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For Crying Out Loud: Meat Loaf, 1947–2022 (Split from "Guess who died in 2022")

ashie62 Jan 21 2022 02:44 AM

Marvin Lee Aday better known as Meatloaf 74 no cause yet. Happy to have seen the Bat out of Hell tour. He only had the one record at the time so they played some songs twice. A fantasy baseball fan.

Fman99 Jan 21 2022 04:42 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

Never, ever, ever enjoyed his music. Thought he was great in "Fight Club" though.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 21 2022 05:37 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

Powerful singer who could turn cheese into rock anthems. Big and fat but really a kind of athlete

Benjamin Grimm Jan 21 2022 05:42 AM Meat Split 2

I've had Paradise by the Dashboard Light stuck in my head since I heard the news.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jan 21 2022 05:46 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

When I worked for the Bridgeport Post in the late 1980s, Meat Loaf owned a house in one of the suburbs, I think Westport. The paper was still using courtesy titles in every story, so when there was an issue with the property and it came to the Planning and Zoning Board, we referred to him as "Mr. Loaf." I like "You Took the Words Right out of my Mouth."

Lefty Specialist Jan 21 2022 05:55 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

Oh, this one hurts. Saw him multiple times in concert and he never disappointed. Saw the Bat Out of Hell musical on Broadway, too. Always left it all on the stage. Nobody sweated profusely better than he did.

Frayed Knot Jan 21 2022 06:14 AM Meat Split 3 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jan 21 2022 06:35 AM

Lefty Specialist wrote: Nobody sweated profusely better than he did. He and Patrick Ewing were first-ballot inductees into the Sweating HoF Particularly if you were of a certain age [read: teenage male] at the time of his debut BAT OUT OF HELL album, there was an almost automatic and visceral response to it, one matched perhaps only by the similarly-timed first ROCKY movie and ANIMAL HOUSE A perfect match of an over-the-top performer and an over-the-top writer (writer Jim Steinman died 2-3 years ago), plus Todd Rundgren deserved R&R HoF induction based just on producing that album. Not a bad backing band either: Roy Bittan, Edgar Winter, Max Weinberg, Rundgren and Steinman, Ellen Foley, and, of course, Phil Rizzuto. Hot Patootie, Bless his soul. Too bad Vic Sage ins't still around. He'd go chapter and verse on this one.

Willets Point Jan 21 2022 06:21 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

I'm kind of disappointed that The New York Times obit doesn't refer to him as "Mr. Loaf" as they had in the past.

kcmets Jan 21 2022 06:45 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

Adolescent genius: I couldn't take it any longer Lord I was crazed And when the feeling came upon me Like a tidal wave I started swearing to my god and on my mother's grave That I would love you to the end of time I swore that I would love you to the end of time! So now I'm praying for the end of time To hurry up and arrive 'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you I don't think that I can really survive I'll never break my promise or forget my vow But God only knows what I can do right now I'm praying for the end of time It's all that I can do Praying for the end of time, So I can end my time with you!

G-Fafif Jan 21 2022 07:04 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

His 1993 return to prominence was one of the more amazing comebacks in popular music, as if no time had lapsed since his late ‘70s breakout, when in fact he'd completely disappeared from the charts for more than a decade. He made some durable records, to be sure. Even managed to contextualize Phil Rizzuto in such a way that hearing him frequently during the 1978 MFY pennant drive was palatable.

MFS62 Jan 21 2022 07:07 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 21 2022 08:08 AM

We've been friends with Michael Whalen and his wife for many years. He's an award winning artist who did the cover for Meat Loaf's second album (not Bat out of Hell) and used to talk about him. According to Michael, off stage, he led a pretty normal life. For example, sports related, Meat Loaf coached a girl's softball team in a nearby town (It may have been Wilton, not Westport) for many years. Next time we see Michael, I'll ask him about some some other things he remembers. RIP Side note. If we had continued with our song parody contest I had drafted a parody of I Would Do Anything for Love about a good field/ no hit player (to be determined) with the lyrics: He could do anything with the glove But not the bat. Later

TransMonk Jan 21 2022 07:17 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

Never, ever, ever enjoyed his music. Thought he was great in "Fight Club" though. This.

