One Of The All-time Greatest Performances

**Diane** · 23 Feb 2007, 19:31

Found this here. I couldn't agree with Meat more about what he considers one of the greatest acting performances of all time:

Marvin Aday is slipping into character

Bruce Fessier
The Desert Sun
February 23, 2007
Marvin Aday is letting the monster out Sunday night.

It's a multi-headed beast that could be the mild-mannered Michael Aday one minute, and the bat out of hell known as Meat Loaf the next.

Meat, as even his business associates call him, will show up at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino's Special Events Center. But he'll bring with him a dozen characters or more.

He was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1951. The official story is his father nicknamed him "Meat" when he was 2 years old because of his size. His schoolmates added the last name, "Loaf."

Meat calls himself Michael Aday when referring to the man who trained to become an actor. He played characters in "Bad Seed," "The Music Man," "Where's Charley" and "Plain and Fancy" while in high school.

He was a successful stage actor who brags about never being out of work for six years in New York. He was featured in "Hair" in Los Angeles while also singing in a string of rock bands.

But he's most proud of the character who can completely submerge his real life identity into characters.

"That Meat Loaf persona was nowhere to be seen in 'Fight Club,' nowhere to be seen in 'Focus,' nowhere to be seen in 'Crazy in Alabama,'" Meat said in a telephone chat shortly before his Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose Alive In Hell tour.

"I've been driven crazy with people saying, 'You're not real.' I'm going, 'Go tell that to Brando. Go tell that to Pacino. Go tell that to any of these actors when they're playing a role that that role's not real."

Meat Loaf first gained fame as the motorcycle-riding Eddie in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

But even then, his fame was schizophrenic - he was billed on the soundtrack as Meat Loaf.

But his life really became complicated when Meat Loaf became one of rock's first video stars, five years before MTV, singing "Paradise By the Dashboard Light," "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" and "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" on the original "Bat Out of Hell" LP.

Composer Jim Steinman created a concept album that took adolescent themes to operatic heights and forced Meat to sing several characters.

They recorded "Bat Out of Hell II" in 1993 and the latest sequel last year. In between, Meat took acting roles with still more ambiguous credits. He was called Meat Loaf Aday in "Fight Club" in 1999, Michael Lee Aday in "The Salton Sea" in 2002 and Michael Meat Loaf Aday in "Chasing Ghosts" in 2005.

Meat says he prefers acting over singing and considers Meat Loaf his greatest role.

"I couldn't live without the acting," he said. "A Rolling Stone writer once said that everybody discounted my acting, but I've given one of the greatest performances of all time just being Meat Loaf."

Blackkat13 · 23 Feb 2007, 19:49

Well 1st time I ever seen someone write the truth. Who Agrees?

JanT · 23 Feb 2007, 21:58

I thought all this time that Meat Loaf was an actor. I was wrong, Meat Loaf is a Character. Well I knew what I meant.

Wario · 24 Feb 2007, 05:46

I hope one of these monsters loose concerts arises to dvd and cd. This sounds pronominal!

djfierce · 24 Feb 2007, 12:30

hmm kinda preaching to the converted i think, nothing there to get new fans interested unfortunatley. Meat has always said that Meat Loaf is not him for real just another acting role although i think it is probably the closest to him personally just amplified a million times

Have i missed something? Alive in hell tour? I thought it was Seize the night tour? Not really that important just wondered if i was being dumb

**RadioMaster** · 24 Feb 2007, 12:41

yeah, wondered about that alive in hell tour too.....

I always thought every song needs an own character to play.

djfierce · 24 Feb 2007, 15:18

i thnk he said somewhere he does play different characters for the songs but i mean the gy off stage in interviews appearances etc...

Blackkat13 · 25 Feb 2007, 04:42

So then Which is the real Meat Loaf/ Micheal Aday/ Meat Loaf Aday????? I get lost at times on times one. So he playing a role on stage but what bout interviews?

