Meat Loaf covers?

Paul191 · 26 Jan 2007, 01:29

I was just wondering which songs of Meat Loaf's have been covered by other artists. I know of two......... Barry Manilow- Read 'em and weep and Bonnie Tyler- Two out of three ain't bad.

Thanks

Wario · 26 Jan 2007, 02:11

Uhh the entire Tribute to Meat Loaf album and a band did Nowhere Fast , forget their name

samurai7 · 26 Jan 2007, 02:21

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band did a cover of Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad. Still haven't managed to track this down myself yet though.

Sarah Geronimo did a cover of I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Wont Do That)

Karla DeVito did an amazing version of Heaven Can Wait.

Russel Watson did Is Nothing Sacred?

There's more, but my brain hurts to think.

duke knooby · 26 Jan 2007, 02:23

at least it only hurts, at least it only hurts, only when u think.. lol

samurai7 · 26 Jan 2007, 02:25

well, if it ain't broke...

mszee · 26 Jan 2007, 03:28

Barbra Streisand...Left In The Dark

Wario · 26 Jan 2007, 03:54

That Boy band that did Home by now

Greenday did Johnny B. Goode

I myself have done Meat Loaf covers :)

samurai7 · 26 Jan 2007, 04:06

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Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

That Boy band that did Home by now

Greenday did Johnny B. Goode

I myself have done Meat Loaf covers :)

I assume you mean Boyzone doing No Matter What? That was actually before Meat's version. Johnny B. Goode is a song originally by Chuck Berry from the 1950's. It's been done by THOUSANDS of people.

Oh, and Zina - you do realaise Ms Streisand's version of LITD was 11 years before Meat's, right?

mszee · 26 Jan 2007, 04:14

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Originally Posted by Son Of Meat Loaf

Oh, and Zina - you do realaise Ms Streisand's version of LITD was 11 years before Meat's, right?

Actually I didn't...

I did know that Elaine Caswell was before Meat with IACBTMN - didn't put it in...

Well, at least I know something, right?

samurai7 · 26 Jan 2007, 04:16

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Originally Posted by mszee

Actually I didn't...

I did know that Elaine Caswell was before Meat with IACBTMN - didn't put it in...

Well, at least I know something, right?

Gotta give you props for that one. Elaine was also before Celine (who was also before Meat, but we're not allowed to say that out loud

)

mszee · 26 Jan 2007, 04:19

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Originally Posted by Son Of Meat Loaf

Gotta give you props for that one. Elaine was also before Celine (who was also before Meat, but we're not allowed to say that out loud

)

We are not allowed to even mention Celine's version...who's Celine???

I've heard Caswell last March singing IACBTMN...she is still incredible...

samurai7 · 26 Jan 2007, 04:22

Yes she is. The Pandora's Box version is still the best version out there, in my opinion. There are two (count 'em) fantastic gutar solos, and the best background vocals I've ever heard. I really wish MEat had done something similar with his version, but hey-ho - that's a conversation that's already been worn out.

Anyway, my head hurts, so I'm off to bed (after all, it's 3:20 am here!

)

MeatGrl1 · 26 Jan 2007, 04:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Son Of Meat Loaf

Johnny B. Goode is a song originally by Chuck Berry from the 1950's. It's been done by THOUSANDS of people.

Including Elvis Presley

!!

I love when he did it

!

mszee · 26 Jan 2007, 04:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Son Of Meat Loaf

Yes she is. The Pandora's Box version is still the best version out there, in my opinion. There are two (count 'em) fantastic gutar solos, and the best background vocals I've ever heard. I really wish MEat had done something similar with his version, but hey-ho - that's a conversation that's already been worn out.

Anyway, my head hurts, so I'm off to bed (after all, it's 3:20 am here!

)

Pandora's Box version is STILL the best for me...

Good night...

Wario · 26 Jan 2007, 04:37

Meat does a lot of cover himself, let alone covers of his songs.

