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JaysScout
05 Sep 2010, 00:59
After attending the Meat Loaf concert in Orlando, FL on August 30, 2010, some early memories of Meat started coming back to me. I first saw him perform on Saturday Night Live in 1978. The guest host that night was an actor named Christopher Lee. Lee was known for his roles in many horror films. When it was time for Lee to introduce Meat as the musical guest, he became a little confused reading the cue card. As I recall, Lee ( who probably never heard of Meat) said something like "Ladies and Gentlemen......meet Loaf". Meat then went on to perform...All Revved Up & Nowhere To Go and Two Out Of Three Aint Bad. And......I was hooked!!!
If anyone on here has never seen him perform live.....DO IT. It was one of the most remarkable experiences I have ever had.
How Meat Loaf in NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a mystery to me. In fact, until he is......I don't consider it complete!
Evil One
05 Sep 2010, 01:37
That would be this:
http://www.rockymusic.org/showvideo/2ecafdcd66bb54813d8730d8f89c627a.php
That would be this:
http://www.rockymusic.org/showvideo/2ecafdcd66bb54813d8730d8f89c627a.php
Sound is awful...
AndrewG
05 Sep 2010, 01:54
Sound is awful...
We're not all used to having superior collections.
It's fine if you turn your sound down imo.
Evil One
05 Sep 2010, 01:54
Yes it needs some more hiss and a fake audience sound played over it, like your live version of Surf's Up! :lol:
AndrewG
05 Sep 2010, 01:57
:lmao:
allrevvedup
05 Sep 2010, 02:21
what's sad is that a few months later he sounded a million miles from this in the nassau coliseum.
this is good, nothing wrong with the sound as far as I can hear
Its fine if you turn down the volume. it just sounds as if the volume is too high
duke knooby
05 Sep 2010, 02:41
it just sounds as if the volume is too high
have you tried turning down the volume? :wtf:
JaysScout
05 Sep 2010, 04:01
That would be this:
http://www.rockymusic.org/showvideo/2ecafdcd66bb54813d8730d8f89c627a.php
That's it! Thanks for the post.
Evil One
05 Sep 2010, 11:52
Meat's vocals weren't the best during the Nassau Coliseum show, but I think a lot of that is due to whoever was playing with the volume button at the mixer desk. They kept turning him up and down at random intervals.
allrevvedup
05 Sep 2010, 12:45
Meat's vocals weren't the best during the Nassau Coliseum show, but I think a lot of that is due to whoever was playing with the volume button at the mixer desk. They kept turning him up and down at random intervals.
if you listen to the you took the words and unfortunately it sums up meat vocally for that show. he's trying very hard and musically it sounds great but this was around the time that Bat was really taking off and the pressure was really on him then as has been documented.
Evil One
05 Sep 2010, 13:15
But then if you listen to Heaven Can Wait and All Revved Up his vocals get better. Then from Paradise onwards the show really goes to shit, which is a shame as musically I think it's one of the best shows from the Bat 1 tour and Jim was outstanding.
But then if you listen to Heaven Can Wait and All Revved Up his vocals get better. Then from Paradise onwards the show really goes to shit, which is a shame as musically I think it's one of the best shows from the Bat 1 tour and Jim was outstanding.
this is true. If you listen to the instrumentation in all revved up its the best!
If it had the My Fathers Place Vocal damn...
He was starting to show a bit of strain vocally then because he was performing every night..so maybe they were playing with the vocal mixer to have him sounding right. But the sound quality of the concert isn't great so I wouldn't be to critical to be honest.
Evil One
09 Sep 2010, 20:22
If you listen to Bolero and Bat on the Dolby 5.1 SACD you'll notice that different instruments and vocals are mixed to different tracks. Therefore I deduce that the Nassau show was 'professionally' recorded and could be fully restored and released by Sony should they choose. Compare their BOOH to the bootleg version.
Sony were supposed to be releasing a live concert from the Bat tour in 2006, presumably to coincide with the Bat III release. As I understand it it got blocked partially because of the court case with Steve Popovich and Cleveland, and partially because they were offering a pittance for royalties to the band who featured on the recording.
Evil One
09 Sep 2010, 22:02
It's a shame. As I said above I think everything except Meat's vocals on that show are top notch. They did a decent job with Meat's voice on BOOH, so I guess they could do it on the rest of the songs. That said, I'd much prefer the El Mocambo concert to be remastered instead.
Elijah's way
11 Sep 2010, 16:33
My first memory of Meat is the first time I saw the Anything For Love video. I thought to myself that he was a God with powers of the Universe. At the time I really wasn't in to music like I am now but as soon as I herd his amazing voice I realized what I've been missing.
Couch Potato
11 Sep 2010, 17:25
My first memory of Meat is the first time I saw the Anything For Love video. I thought to myself that he was a God with powers of the Universe. At the time I really wasn't in to music like I am now but as soon as I herd his amazing voice I realized what I've been missing.
Mine was My Unles blasting out Bat album on a tape (ha) in his car in the last 80's. I would have been 4/5. Always remember his old vauxhaull trips to skegness with Meat blasting away - followed by Queen then some dire country and western haha.
