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Post by BDS on Sept 29, 2006 15:04:46 GMT -5
I just saw a commercial about 10 minutes ago for a new Meat Loaf/Jim Steinman Bat Out of Hell album. No announcement of any new album could possibly make me happier. Bat Out of Hell has been one of my favorite albums for as long as I can remember because of my dad, and Bat Out of Hell II did not disappoint me. So, I'm ready for the third in the series.
I've seen the video for the album's first single, the reclamation of "It's All Coming Back to Me" from Celine Dion, and I'm stoked. Loaf, Steinman, excessive piano and guitar solos, and at least five minutes of it snipped out of the song for the radio version. Bring me my new album!
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Post by Trent Lawless on Oct 1, 2006 12:07:03 GMT -5
Bat Out of Hell I = fine. Bat Out of Hell II = drivel.  But my wife will probably be as happy as you, buddy. |
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Post by BDS on Oct 1, 2006 12:10:19 GMT -5
Bat Out of Hell II = drivel. Nonsense! Scandalous nonsense! But my wife will probably be as happy as you, buddy. Then your wife is a woman of exceptionally good taste in music.  |
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Post by Big Bri on Oct 1, 2006 14:49:31 GMT -5
I actually liked II better than I.
Meat Loaf is one of the biggest comeback stories in music history. "Hell I" made him a superstar but then he hit the sophmore slump and was reduced to playing nightclubs in the 80's.
However, during this down period for him, the sales of "Hell I" actually grew at a rate of about 1 million copies per year. This put the idea in his head to do "Hell II", and what a success it was.
But, the follow-up to that, 1995's "Welcome To The Neighborhood" tanked, so the cycle is just repeating itself. It'll be interesting to see how "Hell III" does.
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Post by BDS on Oct 1, 2006 15:56:24 GMT -5
III will be good, because it's largely Jim Steinman behind the scenes of it. All of what Meat Loaf's done that's been good (read: the first two Bat out of Hell albums) were produced and written primarily by Steinman. Steinman is producing this album, and wrote about half of the songs, so I've got high hopes. Apparently, it can be pre-ordered from Amazon for about $12 after shipping. At least, that's what the wife tells me. |
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Post by Trent Lawless on Oct 1, 2006 20:27:00 GMT -5
Then your wife is a woman of exceptionally good taste in music. Oh, dude, if you only knew... But I know why you two both dig the Meat Man. You both also like Broadway shows (based on your JC Superstar experience from another thread). And the Meat Man is nothing if not theatrical. I like some Broadway. But it's gotta be all singing. None of this breaking-into-song-in-the-middle-of-dialogue crap. I need to suspend my disbelief entirely if I'm going to buy into a musical. But that's a different topic. I'm not betting against Bat III. I'm just saying of the two that came before it, gimme the worst of I over the best of II. Diff'rent strokes, though! |
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Post by BDS on Oct 1, 2006 22:30:01 GMT -5
I'm not a Broadway guy, per se, I'm a Rock Opera guy. I'll gladly take Tommy, The Wall, or most anything by Andrew Lloyd Webber over Oklahoma or 42nd Street. You definitely hit the nail on the head about Meat Loaf by calling him "theatrical." Meat Loaf doesn't sing songs, he takes part in productions. |
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Post by Big Bri on Oct 2, 2006 0:57:45 GMT -5
All of what Meat Loaf's done that's been good (read: the first two Bat out of Hell albums) were produced and written primarily by Steinman Good point. |
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Post by Shon Maxx on Oct 2, 2006 7:16:59 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to this. I liked both Bat out of Hell albums and a couple songs from WTTN (my fiancee loves "I'd lie for you and that's the truth.").
Take care,
Jay
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Post by Chris Ingersoll on Oct 2, 2006 8:59:50 GMT -5
Huh. As someone who owns his Greatest Hits double CD, I think I'm contractually obligated to pick this up.  |
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Post by BDS on Nov 6, 2006 14:59:44 GMT -5
It's here, it's here! I'm listening to it now, and I am greatly pleased through the first three tracks (clocking in at about 20 minutes  . |
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Post by canadianpittbull on Nov 7, 2006 1:38:25 GMT -5
i still have to pick this up. I love Rock Opera's. Some great dialogue on BOoH 1 and 2.....Like this...
Wasted youth
Wasted youth
I remember everything!
I remember everything little thing, as if it happened yesterday
I was barely seventeen, and I once killed a boy with a fender guitar
I dont remember if it was a telecaster or a stratocaster
But I do remember that it had a heart of chrome, and a voice like a horny angel
I dont remember if it was a telecaster or a stratocaster
But I do remember that it wasnt at all easy
It required the perfect combanation of the right power chords
And the percise angel from which to strike!
The guitar bled for about a week afterwords
And the blood was zoot, dark and rich, like wild berrys
The blood of the guitar was chuck berry red
The guitar bled for about a week afterwords
But it rung out beautifly
And I was able to play notes that I had never even heard before
So I took my guitar
And I smashed it aganist the wall
I smashed it aganist the floor
I smashed it aganist the body of a varisty cheerleader
Smashed it aganist the hood of a car
Smasned it aganist a 1981 harley-davaidson
The harley howled in pain
The guitar howled in heat
And I ran up the stairs to my parents bedroom
Mommy and daddy were sleeping in the moonlight
Slowly I opened the door
Creeping in the shadows right up to the foot of their bed
I raised the guitar high above my head
And just as I was about to bring the guitar crashing down upon the center of the bed
My father woke up, screaming stop!
Wait a minute. stop it boy. what do you think your doing?
Thats no way to treat an expensive musical instrument
And I said, God damn it daddy,
You know I love you, but youve got a hell of a lot to learn about rock n roll
-Meatloaf; Wasted Youth
I did this monologue for one of my finals in Drama and it went over like hotcakes!! The class and the prof loved it!
MeatLoaf kicks!
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Post by BDS on Nov 7, 2006 7:14:54 GMT -5
I used to go to a redneck bar/pool hall/bowling alley with an old girlfriend to shoot pool for hours on end. So we'd go and hit the jukebox, and play stuff like that monologue and Nine Inch Nails. We got the nastiest looks sometimes ...
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Post by Trent Lawless on Nov 7, 2006 16:35:52 GMT -5
I used to go to a redneck bar/pool hall/bowling alley with an old girlfriend to shoot pool for hours on end. So we'd go and hit the jukebox, and play stuff like that monologue and Nine Inch Nails. We got the nastiest looks sometimes ... If you want dirty looks, try playing "The End" by the Doors. Back to back. Friend of mine did that and darn near cleaned the place out. But we got a pool table real easy. |
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