**Monstro** · 25 Feb 2007, 05:03

The real Meat/Marvin/Michael is the one we don't see, the one chillin' with a beer indoors, relaxing watching the tv. Then again we're all fans of the public Meat/Marvin/Michael, giving his all for the fans in whatever he does.

**Monstro** · 25 Feb 2007, 05:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monstro

The real Meat/Marvin/Michael is the one we don't see, the one chillin' with a beer indoors, relaxing watching the tv. Then again we're all fans of the public Meat/Marvin/Michael, giving his all for the fans in whatever he does.

I really gotta stop posting when I'm off my face

Jeanie · 25 Feb 2007, 07:27

If you ever meet Meat on a personal level, like a M&G for instance. You get a glimpse of the "man", who takes the Meat Loaf persona/character on stage.

J.

**RadioMaster** · 25 Feb 2007, 10:52

Isnt that the fact with most of the rock stars or musicians in general?
How often do they play the sunny boys on stage and backstage they´re taking drugs, yell at everyone, etc....
(Not saying that this is the fact with Meat, but we dont know, the possibility is there...I think people will kill me now...)

JanT · 25 Feb 2007, 20:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monstro

I really gotta stop posting when I'm off my face

ROFLMAO

djfierce · 25 Feb 2007, 22:46

yeah i think evrything public is a role to Meat and as Michael said (even though he was off his face

) Michael Aday is the guy at home with his family that we might see a little of in m&g's

mikeloaf · 26 Feb 2007, 03:00

I met Meat after the RAH show. He seemed really nice and just happy to meet another fan. I was his guest, he chose to meet me. He seemed to me like Meat Loaf was his job and he wanted to get it right. I have met a few of my hero's over time and I have noticed that in 'real life' they are normal, they just possess exceptional talents, in Meats case singing and acting. Some people say to me 'why didn't you get a photo or autograph?'. At the moment I met him all that seemed irrelevant. I just really wanted to say thankyou. I have no idea what Meat is like when he is Michael.

23 Feb 2007, 19:31	#1
Diane Super Moderator Join Date: 04.02.2003 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Posts: 3,462	One Of The All-time Greatest Performances Found this here. I couldn't agree with Meat more about what he considers one of the greatest acting performances of all time: Marvin Aday is slipping into character Bruce Fessier The Desert Sun February 23, 2007 Marvin Aday is letting the monster out Sunday night. It's a multi-headed beast that could be the mild-mannered Michael Aday one minute, and the bat out of hell known as Meat Loaf the next. Meat, as even his business associates call him, will show up at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino's Special Events Center. But he'll bring with him a dozen characters or more. He was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1951. The official story is his father nicknamed him "Meat" when he was 2 years old because of his size. His schoolmates added the last name, "Loaf." Meat calls himself Michael Aday when referring to the man who trained to become an actor. He played characters in "Bad Seed," "The Music Man," "Where's Charley" and "Plain and Fancy" while in high school. He was a successful stage actor who brags about never being out of work for six years in New York. He was featured in "Hair" in Los Angeles while also singing in a string of rock bands. But he's most proud of the character who can completely submerge his real life identity into characters. "That Meat Loaf persona was nowhere to be seen in 'Fight Club,' nowhere to be seen in 'Focus,' nowhere to be seen in 'Crazy in Alabama,'" Meat said in a telephone chat shortly before his Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose Alive In Hell tour. "I've been driven crazy with people saying, 'You're not real.' I'm going, 'Go tell that to Brando. Go tell that to Pacino. Go tell that to any of these actors when they're playing a role that that role's not real." Meat Loaf first gained fame as the motorcycle-riding Eddie in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." But even then, his fame was schizophrenic - he was billed on the soundtrack as Meat Loaf. But his life really became complicated when Meat Loaf became one of rock's first video stars, five years before MTV, singing "Paradise By the Dashboard Light," "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" and "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" on the original "Bat Out of Hell" LP. Composer Jim Steinman created a concept album that took adolescent themes to operatic heights and forced Meat to sing several characters. They recorded "Bat Out of Hell II" in 1993 and the latest sequel last year. In between, Meat took acting roles with still more ambiguous credits. He was called Meat Loaf Aday in "Fight Club" in 1999, Michael Lee Aday in "The Salton Sea" in 2002 and Michael Meat Loaf Aday in "Chasing Ghosts" in 2005. Meat says he prefers acting over singing and considers Meat Loaf his greatest role. "I couldn't live without the acting," he said. "A Rolling Stone writer once said that everybody discounted my acting, but I've given one of the greatest performances of all time just being Meat Loaf."