G-Fafif Jan 21 2022 08:29 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

Meat Loaf takes the words out of Francis Scott Key's mouth… [tweet]https://twitter.com/pghfan72/status/1484543211351818240[/tweet]

Edgy MD Jan 21 2022 08:44 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/BoyGeorge/status/1484457538766651393[/TWEET]

Willets Point Jan 21 2022 09:14 AM Re: Guess who died in 2022

So this possibly could be about Meat Loaf? [YOUTUBE]kwb9-OlQimc[/YOUTUBE]

Edgy MD Jan 21 2022 01:38 PM Re: For Crying Out Loud: Meat Loaf, 1947–2022 (Split from "Guess who died in 2022")

metsirish took the time to share this exciting story about Meat Loaf touring rural Ireland at the end of his lean years. As the Moate gig stepped into gear, Meat Loaf's new body­guard sensed that the man him­self was about to explode. He had erupted a few times over the past few nights. Marty moved into posi­tion on the side of the stage to reas­sure Meat that every­thing was O.K. He liked reas­sur­ances, did Mar­vin, and my friend Marty was just the man to give them to him. But the crowd was far from reas­sur­ing. Empty beer cans began to be hurled around the venue. Some clanged off the side of the stage. With the gig still building momentum, a lone Dr. Marten boot broke the imag­i­nary wall between per­former and audi­ence and landed on stage.

whippoorwill Jan 21 2022 01:53 PM Re: For Crying Out Loud: Meat Loaf, 1947–2022 (Split from "Guess who died in 2022")

Metirish shared a great story on his facebook page, if you're friends with him

Lefty Specialist Jan 21 2022 02:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2022

Meat Loaf was very anti-mask and anti-mandate; supported Eric Clapton and Van Morrison in their anti-vax crusade. And whaddya guess he died of, kids? https://www.tmz.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-dead-dies-singer/

whippoorwill Jan 21 2022 02:56 PM Re: For Crying Out Loud: Meat Loaf, 1947–2022 (Split from "Guess who died in 2022")

Bat Out Of Hell reminds me of one of my First boyfriends…he had the 8 track in his pick up They used to play the abbreviated version of ‘two out of three ain't bad' on our radio station until it developed a skip and they had to switch to the long version. Local kids rejoiced

Edgy MD Jan 21 2022 03:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2022

Lefty Specialist wrote: Meat Loaf was very anti-mask and anti-mandate; supported Eric Clapton and Van Morrison in their anti-vax crusade. And whaddya guess he died of, kids? https://www.tmz.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-dead-dies-singer/ Without even knowing he was a Covid libertarian, I was thinking Covid.

MFS62 Jan 21 2022 03:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2022

For example, sports related, Meat Loaf coached a girl's softball team in a nearby town (It may have been Wilton, not Westport) for many years. He actually lived in three Connecticut towns. https://www.newstimes.com/entertainment/article/Memories-rock-icon-Meat-Loaf-connecticut-16794380.php?sid=591c902424c17c3e4b8c85fd&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headlines&utm_campaign=CT_NT_NewsNow Meat Loaf was a Connecticut resident for a time, living in Redding for nearly 10 years. He later had other Fairfield County residences, including Beach Road in Fairfield and Eagle Drive in Stamford. The article goes into detail about his coaching. Later

Frayed Knot Jan 21 2022 05:29 PM Re: For Crying Out Loud: Meat Loaf, 1947–2022 (Split from "Guess who died in 2022")

