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Joined: March 08 2008
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Posted: October 12 2011 at 22:31
The lyrics to Bat out of Hell aren't meant to be taken seriously. They're a joke. They're sarcasm - intended to poke fun at all those 'now or nothing, always and forever, turn it up to eleven, rock and roll in my soul, love is eternal' teenagers. IT's a sex-crazed dungeon consortium of baseball game innuendos, cheesy (to the core) spoken word elements, and a ten minute long song about crashing a motorcycle. It's a joke, and I love the lyrics for it.
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Posted: October 11 2011 at 12:07
lazland wrote:
Alitare wrote:
. Bat out of Hell is one of my favorite records. It's almost a damned concept album, really. It's got ten minute long songs and all sorts of spoken word weirdness, but it's primarily wagnerian superpomp theater pop with lots of cool rock and operatic elements tossed in - nods to 1950's dowop and shake yer leg woohoo!
I always thought the concept behind the album was long haired pie muncher wishes to shag lady with large boobs
The music is good, but not remotely the best lyricists in the market.
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Posted: October 11 2011 at 11:40
Alitare wrote:
. Bat out of Hell is one of my favorite records. It's almost a damned concept album, really. It's got ten minute long songs and all sorts of spoken word weirdness, but it's primarily wagnerian superpomp theater pop with lots of cool rock and operatic elements tossed in - nods to 1950's dowop and shake yer leg woohoo!
I always thought the concept behind the album was long haired pie muncher wishes to shag lady with large boobs
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Posted: October 11 2011 at 10:25
Easy Livin wrote:
Personally I've always felt he is a glaring omission from the site. His albums contain much more genuine prog than a lot of the artists who have been added.
That's quite a statement. Would you care to expound on this? Or define "genuine" prog?
Joined: April 27 2004
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Posted: October 11 2011 at 10:14
Meatloaf is a great singer, Jim Steinman's piano sections and elaborate arrangements are fantastic, but they play some sort of Wagnerian Rock (As they coined their style), but it'ss plain Rock with a fancy name, more elaborate than usual but not Prog (of course IMHO).
I have all his albums, love Bat Out of Hell 1 and 2, but I don't see him here, no matter my personal taste.
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Posted: October 11 2011 at 04:53
He'll probably be discussed on here many times still to come too, if he doesn't get added! "Bat Out Of Hell" was produced by Todd Rundgren (even though he apparently found the material "hilarious"), and three members of his band Utopia contributed during the recording of it, as well as Todd himself on guitar. Todd Rundgren is here in crossover, so maybe the "Meat" could be hung somewhere in prog related (so that the flavour could improve over time!) - and everybody would be happy!
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Joined: February 21 2004
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Posted: October 11 2011 at 02:47
Personally I've always felt he is a glaring omission from the site. His albums contain much more genuine prog than a lot of the artists who have been added. I think there is an element of snobbery among prog fans when it comes to Meatloaf (wasn't his name originally one word?).
As has been said though, he has been discussed in this forum many times before.
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Posted: October 10 2011 at 19:57
progistoomainstream wrote:
Why is Meat Loaf not in the Prog Archives. Shouldn`t he be in Prog-related. Bat out of Hell was a pretty prog track so was Paradise and I would do anything for love. Forum, What do you think
In probably the N° 1 fan of the Meat, but still believe he shouldn't be here.
He has been suggested several times, but always rejected.
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - October 10 2011 at 19:58
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