It also commemorates Jim Steinman who also passed away this last year and wrote all these amazing songs as well as many for other artists like Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler
Have you figured out that the girl he talks about from long ago. Is the Woman he is singing to yet? “Now there is only one girl that I have ever loved. And that was so many years ago. And though I know I never get her out of my heart. SHE NEVER LOVED ME BACK”. Then your favourite part. “But you’ve been cold to me so long I’m crying icicles instead of tears “.
I remember the first time hearing Meatloaf. My family was going tova baseball game in Boston and we stopped to get a bite to eat. They had a jukebox machine at each table and my older sister found Paradise by the Dashboard Light. She thought I would enjoy the baseball part. Anyway, I had to run out and buy the Bat out of Hell album that week and I still have it over 40 years later. Great talent who will be so missed. In my 60s, so many icons of my youth have passed, but left me with great memories and amazing music to still enjoy. Loved your analysis as always, Beth. Thank you.
I live in India, and we bought a smuggled record - Bat Out Of Hell in 1980 or so. I was 20 then, and his voice and music blew me away. So yeah, over 40 years and I still love his music
For Crying Out Loud is my favourite song of all time. The emotional power of it is just incredible. Love Meat Loaf. Love Jim Steinman. Miss them both. But glad we've been left with some of the best music ever.
I feel as if a part of my youth died with the passing of this wonderful entertainer and genuine human being. Marvin Lee Aday (Michael) AKA Meatloaf your musical performances will live on! Thanks for the decades of memories.
I've cried & cried over his death..it seems as though a wonderful time of my youth has gone with him..I hope he knew how much happiness he created in so many lives with his music.. such a humble man with a magnificent talent..
@@laurab4685 Unlike many other artists/stars. Meat" loved and cried for his fans support when he did signings, with all the success he never ever let it go to his head. It was always about the fans...
@joe You may know that he was from Dallas,Tx..as am I. 'The Bible Belt' It's usual for those born during that time frame to have been raised in the church, as he was. We were taught manners.. compassion, appreciation, love for others, humbleness & the knowledge that 'pride cometh before the fall' We still had the Blue Law in the 1970"s..my point being, his heart & soul was grounded in faith & love..
"But you've been cold / to me so long / I'm crying icicles instead of tears" are my favorite lyrics, too. Btw, Todd Rundgren, who was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (for what it's worth) also played a part on the song and album.
Todd did the vocal arrangements. Probably a lot of the music arrangements too, sounds very Utopia in places...Todd! AND played the guitar too! Amazing sound of Rundgren's guitar, nothing like it.
This is such a beautiful song. I can remember hearing it being played way back and the girls would sit around waiting for some guy to ask us to dance. The lyrics are equally as beautiful. I had the honour to see him live. He had such a powerful voice which is obvious but seeing him live and how close I was sitting, I could see his body actually shake. He put so so much into his performances. Thank You doing this reaction and a huge Thank You to you, Mr. Aday. It was an honour to be able to see you. We lost a little piece of our hearts the day you left this world. God Bless
Meatloaf was a musical theater actor who accidentally stumbled into a music career. I've recommended to singers who wanted to emulate his sound to go train at the theater. That's how you get there (well, that and prodigious talent).
Love your reaction to this song. I love Meatloaf and really love this song. Meatloaf and Jim Steinman changed music when they developed rock-opera. The world will miss them both.
Great job. Nobody reacts to this one and it's a entirely different side of his voice. Probably my favorite Meat Loaf performance both for his talent and the not a love song lyrics!
Meat was amazing in concert, he left his soul on the stage and went home totally drained. I saw him in an outside concert in what is now Downtown Disney in Orlando 1989.
First of all Beth is adorable. Second her intro is adorable. That said, I think the reason why he's such an emotional singer is because he struggled for love and respect. His high school football coach gave him that name, and the the stammer I suppose the rest is obvious. Would love for Beth to try one or two of the following: Longpigs: "On and On" Bill Withers: "Ain't No Sunshine" 10k Maniacs: What's the Matter Here" or "Like the Weather" Bouncing Souls: "Kate is Great" Drop kick Murphy's: "Green Fields of France"
Thanks for doing this one. It's my favorite Meat Loaf/Jim Steinman song. The first time I heard it I was a kid, and I remember feeling so sad and wanting to cry, but not understanding the full meaning of the song. Now, I'm almost 50 and I do understand it...and it still moves me. Perhaps even more than when I first heard it. I have also always loved Meat Loaf for his theatricality...and I was also a theater kid. Thanks Beth!
