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Meat Loaf said that he was not a singer, he was an actor and some of the characters he portrayed were singers. This is rock opera.

Meatloaf actually was on Broadway. And so was the songwriter Jim Steinman. They got together and decided to form a theatrical rock star. And Meatloaf was born.

The most amazing thing about Meatloaf was his phenomenal diction. No matter how he is singing, no matter how fast the syllables are flying out, you can hear every single word as clearly as if he was speaking it directly to you.

"I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that." It is another Meatloaf duet classic.

His song "Two Outta Three Ain't Bad" is great and basically anything from his "Bat Out Of Hell" Album is worth listening to. Definitely a showman. I'm laughing watching your reaction! It's great!

To me, this song is much deeper than most people believe. It is not a song just about two teens "parking", but it is a stark warning about the dangers of confusing teenage lust for true love.

Jim Steinman was the genius behind the writing and composing. They met in college.

Meatloaf had some great song. Bat outa hell is a great album. Every song on it is a masterpiece.

Every song on his first album " Bat out of Hell ". He is an accomplished Stage Performer. He genuinely was a man with a huge heart and is missed.

Meat Loaf "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" 👍 He was in Rocky Horror Picture Show & Fight Club along with a few other movies.

Meat Loaf was a trained actor. He played in musicals in Broadway theaters, e. g. "More than you deserve", "Hair", "The Rocky Horror Show" where he even played a double role (Eddie and Dr. Everett Scott). In the film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" he only played Eddie. Other examples of films: "Fight Club", "Focus", "The 51th state", "A Hole in One", "Outer limits", "Masters of Horror", "Crazy in Alabama" and many more. His last role was in the Netflix series "Ghost Wars" (2018). Meat Loaf emphasized in several interviews that he considers himself firstly as an actor, secondly as a singer. He said that he first tried to find the character of a new song (like an actor does with film roles), only then he would get to the musical part.

Rest in peace Meat. Great performer......

(fun fact) the baseball radio announcer was a REAL baseball radio announcer !! ... his name was Phil Rizzuto ... he was the baseball radio announcer for the New York Yankees in the 70s

Meat Loaf had The first mic drop and hankie toss ever recorded 😂

Jim Steinman was the genius writer-producer behind this and many other hits.

This song is the pure essence of Rock n Roll.

The Woman in the Video is Carla Devito, (wife of Actor Robby Benson)...She Did NOT sing on the Album. The woman who sings this song on the album is Ellen Foley, Who was on the 80s sitcom Night Court...... "Paradise" is THE perfect Rock Song...!

This song is one of the most phenomenal songs ever written and the performance is perfect!

Love to see the faces of those first timers when they realize what the song is about. LOL Marvin Lee Aday, aka; Meat Loaf, had a theatrical background which he really played up to in his performances. Check him out in the movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show". The lady singer in the video is Carla Devito, but the singing voice is actually Ellen Foley. Ellen was busy on Broadway at the time of the video shoot, plus she wasn't really thrilled to get so intimate with Meat like Carla did. But, on tour it was Carla singing. The baseball analogy was done by sports caster Phil Rizzuto, who at first denied knowing what it was going to be used for. But later admitted he did know, but at the time he had a reputation to uphold. The legendary Jim Steinman wrote this along with all the songs on the album Bat Out of Hell, which you really need to do a deep dive on.

Love, love, love Meatloaf. The whole Bat Out Of Hell album is fire. Not a bad song on it. Great reaction!! 😊

Kind of a cautionary tale: Don't get too involved too young. They went too far at 17. They got married and years later they regret it.

He mesmerizes me every time ! RIP 😭

I remember when then this was popular among as us teens (at the time lol).

Rock Opera at its best.

They started their song with the sentence ‘ I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterdag’ -> that’s why they sing at the end: ‘ it was long ago and it was far away and it was so much better than it is today’. Makes sense! 😉

When Meatloaf was a teenager, he had a 3 1/2 octave range. When he was 25, he was offered money to train at the Metropolitan Opera.

"You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" by Meat Loaf is another genius tune worth reacting to.

"Bat Out of Hell" is another great reaction.

bat out of hell will become one of your all-time favorite albums the first time you hear it

If you want to see a wild video production, check out Meat Loaf's "I'll do anything for love, but I won't do that," the video itself was directed by none other than Michael Bay.

Check out his, I Would Do Anything For Love (but I won't do that). Meatloaf was great, a true icon of his day. 😊❤

The title track "Bat Out Of Hell" is a must, especially the great guitar work from Todd Rundgren!