The same uncle really got me into Meat loaf, as I remember the AFL video and the promo's in the shops. There was this huge Bat 2 - whats the word - the things you see in cinemas advertising films - cardbord cutout?? Anyway, thhis huge cutout was in a record shop and I wanted it so bad, but could not have it, but My uncle bought me Bat 2 on my first ever CD (wich I still have) and tape for his car - but - the memore that sticks in mind the most, My uncle told me that Meat loaf slept in coffins - as we all know, adults tell small lies to kiddies. It made me love Meat more, and be more in awe of him. Im lucky that I didnt have strick parents, as such, because they allowed me to go to see Meat for the Bat 2 tour in Sheffield when I was 8, with my sister - and we got free tickets for the 2nd show coz my Dad won a competition on radio hallam, so I got to see him twice. I always remember being a little frightend when the intro started for the show, all these flashing lights and these wierd noises...scared me to death. Although, I know I was younger, I am still convinced to this day, the show was a hell of a lot louder then what the arena pumps out now. I think the noise police put restrictions on the db level a few years back.
Anyway, thts my early Meat memory.
Sorry for the long post
Cherry.Loaf
11 Sep 2010, 18:04
don't really have a first memory due to my Dad's love of him his music's always been around and was actually playing in the car when they took me from the hospital after I was born. If I had to guess it'd probally be going down the Motorway with Bat Out of Hell blaring
Mine was the first time he sang on the Old Grey Whistle Test. My husband shouted I had to come and see this now! We were blown away .. as were millions of viewers. There was such a huge phone response to the BBC he was invited back immediately. We went to the first concert we could (Hammersmith) .. and the rest is history. Never missed a tour since.
Caryl
Mine was the first time he sang on the Old Grey Whistle Test. My husband shouted I had to come and see this now! We were blown away .. as were millions of viewers. There was such a huge phone response to the BBC he was invited back immediately. We went to the first concert we could (Hammersmith) .. and the rest is history. Never missed a tour since.
Caryl
You were at the hammersmith odeon in 1978???
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r149/Deadringerforlove/WarioSmiley.gif
Yes .. so was Andy I believe, although we didn't meet. Nor was I 18 months or still in the womb ;) I am a contemporary of Meat's (which is an OK thing to be imo) and when I say I have followed him throughout his concert career, I have .. and as an adult :-)
Have no idea what your emoticon signifies .. but surely you aren't surprised that Meat's fans from the first still follow him with as much enthusiasm and commitment as those who have become fans more recently? We can still walk, talk and rock! .. just like Meat .. :lol:
Caryl
Yes .. so was Andy I believe, although we didn't meet. Nor was I 18 months or still in the womb ;) I am a contemporary of Meat's (which is an OK thing to be imo) and when I say I have followed him throughout his concert career, I have .. and as an adult :-)
Have no idea what your emoticon signifies .. but surely you aren't surprised that Meat's fans from the first still follow him with as much enthusiasm and commitment as those who have become fans more recently? We can still walk, talk and rock! .. just like Meat .. :lol:
Caryl
nah, just i never really thought id see someone on here who was at the famous radio concert aha :D
as for my first meat memory (per-say):
my dad came to pick me up from school after 911 happened. We listened to the coverage of the attacks via radio and he took me to the hospital my mom worked. He picked up a "Hits of the 70s" compilation CD in the gift shop. We played it in the car on our way back home. Track 3 was a song called "You Took The Words Right out Of My Mouth". I never heard it before. We spent the rest of the day watching the news. Never forget
Thats as close as i can get to an early memory :(
For me it was when Storytellers came out.
I was working at the University, and stopped at Best Buy on the way home to pick up the new Weird Al CD at the time (Running With Scissors).
While I was there, I saw the Storytellers CD sitting on the shelf on one of the endcaps.
I had heard of Meat Loaf before, but had never listened to his music ... I was curious, so I picked up the CD. I played it in my car on the way home, and then I couldn't stop listening to it :)) When I saw Meat and Patti sing Paradise on tv, I was hooked. I can still remember yelling at the tv when they went to commercial in the middle of the song :lmao: After the DVD came out, I used to go home for lunch every day (I only lived 10 minutes from work) just to watch Meat singing Rock 'N Roll Dreams :-)
Unfortunately I didn't go to the Storytellers tour. My first Meat concert was at AC in September 2001, which was also (thanks to Vee) the first time I met Meat. It a great night, something I'll never forget :-)
Elijah's way
12 Sep 2010, 06:11
Mine was My Unles blasting out Bat album on a tape (ha) in his car in the last 80's. I would have been 4/5. Always remember his old vauxhaull trips to skegness with Meat blasting away - followed by Queen then some dire country and western haha.