Point of order, Madam Chair. The line is, "You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach". Thanks for doing this song, Beth. I first saw Meat Loaf when he played Eddie, the boy with half a brain, in the Rocky Horror Picture Show, in 1975. A couple years later I heard Bat Out of Hell on the radio and bought the album soon after. That was in 1977 and it's one of my all-time faves.
The song in RHPS "hot patootie" was unreal. I saw an interview where meatloaf was told to just skip over what he couldn't sing of it because the breathing was going to be so hard to get right. He told the interviewer that he nailed it by 2nd attempt. He truly had mastered his craft.
His voice really shone with the slower tracks. "Heaven can Wait" or "Not a dry eye in the house" are possibly 2 best studio performances. That he came from a stage background must also appeal to Beth.
I watched an interview with Meatloaf, and he claims to be an actor who sings. Apparently he treated every song differently and took a couple of minutes to get into character for every song. I love his music and he was also a first class actor. My introduction to him was as Eddie singing Hot Patooti in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I saw an interview with him talking about Hot Patooti and how when he first learned about the song the writer said "don't worry if you can't get all the words in, no one can, I can't even do it and I wrote it" Meatloaf just looked at him and said "I can sing all the words" and immediately belted it out.
It's been recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band if you want to hear a country take on it. It's based on the 7" edit - so a lot of the best stuff is gone - but it's still pretty good IMO.
Meatloaf and Jim Steinman passed within a year of each other. Almost seems fitting in a way. Our loss is heaven's gain. A brilliant team...will be sorely missed...but they left us so much! 😢🙏🏻😇💛
After living a lifetime of holding on to co-dependent relationships, I will integrate the meaning of this song into how I approach them for the rest of my natural life. I had one woman that I loved long ago, but I’ve let it go; she did not love me.
I have a mild stammer from birth. I have managed to control it through acting but my muscles don’t coordinate enough to be able to sing well. Best of luck, Rob. I love Meatloaf. RIP. Thanks Beth. Your videos and learning about my favourite singers were a big help in lockdown!
Bat Out of Hell gave me refuge from a sad divorce. I was already dangerously vulnerable when a friends kids gave me the album for Christmas. They were thirteen. I was thirty three. What do they know, I thought. It's my favorite album ever.
I am sure you noticed that when he used more breath he moved the mike away to avoid the distorsion. One of the greatst artists of all time ,no electrical tricks , just talent
I had a reel to reel player back in the day. The wobbly sound was called "wow and flutter". Find an original copy of Boston Thrid Stage. There will be a little book with it. It explains every detail about recording it
Beth, love your content. I would be intrigued to hear any analysis on Roy Orbison’s voice particularly “in dreams” an amazing song without a chorus which starts so deep and ends on such a high note. It’s a very unique example
I can only imagine the pride that was going through Jim Steinman as he played the piano, as Meatloaf was singing. I was fortunate to see Meatloaf in 1998. To the end of my days Meatloaf will still be my favorite singer. May both Jim and Meat Rest In Peace.
I hate to say it but I think of Meat as Dennis the bus driver in Spice World. Like two different people compared to the meat I stayed up late to watch on the Midnight special profusely sweating to the point he had to carry a towel to wipe down after each song.
I LOVE that bass high note and then the slide up... Genius! And this song has some very interesting note choices and changes. When I was learning it I said "WTF was that??" a few times 3:36 as an example.. After I got it down I was amazed at how brilliant it was. My favorite lyric: "You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach You'll never drill for oil on a city street I know you're looking for a ruby In a mountain of rocks"
I actually just picked up Bat Out Of Hell (along with the first Chicago album) on vinyl from a garage sale. It’s just banger after banger and For Crying Out Loud is such an amazing closer.
