Worst Song Ever...by Meat
 

What, in everyone's opinion, is Meat Loaf's worst recording? My least favorite song is definetely "Dead Ringer". I just feel everything was a poor attempt by Meat,Jim, and Cher. They all could have done a hell of a lot better if they had really had their hearts into it.


P.S. This is just my personal opinion, do not take offence. Any one else feel there is a song out there that just rubs you the wrong way?

I think i'd rate Dead Ringer as one of my faves!

I'm not too keen on some of the mid 80's stuff....with all the daft dance mix lark and stuff...tbh i havn't listened to that kinda stuff enough to name anything in particular...i sorter just flicked through songs and turned it off. Not his best stuff!

I don't mind Dead Ringer every now and then, though I think it's over-played and therefore has become annoying!

Not overly keen on Man And A Woman but I can't think of any songs I'd skip if listening to an album...I'll have a ponder!

i love you so i told you a lie was pretty duff :(

Gotta be masculine.

"When it's time to get tough i'm masculine (masculine, oh masculine)"

:lmao:

Wow :shock: well to be honest this is a really hard choice to make, i can honestly say that i like all of meats songs but..........if i had to choose one......... :-? Martha!!!! I like it its just my least favourate one!!
I like dead ringer i think its fun to listen to :angst: ........especially in the car, but the live versions are much better than the original recording!!
Chloe x

Noooooo! Martha is amazing!!! One of my favourites!!!!

man and woman....like the lyrics somehow but the music sound cheap..
and Mercury blues album version..don't really like that ...prefer Alan Jacksons version
but live is great..

Sorry!!!!! I did say i like it, it is a good song.......its just my least fave of meats!!!
Soweeee
Chloe :?

:roll: hmmm let's think since i don't have any all time favourite meat song i also don't have a All time Worsed meat song.

a few tracks from MALAF and BFIS would be at my bottom list

Priscilla
you can never be too sure about that girl
Man and a woman
Getting away with murder
Burning down

:-)

Like every artist and group there's going to be some songs that just don't work.

For instance 'you're right i was wrong' doesn't suit meat loaf at all. Maybe Michael Bolton couldve crooned it ten years ago!

A lot of Blind Before I stop and Midnight at the lost and found sounds dated now, Priscilla, wolf at your door, fallen angel, man and a woman, standing on the outside.

Compared to the amount of good songs he's had there's very few bad ones

Wolf at your door. I agree MATLAF and BBIS are the worst albums of Meat, although some songs on those albums are quite good.

My least favourites have to be Priscilla and You can never be to sure about that girl...

Hmmmmmmm :( i like most all of his songs, but it all depends on what mood im in, like if im angry , usually i want my money back, or if im exited bat out of hell. I like all music, i just gotta be in a good mood for it. Oh and i love the song martha!

:D

strangely my grandmother really loves this song...i dont think she's got any meat loaf cd's but she's 79 and could have a secret stash of them somewhere!

i love the album "blind before i stop" think its realy good. i cant think of a song i least like atm.

The only Meat song I have never got on with is "Martha"

The only ones i dislike are Night of The Soft Parade, Priscilla, Mercury Blues (it should be law that no one ever gets to cover Alan Jackson!!) and BOOH:oops:.

Surprised at how many people dislike Martha - i really like that

Razors Edge - the first couple of notes just really turn me off

wooooow BOOH..........really!!! I mean personal taste and all but wooooooow lol!!! At least your honest lol!! I like BOOH and i love night of the soft parade lol!! I dont dislike martha its just my least fave one lol!!!
this thead is really interesting.......thanks to the person who started it!!!
Chloe x

actually for me its a tie between masculine and do it

If This Is The Last Kiss, that song is dreadful.

Kiss me Again
Lady be Mine
The Promised Land
You Never can be too Sure About the Girl
Masculine
If This is the Last Kiss
Because of You

Burning Down... what a f..king terrible track...

hehe i quite like this one too :?
chloe

Totally agree, there's just something about it that i just really can't get on with!

