Stoney And Meat loaf

[meat loaf is my god]

This morning i got the Album Stoney And Meat Loaf Recorded on Motown In 1971(I Think) I personley did not like it one bit for me there was only one good song and that was what you see is what u get i was just wondering if any one has this album and if so what thay think of it :D

[The Flying Mouse]

:twisted: First time I heard one of the ML & Stoney songs (which just happened to be What You See Is What You Get on a promo single :lol: ) I sat there thinking WTF is this s**t 8O .
I was expecting something in a similar vein to Bat :lmao:

I decided to give it a chance and bought the album.There are songs I liked straight away and some songs that have never grown on me.
To me, the best songs on the album are She Waits By The Window and Jessica White.I also like Jimmy Bell because it's just so goddam funny :lmao: that is a song that belongs in the cheesiest of all 70's cop shows.

[christa]

I got the album off ebay last year and have had it put onto CD.

I must say that I really enjoy the music, especially "She waits by the
vwindow", to me it shows how diverse Meat has always been with his music.

We all have different tastes and just cos it's Meat Loaf, then don't mean that we all have to love it.

[Puritan]

When I first bought the album (circa 1980) I thought the only good songs were "What You See Is What You Get" and "It Takes All Kinds Of People". Of course I didn't then realise the re-release which I had bought did not have "As Heavy As Jesus" which is also a very good track. It was rather a disappointment at the time (the music being so different to Bat) but I now enjoy "Sunshine", "She Waits By The Window" and "Jimmy Bell" just as much. Many of the remaining songs I would describe as very average/mediocre - however in that respect in my opinion not unlike the "Midnight" and "Blind Before I Stop" albums.

I would never claim it was anything but a reasonable effort with some good songs but quite a lot of mediocre and average ones. And when claiming it as a reasonable effort I am talking about the original album not the re-release which omits some of the best tracks and includes some originally rejected and unfinished songs.

I think it is fair to say that at that time Meat had not really found the sort of music at which he could excel - it is all OK and competent enough but nothing special

[SVZ]

ive not heard it but ive heard meat say "DONT BUY IT"..lol he doesnt like it at all.

i also read in the same piece that they, stoney and meat, were meant to be like beauty and the beast..he was beauty and she was the beast :lol:

[Kai-H.]

8O

o.k., you're right: the songs have nothing to do with all the known stuff we love from Meat.

But: It's a chance to hear his "young" voice ... and that's the big reason for fans for "must have" this album.

That's my opinion ... :P

Bye from Kai

[rockfenris2005]

I think you may find this interesting. I had posted it in MEETING MEAT, but it also bares relation to STONEY AND MEAT LOAF:


I want to tell everyone about how I met Meat Loaf, but without the animosity I had in the past. It was at the HMV Studios in Melbourne on October 7. I asked the guys on duty if I could take one of the ad-posters as a souvenir - and if I could only get a scan of it, I'd show it to you.
Anywayz, me and mum went on Oct. 7. We bought three things for him to sign: his biography, the CHSIB cd and the 1978 edition of MEAT LOAF AND STONEY. We waited, about 2 hours in the line, and after long squabbling I decided to get my STONEY AND MEAT LOAF sign. Mum would be signing the TO HELL AND BACK biography. As we entered the store, I saw him in the distance, up on a high platform, and I totally crapped myself. I was sooo scared of meeting him. He was this humungous giant, just sitting up there, hunched over and laughing with the fans. I remember him being really funny - and really down-to-earth. He's amazing with his fans. He really makes an effort sometimes. Anywayz, it was finally my turn - and I put the album out in front of him. Mum seems to think he was joking around when he said: "I'm not signing this album" but I knew he was being serious. For all you people out there, don't get him to sign your STONEY AND MEAT LOAF albums. He does NOT like it one bit - and he told me that this was the only S&ML album he had signed (or, at least the edition with the plate-of-meatloaf on the front cover). He continually told me he would not sign the album, and he looked me straight in the eye and I was petrified. All the things that went through my head - it was so weird. Eventually, he signed the back of it. When it was my mum's turn to sign, and she's been a fan for 20 years (and relished her final chance of meeting him), he totally ignored her and continued his conversation with me. He signed her bio, then looked over to me - as security were trying to drag me away (I was holding up the line) - and I kept saying: "I'm Ryan. It's Ryan from ML... MLUKAFUKA... how do the hell do you pronounce it..." --- and he's like: "Pardon, I can't hear what you're saying". I must have repeated myself a million times, and the security guards kept splitting us up. All the while, mum was trying to get his attention. She soooooo wanted to speak with him after 20 years of being a fan. It was mum who actually got me into him. It was so sad that he didn't notice her, but she just laughs it off when I bring it up (that he ignored her). Anywayz, he eventually heard what I was saying: "It's Ryan, from Mlukfc. The guy who writes all the musicals", and he says: "Oh yeah... I know you... You said you'd be coming down". And I almost flipped. I was overwhelmed, despite the circumstances, that he remembered who I was. The security-guards grinned and said: "COme on, you. YOu've had enough!" and the de-toured us out the store. We walked back in, and I tried to get his attention from the sides, but dammit, either he was deaf - or he was just so far away. I later got real upset that he wouldn't sign my album, and I told him about it. We had this really big fight - on our PMs - but we had both seriously misjudged each other. I told him that he was the most inspirational thing in my life, and he is. Nobody, absolutely nobody, beats my Meat! We're on good terms now (I think) but I had to get rid of that STONEY AND MEAT LOAF album. Nohow, I still have my biography. So, there you have it.

[rockfenris2005]

Wow !

[Kev]

I actually quite like it, you have to remember this is before Meat really progressed to rock (I'd say that was on 'Free For All) and before that all his song were funk or stage song. I have the 79 re-release and just the other day picked up the first copy from Ebay. I've heard all the songs apart from 'she waits by the window' for some reason. There are a few songs I'd like to hear maybe re-released.