So how do you sum up a song as awesome as Bat Out Of Hell ? Its the greatest rock song, and rock performance, of all time. The trouble for Meat and Jim was that after this, there was no where else to go.
I remember Bruce Springsteen saying that Born To Run was his 'shot at the title' trying to write the greatest rock and roll song ever written - and while I love Born To Run - its not in the same league as Bat.
For me, its being 18 in a rock pub where Bat and Ace Of Spades were on rotation, and the video of this huge, intense guy throwing his tuxedo jacket into the rear of the stage - awesome song, awesome times ...
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