The UK Connection-Ranking the Songs on Classic Albums: Meat Loaf 'Bat Out of Hell'
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Join Pete Pardo, Simon Bray, and Steven Reid as they rank the songs of 'Bat Ot of Hell' by Meat Loaf. #meatloaf #batoutofhell
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Bat Out of Hell is the only record in the top ten selling albums of all time where all of the lyrics and music were written by just one person.
One of my favorite albums.
7. For Crying Out Loud
6. All Reved Up With No Place To Go
5. Heaven Can Wait
4. Bat Out Of Hell
3. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
2. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
1. Paradise By The Dashboard Light
My one is special to me because I lost my girlfriend a year ago. That was one of her favorite songs. And she would sing the female part and the surprising part was that she knew the lyrics lol. It will always be her song. RIP Susan 10/21/1964 - 09/11/2021
Condolences on your loss...Yours is pretty close to my own ranking (just swapped #1 & #2)
Condolences!
Sorry to hear that Chad. Amazing how music can touch us in such important ways.
Top show again - not listened to the album for ages. Dug it out again and it is just good fun.
That Kerrang poll that Steven talks about was printed in an early issue of Kerrang. I still have a copy of it somewhere. Kerrang was originally a one off Heavy Metal special from the writers of Sounds. It covered a very broad spectrum of metal, very little of which would be classed as such now: Angus Young on the cover and features Motorhead, Girlschool, UFO, Saxon, Kiss, Trust, Michael Schenker, Wild Horses, ZZ Top, Pat Benatar, Styx, Vardis, Ted Nugent, Blackfoot, Graham Bonnet, Ronnie Montrose, Rose Tattoo and Pete Frame Deep Purple "Family Tree".
Great stuff. Thanks for watching!
The day Meat Loaf died I played Heaven can Wait and teared up. Just beautiful..
Two out of three understand the genius of this album. There is nothing else quite like it. Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman themselves could never quite recapture that magic.
This has always been my default album to play when nothing else comes to mind. Loved it back in the day and still absolutely does it for me. It is so over the top and extreme musically and lyrically but pure excitement for me and will never tire of it.
It has great sentimental feelings for me , I bought it when it first came out , and couldn't stop playing it for weeks on end. Thanks for the review Pete, Steven, and Simon , and the banter is brilliant . They need to find an album from the 1970's that appeals to Steven.
And there are a LOT of them Jim. I don't mind being the odd one out from time to time.
Hello guys. I’m having a beer from Wiseacre Brewery in Memphis Tennessee called Tiny Bomb. American Pilsner 4.5ABV. Cheers!!
I never was a big fan of Meatloaf the artist. Love meatloaf the food though. I do own it just because it is a legendary album. My ranking goes like this
#7 -For Crying Out Loud
#6- Heaven Can Wait
#5- All Reved Up
#4- 2 Out of 3 Ain’t Bad
#3- You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
#2- Paradise By the Dashboard Lights
#1- Bat Out of Hell
Great show gentlemen. See you next time.
Cheers Scott!
'Jubelale' - a festive winter ale from Deschutes brewery 6.7%.
Purchased the LP once, cassette twice, and CD at least three times.
This is one of those albums that contributed to my music related hearing loss.
7) Heaven can wait
6) Two out of three ain't bad
5) For crying out loud
4)You took the words...
3) All revved up...
2) Paradise...
1) Bat out of hell
R.I.P. Mr Aday.
Am I too late to be the first to say that following the video with Pete and Simon who both really like the album and Steven who really isn`t too keen that oh well `Two Out of Three Ain`t Bad`.
Sorry guys 😉
Once as a Canadian visiting Britain I saw a guy in a pub cover the title track with only a drum machine and guitar...and it worked amazingly well! Rundgren's guitar parts are scorching and define that amazing song.
1. All Revved up /. Definitely my no 1. Great show. LEGENDARY album Thx Saturday trio 👍💯
My listing -
7. All Revved Up With No Place To Go
6. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
5. Paradise by the Dashboard Light
4. Heaven Can Wait
3. For Crying Out Loud - love that it`s in three parts. Brilliant lyrics `And can`t you see my faded Levi`s bursting apart`. My favourite section is the final section.
2. Two Out of Three Ain`t Bad - this has been number one for several of the intervening years. Amazing lyrics once again. Imagine trying to console someone by saying cheer up `Two Out of Three Ain`t Bad` 🙂
1. Bat Out of Hell - The guitar work just before the intro fades is cutting and `stinging` is the best way I can describe it. I`d never heard a guitar sound like that before this and it had a big effect on me. The solo later in the song is famously known as being done in one take by Todd. Stunning!
Steven you made a very good point regarding the song titles. They are all everyday phrases/sayings and it was very clever the way Steinman used them on this album.
