RIP Meatloaf

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RIP Meatloaf

Post by bfcjg » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:01 am

Brilliant artist RIP.
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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by ElectroClaret » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:05 am

Aged 74.
Sold over 100 million albums worldwide.
RIP

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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by mill hill claret » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:07 am

Been listening to a lot of meatloaf lately ...brilliant artist ...RIP

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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by AlargeClaret » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:07 am

Not exactly a fan , but bat out of hell album was a thing of rare beauty , a true icon was old Meat

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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by tally » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:08 am

Iconic artist
RIP Marvin

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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by HB Claret » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:12 am

Reunited with Steinman - maybe Heaven Can’t Wait. Amazing performer.
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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by Burnley1989 » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:12 am

Fantastic timeless music.
Some of his songs remind me of places I went as a child. My Auntie used to blast ‘Anything for love’ out in my grandpas clapped out car driving back from Midweek home matches, but I’d clearly remember the route we took over the railway line, up near the Butterfly pub.

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Post by aclaretinstevenage » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:21 am

Saw Meatloaf at Hammersmith Odeon as it was then. Halfway through the set he was lying down in the wings taking Oxygen from a cylinder while the band "filled"..

I'll probably dig the album out today and give it a spin in tribute to both Meatloaf and Steinman.

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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by Goobs » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:22 am

Not a dry eye in the house.

RIP
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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by Buxtonclaret » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:27 am

Bat Out of Hell.
One of those classic album titles everyone's heard of.

R.I.P

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Post by ICL » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:28 am

First gig I took my children to.
RIP Meat.

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Post by jdrobbo » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:28 am

Terrific artist

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Post by groove » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:28 am

I once saw a Meatloaf tribute act. He was called Pete loaf.
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Post by bobinho » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:28 am

Best known for his music (not my bag at all but I can understand why people like it) but his portrayal of “the lizard” in 51st state was most excellent.

RIP Meat

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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by jedi_master » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:30 am

Great in one of my favourite ever films too, Fight Club.
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Post by Hibsclaret » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:32 am

Sad news. Meat and Steinman both gone. Brilliant album is bat out of hell, one of the very best of all time. Some of the others not bad either. RIP

I was just thinking that I probably have more songs on my phone by artists or groups where someone is dead rather than alive now. That must be a sign of getting old.

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Post by CharlieinNewMexico » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:33 am

groove wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:28 am
I once saw a Meatloaf tribute act. He was called Pete loaf.
Not really appropriate in an RIP?

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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by Jakubclaret » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:41 am

RIP fella.

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Post by pushpinpussy » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:46 am

saw him live towards the end of his career. RIP big lad. some top songs sung by a great man.

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Post by Cirrus_Minor » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:54 am

What a performer and singer.

RIP Meatloaf

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Post by Bigvince » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:58 am

Image
The customary Beamish

Brilliant artist, spent my formative years listening to him!
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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by Bosscat » Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:07 am

Saw Michael (Marvin) Lee Aday at Monsters of Rock Donnington Park around 30 years ago, not the greatest singer live but hell his studio albums were fantastic ...

He will be "hitting the highway like a battering ram on a silver black phantom bike"

RIP Meatloaf

https://youtu.be/3QGMCSCFoKA

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Post by minnieclaret » Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:39 am

RIP Meat. Great music, great stage show, decent actor.

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Post by Jamesy » Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:15 am

I had the Bat out of Hell album on 8 track in the late seventies. Used to play it to death when driving around in my old Cortina.

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Post by longhair » Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:20 pm

Saw him once Donnington 1983 cracking set
Rip

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Post by lesxdp » Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:41 pm

RIP Meat. One of the best live performers I have seen. In fact he was so good I saw him twice.

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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by conyoviejo » Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:50 pm

R.I.P. Meatloaf,a great entertainer.

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Post by TheOriginalLongsider » Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:59 pm

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It’s a real shame he didn’t record the follow up to Bat out of Hell - with Steinman eventually recording “Bad for Good” himself. It would have been an amazing follow up. I believe the intended album name was Renegade Angel I know he’s recorded some of the songs at a later date but not in his prime

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Post by Herts Clarets » Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:14 pm

My first concert was Meat Loaf, Manchester Apollo 1984. Theatrical and powerful performance of his well known songs plus the Bad Attitude album. He was a unique artist, incomparable to anyone else and Bat out of Hell remains in the top 10 best selling albums of all time, over 40 years after its release.

RIP Meat and thanks for the music and memories.

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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by gandhisflipflop » Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:34 pm

I’m genuinely upset by this news. I’ve never been much of a gig type of person and I’ve only ever been to two in my life. The last one was Ed Sheehan at round hay (for my missus that one) but the other one was meatloaf at Manchester arena in 2013. It was rescheduled and it was the last day of the last at bat tour before ‘retiring’. I’m honoured that I got to see him live. R.I.P meat. I will raise a glass for you tonight.

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Post by halfmanhalfbiscuit » Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:41 pm

His name is Robert Paulson
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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by Dark Cloud » Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:44 pm

Saw him in Preston years back and he was excellent. Some amazing tunes supplied largely by the late (great) Jim Steinman and he had the voice to do them justice. Not everyone's cup of tea and you can see why, but loads of clever songs which have more depth than might initially be apparent. Sad news, but he'd not been well for quite a while (as they say)

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Post by Volvoclaret » Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:51 pm

First saw him on his Bat Out of Hell tour. That giant motorbike blew my mind! Saw him twice subsequently and never disappointed. RIP big feller.

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Post by KateR » Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:16 pm

I certainly liked him and his music a lot and have continued to listen to him for decades, sad day.

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Post by Chobulous » Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:26 pm

I saw a biopic on him on tv a good few years ago now and one thing made me laugh out loud. He was being interviewed and related a tale about his 14 year old daughter’s first date.
Apparently he was sitting on his porch with a shotgun in his hand. When the young lad taking his daughter out turned up, he just looked at him and said words to the effect, “treat my daughter with respect or I’ll hunt you down and shoot you like a dog”
What a guy

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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by RalphCoatesComb » Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:28 pm

R.I.P. Meaty

True Rock Legend

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Post by bfcjg » Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:26 pm

I went into the Prinny after a rather dismal game in the dark days and after a few beers someone put Paradise by the dashboard lights on the jukebox and the whole pub started dancing most bizarre thing I have ever seen, it was brilliant though and the dancers were the sort of people who ....well you know the clientele! Great song,great artist RIP.

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Post by Middle-agedClaret » Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:45 pm

Sad news indeed. Like many others on here, Bat Out Of Hell was an album that was played a LOT in my youth.
A true showman and a powerful singer, all the better for never seeming to take himself too seriously.
RIP Meat.
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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by ClaretMov » Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:00 pm

Bat out of hell best album ever written, every song a classic

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Post by TheFamilyCat » Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:48 am

https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf ... -covid-19/

He would have done anything for love but he wouldn't do vax.
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Re: RIP Meatloaf

Post by bobinho » Sat Jan 22, 2022 10:09 am

Like a bat out of wuhan….

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