Just a couple general observations, why is it that with the various Meat Loaf communities on the web, the same people seem to follow the same people onto every forum and have the same arguments?
This is something that has long confused me
Another forum I visit (yep, believe it or not I have a life away from this place
) was going through a dreadful bout of arguing because people cpuldn't get on.
In the end, a splinter group went off and made their own forum, and things have been
AWESOME 
Not one fight or argument, never a word said in anger, just a group of folks with a common interest talking about our thing and having a lot of fun in the off topic section.
Now on the subject of is Meat god....
Well, whatever, but, this was at one time a forum he read and posted on.
I don't know if you remember this, but Meat came here in the run up to CHSIB, and told us (words to the effect of) "I haven't told the record company yet, you guys are the first to know, this is the track list of the new album.
Don't know about anyone else, but I happen to thing that is pretty mother cluckin cool.
So why is it, that on the one site Meat was posting on, people had to give him grief?
There are people who believe (right or wrong) that having the artist on the forum destoys what the forum is.
You cannot have an honest opinion because the artist might be offended.
But there are other ML communities online.
Naked Wire, Mirror Of The Soul, two respected names in the online ML world, and both have forums that welcome honest opinions no matter what they might be.
OK, so everyone in the world with an "honest" opinion goes off and sets up a forum.
What does that leave mlukfc as?
A site of Meat Loaf obsessed sycophants toadying to a self righeous rock singer who'll spit his dummy out if you don't praise every golden sound that comes from his mouth?
Where would this leave this other forum?
A group of know it all music snobs with their heads up their own asses, feeling all big and grown up because they are sharing their opinions, and nobody can tell them what to say, or what to think, and it doesn't matter that they couldn't hit top C with a fart after a chicken vindaloo, at the end of the day they are right and that's that and you can't change our opinion and Meat can't tell us what to think so there
BUT, look at the forums with a different eye.
On one forum, Meat is amongst people who make him feel good about the work he has put out.
He gets the acklaim that EVERY artist needs.
The forum members are able to enjoy the company of their idol, and to thank him for the latest slice of Loaf.
Everyone on the forum is HAPPY.
On the other forum, people are exchanging views and debating the tracks on the last album.
There is nobody telling them that they are wrong, there is 100% free speech, and no subject is taboo.
People on that forum are HAPPY.
Can ANYONE see where i'm going with this?
Why has it become that people feel obligated to follow each other around to argue with each other, when it's obvious that those people do NOT get on, do NOT like each other, and will NEVER change the mind of the other person?