I would say Masculine.. But if I listen it twenty times I think I going to like it.. That happens me all the time.. If I don´t like some song I listen it many times ´couse every time I hear it differently..

Masculine is saved IMO by the excellent live version on the 'Objects' single. The album version is OK, but the live version, I think, is quality. I think it's really cool how Meat took a song that was relatively unheard of and, let's be honest, probably not universally like, and completely changed it; basically making it awesome.

"If you're looking for love... ohhhhhh you've come to the right place."

My two least favourite songs are "Priscilla" and "You Never Can Be Too Sure...". Both very eighties and just not Meat Loaf! Rest of this album is OK, with a few gems.

I didn't like Martha at first, but it grew on me. It's odd because most Meat songs are about youth etc, whereas this was completely the opposite. That was the point of the album though, was'nt it? The progression from young to old?

I like 'Because of You'. There aren't many more romantic lines than; "Life is beautiful because of you."

I think this could be true also in the case of wolf at the door,they are both musically unappealing but i like them though cos they like most ML songs they have great lyrics. I found a ML album called The Collection on a download site i wasn't crazy about the songs i hadn't heard from other albums

Man and a woman sounds like pub rock and very bad pub rock at that, but with the dance beat that was on BBIS, a lot of songs come out like that.

When I first heard 'Do It', I thought it was the worst song ever done by Meat. Everytime it came to it on the cd i would have to skip it :( Then I went and saw The 'CHSIB' tour at the SECC in Glasgow and was praying he wouldn't play it! :oops:
But, it was one of the opening songs and I thought it was cool :-) The whole opening was (anyone who saw the tour will know) ;)
I can listen to it now, but i still don't love it.

Did anyone hear 'Oh what a beautiful Morning' on i think 'I'd lie for you' single.

Awful :barf:

I'll be the first to admit I like the songs from MATLAF, there are some that I can't always hear... cause personally I don't mind if alot of Meat's 80's songs aren't as BIG as the big ones are! B-)

I don't care alot for Priscilla time to time. Man And A Woman (shivers) I don't like that... and well bottom line I have to be in a mood to hear certain Meat (80s) songs. The live covers I've heard do justice... I wish there were more.
There's always time for both BAT OUT OF HELL & CHSIB I think! :D

Don't leave your mark on me, kinda bounces along but doesn't really go anywhere

Burning Down sounds like a 60's protest song 20 years too late

Everything is permitted...not a happy song

good points from the 80's albums though are Masculine, Dead Ringer, Bad Attitude, Sailor to a siren, modern girl,I'm gonna love her for both of us.

Life Is A Lemon, I can't stand this song. I'd rather listen to the whole of Blind Before I Stop backwards before I listen to this song again through choice.

Pud :twisted:

:twisted:
Two songs I don't like are......
Burning down.
Man & A Woman (Christ that song bores me :zzz: ).
I'm not too keen on Night Of The Soft Parade or Special Girl either.Really have to be in the mood for those two songs :?
And yes, I do realise that all four songs are on the BBIS album :lol:
I'm not BBIS'ist, there are some great tracks on it.Fav is Standing On The Outside.Love it :heart: .
As Space Monkey mentioned before about Masculine, it was much better live than on the album (although I don't mind the album version of that song).I think that's very true when it comes to that album in particular.
As Meat didn't have anything to do with the post production, Frank Farian just threw it together his way :? .When you hear the live versions you hear them played the way Meat would have had them on the album 8) .

well, mostly it depens on my mood haha, but a song i can't stand very good is: All revved up!

Damn what a crapy song that is.

For me it has to be Why Isn't That Enough IMO it's weak and badly constructed and it's also far too much of a rip off of 2 out of 3.

