RIP Meat Loaf

[Trey3216 15347]

Dude was an absolute badass.  Meat Loaf, gone at 74

[Rip76 4943]

Damn man.

 

[Trey3216 15347]

[Topper13 3370]

Legend. RIP.

 

[Txslnghrns 1354]

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

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.

[Underdog 28711]

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

[Jimbaround 975]

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

[Dbeasy 15068]

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. 

[Newdoc 3448]

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

[Pato del Muerto 52526]

That’s a guy that would do almost anything for love

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

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

Edited January 21, 2022 by Onboard 2.0

[Dennis Taylor 18830]

2 hours ago, Txslnghrns said:

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?

Edited January 21, 2022 by Dennis Taylor

[mr. sunshine 2827]

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

 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10303]

RIP, great one has past.

Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.

[Hate 20115]

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.

[dcbc 14487]

RIP Mr. Loaf.

Edited January 22, 2022 by dcbc

[Buzzrock 14922]

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

[GreenspointTexas 9651]

 

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2652]

boooo this 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

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.

[MirrOlure 14790]

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.

[Guest Lobo]

Very unique and talented individual.  Will be missed.  

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

RIP, Loaf! 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10303]

One of the best performances of the national anthem:

 

[Post Oak 20246]

What a great performer.  

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

 

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by Post Oak

[Deej 76831]

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

[Trey3216 15347]

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.  

[Jerry Callo 8704]

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

[Post Oak 20246]

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

[Deej 76831]

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. 

[torre 1286]

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"

 

 

[Jerry Callo 8704]

6 minutes ago, Deej said:

Thank, Jim Steinman, probably. 

Good call.  RIP Jim Steinman as well.

[shnsajax 3591]

This is great

[Rimbo 25977]

RIP big guy

[Your Mom 4806]

3 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

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

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

[TexPx 2323]

Hot patootie, bless his soul

[Your Mom 4806]

 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

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.

[Your Mom 4806]

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!

 

[squib 1120]

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

[BigDHornfan 6549]

[Parliament 14260]

Black Dog is a guilty pleasure.

[jimmyjazz 45978]

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.

[Deej 76831]

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. 

[Firemans4Horn 18107]

 

[TexPx 2323]

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.

[Deej 76831]

5 minutes ago, TexPx said:

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

Sorry, producer. 

[AUinHsv 579]

5 hours ago, Deej said:

Thank, Jim Steinman, probably. 

This.  Steinman is very under rated. 

[Kennythetiger 9390]

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!!!  

[MAROON 445]

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