Meat To Receive Q Award
 

Just found this wonderful piece of news. :mrgreen:

Diane

Nice one :))

Wonderful, thanks Diane :up:

Wonderful news, thanks! :D

good stuff

This is what Music Week had to say:

Monday September 29, 2008
By Ben Cardew

Q Magazine is to present its classic song award to Meatloaf for his epic track Bat Out Of Hell.

The Bauer title holds its annual awards this Monday (October 6) and Meatloaf will be there to receive his honour in person.

Q editor in chief Paul Rees says, "There are some songs that transcend such things as time and genre, and Bat Out Of Hell is assuredly one of them. It sounded extraordinary when it was first released, and it appears no less so now - like something beamed in from another planet.”

This year Q Radio will air three exclusive shows from the awards, including backstage gossip.

Diane

surely the award should be presented to Meat AND Jim?

(in my opinion)

It would be nice for Jim to take the credit but ultimately it would always be Meat being the 'face' of the award as Jim wouldn't be at the awards to accept it :?

so I guess we'll see Meat on Tv?? :-)

FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC :)) !!!

Thanks Diane and a massive...


Meat !!!

This is great news to hear on my birthday :)).

That's brilliant news x

Great news, cheers Diane

excellent news

Thats great! Congratulations Meat!!!

Aaaw, love it!! Was fantastic news!!

Wonderful, thanks for telling

Q are running a red carpet webcam on the night according to this link http://www2.qawards.co.uk/2008/news/

Don't know when we will get to see the rest of the ceremony

DO Q have a Sky channel?

that website says

This year Q Radio will be the only place to hear the Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka on radio. The station has exclusive access - making it the ONLY place to get all the news and backstage gossip - to the most prestigious music event of the year.

Here are the shows:

• 12 - 3pm: Samanthi is exclusively LIVE from the Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka. Talking to the biggest names in music as they arrive on the red carpet and all the Q Award winners as they come off stage. Adam Catterall is in the studio.
• 6pm - 8pm: Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka Special featuring highlights of the day and more backstage gossip, misbehaviour and general rock and roll tomfoolery.
• 8pm - 10pm: Q Awards Gigs with Russian Standard Vodka live at the Forum. Highlights of our series of shows which featured Keane, Razorlight, Sugababes and Bloc Party.

You can hear Q Radio on DAB radio in London, as well as on digital TV at Sky Channel 0181, Freeview Channel 716, and Virgin Channel 873, as well as online here.

http://news.q4music.com/2008/09/q_ra..._q_awards.html

Great news.
Won't be able to see or hear much live though, being in holland....and having to work that evening
Just keep us posted Diane.

Asha

Will be very happy to Asha! :D

There's a full list of award nominees, including the Q Golden Award for Meat here. While you're there make sure to look at the great pic gallery from Meat's London Motor Show Music Festival performance. :cool:

Diane

Great news :D

About time too:)

Thanks for letting us know Diane, and they are right about BOOH transcends time and genres. It is certainly well deserved.

Carole

Fantastic :D

Fantastic News! Well Done Meat!

Just a reminder that the Q Awards will be covered live from the Grosvenor House Hotel beginning at 12 noon today.

Listen to it here.

Diane

I wondered why Andy was working in London today! :p

Just read this on the BBC news website:

"Meat Loaf turned up at the ceremony sporting a cut eye and looking unwell, telling reporters he would have to visit a doctor because he was suffering from vertigo."

:( Hope it doesn't completely ruin his big day.

Diane

:twisted: This is probably just one of those things I completely miss the point of, but can you not only get Vertigo (fear of heights? Right?) in high places? :wtf:

Doesn't sound too good about the cut eye though.
Hope the big guy is OK.

Yes the vertigo thing confused me too, perhaps he was suffering from it and is now recovering?

Either way I hope he's still able to enjoy receiving his award :up:

:twisted: Apparently not :shock:

You learn something new every day.