Still hoping to get Favorite/Least Favorite for Helloween before the year's end. Keep up the good work guys!
Hi Pete and Simon and Steven great fun with all of you as always my list is 7 Paradise by the dashboard light,6 for crying out loud,5 two out three ann't bad ,4 you took the words right out of my mouth,2 have can wait,1 Bat out hell
When `Bat Out of Hell` was released as a single there was a phone number in a music paper that if you called that number you could listen to the song over the phone! I would not have been given permission to ring the number by my parents so I did it when they weren`t around!
Now that is an assignment for me. I haven't listened to this album for ages. I have to go back and listen to it after this episode.
As already alluded to, it definitely helps if you grew up with this and finding myself at odds with Steven here, and it was one of my top 31 albums growing up with through high school. 7 all revved up 6 paradise 5 heaven can wait 4 two out of three 3 for crying out loud 2 took the words 1 bat out of hell and only revved is a song I don't love on this album. A quick aside or two. Sea had autumn fest with Andy Powell so just to let everyone know how fantastic wishbone ash were on Thursday night at the ferry on Argus 50th anniversary tour! Pete also referenced a band on the best current bands post 2000, so again just shout out how tight and fantastic vintage caravan were last night at poetry club within swg3 complex. Utterly fantastic!!!
Great video guys, Pete in particular made the point about having to have been there. It does help. Looking back most of my favourite albums are those I have heard bit by bit. A radio play here, buying a single there, catching a live performance of one of the albums tracks on television there etc. I bought the first three singles from Bat Out of Hell before I bought the album. The first two singles were both edited as was the B side `For Crying Out Loud`. First heard the entire album when my brother came home on leave from the Army and he`d taped the album onto a blank cassette from one of his mates. Hearing the whole thing, especially the longer version of `Two Out of Three` and `For Crying Out Loud` was very special. I think the bit by bit approach makes the overall experience more satisfying and enjoyable. For me anyway.
One evening in the early 1980`s I was walking into town and just on the edge of town a biker came past on a very big bike and `Heaven Can Wait` was blasting out of his vehicle from somewhere. Think that was the first time I`d heard music coming out of a motorcycle? Made me smile.
for the first time, though i'm from Norway, as i've mentioned before, but finally one of you had a beer, i haven't sampled, though it's readily available over here, mind you there's PLENTY of both Swedish and Danish beer, that's not available here in Norway, but yes that new Pink Floyd related project beer, is a beer i instantly recognized as i've seen it numerous times at my local grocery store 5min walk from where i live, so i might sample that then, though i didn't get longer into the show until Simon announced his beer, and was oh! i now that, as i've been drooling/been rather interested in sampling most of your beers over the course when the Uk Connection trio introduced the beer segment on each episode, and opposed to from what i've gathered from Mr Pardo that many/some of your viewers find them not that interesting/too long, where as i love em, and speak of the devil, while i love many of Simon's and Steven's choices with all those lovely ingredients and colours and how you describe them after tasting them, where i find myself a bitl like Homer Simpson when he thinks of eating haha, although i am also an avid fan of a good pilsner and specially of the Chech or even more so German, as i have close connections to Germany as my dear ex and soulmate, is from Germany, and we lived in Berlin for 1 1/2 (some of the best times in my life where had while living there
Bought it because some kids at school told me it was a metal album. Boy, did I get a shock 😂
The R&B artists that you mentioned are great.
Thanks Anna, new names for me!
I bought this album based on the cover which looked liked some really crazy metal music would be therein. I was unpleasantly surprised. Gave it away post haste!
A man of taste and distinction Mark!
When you were sitting watching The Old Grey Whistle Test and Bob Harris announced a new track by Meat Loaf called Bat out of Hell I was completely blown away so much so I got tickets for the first British tour driving from Scotland to Manchester Apollo to see Meat Loaf supported by The Fabulous Poodles!!! and was completely blown away ,quite rightly one of the greatest albums of all time agreed fully with Pete and Simon
From the Dead Ringer For Love single wiki page- "The track was released in the United Kingdom in November 1981 and debuted at number 63 on the UK Singles Chart. It slowly climbed the chart and peaked at number five in early February 1982." Another example of chart slow burn for Meat Loaf!
7.Heaven Can Wait
6.Two out of three ain’t bad
5. All revved up
4.for crying out loud
3.you took the words
2. Bat Out of Hell
1. Paradise by the dashboard light
A top 5 album all time for me for sure. Paradise by the dashboard light is one of the only songs that both my sisters, both parents and me would all sing along. East bound and down is the only other that comes to mind
I don't know if it's a 'had to be there' album, but it's certainly one where it helps if you grew up with it
Yes, I did as both my parents liked it. They had this and Dead Ringer on cassette too.
