Meat Loaf

[JamieRedhead]

Am a big fan of his music, especially Bat I, Dead Ringer & II...

...not so much a fan of his attitude nowadays though.

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

His singing now days is nothing to brag about either.

 

[JamieRedhead]

Agreed his voice is gone:

I like his work up to and including bat II.

 

[ThePerfectNobody]

I'm a big Meat Loaf fan. Bat Out of Hell is my favorite album because it doesn't really fit into any one rock genre (although because I'm a critic I believe Led Zeppelin IV is the most detailed album ever.) Bat II would've been a better album if the lyrics weren't repetitive, but I will say I'd Do Anything for Love is one of my favorite songs. Nobody mentioned Bat III. Bat III is a personal fave, too. It's not as good as II, but it has some great hits like It's All Coming Back to Me (originally a Celime Dion song), Alive, and The Future Ain't What it Used to Be. Dead Ringer was kinda meh, except for the title track featuring Cher. It kinda sucks that the music website I visit doesn't have many Cher fans. They don't Cher the love of her music.

Meat Loaf may not be as good a singer now than he was back then, but he can still sing a phone book and make it sound good. Anyone ever try the album Bad for Good by Jim Steinman, the man who wrote thr Bat trilogy? The album came out a year ofter Bat and sounds like a mix of the first two Bat albums. It does have a few songs that were later used on Bat II.

 

[Provision]

He has some good songs with a good play on words as well.

 

[markb77]

The first Bat gets some cool points for Todd Rundgren's involvement, otherwise, I'm fine with just a "Best Of" collection.

Oh, and I was on the music team at a "seeker driven" church years ago, and we did "I Would Do Anything (for Love)" during the services one weekend. And yes, my wife got to sing the lyric "sooner or later you'll be sc###ing around". In church!

That's my best Meatloaf story. Carry on.