Vertigo

That doesn't sound good, get well soon Mr Loaf :up:

This is from the News page on the Q site which is being updated through the day:


Steinman says Bat reflects his philosophy
Bat Out Of Hell‘s writer Jim Steinman said today that the song was “a perfect reflection of my creed”.

The legendary composer – who wrote the song for the album of the same name – said he created the track to be “the ultimate crash song”, “operatic annihilation” and a little piece of "Wagner".

After hearing the track was named Classic Song at today’s Q Awards, he said: “In the interest of being pompous, profound, and pretentious all at the same time, as well as being self-deprecating, even self-lacerating, and brilliant simultaneously, I can truly say that BAT OUT OF HELL is a perfect reflection of my creed: ‘If you don’t go over the top, you’ll never see what’s on the other side”.

“’Bat’ was a complete song after two choruses, at six-plus minutes long. But I thought it was too short - no, incomplete. It needed more! So I toiled away and came up with the final third of the song, starting at: “I can see myself, tearing up the road, FASTER, than any other boy has ever gone……” - and this evolved into the whole CRASH sequence, ending with “the last thing I see is my heart/still beating/still beating/breaking out of my body and flying away ……. Like a BAT OUT OF HELL!”

“Then it was complete. It had been a great driving-racing-speed anthem, plus a suitably obsessive love story, but now it was what I wanted all along: THE ULTIMATE CRASH SONG!! SELF-DESTRUCTION! OPERATIC ANNIHILATION!!!!!!
A LOVE DEATH!!!!! LITTLE RICHARD WAGNER!!!!

“Thus, if I hadn't gone OVER THE TOP, I NEVER WOULD HAVE SEEN WHAT’S ON THE OTHER SIDE. Which I really loved. And which, to this f***ing day, I still love. END OF STORY; AND THANK YOU, Q & MEAT. (That sounds like a distant relative of Spotted Dick: Q & MEAT!)”

Some pics from today at Getty Images (apologies for them showing as links)...certainly not the best I've seen him looking but not too bad!

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/De...|0&id=83142754

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/De...|0&id=83142498

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/De...|0&id=83142470

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/De...|0&id=83142466

Typical Jim! :mrgreen: Thanks for that Lucy. Very happy that Q spoke to Jim for his views on "Bat". Nice that he not only thanks Q but Meat also.

Diane

Thanks for the pic links Lucy. :up:

Diane

steinman commented?? lol, does that mean he was up really early, or really late??????

Latest Meat update on the Q news page:

Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell landed the title of Classic Song today at the 2008 Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka.

The huge worldwide hit – written by his early collaborator Jim Steinman – was recognised by Q magazine for its incredible staying power.

Collecting the prize, Loaf exchanged banter with award presenter Al Murray, asking him to repeat a breakneck, off the cuff introduction prior to taking the stage. But after Murray was unable to remember what he had said, Loaf asked: “Could you say something else?”

“I like your hair,” quipped the comic. “I like your hair too, Loaf responded.

Murray shot back: “We’ve got a future you and me.” After Loaf’s failed attempt to sing some Queen songs at Murray’s suggestion, the comic concluded Shall we go to the pub and do that?”

Diane

Latest update from BBC news website:

"He (Meat) left the ceremony soon after picking up his award from comedian Al Murray."

I'm feeling really sorry for him. Hope he's feeling better soon.

Diane

Oh dear, is he straight back to LA after this?

No idea Lucy but he must be crushed to have travelled to the UK for the award only to be taken ill.

Diane

He needs to get himself home and rested and make sure he's on top form for the upcoming shows...

well listening to the online Radio the presenter said:

That he was really please Meat Loaf got the award for best classic song because Bat was the first record his mother bought him - then he went onto say, I think my street cred has gone down :shock: Why??

MEAT LOAF ROCKS!!!!!!! :-P

I hope he feels better soon and new style there - sporting some glasses :lol:

Adding on from the Official Q Awards site:

"The singer appeared hesitant and not quite at his usual voluble top form as he took to the stage.

His publicist said later that the singer was suffering from vertigo and was shaken by an eye injury on the way to the awards event".