His musical secret, Meat Loaf said, was that he approached every song like an actor preparing for a role. “I can't sing unless there's a character,” he told the London Observer in 2003. (From the Washington Post)

Meatloaf "Its all coming back to me now"

Jim the keyboard player is the author of all Meats musical work.

Meatloaf’s background was in musical theatre and he was a pure showman. This video was actually used in the 80’s in some sex ed programs as a conversation starter.

He started in NYC doing musicals. He even had a role in the movie version of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Then he went on to an acting career, he always said "I'm an actor who can just happen to sing.

MORE MEAT LOAF!!! One of the three greatest male rock voices of all time, alongside Freddie Mercury and Jimmy Barnes. Literally anything you check out by him is a masterpiece vocally. The entire Bat Out Of Hell album was a continuous story where a guy meets the girl of his dreams and falls in love, pursues her until they're in a relationship which feels great, then she tells him that she wants him and needs him but will never love him so he wanders sadly forward in life and connects with another girl from school who he promises to marry just to get her to sleep with him and it goes very badly because really, she's the rebound. One night after decades of marriage, he's had enough and takes off on his motorbike intending to never come back but crashes it over the edge of a cliff leaving him dying in the bottom of a pit all torn and twisted (BooH song 1). As he's dying, he flashes back on his life (songs 2-6) and realizes that his wife was always there for him and he wasted all the years angry that she wasn't that first true love that he was thinking of, but she loved him and took care of him and encouraged him and for crying out loud, he does love her! But sadly this revelation only comes on the edge of death as he's fading away. Fortunately (or not depending on your perspective), a member of the undead comes upon him and turns him into a vampire. He spends decades wandering the Earth as a soulless vessel until he comes upon somebody who he falls in love with and who loves him back - somebody that he'll never say he's going to love her forever and never leave just to get her into bed - he'd do anything for love, but he's learned his lesson and he won't do that. So ya: listen to this album in order: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth, Heaven Can Wait, All Revved Up With No Place to Go, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, and For Crying Out Loud. Then move on to Peel Out, I'm Gonna Love Her For Both of Us, More Than You Deserve, I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back, Read 'em and Weep, Dead Ringer For Love (with Cher), Bad Attitude, Modern Girl, Nowhere Fast, Surf's Up, I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That), Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back, Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through, Out of the Frying Pan (and Into the Fire), Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are, Everything Louder Than Everything Else, Where the Rubber Meets the Road, I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth), Couldn't Have Said It Better, Did I Say That?, The Monster is Loose, Blind as a Bat, It's All Coming Back to Me Now, Bad for Good, Alive, What About Love?, The Future Ain't What It Used To Be, Peace on Earth, If I Can't Have You, Elvis in Vegas, Going All the Way is Just A Start (A Song in 6 Movements), Loving You's a Dirty Job (but Somebody's Gotta Do It), Souvenirs, and A Time for Heroes. I'd say those are his 10/10 songs. Then you can move onto his 9.5/10 catalogue. Jim Steinman wrote this. He was an impressive songwriter, possibly the greatest lyricist modern music has ever know. His work with Bonnie Tyler (Rebel Without A Clue, Ravishing, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Making Love Out of Nothing At All, I Need A Hero) is worth checking out. His work with Pandora's Box (everything they ever did) is also brilliant.

He says it in the opening line - "Well I remember every little thing, as if it happened only yesterday". - "We're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" - "Come on ... hold on tight ... I can see paradise by the dashboard light" He's trapped by his promise & vows, so he's sitting in his car, remembering back "It was long ago & it was far away, & it was so much better than it is today" - he's thinking about suicide (Paradise By The Dashboard Light) He was a professionally trained opera singer, & back in the day, we called this genre Rock Opera.

"I Would Do Anything For Love" music video is a Meat Loaf work of art, shorter than the album version but a superb piece of story telling and awesome rock opera performance

This was called rock opera, and Meatloaf was a master at it. And yes, he did live musical stage shows. Plus he's been in a good number of t.v. shows and some movies.

Meatloaf played Eddie in the Rocky Horror Picture Show

I love " Life is a lemon and,I want my money back" He has many great songs... His live shows were an experience.

Another Meatloaf (RIP} song among many is" You took the words right out of my mouth".

The Genius here was Jim Steinman who wrote and produced this and a load of Meatloaf stuff.

He gave in!! Now it’s a horrible marriage but he won’t break his vow. Best line ever - praying for the end of time!!!

