.” I’m not sure anyone else has been able to do what he did. Sad day for music.
There are few people whose music I liked less,
Same here BUT I ended up listening to it when finding it on the radio or TV by accident, as what he did he did very well indeed. Certainly seemed to have passion and belief in what he did and that’s always a good thing.
Damn, I think if you were young in the 80’s he is linked to your growing up.
Very much this. I saw him live in the late 80s a couple of times - amazing shows.
There was a time, right up to the very early 2000's, when, if you went into a pub with a jukebox, at some point in the night BOOH would come on. Stone. Cold. Fact.
His best work was in Spice World though 🙂
I wish I’d recorded my 9 year old’s utterance of “Meatloaf?!?” when we first heard it announced on the radio. I had no words to describe who they were talking about. 😂
I bought the vinyl album in 1977 before it topped the charts & I've had a cassette, cd or dvd in the car & (truck in the 80s) ever since. With no one else in the car crank up the sound and belt out the songs. Who else is old enough to have watched the Old Grey Whistle Test when Meatloaf & Karla DeVito had that 'french kiss' and a@se grope?
RIP
Sad news ,BOOH was on pretty much ever jukebox in the late 70s-early 80s . Saw him in the early 80s - great performance and show .
RiP .
Listening to BOOH now. RIP Mr Loaf
Great performer, I never bought his music but if it was on the TV or radio I would happily listen. When I first saw him in Fight Club (back in the days of generally no spoilers - Internet I hate you) , I was like WTF!
Thanks for posting that link @duncancallum that's from the next town over from me at home, never heard it before. Guy who wrote is friend of cousin I think, I recognise the name. Great story.
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Was introductory him about 1981 by my cousin who was staying with us before emigrating. I was about 12, BOOH blew my mind and he was a big chunk of my teenage years.
He never took himself seriously, but his performance of Steinmans clever lyrics and amazing music was absolutely fantastic.
For Crying Out Loud is a very under rated work of genius IMHO
He was not Meatloaf, he was Meat Loaf.
He'll be turning in his grave.
Mrs K couldnt recognise a Meat loaf song if she tried but is an serial Musical attendee. So, with me expecting it to be a little crass she came with me to the live musical a couple of years ago.
Sure enough, it was a show of oldies with their hands in the air, but then the cast did a live extended rendition of "Paradise..." followed by "For Crying out Load" both after BOOH which was used as a warmup. Such was the performance, she turned to me with a lump in her throat and said "was the actual songs really like that?"
Yes, yes it was...
Well, blimey, every day is a school day - it seems he made a Motown album!
I remember Jools Holland presenting a radio program at the time and him saying after playing "I would do anything for love" that "That" was probably rimming.
First and best gig I ever went to (March 1987, Bat Out Of Hell 10th Anniversary World Tour at the Manchester Apollo) and also the worst (though that could have been because it was in g-mex which was an awful venue).
Sad times.
I was working at house near me for a gentleman that turned out to be a famous record producer. He came in one day as meatloaf was on the radio and proceeded to say that at a big industry thing some years ago he met meatloaf. Apparently walked over and said hi I’m Hugh, meat loaf grabbed his hand, replied with I’m meatloaf, but you call me meat 😂
Slight tedious story I know but it made me chuckle!
Meat Loaf FFS
Not the veganuary we were looking for
she turned to me with a lump in her throat and said “
was the actual songs really like thatOn a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?”
NSFW (bit sweary)
So good. Just watched that via Twitter, and was coming here to post it.
Sad to hear that he’s gone. He’s been quite a tragic figure for a long time now, really felt for him more and more as time has gone by. The contrast of his later career with his days of pomp was painfully striking. Always funny though. RIP.
she turned to me with a lump in her throat and said “
was the actual songs really like thatOn a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?”
Applauds. He was a performer and not just a singer. That's what really made it work
I saw him not that long after he had the heart surgery, they brought him onstage on a hospital trolley, amazing show even though that was obviously years past his prime... One of hte absolute greats. RIP Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf
(now playing: Hits Out Of Hell, one of the first albums I ever got. Midnight! Lost souls!
BBC Four HD now (9-10pm), or the +1
One of my late dads favourite artists so in turn one of mine. Inspired me and the wide to watch Rocky Horror Picture show tonight 😀 RIP Meatloaf.
Several beers in and listening to BOOH on Spotify,lots of teenage memories .
RIP Mr. Loaf
BooH is SWMBO’s all time favourite song.
Saw him live in 1993 - great show and Paradise by the dashboard light was truly epic, even nearly 30 years later.
Rock on Meat.
rip mr loaf
i never bought any of his albums i must admit but always liked hearing his music on the radio/tv.
he was great in rocky horror and fight club for sure.
Great performer even though I have none of their/his albums. You can always sing along & pretend you’re him can’t you?
There’ll be the usual jokes coming soon, as usual when a superstar passes away.
But I won’t do that.
There’ll be the usual jokes coming soon, as usual when a superstar passes away.
But I won’t do that.
Top marks! 🙂
But will you do anything but that? Or just think sod it, I'll do that. Finally 🙂
Overblown operatic drivel, but sad all the same.