Doesn't sound good....

just been listening to virgin ref q awards q have meat getting up for his award on film & will be putting it on their web site later ,bloody typical they always grt him when he's under the weather, good award though meat --get better soon mate

no good news....

Latest update from the BBC news website:

He (Meat) had to be helped on and off the stage and he left the ceremony soon after picking up his award from comedian Al Murray, having been checked over by a paramedic.

Diane

ouch

poor guy! Not good for Meat!

It's a pitty but i'm pleased he was able to collect the award and it was good to hear from Jim aswell!

Also on that page is a small clip of him talking to a presenter - literally 5 seconds...

saw the clip, maybe it was just the sunglasses that changed his look but he didn't look well.

I saw pics prior to any reports and thought that he looked quite elegant but I was wondering about the glasses and if he wore them to conceal something. After reading this thread I know why. What a pity that he felt unwell. I hope he gets better soon.

The way I read the reports it comes across to me that Meat cut his eye not long before the awards ceremony, so it's possible that he was shaken after whatever the "accident" was which could be why he isn't looking his best in the pics perhaps?

Good thinkin' Batman :lmao:

Poor Meat, I hope he feels better soon and his eye isn't too badly hurt.

Carole

Just heard the audio from Meat's acceptance speech and he was definitely under the influence of something; be it prescribed or otherwise there is no doubting it. He sounded slow, confused, and displayed none of the usual sharp-witted banter we've come to love. I hope he sorts himself out.

I wouldn't post this if I didn't believe it myself so take a listen to Q Radio online at this link http://radioplayer.qthemusic.com/ and then choose the highlights show on the right hand side.

His bit appears around 10 minutes into the show.

Well to be honest I rather hope his performance on Q was just the result of too many substances, only if not it sounds rather like PSP which Dudley Moore had.

("In 1987, Dudley Moore enlisted music critic Renata Fruchter as an artistic partner and they performed as a duo in the U.S. and Australia. However, his disease soon started to make itself apparent as his fingers would not always do what he wanted them to do. Symptoms such as slurred speech and loss of balance were interpreted by the public and the media as a sign of drunkenness. Dudley Moore himself was at a loss to explain this.

On 30 September 1999, Moore announced that he was suffering from the terminal degenerative brain disorder Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. wikipedia).

PSP symptoms include loss of balance, slurred speech and vision focus problems. In particular moving the eyes, particularly in the vertical direction. The latter accounts for some of the falls experienced by these patients as they are unable to look up or down.

:twisted: Thanks for the link :up:

Doesn't sound too good :sad:
Quite a bit of sluring going on, but he HAD complained of vertigo.

Sounds like Meat has taken a nasty tumble shortly before the show and has not been feeling right since.
Hopefully he'll be well recovered soon.


Must say that the highlights show doesn't seem to be very coherent at all.
It seems like they've quite literally took a few comments from his speech, edited them together, and threw it on the show.
For instance, we've heard it reported Al told Meat he liked his hair, and Meat replied in kind.That is missing from this recording.
I don't think it's a totally accurate representation of Meat's speech.

Although he clearly wasn't his old self, I think the edit made him seem much worse.

he was briefly shown and mentioned on ch5 news coverage about 7.20pm, but they just said looking the worse fo wear

Found this on THIS site, also scroll and there is a little bit about what Jim had to say and then a bit on Meat if you scroll a bit.

Just found this :)).

Here is another link with a new pic;

Click here for the link

Another artical;

Clickety-click

The Sun online

I'm getting tired of that kind of news. I wish I hadn't listened to that audio clip. I don't know what is wrong with him but something is wrong. :(

Yes those last pictures in the last few articals I posted shocked me, not seen him like that before :(. Hope he gets better soon.

When you reach the lofty heights of a 'Q' award then it's only natural you might suffer from a little vertigo :))

Pud :twisted:

Also this video, scroll to 6:44. Its a bit upsetting to be quite honest.


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ELH5AXVQLTs

Man, no words really.
Hope it all turns out for the best....