Meatloaf is also one of my dads favorite artists. I grew up listening to him all the time. He is definitely one of the goats of hia time. RIP Meatloaf. I wish I could have seen him live especially in his prime.
I love your comments on this. Meatloaf's performances were rock operas. He was singing this to me and through me, and having been there, I felt I was singing with him to the woman who got out of our bed. "Crying icicles ..." is how I felt, and 50+ years later, I still feel that way. This song is so sad -- heartbreaking really -- and there's so much regret, much the same feeling that I get from Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust."
RIP Meatloaf. I loved your music and as a paranormal investigator myself I really loved how one of my favorite musical artists also participated in my favorite hobby.
Check out Original Sin, Paradise by The Dashboard Light, I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That), Life is a Lemon (And I Want my Money Back), Dead Ringer, and Hot Patootie (from The Rocky Horror Picture Show). “You'll never find gold in a sandy beach.” I'm glad you recognize his trademark.
Love your screen personality and ability to help me understand what "magic" I am hearing. I never leave disappointed and, I swear every time I hear that accent and see that smile, I get a new crush on you. Cheers.
Jim Steinman (piano) wrote all of the songs on this album. Unfortunately, we lost both of them within a couple of months of each other.😭😭😇😇 I still have this album on vinyl. "I know you're lookin' for a ruby in a mountain of rocks, but there ain't no coupe deVille hiding at the bottom of a crackerjack box".
In a song full of great lyrics, the line "You've been cold to me so long that I'm crying icicles instead of tears" has always been my favorite as well. For me, it is a line that I can easily relate to from personal experience. Never really realized before how effortlessly Meatloaf sings in the vibrato, and that really is the key to his voice. His voice always has so much depth and sounds like it is coming from his very soul, and that is because of the vibrato. This is someone who never needed the echo box or multi-tracks. He could do with his voice what other people needed instrumentation to do.
I knew every word to this song at 4 years old. My aunt would sing it to me. I use to tell her it would be my wedding song. Lol. I actually played it at my wedding reception because of that
One of my favourite vocal performances from Meat would have to be Out of the Frying Pan, particularly live. The whole first half of the song is an exercise in restraint - there's this undercurrent of power running through it, but it's all building to the triumphant rise ("Wander down the ancient hallway/Taking the stairs only one at a time") and the massive notes on the repeated "Fire!"s. But then the second half repeats the song but this time he hits it like a freight train, the same thing again but now its urgent, it's loud and the restraint has gone - it's so rushed it skips a verse. The Bat out of Hell II version is great, but the live versions - particularly Cardiff 1993, Toad's Place 1991 and Melbourne 2004 - are exceptional. Great video, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts.
I grew up listening to him thanks to having older brothers who introduced me to his music. Watching a VHS tape with Rocky Horror was the first time I put the face to his music🥰 R.I.P. Meat! You will be missed!
I covered this song on my channel the week he passed as a tribute. You did a great job explaining everything and you did it with class, I think Meatloaf would have approved. Thanks Beth (:
It also commemorates Jim Steinman who also passed away this last year and wrote all these amazing songs as well as many for other artists like Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler
I liked in this vid how when she paused it at around 4 minutes, she froze it right on Steinman when she was talking for a while
And Air Supply. Jim wrote for them as well.
Yes, he's the piano player shown here.
It's all coming back to me now, which Celine Dion did, was originally written for Meat Loaf, which he finally did on Bat out of Hell 3.
Have you figured out that the girl he talks about from long ago. Is the Woman he is singing to yet?
“Now there is only one girl that I have ever loved. And that was so many years ago. And though I know I never get her out of my heart. SHE NEVER LOVED ME BACK”.
Then your favourite part.
“But you’ve been cold to me so long I’m crying icicles instead of tears “.
Beth - Thank you for honoring Meatloaf. He was special.
I remember the first time hearing Meatloaf. My family was going tova baseball game in Boston and we stopped to get a bite to eat. They had a jukebox machine at each table and my older sister found Paradise by the Dashboard Light. She thought I would enjoy the baseball part. Anyway, I had to run out and buy the Bat out of Hell album that week and I still have it over 40 years later. Great talent who will be so missed. In my 60s, so many icons of my youth have passed, but left me with great memories and amazing music to still enjoy. Loved your analysis as always, Beth. Thank you.
