Favourite non Jim Steinman Meat Loaf songs
 

Thought I'd start a new Meat Loaf thread.....

I'm sure most of us would agree most of Meat's best work has been with Steinman, however he has also made some great songs with other writers. My personal favorites are...
1. Couldn't Have Said it Better
2. Blind as a Bat
3. Piece of the Action

What are other people's top 3?

1. Prize Fight Lover (2010 version mostly - I prefer it to a lot of Steinman stuff in fact, the production and passion in Meat's vocals. Insane.).
2. Did I Say That?
3. Blind As A Bat

Notable mentions
CHSIB, Where The Rubber Meets The Road, Modern Girl, What About Love, Alive, Rock n Roll Hero, I'd Lie For You (Ant That's The Truth), Execution Day.
All superb.

Prize Fight Lover 2010
Blind As A Bat
Not A Dry Eye In The House

Stand By Me
Lost Love
Bad Attitude
Modern Girl
Execution Day
Testify
All Of Me
California Dreamin'
Live Or Die

Not necessarily in that order

Did I Say That
Prize Fight Lover (2010)
Alive

That's my top 3, but there are more in the queue. For example: Execution Day, Another Day or I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth). :-)

I'm an oddity in many ways, but one of them is that when it comes to non-Jim material sung by Meat, I generally prefer things Meat wrote or had a hand in writing, like:

(alphabetical order, not necessarily order of preference)

Blind Before I Stop
Execution Day
Keep Driving
Lost Love
Love Is Not Real / Next Time You Stab Me In The Back
Midnight At The Lost And Found
One More Kiss (Night Of The Soft Parade)
R.P.M.
Razor's Edge
Song Of Madness
You Can Never Be Too Sure About The Girl

I'd Lie For You
Blind As A Bat
Modern Girl

Did I Say That
Blind As A Bat
Piece of the Action

Runnerups:

Razor's Edge
Modern Girl
Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Where Angels Sing
Testify
Couldn't Have Said It Better
Prize Fight Lover
Song of Madness
Elvis in Vegas

These 5:
Did I say that
CHSIB
Martha
What about love
Alive


Runner ups:
Where the rubber meets the road
Execution day
Piece of the action

Alive
Blind As A Bat
Where The Rubber Meets The Road

MASCULINE
Did I Say That?
Modern Girl

then:
Los Angeloser
The Giving Tree
Execution Day
Burning Down
Blind before I Stop
Piece of the Action
Testify
Elvis in Vegas
Like a Rose
California isnt Big Enough
Where the Rubber Meets The Road

just a few

Don't you look, Fallen angel,from midnight. Where Angels Sing, Not a Dry Eye in the House , from Welcome to the Neighborhood

Did I Say That?, Blind as a Bat, Decadent Wish

and
Somebody Loves Me
Let It Be
Modern Girl
Where Angels Sing
I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)
Alive
Love You Out Loud
You're Right, I Was Wrong
Forever Young
Living on the Outside
Did You Ever Love Somebody
Let's Be in Love
If I Can't Have You
All of Me
California Dreamin'
Our Love and Our Souls
Blue Sky

Does this mean during last at Bat you were pulling your hair out when Los Angeloser came on or when the show opened with red light? ;):lol:

Not making pot shots. I actually think its an interesting thing to see how even within Meat's vast catalogue how varied all the opinions are.

I always liked either version of prize fight lover as the vocals on both are great.
Peace on earth, the music and vocals are attempting to rip your skin off.
Giving tree, california dreaming, blue sky are all great.
Testify is good fun as is Mercury Blues and Tear me Down.
Blind before I stop and execution day. Midnight. Sailor to a siren, modern girl.
Boneyard. what about love.

Suppose its the same for everyone, given Meat is an emotional performer the fave songs change depending on my mood. But he's sang something for every mood.