Winter beer season has arrived in California, even though it’s still October. Winter ales/lagers/warmers are some of my favorite beers. I was delighted to see the return of one of my favorite discoveries last year: Einstock Icelandic Winter Ale. This is an 8% winter ale with a great dark color and wonderful flavor profile. Einstock has become one of my favorite breweries in the past couple years. They produce a great Wee Heavy Scotch Ale, Toasted Porter, Pale Ale and Dopplebock (the other winter release that also appeared on the store shelves this week). Not sure if they are available in your neck of the woods (Pete, they are probably available in NY), but I highly recommend seeking them out. Cheers gentlemen! 🍺
What constitutes a Winter Ale Mike? We don't really have that here in the UK.
@@TranquilityFireReid A winter ale is not far off from a Scottish Ale. It's generally a dark, malty ale often brewed with seasonal spices. They also are usually 6-8% alcohol...hence the term "winter warmer". I'm surprised they aren't available in Scotland...maybe they figured a Scottish ale is close enough 😉 I would suspect Samuel Smith’s Winter Welcome Ale would be available as it is brewed in England.
@@mikep9377 Thanks Mike. As far as I'm aware we don't really do seasonal beers over here so much. I like the sound of what you've described though! I see beers that the guys from In The Prog Seat share on out messenger group and it would appear there are quite a lot of differences with what's on offer.
Purely by coincidence, I saw "Bat Out Of Hell," the jukebox musical featuring the songs of Jim Steinman as performed by Meat Loaf, earlier this week.
Bat Out Of Hell (the album, not the musical) has been one of my favorites since its release. Like Pete, I know this record inside and out. Because I absolutely love every song on it, it's tough to rank them, but I'll take a shot...
7. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
6. All Revved Up With No Place To Go
5. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
4. For Crying Out Loud
3. Paradise By The Dashboard Light
2. Heaven Can Wait
1. Bat Out Of Hell
My list:
7) Heaven Can Wait
6) Paradise By The Dashboard Light
5) All Revved Up With No Place To Go
4) Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
3) For Crying Out Loud
2) You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
1) Bat Out Of Hell
I love this UK Connection conversation!. I've recently been getting into and appreciating Meatloaf's talents and have been listening to this album a lot. How difficult it was for them to get a record deal. CBS record executive Clive Davis telling Jim Steinman "Do you know how to write a song? Do you know anything about writing? If you're going to write for records, it goes like this: A, B, C, B, C, C. I don't know what you're doing. You're doing A, D, F, G, B, D, C. You don't know how to write a song.... Have you ever listened to pop music? Have you ever heard any rock-and-roll music.... You should go downstairs when you leave here...and buy some rock-and-roll records". Hahaha........ Wrong $$$$$$.
Bat out of hell is one of my all time favourite albums. I would play My father’s cassette tape all the time when I was a kid.
7.heaven can wait
6.for crying out loud
5. Two out of three ain’t bad
4. Paradise by the dashboard light
3. Hot summer night
2. All revved up
1. Bat out of hell
Steven goes rogue again! 😆
Got to admit I am with Pete and Simon on this one though. I agree there is noting quite like this in rock, it's more of a rock opera (more thematically than in telling a story) but I certainly recall it at the time being considered "metal" by me and my mates.
Supping a fine Bath Ales Lansdown West Coast IPA, my ranking would be:
7. For Crying Out Loud
6. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
5. Heaven Can Wait
4. All Revved Up With No Place To Go
3. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
2. Paradise By The Dashboard Light
1. Bat Out Of Hell
Now, off to give it a spin!!!
Ah well Jim, we can't agree on them all!
I guess for Steven, there just wasn't enough meat to go along with the Velveeta. 😂
I was never the biggest Loaf fan, but I do like Bat Out of Hell, with the title track, "Paradise By the Dashboard Light," and "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" being my top three in that order.
Cracked me up as usual, guys. Great episode!
Hahaha! WAY too much Velveeta for my taste KV!
@@TranquilityFireReid I am with you on this one Steven, I grew up with this album and never cared for it, Too commercial for my liking
@@carlwarmington5325 Good man Carl!
@@TranquilityFireReid I guess you wouldn't be interested in a Veltini - a recent concoction. In case you're unaware, look it up...and I apologize in advance ;-)
No fancy Dan beer today guys.
Rheinbacher Pilsner from Aldi.
As a patriotic Scotsman, you should be drinking Tennant’s at a show, Steven. A great beer introduced to me by the wonderful show Still Game, and these days I’m in Edinburgh, so I try to drink some every day🍺🏴
7. Heaven Can Wait
6. For Crying Out Loud
5. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
4. All Revved Up with No Place to Go
3. Bat Out of Hell
2. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
1. Paradise by the Dashboard Light
The 'you had to be there' route does not really explain 43 million sales over 44 years. As you said, Pete, the longevity is the key.