A bunch of years ago I'm up in Lake Placid NY on a group ski trip. Other groups were doing the same thing and several were housed with my group in the LP Hilton. So you'd pass people you didn't know or see them at meals often over a long weekend and it didn't take my crew long to notice that one guy looked A LOT like Meat Loaf. Probably not as tall but facially combined with the body shape and long, stringy hair made him a dead ringer otherwise. So after several days of elbowing each other going - Hey, check it out, fuckin' guy looks just like Meat Loaf - we're in someone's hotel room (OK, it was mine) having a rather loud final night after the bars had closed when there's a knock on the door. Figuring it was hotel security telling us to either pipe down or get thrown out in the snow, I answered only to be greeted by mini-Meat himself, along with a couple buddies, And a guitar over his shoulder!! "Hey" mini-Meat says, "sounds like you're having a party, can we join you?" So I step aside to let him and his crew in at which the entire room of (20?) folks explodes all at once with their best "Nooooorm!!!" rendition from Cheers, except, of course, that it was a loud and sustained "Meat Loooooaf!!!!" Finally got around to talking with the guy a short while later, saying that I felt kind of bad that we had been referring to him as Meat Loaf behind his back for the past three days even though I assume you have an actual name. "Yeah, my name is (I forget now) ... but my friends call me Meat Loaf". OK, I said, "Meat it is".

The Hot Corner Jan 21 2022 07:16 PM Re: For Crying Out Loud: Meat Loaf, 1947–2022 (Split from "Guess who died in 2022")

The echo in Three Rivers Stadium at times made it sound like Meatloaf was singing the national anthem in the round. Interesting stroll down memory lane when the camera slowly scanned the players participating in the the 1994 AS game. Several former and future Mets there, as well as then current Met, Bret Saberhagen representing the blue and orange. Several HOFers in the group as well.

Frayed Knot Jan 21 2022 07:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2022

Lefty Specialist wrote: Meat Loaf was very anti-mask and anti-mandate; supported Eric Clapton and Van Morrison in their anti-vax crusade. And whaddya guess he died of, kids? If only it were known ahead of time that Covid was a risk to septegenerian asthma sufferers with obesity issues and other co-morbidities!

Chad ochoseis Jan 21 2022 08:37 PM Re: For Crying Out Loud: Meat Loaf, 1947–2022 (Split from "Guess who died in 2022")

I'll take Unfortunate Coincidences for $400, Alex. https://news.yahoo.com/weber-grills-apologizes-ill-timed-012139192.html

Frayed Knot Jan 22 2022 07:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2022

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Big and fat but really a kind of athlete He was a varsity tackle and a hell of a block.

Edgy MD Jan 22 2022 08:24 PM Re: For Crying Out Loud: Meat Loaf, 1947–2022 (Split from "Guess who died in 2022")

My best friend Eric was impossible to keep up with. His family had more dough and fewer kids, and his folks really weren't good at saying no to him. I'd get one pack of baseball cards and he'd get five. I'd get a platoon of army men, and he'd get a fortress of them. I'd get Yesterday & Today and he'd get the whole damn Beatles catalog. But we hit our tween years and I realized I had one advantage on him. I had older siblings and he had none, so I'd be quicker to newer music than him, and although it's hard to believe it, there was a time in history when Bat Out of Fucking Hell was newer music. It wasn't really my bag, but it's hard to say it didn't rock, so when my older brother had it, it was a minor status symbol that gave me a leg up on my best friend/worst enemy. Well, that wasn't going to last long, and I still remember the day we were up in his room and his dad poked his head in and said, "Hey, Eric, I got that Meat Ball album you wanted!" So yeah, Meat was great at the thing he did, even if what he did was never my thing. When he popped up every now and then, sometimes he seemed like a real cool guy, and sometimes he seemed like a prick. But he was an American original, and there are damn too few of those left.

kcmets Jan 22 2022 09:00 PM Re: For Crying Out Loud: Meat Loaf, 1947–2022 (Split from "Guess who died in 2022")

So now I'm praying for the end of time To hurry up and arrive