I really enjoyed your reaction- thanks! All of Meatloaf's music was written by Jim Steinman, an amazing songwriter of the best power rock ballads for several bands and solo artists during the late 70s and throughout the 80s but sadly many people have never heard of Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the music for Air Supply, wrote "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" for Bonnie Tyler, wrote several big hits for Cher just to name a few. I would highly recommend checking out Meat Loaf's "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" and "Hot Summer Night/You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth". In the originals, you will see Steinman playing the piano and he has a brief part in the beginning of "Hot Summer Night/Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth".

2 Out of 3 Ain't Bad, is the next best Meat Loaf song.

This is the song that *everyone * knows. They may have never heard of Meatloaf, they may not be rock fans, it doesn't matter - they know this song. The combination of Meatloaf and Jim Steinman was nothing short of musical magic. Every song on the album "Bat Out of Hell" is a classic. And yes, Meatloaf was the consummate performer - he left everything on stage. I saw him in the early 2010s, when he was far past his prime, but it didn't show - his whole performance was amazing even then.

Bat out of hell was one of the biggest selling albums of all time. Written by Jim Steinman. He also wrote for other artists (Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion).

Was both an actor and performer on Broadway.

Jim Steinman wrote this epic song. Meat Loaf was an extremely talented and mesmerizing performer, RIP. He did have a wonderful voice, no question. I see others have listed his acting credits so I won't do that but you can see that he was a performer in every sense of the word. This performance was considered rock opera-it was like a whole musical in one song, you're right! I highly recommend Bat Out of Hell, one of the most popular albums of all time. He was an original and he's sorely missed.

The announcer for the 'baseball' part was none other than the legendary Phil Rizzuto. Rizzuto was a Hall of Fame Major League baseball player in the 40s and 50s and afterwards spent some 40 years as the radio and TV announcer for the Yankees. He received a Gold Record for his contribution on this song. Jim Steinman was the writer for this album and most of Meatloafs albums, as well as having written hits for several other artists ("Total Eclipse of the Heart" "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" "Its All Coming Back to Me Now".) He also is playing the piano here and on many of the tracks. Steinman and Meat would have falling outs at times but would come back to work together and remained close friends till they both passed within a few months of each other a couple years ago. You find a lot of plot twists and word play in Steinmans writing as well as a lot of operatic/musical theater influences, which worked very well for Meatloaf being the actor/stage performer that he was.

Meatloaf was one of the best...he was an a amazing singer and performer...He was also an actor..and producer/director. Ellen Foley, who sang on the album, declined to be on the Bat Out Of Hell tour, and Karla DeVito assumed live performance responsibilities, so the music video was created by syncing the video of DeVito's performance to the audio of Foley's vocals.

Meatloaf always considered himself an actor who happens to know how to sing.....no matter the endeavor...he did it big and outstanding!

We sat our daughter down when she was about 15 and played this video for her, and instructed her to listen all the way through to be aware of the consequences of making a decision in the “heat” of the moment. This came out just before my 18th birthday. I think it was the first album I purchased with the money I earned from my first job. I had to keep it hidden because the album name was Bat Out of Hell and my parents would have taken it away. I also could play parts of it only when they weren’t home. Two Out of Three got a lot of radio play, and there were several singles released from the album. One of my favorites was Heaven Can Wait even though it was never released as a single. Meatloaf did some minor acting. He was in the movie Rocky Horror Picture Show (cult film from the 70s) as well as Fight Club, Wayne’s World, and others. His video for I’d Do Anything For Love was a very cinematic production. We lost him in 2022.

Meat Loaf is one act I would have loved to see live.

Meatloaf got his start on stage. The play Hair I believe, then he did the stage production of Rocky Horror Picture Show. He always said that he was an actor who just happened to able to sing as well. He has at least 50 movie credits. He left everything on stage FM during his live shows. Often collapsing backstage from exhaustion. Just to do it all again the next night.

I've veen listening to this since it came out and it never gets old, great music

One of the greats!! I wore out many cassettes of this album, especially during my divorce!

Yes Meatloaf was an actor too . His first role was a few years prior to this . He played Eddie, in the Now legendary cult classic " The Rocky Horror Picture Show". He continued to act in films even years after his music career slowed. His most recent role before his death was the Jack Black film " Tenacious D and the Pick of Destinty" . This song was a legend. It became a cult classic in its own right.

Start at track one and play the album non stop. One of the best EVER.

This isn't an insult, but your innocence is funny and refreshing. 😆

Bro, I’ve watched almost every reaction of this song! Your reaction is absolutely one of the best ones I have seen. The only one that notices the look on meatloaf’s face when she was asking him if he would love her forever. I was 16 years old when this song came out. I lived this.