Hey we may be BOFs (boring old farts), but we had the music.
@@tonyhaynes9080 Old, but not boring. Ha!
I live in India, and we bought a smuggled record - Bat Out Of Hell in 1980 or so. I was 20 then, and his voice and music blew me away. So yeah, over 40 years and I still love his music
Jim and Meatloaf, such legends.
The Final track "For Crying Out Loud" is an incredible power ballad.
She’s a fan of Meat Loaf and has listened to the album before.
@@BrandonWestfall just saying... it's a great song
Best love song of all time. Anyone who said otherwise had to fight Meat in his words.
For Crying Out Loud is my favourite song of all time. The emotional power of it is just incredible. Love Meat Loaf. Love Jim Steinman. Miss them both. But glad we've been left with some of the best music ever.
Everybody's favorite line is "You've been cold to me so long I'm crying icicles instead of tears." It's one of the few best lines ever written.
I feel as if a part of my youth died with the passing of this wonderful entertainer and genuine human being. Marvin Lee Aday (Michael) AKA Meatloaf your musical performances will live on! Thanks for the decades of memories.
I've cried & cried over his death..it seems as though a wonderful time of my youth has gone with him..I hope he knew how much happiness he created in so many lives with his music..
such a humble man with a magnificent talent..
@@laurab4685 Unlike many other artists/stars. Meat" loved and cried for his fans support when he did signings, with all the success he never ever let it go to his head. It was always about the fans...
@joe You may know that he was from Dallas,Tx..as am I. 'The Bible Belt'
It's usual for those born during that time frame to have been raised in the church, as he was. We were taught manners..
compassion, appreciation, love for others, humbleness & the knowledge that 'pride cometh before the fall'
We still had the Blue Law in the 1970"s..my point being, his heart & soul was grounded in faith & love..
You’re not alone. It was a gut shot. Took the total wind out of me
You should find the interview where he talks about being caught up in the aftermath of the JFK assassination
" You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach " .......amazing lyrics , amazing voice
Meatloafs singing combined with Jim Steinmans ingenious song writing is astonishing. I never weary of listening to this song.
"But you've been cold / to me so long / I'm crying icicles instead of tears" are my favorite lyrics, too. Btw, Todd Rundgren, who was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (for what it's worth) also played a part on the song and album.
Todd produced the album. Did a great job!
@@extdiso he did the motorcycle sound on Bat as well...with a guitar.
Todd did the vocal arrangements. Probably a lot of the music arrangements too, sounds very Utopia in places...Todd!
AND played the guitar too! Amazing sound of Rundgren's guitar, nothing like it.
I think the fact he pronounced his words well and didn't bellow made him different from anyone else.
This is such a beautiful song. I can remember hearing it being played way back and the girls would sit around waiting for some guy to ask us to dance. The lyrics are equally as beautiful.
I had the honour to see him live. He had such a powerful voice which is obvious but seeing him live and how close I was sitting, I could see his body actually shake. He put so so much into his performances. Thank You doing this reaction and a huge Thank You to you, Mr. Aday. It was an honour to be able to see you. We lost a little piece of our hearts the day you left this world. God Bless
"Meatloaf is one of my dad's favorite singers" ~ thanks for making me feel old Beth
Meatloaf was a musical theater actor who accidentally stumbled into a music career. I've recommended to singers who wanted to emulate his sound to go train at the theater. That's how you get there (well, that and prodigious talent).
Love your reaction to this song. I love Meatloaf and really love this song. Meatloaf and Jim Steinman changed music when they developed rock-opera. The world will miss them both.
Great job. Nobody reacts to this one and it's a entirely different side of his voice. Probably my favorite Meat Loaf performance both for his talent and the not a love song lyrics!
Meat was amazing in concert, he left his soul on the stage and went home totally drained. I saw him in an outside concert in what is now Downtown Disney in Orlando 1989.
The songwriting on that album was incomparable.
One of the very first Rock Opera bands of the 70s. This is very heart ripping for the Loss of both of them.
