If Bruce Springsteen can take it over the top, Meat Loaf can take it five stories higher than that: Todd Rundgren, Music Producer
American rock singer, Meat Loaf, who died on Thursday, is considered an icon for his more-than-energetic stage persona, larger-than-life approach, flamboyance, funny, and rebellious personality. Known for singing Rock바카라™N바카라™Roll tracks with a thundering, operatic energy, Meat Loaf sold over 100 million albums through his more than 50-year-long career, with his debut album 바카라˜Bat Out Of Hell바카라™, becoming as one of the best-selling music album of all time. As his peers mourn the death of an artiste who continued to inspire excellence despite the hardships that came his way, here바카라™s a look at 10 of Meat Loaf바카라™s songs, with titles that read like short stories, that inspire millions across the globe, till today.
'Not A Dry Eye In The House'
Meat Loaf바카라™s last single which went on the charts, the song composed by Jim Steinman and written by Diane Warren, who has also penned several other rock anthems including Aerosmith's 바카라˜I Don't Want to Miss a Thing바카라™, was a typical Steinman-Loaf collaboration with plenty of drama in the piano chords and choir.
바카라˜I바카라™d Lie For You (And That바카라™s The Truth)바카라™
The single, was the titular song from Meat Loaf바카라™s 1996 album, which saw him collaborate with Jim Steinman and Diane Warren, with whom he had previously collaborated with before. The 1996 albim remains his last bit hit album, with the titular song being the most played track from it.
바카라˜Objects in the Rear-View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are바카라™
In 1993, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman collaborated again after a 12-year break from each other, and 16 years since the first 바카라˜Bat Out of Hell album바카라™, for the sequel, picking up from right where they left off: Complete kitchen-sink production by Steinman and Meat Loaf바카라™s three-octave range.
'Paradise by the Dashboard Light'
The eight-and-a-half-minute-long song whooshes by with a zillion complicated time shifts, a funky guitar-and-piano break and a baseball broadcast set to groaning, among many things. Released in 1977 as part of the album 바카라˜Bat Out of Hell바카라™, alongside Ellen Foley, despite its uncommonly long length for a single, it became a staple of classic rock radio.
'Two Out of Three Ain't Bad'
The big power ballad helped make Meat Loaf바카라™s debut album become one of the bestselling albums of all time. Despite the fact that the song peaked at No. 11 on the charts, but it went gold and stayed there for six months! It's one of Meat Loaf's best vocal performances and Steinman's greatest composition.
바카라˜I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)바카라™
After 16 years, nobody really expected the long-awaited sequel to Bat Out of Hell to be a monster hit. But all the elements were in place on the album's opening track and lead single: the big sound (produced by Steinman this time), the long title, the epic length. Nobody really could figure out what the song is about either. Doesn't matter: Both album and single reached No. 1, firsts for Meat Loaf.
바카라˜Hot Patootie 바카라“ Bless My Soul바카라™
Despite the fact that he only had less than 10 minutes in the 1975 film 바카라˜The Rocky Horror Picture Show바카라™, he makes a big impression with his single song. Playing Dr. Frank N' Furter's original experiment, Meat Loaf comes riding on his motorbike, launching a million Halloween costumes in the process and instantly consolidating the star persona the singer would have for much of his career.
바카라˜Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through바카라™
When Steinman decided to release his own solo album 바카라˜Bad For Good바카라™ in 1981, he used the same single in the 1993 album 바카라˜Bat Out Of Hell 2바카라™, which peaked at number 13 on the charts. Apart from its usual musical brilliance, presence of a (then) 19-year-old Angelina Jolie in the music video, elevated its popularity.
'It's All Coming Back to Me Now바카라™
Steinman and Meat Loaf were so tied in the public's imagination that in 2006, Meat Loaf even had to cover a Steinman song he had written for another artist. The singer had tried to record the song for years, but Steinman had seen it as a song for a woman 바카라“ and even won a court movement to stop Meat Loaf releasing it. As such, the most famous version is the one released by Celine Dion in 1996, but Meat Loaf finally got his chance to record it a decade later.
바카라˜Bat Out of Hell바카라™
The nearly 10-minute-song is the album's toughest song, a revved-up rocker that falls somewhere between biker bar and Broadway, and a sprawling opening title track to the album that sets the stage for other tracks to follow.
