Posted on 01/21/2022 3:47:29 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Legendary rock singer Meat Loaf has died, according to an announcement posted on his official Facebook page. He was 74.
“Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side,” the post said. “Daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends have been with him throughout the last 24 hours.”
Born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas in 1947, Meat Loaf began acting and singing in school productions. He moved to Los Angeles after his mother’s death in 1965.
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Lorraine Neumann on SNL interviewed ML in a skit referring to him as “Mr. Loaf”, for some odd reason that struck me as rather humorous.
“I had Jensen speakers in my 1975 GMC pickup”
Your story brings back such great memeories. I was a teen/young adult in the late 70’s. Such a great time.
Everyone in my area had 4x4’s, with rollbars and front grill guards and Cibie or KC lights.
One time my friend got pulled over by the sherriff and we all had beers on us and cooler in the back of the truck. The cop made us spill out our beers and he took the cooler with beers.lol We were mad then but laugh about it today at the reunions.
Today we would have been in jail with dui’s.
“Edgar Winter’s Frankenstein”
That was the ring tone I had on my first flip phone. Back when it was a cool thing to download a ring tone onto your new phone.
My best friend had a 1975 K5 Blazer. He realized we could take the top off of it. It just unscrewed. Boom, we had a 4WD convertible. We took the doors off too. Great in the summer. Except, when it rained.
My last year of college at Syracuse one of my housemates had a piece of crap car. Some little two door compact car. I think it was a Chevet. He had a job lined up after school, so this car was going to the junk yard in a couple weeks after graduation.
We bought cut off saw blades for his Skil saw and cut the roof off. The car was silver so we duck taped the rough cut metal so you would not cut yourself on the sharp edges. The problem was, if you opened the doors, the frame would sag. SO, we screwed the doors shut. You had to jump/climb in and out of it. We had a convertible to cruise around in for a couple of weeks. When he took it to the junk yard we threw the roof in the back seat.
Those were some fun years. I am having fun thinking back to then. Thanks.
Meet him in a bathroom at JFK airport when I was chauffeuring in the late ‘80s. Standing in neighboring urinals, I recognized him and asked how he was doing. Very friendly and jovial. He told me they were just coming back from South America. RIP and may the God of Creation have mercy on your soul.
My favorite comment...
–SkeletorsTeeth 1 hour ago +185 / -0
I would do anything for Trump, but i wont do vax....
There goes another part of my youth. RIP Meat.
Forget the way you looked that night
Am I right?
They did the same with “Buckwheat”(Eddie Murphy)...called him Mr. Wheat.
Check out post 119. Follow the link!
Just before Bat out of Hell, when Ted Nugent and Derek St Holmes were fighting, MeatLoaf was hired to sing on Ted’s Free for All album. Well worth listening to.
Damn shame!! RIP!!!
Very talented artist and a real genuine guy. He was never the stereotypical spoiled star who thought himself above regular people.
Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ rock superstar, dies at 74
https://apnews.com/article/meat-loaf-dead-b5cec094291a4e8a6f5f0f88aba18b4d
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-dies-74-1288550/
I saw this 12 minute version of “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” on the big screen at a Midnight Movie thing where they showed various artists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUZk3mzwxNk
Yeah man, the good old days. Same thing happened to me and my buddies except the cop gave us 2 choices, either get booked for possession underage or feed it to the gutter. We chose the latter.
VERY LITTLE INFORMATION IN THE MEDIA ABOUT HIS COMORBIDITIES, SINCE WE KNOW THAT THE COVIDIANS WANT THE STORY TO BE THAT HE WAS AN ANTI-VAXER AND DEAD DUE TO NOT FOLLOWING THE COVIDIAN LAWS.
HERE IS WHAT I FOUND:
A look back at Meat Loaf’s health scares over the years
Melissa Roberto
Fri, January 21, 2022, 7:56 AM·3 min read
No cause of death was given. But over the years the singer, whose real name was Marvin Lee Aday, had numerous health scares.
In 2003, Meat Loaf had heart surgery after he collapsed onstage at the Wembley Arena in London.
Four years later when performing in Newcastle, England, he told the crowd it was “probably the last show I’ll ever do” after suffering another health scare, according to The New York Times.
In an interview in 2013, Meat Loaf revealed that he had suffered “18 concussions” and opened up in more detail about why he believed his tour in the United Kingdom that year would be his last.
“My balance is off. I’ve had a knee replacement. I’ve got to have the other one replaced,” he told U.K.’s Guardian.
The singer previously said he suffers from asthma and from a medical condition that causes an irregular heartbeat.
The first time came in 2003 during a show in London, after which he was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, he told Rolling Stone at the time.
“Many people are born with this condition and can live their whole lives without ever knowing it is there,” he said in a statement at the time. “Mine appeared to have been quiet until now. The prognosis is excellent as the procedure’s success rate is over 95 percent.”
Meat Loaf underwent heart surgery at the time to treat the condition, which affects the coordinated movement of electrical signals through the heart, leading to an abnormally fast heartbeat and other arrhythmia, according to the National Institutes of Health.
https://psichologyanswers.com/library/lecture/read/430561-what-illness-does-meatloaf-have
https://news.yahoo.com/inside-meat-loafs-health-troubles-180739683.html
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Yes, I was responding to a comment about Ozzie. :)
Missed it. This ole man needs a nap :-)
Wow - that is awesome, thanks for sharing! I’ve been passing that one around today.
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