I bought the Bat album shortly after seeing the video of Meat doing the title track on the Old Grey Whistle Test in the UK, as I bellieve did a lot of people. However I didnt keep hold of it for very long as at the time the 15 year old me didnt really appreciate the ballads or the stage musicality of the album, and wanted to hear more guitar solos, not sax solos. Skip forwards to my very late 30s though and it was a different matter, and now today I dont think theres a duff track on it, though I could still have done with one less ballad and another more uptempo song like Dead Ringer or Peel Out or Stark Raving Love etc etc.
Anyway my ranking - and to be honest No 1 & 7 will not change however the rest can swap around at will - for example while I chose this list after waking up one morning last week and them coming to me in this order, after playing it through a few more times yesterday and today I could have raised For Crying Out Loud higher up. Knowing now what I didn't then, you can really hear that this was absolutely meant to become a stage musical
1. Bat out of Hell - an absolute bone fide classic, just sheer magnificence and one that I don't tire from even after listening to it many times - I also have an edited version on a compilation, however the full version blows it out of the water. Everything is at the right time and of the right length. Fantastic.
2. You Took the Words right out of my mouth - a hooky poptastic rocking little confection, always gets me singing along. Bright & happy. The corny and cheesy spoken intro also has some charm about it.
3. 2 Out of 3 ain't bad - a real heartfelt earworm, maybe also liked more when done live - especially on the 87 live album with a great Bob Kulick guitar solo in it, but of the ballads, great. No-one does overwrought better than MrLoaf.
4. Paradise by the dashboard Light - fun, hooky good time and a great performance, especially from Ellen Foley. Reminders of schooldays and going to parties and discos & fraternising with the lasses from the local girl's school.
5. All ReVVed Up with no place to go - disappointed at first due to it having a sax rather than guitar solo - at age 15 I didnt want to hear sax, I wanted to hear guitar & found it a bot too ploddy until the fast bit at the end. Very nice thumping rock song though and a good uplift to end side 1.
6. For Crying Out Loud - could have, and maybe should have, put this one higher, great end of album heart felt power ballad, that goes into a climatic powerful kitchen sink and everything ending.
7. Heaven Can Wait - Could have done with one less ballad and this is the one that I still think is only just ok band not on a par with the rest of the album
You ever see the video for the bat out of hell tune itself? Meat said in an interview that because of how warped and funked up it sounded, he thought he was done in the business
Funnily enough I quite like Heaven Can Wait. I think its a beautiful ballad that is not as over the top, theatrical or overblown as everything else on the album. That’s the difference for me. I wouldn’t rank it as low as yourself or most others have done.
Hard to go against the title track, but I must admit to have always had a soft spot for "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" myself. I once saw Todd R interviewed about it & he said something along the lines of them wanting to do something in the vein of The Eagles with that track, which I do NOT hear at all, but it was the highest-charting single from the LP, so there you go. Also, just curious if Simon knows if that compilation "And I Shit You Not" is available as an import here in the States?
Steven, I'm with you. And I _was_ there when it came out.
PS. The Captain & Me is awesome.
Haha! 1 out of 2 ain't bad Joel!
7: Heaven Can Wait
6: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
5: Paradise by the Dashboard Light
4: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
3: All Revved Up With No Place to Go
2: For Crying Out Loud
1: Bat Out of Hell
More fun with UK Connection.
The third album I ever bought was Hits Out of Hell and for a long time the only Meat album I thought I needed. Eventually, I picked up Bat, but never got into the other three tracks. Fast forward to last week. I've grown to really like this album. Even so, I thought the ranking would be easy. How wrong I was tracks were moving up and down with two vying for each position. So, I'm going to cheat .
In 3rd place: All Revved Up, You Took the Words, Paradise by the Dashboard Light.
2nd place: Heaven Can Wait , Two out of Three.
And in joint 1st: For Crying out Loud & Bat . Two over the top classics representing both rock n Roll and ballads.
Looks like I'm with Steven and doing alot of Skynyrd listening as I only know the three songs.
I know more than that from Skynyrd Dai, but not so many full albums.
Never watched the u k connection before .Very enjoyable and Simon Bray is very funny.
Glad you enjoyed it Stewart!
Penny for the Lantern (a turnip hollowed out and a candle put in it to light it up) bonfire night was penny for the guy (fawkes)
Totally agree..had to be there. On repeat listens it flatters to deceive and is less than the sum of the parts. The magic was never to be repeated.
Steinman didn`t reveal to Phil Rizzuto how exactly his commentary would be used on the `Paradise` song and after it was released Rizzuto supposedly rang him up to complain because he hadn`t told him it would be used as part of something `smutty`!
Another cracking show.
The best thing about this album is the title track and the awesome cover art.
