Allegheny1600 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Marvin Lee Aday “Meatloaf” has died at the age of 74 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-dead-at-74 I am saddened by this, he was a large part (no pun intended) of my musical interests for many years. 5 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60080934 I will never forget the first time I heard Bat out of Hell. Blew me away. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Oops duplicate post. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) Oh dear. Everybody, and I mean everybody, seemed to have a copy of Bat out of Hell back in the day and I dare say a lot of us still do. A seminal album which will definitely get a play later. A 'great set of pipes'. Rob. Edited January 21, 2022 by NHY 581 2 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) Will be remembered for some great music for sure! R.I.P. and thank you. Hope St Peter is a fan if he really is a sinner before the gates of heaven.. Edited January 21, 2022 by Phil Bullock 1 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calnefoxile Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Just think of the music that'll be rocking Heaven now as he'll be meeting up with Jim Steinman again. Sad day, great singer and another icon of my musical youth sadly departed. Regards Neal. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Multiple news reports it was covid. https://news.yahoo.com/meat-loaf-seriously-ill-covid-130024421.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Saw him on the Bat out of Hell tour way back when I was still in high school. (august 78) What a performance. I think my ears didn't stop ringing until October. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2022 Sad 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday. It was 1977, the music world had gone disco, the charts were full of squeaking BeeGees, and out of nowhere came a Gothic monstrosity of a rock album with screaming guitars, operatic backing vocals and a lead singer with a voice that could clean an oven. I listened to Bat with a feeling of redemption. Meat Loaf has been a constant feature in my music collection ever since - today I had Bat, Bat II, Dead Ringer and the soundtrack album for Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical in the car. (Catch that show if you can - it's amazing. Jim Steinman's songs work so well in the context of a musical storyline). The Meat Loaf / Jim Steinman combination has left a unique legacy to the world of rock music. That big, Wagnerian sound and lyrics sung with passion and commitment is unique. Rest in Peace, Meat Loaf. The beat is yours forever. Edited January 21, 2022 by CameronL Added a bit 3 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2022 A slight tangent, don't forget Jim Steinman's own album, Bad for Good. Initially destined for Meatloaf but due to vocal issues he didn't record the album. Rob. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Was never a fan of the OTT bombastic stuff. Just not my cup of tea. But he was outstanding on the album he did with Ted Nugent. Decent Rock N Roll singer. Arranged and recorded all his stuff for this album in two days. What a voice 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2022 5 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: Multiple news reports it was covid. https://news.yahoo.com/meat-loaf-seriously-ill-covid-130024421.html Apparently he hadn't been vaccinated. 2 hours ago, CameronL said: The Meat Loaf / Jim Steinman combination has left a unique legacy to the world of rock music. That big, Wagnerian sound and lyrics sung with passion and commitment is unique. Rest in Peace, Meat Loaf. The beat is yours forever. He was trained as an opera singer, a pretty good tenor by all accounts. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Not Jeremy Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2022 Very sad, as others have said. Fantastic HST* music, that and Blondie's "Parallel Lines", driving too fast up and down the A3 late at night all those years ago... HST = High speed Triumph still not Jeremy 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2022 I am a lucky enough to have seen Meatloaf at Wembley Arena back in 1999, and whilst I am a fan of his music, his live performance blew me away. What a showman! His performances were pure theatre and what a sound he could create. RIP 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Not Jeremy said: Fantastic HST* music, that and Blondie's "Parallel Lines", driving too fast up and down the A3 late at night all those years ago... A shameful confession- very early one Sunday morning I once did 130 mph on the Fosse Way east of Nottingham while listening to Bat Out Of Hell. It was in a 2 litre Vauxhall Cavalier. Happy days. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Not Jeremy Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) On which note, how abut this fab picture from Chris Stein's Facebook page, posted today. Taken at about the "go faster" time... Edited January 22, 2022 by Not Jeremy to spell Chris's name properly 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2022 20 minutes ago, Not Jeremy said: On which note, how abut this fab picture from Cris Stein's Facebook page, posted today. Taken at about the "go faster" time... Talk about music icons. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Not Jeremy Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2022 Apologies in advance, but I have just bought a CD which I am a bit obsessed about. It is nothing like "Bat out of Hell", or Blondie (really), and in no way replaces or replicates Bat Out of Hell and its glorious operatic lunacy, and yet reading some of the comments above I think it maybe has some strange resonance with what a lot of us liked when we heard Meatloaf back in 1977. Anyway, as it appears to be a bit unknown(?) I'll stick my neck out and put a link to it here: With Monsters and Gods Feel free to ignore it, I am not saying it is any kind of replacement or substitute, but it sure sounds good played very loud.... A cover of "Call Me", a Ska version of "Jackson" the title track and "Down On Your Knees" - all pretty knee trembling stuff. I'm playing it loud now - may my neighbours forgive me!! I do not mean this disrespectfully to the memory of Meatloaf. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2022 You can't play Meatloaf at anything other than full volume. (My house is the last in the street and next door is unoccupied.) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2022 4 hours ago, NHY 581 said: A slight tangent, don't forget Jim Steinman's own album, Bad for Good. Initially destined for Meatloaf but due to vocal issues he didn't record the album. Rob. And don't forget Jim Steinman's work as sung by Bonnie Tyler. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 I have to share this with y’all. I used to have the 12” live version of the “Bat out of hell” single, how I wish I still had it. Anyway, it was around 10 or 12 minutes of the most amazing singing and riffs, around the two thirds point, there was a pause and all you could hear was Meatloafs heavy breathing - it was quite memorable! Sad to say, I inadvertently left all my 12 inches in a drawer in an old flat then the landlord held them hostage until I paid some back rent. I paid the rent but never got my records back. Justice caught up with the guy though, later he did five years for embezzlement, it didn’t make up for the loss of my collection though. Well, RIP Meatloaf, thanks for the music 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 7 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Apparently he hadn't been vaccinated. Great singer. Great songs. Anti vaxxer. I guess two out of three ain't bad. (Too soon?) 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Tribute from Buckingham Palace. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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