Where's the real Meat gone???? :shock:

I found a news Q on youtube about Meat too:

Rock star Meat Loaf leaves the Q Awards for medical treatment after slurring his words and nearly falling off stage.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XRojTsPMHmk&feature=user

sorry but listening to the audio it was really hard to listen to..... god, imo, I think its really good that we didn't see Meat on video accepting the awards - I think its too sad a time....

You so gotta get better ;-)

PS>> Look on the rbight side, HE attended it no matter what, so thats what counts. At least he didn't stay in his hotel room (if you get what I mean)


Also after reading the articles, why do poeple always assume he drinks and appear drunk! I think he's genuinly ill and not drunk!!! Makes me mad - they can't seem to take his word!!!!!

:twisted: Some people really have no f***ing brains :angry:
The people in that crowd were bang out of order.

Meat looked bloody awful and nearly took a header as soon as he got out of the van, and the crowd just ignored that and shouted for autographs (that will probably end up on e bay anyway).

What if he'd been run over by a car?
Would it be cool to run to his side brandishing a copy of Bat Out Of Hell and a black marker pen?

Sorry, but if you see someone who is obviously ill, no matter who it is, you show them a little respect and leave them alone.

Meat was apparently rushed to hospital after a vertigo attack (not sure what one of those is) last night and another article saud, he was still in there...

Hope he's free now

From the Daily Mirror - no doubt it will make the papers today if not sooner:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/lates...5875-20780416/

i am sooo unhappy to read and see this, especially the last video from the arrival. hope, Meat is getting better soon.
heidi

thats disgraceful what they done to meat, he could hardly stand up and yet they kept bothering him for bloody autographs obviously the man ain't well and surely if someone ain't well they would want to be left alone and to get on with it no matter who they are, if they had any respect for meat they would have left him alone, don't people have any common sense left any more? or is it they're to think to see that he is ill. at least he made the effort to go to the awards in first place he could of just pulled out of it, im sure there will be plenty of other times to get autographs from meat its not like he ain't gonna come to london again.

I have a really slight epilepsy. I don't have those major seizures and I don't need any medication so don't worry about me. :D

I feel dizzy at times (maybe 2 times a month, slight seizure) but couple years ago I had a really huge vertigo attack and I had to lay down.. It was horrible.. :( I couldn't move without feeling that I'm going to stumble and I felt a little bit sick.. And the most horrible thing is that it lasted for hours.. :( It sort of paralyzed me..

I hope that Meat gets well soon.. :cheer: He's wonderful man and really deserved the Q-award.. :D

poor meat. i couldn't listen to that audio clip, he sounded so ill. he's so brave, my moms have vertigo and she couldn't get out of bed for three days and any movement left her being violently sick. vertigo is to do with the balence in the inner ear and this can get disturbed by a fall or a blow to the head ect, it leaves the person feeling and being violenty sick, unstable on their feet and unable to balence, movement cause the world to spin. it takes ages to get over and some people have it for life, in varying degrees. i hope you get better meat, x

Video of Meat talking to the media about his vertigo problems on his arrival at the Q Awards.

I hope he's feeling much better today.

Diane

... oh no, not really good news from Meat and that on my birthday. I hope he feel better soon.

Sabine

:( Here I am with tears pricking my eyes, this is possibly the worst I've seen him in the public eye, it's distressing to see that, and you can clearly see that he isn't at all well, then people get annoyed when he doesn't sign something :shock:, thanks for the link.

Get well soon Meat :heart:.

::EDIT::

Just found this, it's Keane talking about Meat's Q Award;


::EDIT 2::

Just found THIS :(.

Does not sound good.

::EDIT 3::

I have just found THIS.

Meat Loaf pics found HERE.

Meat Loaf gets Q gong

Alan Carr saved Meat Loaf's life at Q Awards

PIC

As yet I've not opened the links in this thread, and frankly after the past year I don't want to, I just hope that whatever problems he's suffered prior to the awards caused him to need painkillers or otherwise that have had an effect, and once he's off them he'll be back to normal...this press coverage is the last thing he needs following the Casa De Carne reviews

I don't think this is fair to point. Don't get me wrong I understand in a way where you are coming from.

