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RIP.  He had been sick for years but its still shocking when it happens.  It’s funny that I think of him being great yet it’s really based on just one album,  Bat out of Hell is still fantastic to me.

Up in the Big Paradise by the Dashboard Light in the sky.  RIP. 

I still chuckle every time I head the “punchline” of that song. How awesome would it have been to see him in concert back in the day. RIP

At a girl’s party in 1978 I was the 21st caller into an Austin radio station and won the Bat Out of Hell album. That was my intro to Meatloaf. Still love playing Paradise By the Dashboard Light today. 

This year, 2022, brutal so far. RIP to a great entertainer.

Well.. his prayers have been answered, the end of time finally arrived.

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2 hours ago, Txslnghrns said:

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Gotta get up pretty fucking early to get the most tasteless gif I could think of around here...congrats 

 

But did he ever do "that.. " whatever that was?

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Didn’t know he left his Dallas home barefoot and in his underwear at 18 after his mother died and his alcoholic father tried to kill him with a butcher knife. 

Also he was Belushi’s understudy on the National Lampoon road show.
 

RIP Meat

 

I always loved “2 out of 3 Ain’t Bad”. Damn it sucks getting old and seeing the actors and singers of your youth pass away.

Oh, and 11 or 12 year old me always popped a boner during the “Dashboard Light” video. That was all we had pre-internet porn.

RIP Mr. Loaf.

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Damn, sad news. RIP big moosey. Bat Out of Hell is one of the all time great album covers.

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44 minutes ago, Hate said:

I always loved “2 out of 3 Ain’t Bad”. Damn it sucks getting old and seeing the actors and singers of your youth pass away.

Oh, and 11 or 12 year old me always popped a boner during the “Dashboard Light” video. That was all we had pre-internet porn.

She was hot.

I distinctly remember being blown away by his 1979 SNL appearance. Never gave a second thought to who the music act was before that.

One of the last and few truly unique and original entertainers.

Very unique and talented individual.  Will be missed.  

Wasn't he living in Austin the last decade or so?  
 

RIP, Loaf! 

What a great performer.  

I remember seeing this as a kid. Patti Russo comes out at 8:00 and kills it.

 

 

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He looked days away from dying when he was on "Celebrity Apprentice" back in 2011. 

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51 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

What a great performer.  

I remember seeing this as a kid. Patti Russo comes out at 8:00 and kills it.

 

 

He's just one of those people that was so uniquely talented, and boxed in, but still immensely respected.  Can't help but love an entertainer that honestly doesn't care that they were painted into a corner....but damn, did they own that corner.  

And all I can do is keep on telling you
I want you, I need you
But-there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

 - Some of the greatest lyrics ever written.  RIP

22 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

He's just one of those people that was so uniquely talented, and boxed in, but still immensely respected.  Can't help but love an entertainer that honestly doesn't care that they were painted into a corner....but damn, did they own that corner.  

+1

21 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

And all I can do is keep on telling you
I want you, I need you
But-there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

 - Some of the greatest lyrics ever written.  RIP

Thank, Jim Steinman, probably. 

RIP, Great One  !

Below vid filmed in Denton.     Such great lyrics to all his songs.

 

"And if life is just a highway,  then the soul is just a car"

 

 

6 minutes ago, Deej said:

Thank, Jim Steinman, probably. 

Good call.  RIP Jim Steinman as well.

3 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

But did he ever do "that.. " whatever that was?

See post #25, 9:30-10:00

If you were a teen in the late 70's, you wore out Bat Out of Hell. Thanks for the songs of my youth, Mr. Loaf.

He's taking a pretty big lead out there,
almost daring him to try and pick him off.
The pitcher glances over, winds up, and it's bunted,
bunted down the third base line, the suicide squeeze is on!
Here he comes, squeeze play, it's gonna be close,
holy cow, I think he's gonna make it!
 

Guy carved out a space and owned it. No one ever even tried to get a piece of that action. They knew there could only be one. Much respect. 

1979 in a black Pontiac Firebird with the gold decal on the hood. Bat Out of Hell blasting out of the stereo and spilling into the streets through the T-top. I can't picture that car in my mind without hearing his voice. RIP

9 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Black Dog is a guilty pleasure.

I'm not a big Meat Loaf fan, so I thought you were referencing a Led Zep cover, which I would have definitely wanted to hear.  Turns out you were talking about a movie.

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm not a big Meat Loaf fan

Same. His music just had a strange vibe that I couldn't put my finger on until I found out today that Todd Rundgren composed that first album. It's all come together, now. 

Same. His music just had a strange vibe that I couldn't put my finger on until I found out today that Todd Rundgren composed that first album. It's all come together, now. 

I thought Jim Steinman was the composer and TR was the producer.
5 minutes ago, TexPx said:


I thought Jim Steinman was the composer and TR was the producer.

Sorry, producer. 

5 hours ago, Deej said:

Thank, Jim Steinman, probably. 

This.  Steinman is very under rated. 

4 hours ago, Your Mom said:
He's taking a pretty big lead out there,
almost daring him to try and pick him off.
The pitcher glances over, winds up, and it's bunted,
bunted down the third base line, the suicide squeeze is on!
Here he comes, squeeze play, it's gonna be close,
holy cow, I think he's gonna make it!
 

Stop right there!!!  

100mil albums sold worldwide.  That might make him the #1 artist from Texas (not named Beyonce) as measured by album sales from Texas.

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