Meat Loaf was a great singer and showman.😃👍
I pretty much agree with your rankings, I heard first this when I was around 10/11 years old in 1981, it may not be 'metal' or even anything approaching 'hard rock' but for me and my mates it was in our collections along with Iron Maiden Killers, Highway to Hell and Status Quo's 12 Gold Bars. I can clearly remember doing 'tape to tape' on my friends dad's hi-fi and playing that cassette so much it wore out. Listening to it these days it absolutely sounds like musical theater and it's kind of hilarious that as kids we were all rocking out and playing air guitar to it. ... but yeah, I still find it highly enjoyable to listen to.
love this album first ever LP I bought
my name stands for Paradise By The Dashboard Light
Ha Steven I know the over the top excess is not your thing but when you were talking about it you made me think of a lyric in a later Steinman song called `Stark Raving Love` from his `Bad For Good` album where there is a line that goes "Too much is never enough!" That`s Steinman, starts big and gets bigger! 🙂
😂😂
According to wikipedia what the Scots & Irish call a neep is, in fact, a rutabaga. So it should be easier(?) to carve.
As a Scot, I can assure you we call turnips 'neeps' and they were as solid as stone.
Wheew.
Listening to the opening track I was kinda getting into it, but uh....
Yeah, no.
1. Bat Out Of Hell - This is obviously the standout track here - cool pomp rock for *most* of its runtime
2. Paradise By the Dashboard Light - This at least has some good energy to it, fun song
3. You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth - Kinda like REO Speedwagon without any balls
4. For Crying out Loud - For crying out loud...
5. All Revved Up With No Place To Go - I really don't get anything out of this other than that he sure can sing
6. Heaven Can Wait - Bleh
7. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad - Then this one is nr. 3
Probably not gonna even attempt to listen to much Lynyrd Skynyrd, I know that stuff's not for me.
Well, you might like my Skynyrd choices then Daxtear! Love your ranking!
@@TranquilityFireReid Looking forward to hearing what you have to say then!
I first heard Meat Loaf on the Free For All album by Ted Nugent and loved his vocals. Was very excited by the Bat Out Of Hell album upon release. Bought it, put it on, listened to it and thought "What the hell is this?" 8 bucks or so down the drain. Apparently, I'm in the minority here and I'm okay with that.
But not alone Tim!
The ultimate party album. Spent many a night dancing and singing along to this at weddings, by the campfire etc. brings back memories for sure.
When this first came out, I liked it. Didn’t love it. Then came the 80s bar scene and I HATED Paradise. Absolutely HATED it. Then I saw him a year before back into hell came out in a little club in Spring Valley,NY. And lemme tell you.. that man was freaking awesome. I fell in love with the album and since then, it’s usually in a top 10 or 15 list of favorites.
I can`t remember which I saw first but I remember seeing the video for the `Bat Out of Hell` song two weeks apart from seeing the movie Psychomania. That`s the movie where a guy is buried on his motorbike and comes flying out of the grave just like on the BOOH cover. Psychomania was released back in 1973 incidentally. Then a short time after that I actually saw the album cover designed by Richard Corben in a record shop. Perhaps Richard Corben had been influenced by that movie?
One of the albums that got me into rock and metal. Stone cold classic. My order would be:
7. Two out of three ain't bad. The one song I don't go to on the album.
6. Heaven can wait.
5. All revved up with no place to go. When it speeds up it is just awesome.
4. You took the words right out of my mouth
3. Paradise by the dashboard light. So over the top it is just brilliant. Top it off by watching the Old Grey Whistle Test performance. Stunning.
2. For crying out loud. Simply his greatest vocal performance ever. It gives me goose bumps every time.
1. Bat out of Hell. 9 minutes and 48 seconds of genius.
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Savory pumpkin pie is the one made with green pumpkins, while sweet pumpkin pie is the one made with red pumpkin.
`Bat Out of Hell` as a single was released with a 12" blood red vinyl version. The same week it was released a 12" `Heart of Glass` single was released by Blondie. I could only get one. This was at a time when 12" releases would sell out quickly so you either bought it the first week or risked missing out. Anyway I sensibly opted to buy Meat Loaf (good job because I grew to loathe `Heart of Glass!). I cycled to one of my favourite record shops and on the way back I hit the kerb and went over the handle bars. Landed on the grass verge so I wasn`t hurt. A passing elderly lady came over to me with a worried look on her face and asked me if I was all right. I said to her "Hang on a minute" and looked inside the record bag (which I had managed to keep hold of as I came off the bike. Phew!) Checked the record which thankfully was unbroken and then I looked at her and said "Yes I`m fine now!" She gave me a VERY odd look and walked on past!
I like your priorities Sjhue, even if you chose the wrong 12" single! lol!
@@TranquilityFireReid 😂😂!
Every track is at least good.
