RIP Meat
- firlandsfarm
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Just like with Bohemian Rhapsody they all said it was too long and could never be a hit ... it went on to be the title track for one of the best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 43 million copies worldwide. It is certified 14x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). As of June 2019, it spent 522 weeks in the UK Albums Chart beaten only by Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. And will probably now experience a rebirth. If you don't know what I'm referring to you ain't lived!
Each year I do a major meeting I put a soundtrack on to keep me going. For the MC one year I chose Meatloaf as the soundtrack, just for a laugh. There is some depth in his music, despite the main tracks he is known for.
I didn't clock till that week that he did a duet with Cher!
I didn't clock till that week that he did a duet with Cher!
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He'll always be Bob in Fight Club to me
- ShaunWhite
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Saw the thread title and thought Boris had resigned.
I thought it was a meat-up for RIP coders.
Bat out of Hell was unadulterated musical theatre. It is marmite, of course, as was Meatloaf.
I was sceptical when bought it by a good friend years after it was hit.
Some of her favourites were Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper and Bruce Springsteen, so you can see the theme of raucous, up tempo stadium rock. No-one was more raucous than Meatloaf though.
But my friends influence made me give it some time. It now just makes me grin when I hear it.
He was truly larger than life, wild, extravagant musically.
I was sceptical when bought it by a good friend years after it was hit.
Some of her favourites were Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper and Bruce Springsteen, so you can see the theme of raucous, up tempo stadium rock. No-one was more raucous than Meatloaf though.
But my friends influence made me give it some time. It now just makes me grin when I hear it.
He was truly larger than life, wild, extravagant musically.