I hate his vocals on Nothing Sacred. It is really awful.

im not that keen on you can never be too sure about the girl

I like nearly all of Meat's songs but i just can't bring myself to like 'Burning Down' no matter how hard i try

Hmm "why isn't that enough" just kinda grates on me....

You're Right, I Was Wrong is only decent. I still like it, but the vocals are the only thing that pull me through. 45 Seconds from WTTN is crap, enough said.

Razor's Edge and most of the songs from Midnight. In fact, everything besides the title track on that album is worthless, in my opinion.

I really am not keen on Do It... it reminds me of the huggies nappy advert... do it... do it... do it in huggies!!!!

And Martha.... urg... i really dislike that one!!!!

i really don't like Do it... i skip that song. To me it's not Meat Loaf.

i really hate......
 

ROCK 'N' ROLL MERCENARIES, HATE IT WITH A PASSION :evil:

I even remember the video with Meat and John Parr in combats ;-) and meat had his hair slicked back :-P god im getting old.

Always MATLAF.
Although the version on live around the world ain´t bad.

The entire Midnight At The Lost and Found except for title song and duet Don't You Look At Me Like that...and latter one only for the song itself more or less

Actually, I really like Wolf At Your Door! Just cannot Stand Razor's Edge.

If I had to choose one it would have to be Burning Down. I'm suprised about some of the choices people have made, especially Martha. I think that's a nice song.

For me the worst song is Priscilla.:down:

I can honestly say after 28 years ive never heard a meat song i didnt like,
though i rate steinamn songs way above the rest.Blind is the album i play the least but the goff sisters live on stage
shawham, hot or what
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Heaven can Wait is a song that sticks out at me-I think it was in the wrong place in the album-it's more similar to . Oh and Midnight and the Lost and Found (the song..think the album is OK in general :??: , I like Priscilla and Keep Driving)...

Didn't like Objects for a while but now I fully appreciate it for what it is:oops:

Only heard a few live from BBIS, kind of liked them LOL.

Razor's Edge
 

I can see where people are coming from re Razor's Edge, although I personally like it. For those who really don't like it, try and get hold a live version of the song (Milian 1983) or the exended 12" version. The live version is particularly good.

WORST MEAT LOAF SONG EVER??
 

what do you think is the all time suck-Meatloaf anthem?

i think:

Everything under the sun - Whoever wrote it has editing problems
&
Blind as a Bat - i really think it wasn't BOOH material and never caught on to me.

is there one


if i had to choose proberly getting away with murder

Oh Man! You want us to get our heads taken off. What we don't like someone else does so this is a 2 way street So here goes mine........ducks & runs for cover.....Cry Over Me again not Bat material

well most of the album isnt bat material, but they are still good songs. i say once upon a time, popcorn blizzard.. but i have never heard midnight at the lost and found album... and other rare treats... so i'm sure there is worse than this out there

Cry Over Me is terrible and doesn't belong on Bat 3, but the honour of Meat's worst song ever goes to Priscilla. An utter pile of shit.

most of the BBIS stuff

left in the dark by meat

I really prefer steinman version

ken bruce live version of BOOH

Burning down, terrible

Sorry I didn't mean Cry Over me meant Cry To Heaven Still trying to figure out how COM came into my head

Do It!!!!!!!!

Gets my vote as well

yeah i'd agree with Do It but Masculine pips it for me

Oh god...

Do It yeah...Priscilla...waste too...

man of steel

dead ringer for me , hate it hate it hate it. R.A.R.M a very close second. dead ringer hate it hate it hate it.

Probably a cop out, but I'd say 45 Seconds of Ecstasy - I loathe and detest that song, and have to skip it whenever it comes on

The one I like least of all is Why Isn't That Enough ... personally it comes across as a poor poor rip off of Two Out Of Three to me, dont' always skip it though as Meat is in fine voicen in that song ... likewise Martha and Meat's version of Left In The Dark, whilst I don't hate them, they'd come at the bottom of the list if I had to rate every single song Meat's recorded in order.