The same uncle really got me into Meat loaf, as I remember the AFL video and the promo's in the shops. There was this huge Bat 2 - whats the word - the things you see in cinemas advertising films - cardbord cutout?? Anyway, thhis huge cutout was in a record shop and I wanted it so bad, but could not have it, but My uncle bought me Bat 2 on my first ever CD (wich I still have) and tape for his car - but - the memore that sticks in mind the most, My uncle told me that Meat loaf slept in coffins - as we all know, adults tell small lies to kiddies. It made me love Meat more, and be more in awe of him. Im lucky that I didnt have strick parents, as such, because they allowed me to go to see Meat for the Bat 2 tour in Sheffield when I was 8, with my sister - and we got free tickets for the 2nd show coz my Dad won a competition on radio hallam, so I got to see him twice. I always remember being a little frightend when the intro started for the show, all these flashing lights and these wierd noises...scared me to death. Although, I know I was younger, I am still convinced to this day, the show was a hell of a lot louder then what the arena pumps out now. I think the noise police put restrictions on the db level a few years back.
Anyway, thts my early Meat memory.
Sorry for the long post
lol!! My mother told me the same thing that Meat loaf slept in coffins. It's so funny how adults tell children stuff like that. And my dad always told me that he was a wizard lol.
lol!! My mother told me the same thing that Meat loaf slept in coffins. It's so funny how adults tell children stuff like that. And my dad always told me that he was a wizard lol.
Your dad told you that he was a wizard or Meat was a wizard?
Slept in coffins! LMAO! That would have been cool to believe. I mean why not.
My earliest Meat Loaf memory was when I was 4. Believe it or not I was traumatized by the beginning spoken part to Took The Words by my older siblings. Typical fairytale though, a fear turned into a passion. :D
duke knooby
12 Sep 2010, 16:47
Slept in coffins! LMAO! That would have been cool to believe. I mean why not.
well, he did in one of the 80's vids :-P
The Flying Mouse
12 Sep 2010, 17:20
well, he did in one of the 80's vids :-P
:twisted: The only coffin I remember is in If You Really Want To, and the coffin belonged to the girl, not Meat.
Meat set the coffin on fire using coke as holy water :lmao:
The only coffin I remember is in If You Really Want To
As far as I remember you could see him in a coffin in the Nowhere Fast video.
Elijah's way
12 Sep 2010, 17:25
Your dad told you that he was a wizard or Meat was a wizard?
Slept in coffins! LMAO! That would have been cool to believe. I mean why not.
My earliest Meat Loaf memory was when I was 4. Believe it or not I was traumatized by the beginning spoken part to Took The Words by my older siblings. Typical fairytale though, a fear turned into a passion. :D
Told me that Meat was wizard.:roll:
The Flying Mouse
12 Sep 2010, 17:28
As far as I remember you could see him in a coffin in the Nowhere Fast video.
:twisted: That's me coeected :doh: :oops:
Not seen that vid.
Will have to have a look on youtube to see if it's about.
I'm not quite sure if it was a real coffin or just a big box but it looked coffin like. It's some time ago that I saw the video.
duke knooby
12 Sep 2010, 18:14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5DQCk3QgLI
(so as it has a vid.. was nowhere fast also a single??)
Yes it was. It was released as a 7", 12" and shape disc.
As far as I remember you could see him in a coffin in the Nowhere Fast video.
Man, my memory is fading....I completely forgot about that video.
Julie in the rv mirror
13 Sep 2010, 03:16
My first introduction was Bat I. In the late seventies, my aunt (who is about 87 now) used to like to buy disco records. She looooves Tom Jones, too, btw. ;) But anyway, for some reason, she bought Bat, and of course didn't like it, so she gave it to my older brother. Somewhere around 1980, my brother went off to boot camp, and I was left with free reign of his record collection, which was quite extensive compared to mine at the time. :drool: Anyway, I grabbed Bat because I had heard Two Out of Three on the radio. It was amazing! I spent hours with it, listening and pouring over the liner notes. The rest, as they say, is history.
Oh, and my brother took his records back when he got home, so I had to go buy my own. :mad:
AndrewG
13 Sep 2010, 10:15
Although my Meat Loaf music addiction didn't properly start until the release of Bat 2 and all the hype that came with that I did know about Bat 1 well before that. In the late 80s Paradise was re-released in Holland I believe and it was played at a lot of school discos I went to where it always stood out. My parents had the Bat 1 vinyl and I remember playing it. I also got the Hits out of Hell VHS where Meat's "look out in 1992 for my reunion project with Stienman" message (eventually 93 of course) got me quite excited. So I had really been waiting for Bat 2 for a year or two before it all took flight. AFL was what really inspired me and think that was really the first time I fully "got" how amazing music could be and often is.
My very first Meat Loaf memory was in 1995 at the age of 7 when I saw the "I'd Lie for you" music video in the Top 30 hits on RTÉ. That same christmas I got the tape of "Welcome to the Nieghbourhood" as a present, and I loved all the songs on it most notably "Original Sin".
I was in high school when Bat came out, and it totally blew me away. Everyone in school seemed to have it. I remember going to parties, and Bat was always played. My friend and I went to his concert and both loved it. I had lost touch with her over the years, but caught up with her last year at my 30 year school reunion. I asked her if she still liked Meat Loaf, and she said she did. I hope I'll catch up with her again at Meat's concerts next year.
Carole
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