Carla never got enough recognition for this song!!!

The woman in the video is Karla devito she was lipsyncing the album version is with Ellen Foley ✌️

The whole album "Bat out of Hell" is a masterpiece. Meatloaf and Jim Stienman were a magical combination. The title track is sheer genius and well worth watching.

Wow, going back to my High School days!

Meatloaf played Eddie the delivery boy in Rocky Horror Picture Show. And they had him for dinner.

They used to play this video before The Rocky Horror Picture Show back in the day (80s and 90s) at my local theater

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but this song features the guitar playing of Todd Rundgren. Very underrated.

It’s a movie it’s a song it’s our lives paradise by the dashboard lights.

I was fortunate enough to go to two Meat Loaf concerts in England, the first was the Bat II tour when I was three rows from the front and right in the middle. He was just fantastic and could really put on a show. Miss him (and Jim Steinman) so much.

That’s what the paradise by the dashboard light is! Going all the way in the car!

Todd Rundgren on guitars and production was very influential on the sound.

songwriter was Jim Steinman who also played the piano in all of Meatloaf's songs and he wrote most of them.

The guy who wrote the album, Jim Steinman, is the long haired one playing guitar behind him. Yes Meat was an actor; you never seen Rocky Horror Show? If not, you must. No really, that cultural hole must be filled. You will love it.

Congratulations, you just experienced your first rock opera!

The album Bat Out of Hell (this song is on it) sold 43 million copies worldwide- making it one of the best selling albums of all time. A musical was even made about it. I’m so surprised you haven’t heard it before but loving seeing you discover Meatloaf - his vocals are crazy good. ❤ 🇦🇺

This intro for you gives you two trails to follow - Meat Loaf's catalog and Jim Steinman's productions. You will find amazing and unexpected hits by following either of these paths. While Meat was a genius in performance and stage presence, Jim Steinman was the genius that wrote, composed, and produced more hits for more artists than you can count....

It's one of the greatest rock performances ever!!! , RIP Meatloaf.

Jim Stieman wrote the song. Along with the whole album Bat Out Of Hell. Bat Out Of Hell II also.

I was 17 when this came out, been there! 😃

Credit to Jim Steinman who has passed who wrote and produced this. He was genius, put in Meatloaf and Helen and its the perfect storm - sadly I believe both have passed.

Incredible list of performers that played on this track such as Todd Rundgren, Max Weinberg and Edgar Winter just to name a few.

He was an Actor, Rocky Horror Picture Show for one

Meatloaf is a great actor Rocky Horror, Black Dog, Fight Club

You need to listen to the entire album , Bat Out Of Hell. It was Meatloaf's debut album and this song is on it. Such an amazing album

Meatloaf is a legend. I saw him at his concert, and it was fabulous!! Very theatrical!!! The first time I saw him was in "Rocky Horror Picture Show", and it was great! My little son loved him so much that he 50 now and he still calls him "Uncle Meatloaf" after 40 years. lol. Please check out more of his work, Sir. :)

Yeah, he is both an actor and a singer. His first break was in Rocky Horror ON BROADWAY!

Rock opera at its best! Loved Meatloaf! Always watch him live! His official music video of “I would do anything for love” will blow you away! The song is great, and the video is awesome as well, you’ll love it!

Marvin Lee Aday, aka Meat Loaf. He managed to create a Name from his offensive nickname that won the hearts of millions. Actor, singer, very talented and had great charisma. With his death, I lost a piece of my soul.💔 He has been my idol for many years. Thanks for this review.

I remember buying this album. We nearly lost our goddamn minds over this song.

The entire song was nostalgia from a long time into the marriage. The opening and ending lyrics... "It was long ago, and it was far away, and it was so much better than it is today". This song was actually used in some schools sex-ed classes about the pressures of teenage desire, and how making a decision and promises when you're desperately horny can have LONG-lasting consequences. Amusingly, I've heard that Meatloaf found out the song was being used for teaching when his daughter came home from middle school and told her dad that she had listened to one of his hits in class, for school.

A cautionary tale.

The Tuxedo shirt, suspenders and the handkerchief (for sweat) , was his act. it was a get up. Like Angus Young in the school boy outfit. Meat was the singer, Jim Steinman wrote all the songs.

Meatloaf was a part of the Rocky Horror Pictue Show...look it up

Actor? He was in the Rocky Horror Picture Show before he released his first album, which featured this great song....along with Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad.

Truest love song ever 😂😂