First of all Beth is adorable. Second her intro is adorable. That said, I think the reason why he's such an emotional singer is because he struggled for love and respect. His high school football coach gave him that name, and the the stammer I suppose the rest is obvious.
Would love for Beth to try one or two of the following:
Longpigs: "On and On"
Bill Withers: "Ain't No Sunshine"
10k Maniacs: What's the Matter Here" or "Like the Weather"
Bouncing Souls: "Kate is Great"
Drop kick Murphy's: "Green Fields of France"
All great suggestions!!!
Easily his most underrated song. Even though it's immensely sad, I always love hearing it.
I like how the story twist is that the reason he tells women he won't love them is that a woman once said the same to him, but he still loves her...
This man was the tiny little curve in the straight road to the paradise of beautiful music that made the drive worthwhile. Thanks Beth.
The ultimate love song is "For crying out loud "....an absolute EPIC from these two geniuses.
R.I P. to the two musical giants 🎉❤🎉
Thanks for doing this one. It's my favorite Meat Loaf/Jim Steinman song. The first time I heard it I was a kid, and I remember feeling so sad and wanting to cry, but not understanding the full meaning of the song. Now, I'm almost 50 and I do understand it...and it still moves me. Perhaps even more than when I first heard it.
I have also always loved Meat Loaf for his theatricality...and I was also a theater kid. Thanks Beth!
Good job spelling Meat Loaf's name correctly.
Point of order, Madam Chair. The line is, "You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach". Thanks for doing this song, Beth. I first saw Meat Loaf when he played Eddie, the boy with half a brain, in the Rocky Horror Picture Show, in 1975. A couple years later I heard Bat Out of Hell on the radio and bought the album soon after. That was in 1977 and it's one of my all-time faves.
The song in RHPS "hot patootie" was unreal. I saw an interview where meatloaf was told to just skip over what he couldn't sing of it because the breathing was going to be so hard to get right. He told the interviewer that he nailed it by 2nd attempt. He truly had mastered his craft.
His voice really shone with the slower tracks. "Heaven can Wait" or "Not a dry eye in the house" are possibly 2 best studio performances. That he came from a stage background must also appeal to Beth.
I watched an interview with Meatloaf, and he claims to be an actor who sings. Apparently he treated every song differently and took a couple of minutes to get into character for every song. I love his music and he was also a first class actor. My introduction to him was as Eddie singing Hot Patooti in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I saw an interview with him talking about Hot Patooti and how when he first learned about the song the writer said "don't worry if you can't get all the words in, no one can, I can't even do it and I wrote it" Meatloaf just looked at him and said "I can sing all the words" and immediately belted it out.
@@tracey2156 Yeah i was about to mention this Kudos.
One of my favourite Meatloaf songs.
Love watching the joy you get out of listening to the music and the passion you obviously have for your vocation 😊
It was interesting to hear Jim Steinman talk about the genesis of this song having a slow traditional country vibe
Great interview that, it’s a shame the audio wasn’t clear at times. Explained every song and it’s origins
It's been recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band if you want to hear a country take on it. It's based on the 7" edit - so a lot of the best stuff is gone - but it's still pretty good IMO.
@@fnjesusfreak i liked when Jim sung the chorus in the interview, had the real southern country drawl about it
He got that vocal control growing up in theater, school musicals etc. One of my all time favorites!!!!
Meat Loaf's vocals in this song are in my opinion flawless. Its been a song I have loved my entire life
For Crying Out Loud is my favorite song from this album.
He was so underrated. He’s is my favorite
The original rock opera. Thank you both for some magnificent music 🤘🎸🎸
Cadillac in a Cracker Jack box is my favorite!
My dad got to see him live many years ago!
Meatloaf and Jim Steinman passed within a year of each other. Almost seems fitting in a way. Our loss is heaven's gain.
A brilliant team...will be sorely missed...but they left us so much!
😢🙏🏻😇💛
Or maybe Hell’s…?
this song hits right to the heart...the lyrics were a real life situation for me
After living a lifetime of holding on to co-dependent relationships, I will integrate the meaning of this song into how I approach them for the rest of my natural life.