HOWEVER: In the past when Meat has been described as being drunk it has always been based on his performances (that mixed in with his Dead Ringer antics obviously is a crazy assumption! :shock:).
Now though, based on the footage of him almost stumbling out of the car, the photos and apparently what went on on stage (which you can't see) I think it's fair to point out he did seem AT LEAST drunk. That or heavily intoxicated on medicenes/painkillers / jetlag problems whatever. Which all seem quite plausible to me.
I actually hope that's all it ways.

because its not part of his image

To be honest although it wasn't very good to see him look like this let's not blow it out of proportion. Yes he seemed unwell, he said he had a bad bout of vertigo and appartently hurt his eye so yes i'm guessing he would have took something to try to get through the awards.
Even if that meant having a large drink so what? He was unwell his speach wasn't great again so what, i have heard alot worse from other celebs. Listen to the interview on the red carpet he sates he is feeling unwell and go's on to describe the vertigo problem. I thought he sounded ok on the red carpet and although obviously he was unwell, he then went on to say the highlight of his career is still infront of him.
I hope he recovers well but let's not get to down and jumping to conclusions and making something seem alot worse that it probably is!

Absolutely Chris, not forgetting that on top of the vertigo, bad eye and appropriate painkillers Meat was probably also jet lagged

to be honest, I dont think the pics and videos look as bad as everyone says. He's clearly not well, but I've seen him in much worse condition.

Hope he gets better soon whatever the illness is. We love you Meat xxx

Yeah, take a look at the Wembley '81/'82ish video!

I think being a more mature gentleman in that kind of state makes things appear worse. He's a rock star after all, he's allowed a drink or 2! It annoys me that his publicist always insists that he doesn't drink when we all know that he does. Who cares if he does?

To contradict myself a little - I think it was either very brave or very silly to venture out in front of the world's press in that state.

That's true and people forget he has trouble with his knee which makes him a bit unsteady at the best of times.
Plus we all know Meat given the chance can talk crap better than most i really don't think it is as bad as some people are making out!

who was it that said any publicity is good publicity?

well, he IS in all the papers today ;)

and I've had loads of people call me up to tell me just that...

He didn't look well and if he had an eye injury, of course that is going to affect his vision and balance and depending if he was on medication it would also affect him.

Overall he looked like an old man and, as something that will not be a news flash, hey he is 61 years old...there's been crazier things that have happened at award cermonies, Michael Jackson and Jarvis Cocker spring to mind.

Just have to add as well the important thing is that a great album was rightly recognised today

I just wanna say Congratulations on the award Meat, and hope you are feeling lots lots better soon. Rosie xxx

Exactly!

I was talking to someone at work today and he mentioned his wife was suffering with vertigo ... and the symptoms sound just like the descriptions of Meat at the awards ... apparently it's fairly easily controlled though. So fingers crossed for a speedy recovery for Meat!

Just hope that his illness doesn't overdshadow the award!

Do we?

apparently some do ;)

Well, I for one don't know whether he drinks or not...neither do I care...so please don't include me in the mix...

what mix? Zina on the rocks or Zina on the beach?? :))

LMAO.

Honestly the sex on the beach drink was something I hadn't heard about a while ago and this led to an interesting situation with a girl from work. :D.
A LOT of rumours were spread that day!!

Yep that is vertigo, i have suffered from it in the past, it is not pleasant and the symptoms displayed by Meat are akin to vertigo. Assumptions can be made, only Meat knows the real answer.
I think we could go round and round saying well is it this, is it that? but really all i care about is that Meat gets better soon, from whatever problem he has.

Yea he did have bad press for the last tour, but i loved every show, so i don't give a rats ass what the press say about the shows, and am taking what they say now with a pinch of salt.
I listen to other peoples opinion on the show, they are entitled to their view i respect that, but it doesn't change mine.
I have my opinion of what is wrong with Meat and i respect that people may think differently.

Yes, he drinks tequila in 'In Search Of Paradise'

Meat has said many times himself he does not drink.