Bat out of hell - perfection. I know opinions are subjective, but if you don't like BOOH, we can't be friends
Paradise by the dashboard light - pure theatre. Yes, you need to be in the mood, but if you are it carries you along on a rock n roll, innuendo filled, humorous classic
You took the words - love love love. Would be higher but the two above are even better.
Two out of three - classic Loafballad territory here with typical Steinman clever-clogs lyrics
For crying out loud - another ballad, but I love the arrangement as an album closer. Almost 9 minutes!
Heaven can wait - soft ballad
All revved up - the least interesting song here, but I love the sax and it ends as a decent rocker (I don't know if SoT will agree with ranking the ballads higher, but it's the closest thing to 'filler' for me)
For me this album will ALWAYS have a special in my heart. The thing that people need to remember is that Jim Steinman started out in musical theater. He had no interest in making an album. It took from '75-'77 to get the album recorded. These songs are basically mini-plays. You have to suspend your disbelief and submerge yourself heart & soul into it and just let go. If you can do it for a movie for 2 hours........why can't you do it for 40 plus minutes?
7) All Revved Up With No Place To Go
6) Heaven Can Wait
5) You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
4) Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad ( Repeat the chorus to somebody that you're in a relationship with today?.......just RUN.)😁
3) For Crying Out Loud
2) Bat Out Of Hell (Original version was 45 minutes)
1) Paradise By The Dashboard Light (Original version was 27 minutes)
Because as with movies Armando, we like some of them and don't like others so much. Bat is a movie I don't like so much. Appreciate that others hear it differently though. 👍
@@TranquilityFireReid We all hear music differently Steven.
Jim Steinman`s uniqueness and lyrical brilliance, Meat`s voice, Ellen Foley, members of Utopia and the E Street Band, the wonderful backing vocals of (in particular)Rory Dodd, Richard Corben`s brilliant cover artwork, songs in a style that I`d never heard before - rock `n` roll/gothic/spector-ish/spoken vocals/a male/female duet quite unlike any other I`d heard! etc.etc. All this AND Todd Rundgren!! I know some of those things I listed in the music style had been done before such as The Doors and The Shangri-La`s doing spoken vocals but at that time I didn`t really know of them and discovered later on when I back tracked through the years so to speak. Then I said to myself "Ah yes I can see where Steinman`s influences were" but as I say when I got into BOOH these styles were unique to me then.
The playing on the album was of a very high quality I`d say and on this album, produced by Rundgren and later Steinman albums produced by Jim himself they seemed to find a way to make a piano sound quite unlike anyone else has. If you think of the piano intro to `Total Eclipse Of the Heart` for instance the piano has such a clear, gothic sound and you can hear that on just about all of Steinman`s work. I love it! Oh and the background harmonies are always superb!
'Show tune songs done in a show tuney way' - 93.6% of people (according to an imaginary survey) love show tunes. Now, when those are good show tunes done by clever skilled people with quirky stuff like the baseball commentary and overwrought questions and each song having its own narrative, you have a 43million selling LP. I salute Springsteen but he never made a record as good as Bat out of Hell. I'm off to build that brickbat shelter now.
Oh, and 1. Paradise 2. BooH 3. 2/3 4. You took... 5. For Crying out Loud 6. All Revved Up 7. Heaven can Wait
Good on you Ken. I completely disagree, but that's not really all that important. Cheers!
Back in the 70s we were listning to everything from Bill Haley and his comets to Black Sabbath 1970 I was 10 years old 1979 I was 19 years old
Seems I had more in common with Simon this time,
7) For Crying Out Loud
6) You Took the Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) - The title alone shows that it is over inflated
5) Heaven Can Wait - This could move up higher, but for today its here
4) Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Agree with Peter this song is a little worn out from over play.
3) All Revved Up With No Place To Go
2) Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad - Title alone states it should be second
1) Bat Out Of Hell - I agree with all of you on certain comments that were made, lyrical imagery, favourite by a long shot, even at almost 10 minutes it isn't too long I enjoy every moment of it.
I must admit I was into the album when it came out.
Saw the tour impressive theatrical performance over the top.
Saw them again few years later.
Accquired taste but to me not stood the test of time sorry.
Totally agree Pete I think he was probably more comfortable in the theatre than a large venue
At the time I was reading a lot of the music mags of the day & Meat Loaf (the singer) was supposed to be THE next big thing (no pun intended). Never really lived up to that hype though. I do think Broadway was the man's true calling, or at least something involving theater. He did give tv & movies a shot, IMDB lists him with 110 actor credits...Wonder if anyone ever saw Bat Out of Hell: The Musical? I believe it's currently touring in Europe & has a residency in Vegas (which seems like a perfect location)...
@@wolf1977 I have seen it. It's great.
