it's interesting that this subject has came up here. I listen to a Marillion podcast and they've been talking about the setlists and songs played from Marillions catalogue over the years. With Marillion there were definitely some songs that were played a lot more over others, but they seemed to be in a spot where they could pick from any album and it have a viable chance to be in a setlist.
With Meat, it's a weird one because I think he had a certain level of fame which was double edged when it came to performing live. He had and has a big number of die hard fans like us, who have every album and would love to hear the deeper cuts but I think the majority of people in the audience for his concerts were more casual fans, who saw Meat Loaf was coming to town and they own a copy of Bat & Bat 2, or they know the greatest hits and decide to go to the concert.
So Meat had to make sure his setlists were suitable to satisfy them and make sure they had a good time, but also hopefully satisfy the die-hards. I think he did always think about how to keep it entertaining not just for the fans but himself, and that is where the costumes, the order of songs, transitions and little performances would have came in. I saw him three times, and each time I heard a lot of the same songs but it did feel different and was always entertaining.
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