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Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell singer dies at 74
BBC ^ | 22 Jan 2022 | BBC

Posted on 01/21/2022 7:14:34 AM PST by US Navy Vet

Meat Loaf, the singer whose Bat Out Of Hell album is one of the best-selling of all time, has died at the age of 74.

The news was confirmed on the star's Facebook page by his family.

"Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side," a message read.

The star sold 100 million albums worldwide and also appeared in movies like Fight Club, the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Wayne's World.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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To: cuban leaf

I have seen a few documentary items on this performer and you are correct, he was a great performer and much more complex than first appearances would indicate.

If we are listing rock performers we would like to have met, he is right up at the top for me.


41 posted on 01/21/2022 8:17:35 AM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

I first bought the album in Aug 1988 and it became my road trip album. That month I also first heard a brilliant man with talent on loan from God. I listened to both for many years and they both died within the past year.


42 posted on 01/21/2022 8:18:34 AM PST by posterchild
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To: katana

That sounds like a reasonable balanced response to a man who’s voice and antics reached a receptive cord in your hypothalamus.

That brings up a broader , more curious phenomena. Its been speculated that a male voice sung through an electric amplifier seems to have a very curious effect on some women who attend such events. These women are often driven into a frenzy and openly seek to copulate with these singers. If they met them on the street, they would not give them the time of day. So very little is known about the biochemistry of human thought, that dictates behavior and just what external stimuli or physical forces affect it.


43 posted on 01/21/2022 8:19:19 AM PST by allendale
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To: US Navy Vet

Two out of three ain’t bad. I remember that song.


44 posted on 01/21/2022 8:19:43 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: KC Burke

If we are listing rock performers we would like to have met, he is right up at the top for me.


Same here. He seemed like a genuinely nice guy that you could have a beer with.


45 posted on 01/21/2022 8:20:52 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: Phlap

The woman did a good,job in the song too. Wonder what Janice Joplin woilda sounded like,doing that with him?


46 posted on 01/21/2022 8:22:23 AM PST by Bob434
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To: skepsel
Didn’t get laid again, huh?

What's that got to do with anything?

47 posted on 01/21/2022 8:22:53 AM PST by ytrebil
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I know I shouldn’t have, but I did LOL


48 posted on 01/21/2022 8:24:35 AM PST by Jeff Vader ( )
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To: allendale

Mick Jagger is a perfect example. Stone Cold Ugly.

But females in the audience swoon if they think he looked at them while singing


49 posted on 01/21/2022 8:24:56 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: allendale

Just wow. It could have been all that “demon we’d” bring smoked that made the girls horny. Have you ever been called a buzzkill?


50 posted on 01/21/2022 8:25:33 AM PST by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: Jeff Vader

some high profile vegetarian wouldnt meet with him because of his name..even though he was a vegetarian at the time


51 posted on 01/21/2022 8:26:12 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: allendale

It’s got nothing to do with amplified voice. Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac, and fame is a form of power.


52 posted on 01/21/2022 8:26:39 AM PST by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: allendale

I don’t see anyone worshipping him or sacrificing their first born to him, what I do,see are folks reminiscing znd remembering him and his music fondly. That is a far far cry from worshiping a person. It’s no different than when our loved ones die znd we remember them with fondness and appreciation for,what they meant to us. Why are you trying to shame people for simply COMMENTING about a lerformer that they liked listening to by snidely claiming the person is worshipping them?


53 posted on 01/21/2022 8:27:29 AM PST by Bob434
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To: US Navy Vet

Saw Meatloaf on Huckabee recently. He was telling the story about his link to the Kennedy assassination. Said him and his buddies were out joy riding when they were stopped by a Secret Service agent who told them to move over so he could drive to Parkland. Interesting.


54 posted on 01/21/2022 8:28:16 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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To: US Navy Vet

Man, now this one is heartbreaking. What a voice. What a performer.


55 posted on 01/21/2022 8:28:55 AM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: US Navy Vet

On “Fox & Friends” this morning they played some segments of his appearances on their program. It seems that he was genuinely a good person. I was only vaguely aware that there was someone out there who went by the name Meat Loaf and never listened to any of his music.


56 posted on 01/21/2022 8:30:04 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: allendale

There were Elvis fans and Sinatra fans…..no big deal.


57 posted on 01/21/2022 8:32:28 AM PST by Mears
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To: RummyChick

It was k.d. lang.


58 posted on 01/21/2022 8:33:04 AM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: allendale
Perhaps someone can post just how this gentleman who called himself Meatloaf, through his music and lyrics gave them critical insight to life’s existential questions and conflicts.

Good grief.

1. He didn't call himself Meat Loaf. His high school football coach did.

2. Clearly, you never heard any of his music.

3. It isn't celebrity worship. Dude was blessed with considerable talent. Do yourself the favor of listening to his rendition of the National Anthem at the 1994 MLB All Star Game: Meat Loaf National Anthem

59 posted on 01/21/2022 8:37:37 AM PST by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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To: cport

Women at Sinatra and Presley concerts behaved in a similar manner long before marijuana and drug use was common at public events. No not been called a buzzkill. Thanks for the compliment. But tell us did your girlfriend or wife run off with a “rock star”? Would explain much.


60 posted on 01/21/2022 8:39:54 AM PST by allendale
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