I bought this album when I was 18 back in 1980, unusually I can’t recall if one of my friends recommended it or if I heard it on the TV or radio first. From my experience BooH appealed to (some) non-rock and rock fans here in the UK. I always preferred side 1 over side 2 🇬🇧
Skin it any way you want.... Its a classic album and it rocks!
There's not a bad song on this corker of a masterpiece. Not all of the songs are equally great, but it's hard to find another album that's so uniformly excellent from start to finish.
1. Bat out of Hell: Ridiculous lyrics, hard rock opera and the most inspired "motorcycle guitar solo" ever recorded. 10/10
2. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth: Cheesy intro, spine-tingling melody and harmonies to die for. The greatest song Bruce Springsteen never wrote. 10/10
3. Heaven Can Wait: A bit meandering when compared with the previous tracks, but as far as necessary "calm down" power ballads go, this one's not bad. 8/10
4. All Revved Up with No Place to Go: Frustrated boredom never sounded so good! It's amazing how the song conveys both annoyance and great times. 10/10
5. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad: A pun that bad deserves a great song. And it got it! 10/10
6. Paradise by the Dashboard Light: The greatest (and funniest) attempt at losing one's virginity ever set to music. Superb playing and outstanding production. 10/10
7. For Crying Out Loud: Another power ballad. Better than the first. And it makes more sense as an album closer than as a standalone track. It's OK. 8/10
Before I watch this video, I'm giving my ranking to see how it stacks up with yours. So here it is...
1. Bat Out Of Hell
2. Paradise By The Dashboard Light
3. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
4. For Crying Out Loud
5. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
6. Heaven Can Wait
7. All Revved Up With No Place To Go
7. Heaven Can Wait
6. You Took the Words Right Out of my
Mouth
5. All Revved Up With No Place to Go
4. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
3. For Crying Out Loud
2. Bat Out of Hell
1. Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Three Kings 👑
This album is amazing!
People of my age didn't really know this album (aside from a couple of tracks) until Bat II hit big and we ended up digesting both Bats at once. (personally, I ended up preferring Dead Ringer to either, but that is very likely JUST me!) Doesn't massively seem to have been embraced by another generation (or two) after mine, judging by Mr Loaf's respectable, but hardly mindblowing Spotify stats. Anyway, I don't currently own a copy of this, and haven't for some years - it's one of those I always figure I'll get around to getting at some point but clearly isn't a priority. So some contentious rankings here, but this is how I hear 'em...7 - 2 Out of 3 Ain't Bad - no, it's not bad, a very well written song indeed...but excessive radio play means I tired of this long before I knew who the Meat even was. 6 - Paradise - ditto. 5.. For Crying Out Loud - like this one, but yeah it goes on a bit too long. 4. Heaven Can Wait - really like this one and it sits in the one part of the album where you feel you need a slower tune, so it works on that front for me. 3. You Took the Words...also massively overplayed but still like it. 2. All Revved Up...glad Pete had this as high as me, know it's the underdog, but as an ex-sax player I've always loved this one. 1. Bat - epic and genre-defining. Could listen to this any day of the week and never get sick of it.
I always find amusing that the very things people knock Meatloaf/Jim Steinmnan for(over the top, histrionic, too theatrical, too long) are PRECISELY what the makers were going for, plus a little humour. A soundtrack or stage musical without a home? YES....... AND?
Oh, I agree, it is EXACTLY what they were going for and they achieved it brilliantly, it's just not my taste. I'm not knocking the album, just giving my thoughts on it. Thanks for watching!
It does have a home now (since 2017) in Bat Out of Hell: The Musical, and is touring right now. There also exists an original cast recording album (never heard it). Be interesting to hear from those who saw the musical, as you said seems like the music on BOOH should be well suited for a stage/musical adptation. Also has a long-term residency run in Vegas
@@wolf1977 Of course, but after so many years. By the way, I have seen the production three times. A lot of fun too!
I absolutely love this album! One of my favorite albums of all time! every single song is a #1 and
I never skip a song, so here we go...
7. All Revved Up With No Place To Go
6. Paradise By The Dashboard Light
5. Heaven Can Wait
4. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
3. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
2. Bat Out Of Hell
1. For Crying Out Loud
1. bat out of hell
2. for crying out loud
3. paradise by the dashboardlight
4. you took the words right out.....
5. two out of three ain't bad
6. all revved up with no place...
7. heaven can wait
Well, better late than never, as they say. Sorry, but finally got round to seeing the show...
Now, I think I may have told this story before on SoT, but my rock induction as a thirteenish year old comprised of 3 albums my older cousin appeared at my house with one weekend. One, Mountain's Nantucket Sleighride, I only got into many years later, but the others were Down To Earth by Rainbow, and, of course, Bat... 40 years later, much as I like a lot of Meat and Steinmans other work, this is still, for me, the best thing either of them ever did, as is often the case with debut albums (Van Halen... Montrose, err Steel Panther?) Ranking it was a bitch. But I did it...