Have to agree with Why Isn't That enough...for me it's not just a rip off...but something extremely needy and whiny...

Martha I skip on a consistent basis...

very interesting to see the different opinions here...

for example, I would put Martha in the upper third of all songs.

So would i...but again different people different tastes.

Thankfully it shows we're not drones

It's all relative anyway ... even though I think Why Isn't That Enough is Meat's "worst" song, it still to me rates above 99% of the other stuff that's out there by other artists, all it means is that I like his other songs more than I like that one

Agreed 100% or...what is it...oh yeah...CHSIB :mrgreen: !!!!

WITE is a very very good song.
I like Do it!
Left in the dark is also fine.
I like 45 seconds, It makes me laugh.
I like (almost) every song on BBIS.

I hate Midnite and Bat 3 so there are mine worst Meatsongs ever.

45 seconds skip it, if this is the last night it goes on i'll post more later

"If you Really want to" and Meat agrees acording to a very old interview right after the Midnight album was released

what interview? hmmmm.

and thats when midnight twas released. he may have a new least favorite now.

Yeah really

it was in 83/84 on British Tv and he said that he did not like one song from each of his then 3 albums (BooH,DR,Matlaf) the reason at the time that he gave was that he could not find the character of the songs. This interview i always remember because he said he did not like "you took the words" which came as a shock to me... the 3 songs he liked least back then were as follows

Bat- You took the words
Dead Ringer- Peel Out
Midnight- if you really want to

Definitely got to be Razor's Edge for me. So... insipid.

Burning Down Followed by Masculine!

:shock: well i think he's changed his mind about Took the words now. Watch his performance of it at the night of proms in 2001.

He preforms it in 99.8% of his concerts. i always thought that Took the Words , CHSIB, FCOL, and Frying Pan were his favories

I am not suggesting what songs Meat likes or dislikes, you asked what interview it was and I merely passed on the information. Meat always passionately sings every song he performs, even songs he may not like.
I don’t know were you can find this interview now but it was right after midnight was released and yes maybe he has changed his mind now

mindnick

didnt he say once, that they put YTTWROOMM just on BOOH to make it sell better, to make it more mainstream-like? Cant remember where I read/heard that...

Dunno if he said that but would certainly make sense to do that....BOOH was very much stage music, and as Todd said on Classic Albums, you pull YTTWROOMM apart and you've got an Eagles song, which certainly would have sold better than theatre music...

Have to say, Meat not liking a song certainly wouldn't affect his performance - people who have paid to see a show (any show, not just Meat) can't be expected to be a song/scene/whatever that's dull with no passion just because the artist doesn't like it, and Meat's a great example of someone who wouldn't do that

And to get back on topic...

I reckon my "worst" song would probably be something like Never Can Be Too Sure About The Girl, definitely something form that era

but theres surely a difference in the performance between songs he likes and dislikes. For example, I think the performance of Objects one of the most passionate, and not at least because he likes the song.

Objects is a difficult one to judge by though as we know the emotion and the history that comes with that particular track...I'd imagine that psychologically there'll be a difference but I don't think there's a difference on stage that's clear to see..

Meat 's said time and time again that his aim to to perform every concert at this peak, and he's not happy if he feels he's let people down. Some songs he may find harder to perform at that level than others, that's probably true but; Meat being the professional "heart on his sleeve" performer that he is, I really can't see him adding a song to a set list that he felt he couldn't give 100% to.

But dont you think that he performs a song he really enjoys in a different way than a song he doesnt really care about?

Perhaps, but that's my point, I don't think Meat would perform a song he doesn't really care about.

Agreed, but its been 20 years since that interview. he may have grown to love took the words after YEARS of preforming it. ;)

not necessarily. Some songs are just DEMANDED by the fans, like AFL or BOOH. I'm not saying that he dislikes them, but if he'd do, he'd still "have to" perform them, though he doesnt like them.