23 Feb 2007, 19:49	#2
Blackkat13 Mega Loafer Join Date: 30.07.2006 Location: Hell, Michigan Posts: 1,989	Well 1st time I ever seen someone write the truth. Who Agrees?

23 Feb 2007, 21:58	#3
JanT Mega Loafer Join Date: 22.06.2006 Location: Blackpool Posts: 2,232	I thought all this time that Meat Loaf was an actor. I was wrong, Meat Loaf is a Character. Well I knew what I meant.

24 Feb 2007, 05:46	#4
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	I hope one of these monsters loose concerts arises to dvd and cd. This sounds pronominal!

24 Feb 2007, 12:30	#5
djfierce Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.06.2005 Location: Posts: 3,596	hmm kinda preaching to the converted i think, nothing there to get new fans interested unfortunatley. Meat has always said that Meat Loaf is not him for real just another acting role although i think it is probably the closest to him personally just amplified a million times Have i missed something? Alive in hell tour? I thought it was Seize the night tour? Not really that important just wondered if i was being dumb

24 Feb 2007, 12:41	#6
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	yeah, wondered about that alive in hell tour too..... I always thought every song needs an own character to play.

24 Feb 2007, 15:18	#7
djfierce Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.06.2005 Location: Posts: 3,596	i thnk he said somewhere he does play different characters for the songs but i mean the gy off stage in interviews appearances etc...

25 Feb 2007, 04:42	#8
Blackkat13 Mega Loafer Join Date: 30.07.2006 Location: Hell, Michigan Posts: 1,989	So then Which is the real Meat Loaf/ Micheal Aday/ Meat Loaf Aday????? I get lost at times on times one. So he playing a role on stage but what bout interviews?

25 Feb 2007, 05:03	#9
Monstro Promoted to Wario's spellchecker Join Date: 17.09.2005 Location: London Posts: 12,947	The real Meat/Marvin/Michael is the one we don't see, the one chillin' with a beer indoors, relaxing watching the tv. Then again we're all fans of the public Meat/Marvin/Michael, giving his all for the fans in whatever he does.

25 Feb 2007, 07:27	#11
Jeanie Super Loafer Join Date: 09.07.2003 Location: Canada Posts: 996	If you ever meet Meat on a personal level, like a M&G for instance. You get a glimpse of the "man", who takes the Meat Loaf persona/character on stage. J.

25 Feb 2007, 10:52	#12
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	Isnt that the fact with most of the rock stars or musicians in general? How often do they play the sunny boys on stage and backstage they´re taking drugs, yell at everyone, etc.... (Not saying that this is the fact with Meat, but we dont know, the possibility is there...I think people will kill me now...)

25 Feb 2007, 22:46	#14
djfierce Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.06.2005 Location: Posts: 3,596	yeah i think evrything public is a role to Meat and as Michael said (even though he was off his face ) Michael Aday is the guy at home with his family that we might see a little of in m&g's

26 Feb 2007, 03:00	#15
mikeloaf Super Loafer Join Date: 06.11.2005 Location: England UK Posts: 708	I met Meat after the RAH show. He seemed really nice and just happy to meet another fan. I was his guest, he chose to meet me. He seemed to me like Meat Loaf was his job and he wanted to get it right. I have met a few of my hero's over time and I have noticed that in 'real life' they are normal, they just possess exceptional talents, in Meats case singing and acting. Some people say to me 'why didn't you get a photo or autograph?'. At the moment I met him all that seemed irrelevant. I just really wanted to say thankyou. I have no idea what Meat is like when he is Michael.