7. For Crying Out Loud [Still a great song, never skipped]
6 ...Dashboard Light [Take away the argument and all that's left is an above average rock song...]
5 All Revved Up... [Great fun, lovely speed-up at the climax... matron]
4 Heaven Can Wait [Beautiful Ballad]
3 You Took The Words.... [Cheesy but brilliant, even the intro]
2 Two Out of Three Ain't Bad [Epic stuff, great lyrics, but I STILL don't know what a crackerjack box is either...]
1 Bat Out of Hell [The best rock/Broadway/Grand Guignol piece of music going. Its timeless, like Stairway, BoRhap and Stargazer...]
Sorry, went on a bit there... Roll on next week!
PS Steven please don't saddle us with any more horse puns - rein it in, mate!
Did you hear of the new Alter Bridge album that was released? If so are you gonna do a review on it at some point?
I've listened to a couple of different issues of this album and the sound quality didn't impress on any of them. I don't know if I'm unlucky or the sound quality actually is pretty poor on this album. Never really understood the hype with it either, though I was a little bit to young when it first came out, and not so in to music back then.
the song Bat Out of Hell is like proto power metal without a doubt in my mind!
I’ve never owned a Meatloaf album, and not a fan so no ranking. However I do need to comment on the Halloween conversation, as I grew up down the road from Simon can’t believe he never carved a tSuede and put candles in as a child, nor went out for bonfire night round the houses with a guy ( Guy Fawkes) collecting a penny for the Guy to buy fireworks., the Guy was then burnt on the bonfire. Now Steven as I brought up my children in Scotland, and learnt a suede is a turnip, but guising was a Scottish tradition of children dressing up with masks going visiting houses disguised to hide from spirits and that went to America but came back as trick or treat, not the Guy thing.
Think pumpkins replaced turnips for carving because as a father they are easier to carve without lacerating our fingers. 😅
Not once not ever have I done Halloween stuff, most certainly not when I was younger. I absolutely loathe fireworks and try actively to avoid them now the kids have left home.
watch the rockpalast show from ,78.
Pete, your Scottish R gets better and better. 😁
His Scottish arse??? That'll be me then Gert!
I never bought it, just heard the songs on the radio. Instead, I bought Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane "Rough Mix" and The Animals "Before we were so rudely interrupted"!
Bat out of hell is one of my guilty pleasures an over blown cheese fest with production that threw everything including the kitchen sink onto the record. It is either brilliantly good or absolutely awful all at the same time but it takes me to a warm fuzzy place when I am feeling down for me the world is a better place with it.
Top 3:
3: Paradise By The Dashboard Light
2: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
1: Bat Out of Hell
The rest are all tied for 4th as they are equally meh...
I always preferred the Deadringer and Bad Attitude albums to be honest.
As I have said before, my judgment on music is based on head, heart, time and place.
I remember this album being released and at the time I really did not like it. I was a cool hipster dude (in my head) and I disliked this music and what it represented. Looking back, I was so judgmental. If it was popular, how could it be good? And look at how boring all of the fans are!!! (Why did I not have more friends?)
All these years later I thought I would try to give it a listen, just the music, not all the negative baggage....and it sounded like pub music. Have a few beers and have a sing a long in a Midlands pub on a Friday night. Sorry, I was hoping for a better response.
Can I slightly modify something that was said about British music in the 1970s. It became either very tedious and middle of the road on one side of things. On the other side rock was becoming quite distant, unattainable, pretentious etc. The atmosphere became ripe for something fresh to wake things up. "A force 9 gale of bad breath" (a Stranglers reference)....and that is what happened.
I often think that musical revolution and change grows out of tedium and safety.
Keep up the good work chaps.
Cheers David and agree with the Meat assessment. I'll stand by my thoughts on punk though, yes, the youth wanted and got something new, but it actually changed the music scene very little - unlike grunge which did genuinely end a lot of bands who couldn't adapt, most bands in the late 70s continued on as is and were very successful doing so, but most mainstream music commentary now turns that on its head. 👍
Thanks for that Steven as an Australian it’s extremely disappointing that’s the biggest selling album
Sorry to have reminded you Darren! Thanks for watching.
I've always loved this album for the Phil Spector wall of sound production on most of the songs. Simon I love For Crying Out Loud. It is an operatic ballad. I agree with All Reved Up as it is the weakest track by far.
Loved the show but I am with Steven on this. The song Bat out of hell was ok but the rest of it was boring. It came out in 78 when we had things like Rainbow and Van halen so totally get why it wasn't for some. From the 3.5 million sales it did in the UK none of my friends had it.
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Never a fan but on this tour in Ottawa ( near my hometown) Meathead fell of the stage and broke his leg .