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Post by LandieMark on Jan 21, 2022 9:45:07 GMT
Marvin Lee Aday, otherwise known as Meat Loaf has died aged 74.
The first artist that I have living memory of as my dad always played Bat out of Hell in the car.
Was lucky enough to see him live at the Newcastle Arena some years ago. Great performer.
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Post by johnc on Jan 21, 2022 10:08:08 GMT
I find it somewhat disturbing that there have been lots of stars dying over the past few months, who were in their 70's. As every year goes by, that isn't really that far away. In fact my 70's are probably as close as the number of years I have been a member of this/Autocar forum (16/17?)!
I have Bat out of Hell on a playlist I play in the car and it was blasting out just before Christmas along with a whole load of other stuff I haven't heard in a long time.
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Post by Tim on Jan 21, 2022 10:46:22 GMT
I was surprised to hear of his death on the radio this morning.
Whenever I hear Bat out of Hell it reminds me of driving up to Dundee on a sunny Friday evening with a bunch of mates in my late teen years heading to the nightclubs. That song always came on at some point on the drive.
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Post by Big Blue on Jan 21, 2022 11:43:22 GMT
I thought he was long dead, if I’m honest. My sister bought Bat out of Hell when it came out and I was fairly nonplussed by the operatic nature of the entire album. I don’t like Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody much for the same reason. Both were about when singles were of the three minute hero variety so I have no massively fond memories of Meatloaf as part of my yoof.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 12:39:04 GMT
I had the album, still do somewhere but it did not play a huge part in my life. The ELO album of the same style (El Dorado by memory) did however, I had it on blue vinyl until it got nicked with my other albums.
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Post by PG on Jan 21, 2022 14:03:03 GMT
Saw him live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London in 1977. Since then, I've never really followed him or even heard that much about him. But as John says, as one's seventies draw nearer it's not a nice feeling to see people go in their seventies!
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 21, 2022 18:51:40 GMT
My wife and her friends were big fans in the 80s but Bat Out of Hell is not an album I’ve ever owned, or really listened to. Obviously I’ve heard the stand out tracks frequently over the years and appreciate the music.
He seemed like a decent bloke and a big fan of Hartlepool United so all credit to him.
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Post by Alex on Jan 21, 2022 21:07:19 GMT
I recall my brother had the Bat out of He'll album and I know what you mean about being operatic but it was pretty iconic. I didn't listen to his music very often so my best memory of him is probably from Fight Club - also an utterly iconic film.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 21, 2022 22:38:26 GMT
Was he in Fight Club?
People don’t talk about that.
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Post by Andy C on Jan 21, 2022 22:52:08 GMT
Was he in Fight Club? People don’t talk about that. They mentioned that on absolute radio earlier . RIP anyway, bat out of hell is a tune and a half |
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Post by Alex on Jan 22, 2022 12:51:54 GMT
Was he in Fight Club? People don’t talk about that. Sorry I've broken more than one rule there! |
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Post by Blarno on Jan 24, 2022 9:46:56 GMT
I heard this on the radio in the van on the way to Mountune on Friday. I had been listening to Spotify but switched to R2 for Popmaster. Suffice to say that straight after Popmaster, Spotify was back on playing some Loaf tunes.
Factoid: His son in law is one fo the guitarists in Thrash legends Anthrax.
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