I had one woman that I loved long ago, but I’ve let it go; she did not love me.
I got to see him in concert right after Bat Out of Hell 2 came out, back in the early 90's. One of my favorites.
Meatloaf was really great. This was one of my favorite songs.
I have a mild stammer from birth. I have managed to control it through acting but my muscles don’t coordinate enough to be able to sing well. Best of luck, Rob.
I love Meatloaf. RIP.
Thanks Beth. Your videos and learning about my favourite singers were a big help in lockdown!
Legendary performer ❤️ R. I.P
One of my absolutely favourite songs.. Meatloaf was an amazing singer!!
It is gold on a sandy beach
Wonderful reaction. Listening to Beth, I got so much more out of how Meatloaf sings this song... very insightful. And what a great performer he was!
A great Artiste who had a magnificent voice and peronality, there will never ever be another Meatloaf !!!!!!
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD IS THE ULTIMATE LOVE SONG BY MEATLOAF WRITTEN BY STEINMAN.. MEATLOAF POURS HIS WHOLE BEING INTO IT. FOREVER LOVED AND MISSED ❤️🙏
Thank you for your narrative did not know there is so much involved in singing.again thank you
Bat Out of Hell gave me refuge from a sad divorce. I was already dangerously vulnerable when a friends kids gave me the album for Christmas. They were thirteen. I was thirty three. What do they know, I thought. It's my favorite album ever.
He was in choir in high school and it can be heard. He had such a great voice.
Great song from a great songwriter and outstanding singer.
opera trained - chops on Broadway - he sings and performs to the back row
I am sure you noticed that when he used more breath he moved the mike away to avoid the distorsion. One of the greatst artists of all time ,no electrical tricks , just talent
I had a reel to reel player back in the day. The wobbly sound was called "wow and flutter". Find an original copy of Boston Thrid Stage. There will be a little book with it. It explains every detail about recording it
Great analysis. You do a great job!
Beth, love your content. I would be intrigued to hear any analysis on Roy Orbison’s voice particularly “in dreams” an amazing song without a chorus which starts so deep and ends on such a high note. It’s a very unique example
I can only imagine the pride that was going through Jim Steinman as he played the piano, as Meatloaf was singing. I was fortunate to see Meatloaf in 1998. To the end of my days Meatloaf will still be my favorite singer. May both Jim and Meat Rest In Peace.
I hate to say it but I think of Meat as Dennis the bus driver in Spice World. Like two different people compared to the meat I stayed up late to watch on the Midnight special profusely sweating to the point he had to carry a towel to wipe down after each song.
Although Jim is seen in the video Roy Bittan from the E Street Band was the piano player on the Bat out of Hell album including this.
A really great singer and showman What a loss that was. Will miss him!
A great Artiste who had a magnificent voice and personality, there will never ever be another Meatloaf !!!!!!
I LOVE that bass high note and then the slide up... Genius! And this song has some very interesting note choices and changes. When I was learning it I said "WTF was that??" a few times 3:36 as an example.. After I got it down I was amazed at how brilliant it was. My favorite lyric:
"You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach
You'll never drill for oil on a city street
I know you're looking for a ruby
In a mountain of rocks"
I love this song. 😊 Fantastic singing. 😊
Meatloaf is one of my favorites of all time, I was so sad about his passing! Truly one of the greats
I actually just picked up Bat Out Of Hell (along with the first Chicago album) on vinyl from a garage sale. It’s just banger after banger and For Crying Out Loud is such an amazing closer.
Beth, watch The Raspberries Go All the Way from 1972. Their Singer Eric Carmen later wrote the epic All by Myself
Simply.. Thank you Beth
Meatloaf is also one of my dads favorite artists. I grew up listening to him all the time. He is definitely one of the goats of hia time. RIP Meatloaf. I wish I could have seen him live especially in his prime.
I love your comments on this. Meatloaf's performances were rock operas. He was singing this to me and through me, and having been there, I felt I was singing with him to the woman who got out of our bed. "Crying icicles ..." is how I felt, and 50+ years later, I still feel that way. This song is so sad -- heartbreaking really -- and there's so much regret, much the same feeling that I get from Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust."
Another good ol’ Texas singer. What a talent.
Haha, yes… I was right!!!!!! Gotta give the props to his lyricist, Jim Steinman, just brilliant 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I love this song on my song play list a beautiful song.
Thanks, Beth. You’re an amazing coach and better human.
At his heart Meatloaf was a stage actor and this really demonstrates that fact.
You are right Beth, a truly great lyric.
I always Love Meat. From USA he was awesome
Objects in the rear view mirror live is amazing
He is just spot on!
RIP Meatloaf. I loved your music and as a paranormal investigator myself I really loved how one of my favorite musical artists also participated in my favorite hobby.
Check out Original Sin, Paradise by The Dashboard Light, I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That), Life is a Lemon (And I Want my Money Back), Dead Ringer, and Hot Patootie (from The Rocky Horror Picture Show). “You'll never find gold in a sandy beach.” I'm glad you recognize his trademark.
Meatloaf was an actor and created the ROCK OPERA.
Of course Meat Loaf is Best Rock Of Roll! We will never stop thinking of you! I love you Michael Meat Loaf RIP
I was sad when he passed. I saw his concert. He's a great showman & singer. He even acted a bit on some movies. he will be missed.
Love your screen personality and ability to help me understand what "magic" I am hearing. I never leave disappointed and, I swear every time I hear that accent and see that smile, I get a new crush on you. Cheers.
One of the absolute greatest of all time. This man was brilliant.
"You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach" 🥰
That is a great Steinman line, right up there with will you hose me down with holy water if i get too hot.
Your crazy 🤪 with your responses to an amazing singer that Meatloaf was..R.I.P Meatloaf
Jim Steinman (piano) wrote all of the songs on this album. Unfortunately, we lost both of them within a couple of months of each other.😭😭😇😇
I still have this album on vinyl.
"I know you're lookin' for a ruby in a mountain of rocks,
but there ain't no coupe deVille hiding at the bottom of a crackerjack box".
This song is beautiful. My aunt sung it to me when I was 7 years old. I knew every lyric to it at that age
Very enjoyable, & informative as always. By the way, the line is, 'you'll never find your gold', not, 'goal'.
In a song full of great lyrics, the line "You've been cold to me so long that I'm crying icicles instead of tears" has always been my favorite as well. For me, it is a line that I can easily relate to from personal experience.
Never really realized before how effortlessly Meatloaf sings in the vibrato, and that really is the key to his voice. His voice always has so much depth and sounds like it is coming from his very soul, and that is because of the vibrato. This is someone who never needed the echo box or multi-tracks. He could do with his voice what other people needed instrumentation to do.
I knew every word to this song at 4 years old. My aunt would sing it to me. I use to tell her it would be my wedding song. Lol. I actually played it at my wedding reception because of that
But you do not only need and want your partner? You love her/him? So 3 out of 3
One of my favourite vocal performances from Meat would have to be Out of the Frying Pan, particularly live. The whole first half of the song is an exercise in restraint - there's this undercurrent of power running through it, but it's all building to the triumphant rise ("Wander down the ancient hallway/Taking the stairs only one at a time") and the massive notes on the repeated "Fire!"s. But then the second half repeats the song but this time he hits it like a freight train, the same thing again but now its urgent, it's loud and the restraint has gone - it's so rushed it skips a verse. The Bat out of Hell II version is great, but the live versions - particularly Cardiff 1993, Toad's Place 1991 and Melbourne 2004 - are exceptional. Great video, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts.
I grew up listening to him thanks to having older brothers who introduced me to his music. Watching a VHS tape with Rocky Horror was the first time I put the face to his music🥰 R.I.P. Meat! You will be missed!
He made you feel every word of a song..
I covered this song on my channel the week he passed as a tribute. You did a great job explaining everything and you did it with class, I think Meatloaf would have approved. Thanks Beth (:
Oh I loved meatloaf so much 😭❤️
Few albums instantly take me back to where I was when I heard first. This one and Kiss Destroyer were played until grooves were smooth.
actually the lyrics are "you'll never find your gold on a sandy beach"
One of your best reactions thank for all the music
RIP Meatloaf. 😢