Lets see, he did:

Johnny B. Goode
River Deep Mountain High
Presence of the Lord
Stand By Me
The Promised Land
The Rock Medleys - there are a lot he did
Dixie
Jail house Rock,
American Trilogy
Louie Louie
Good Golly Miss Molly
Devil With A Blue Dress On
We Are Family
We Will Rock You
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Mercury Blues
Honky Tonk Women
I Love Rock'n Roll
Heartache Tonight
1999
Forever Young
Black Betty
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Bad for Good
Lost Boys and Golden Girls
Love and Death and an American Guitar (Wasted Youth)
Dance In My pants
Out of the frying pan
The Storm
Rock'n Roll Dreams
Good Girls Go To Heaven
Surf's Up
Just Wont Quit
Original Sin
Its all coming back To Me Now
Roll Over Beethoven
Let It Be
Come Together
Oh what a beautiful morning
Blue Christmas
Run, Run Rudolph
Silent Night
Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

evil nickname · 26 Jan 2007, 09:20

You're missing a few covers Meat did:

45. Left in the Dark
46. Martha (Tom Waits)
47. Tear Me Down (Hedwig & The Angry Inch soundtrack)
48. Do It! (Billy Rankin)
49. If It Ain't Broke, Break It (MTV's Wuthering Heights soundtrack)
50. Seize The Night
51. The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
52. Home By Now / No Matter What (Whistle Down The Wind, Boyzone)
53. A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste (Whistle Down The Wind)
54. Whore (Mother Superior, Pearl)
55. Come Back To Sorrento ("opera classic")
56. Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin)
57. 16 Tons (The Company Store) (on the 1999 tour)
58. It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It) (segued into after "We Are Family" in 2003)

You could even start discussing if "Hot Patootie" and the other Rocky Horror tracks should be considered a cover, as Meat wasn't in the original 1973 London cast.
And then there are some more covers done live (I Love Rock N Roll, Mony Mony, Guilty, Oh Darling) sung by Patti, Pearl, John Golden, etc.

MeatGrl1 · 26 Jan 2007, 11:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

Meat does a lot of cover himself, let alone covers of his songs.

Lets see, he did:

[*] Love and Death and an American Guitar (Wasted Youth)

Erm Jim Steinman talks this on Bat II...

Tim · 26 Jan 2007, 12:21

impressive list of covers... didn't know there where that many.... i'm gonna try to find them all

djfierce · 26 Jan 2007, 16:46

cant see it anywere here so apologies if i'm blind and its been mentioned

Julian Austin did 2 outta 3
ok country version

luk.out.of.hell · 26 Jan 2007, 17:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

Uhh the entire Tribute to Meat Loaf album and a band did Nowhere Fast , forget their name

the name of the band is fire inc.
Its on the streets of fire soundtrack
Its a great version but I think it was before meat did the BA album

**RadioMaster** · 26 Jan 2007, 18:20

that brings us back to the old arguement what´s a cover and what isnt....

djfierce · 26 Jan 2007, 19:15

well i have always considered a cover to be a song delivered by anybody but the very first person to perform it

mszee · 26 Jan 2007, 19:20

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Originally Posted by djfierce

well i have always considered a cover to be a song delivered by anybody but the very first person to perform it

That's what I consider cover too...no matter how successful or otherwise the original artist was...

**RadioMaster** · 26 Jan 2007, 19:20

JIm Steinman is the best example.
He gives the same songs to a number of people, but which is a cover?
The one that wasnt recorded at first?
The one that wasnt published at first?
Think of No matter what, what´s the original? Meat? Buyzone? the WdtW cast album?
On the other hand there´s the problem that Jim is 'cutting' every song he produces together from earlier songs, or pieces of songs, published or not published.
The you got the things with the demos too.
I gave up to try to get to know which Steinman song is a cover/original.

LucyK! · 26 Jan 2007, 19:37

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Originally Posted by djfierce

well i have always considered a cover to be a song delivered by anybody but the very first person to perform it

That's how I would decide if a song was a cover or not...who recorded No Matter What first, Boyzone or Meat? I'm inclined to say Boyzone...

26 Jan 2007, 01:29	#1
Paul191 Mega Loafer Join Date: 26.11.2005 Location: Posts: 1,530	Meat Loaf covers? I was just wondering which songs of Meat Loaf's have been covered by other artists. I know of two......... Barry Manilow- Read 'em and weep and Bonnie Tyler- Two out of three ain't bad. Thanks

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Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	Meat does a lot of cover himself, let alone covers of his songs. Lets see, he did: Johnny B. Goode River Deep Mountain High Presence of the Lord Stand By Me The Promised Land The Rock Medleys - there are a lot he did Dixie Jail house Rock, American Trilogy Louie Louie Good Golly Miss Molly Devil With A Blue Dress On We Are Family We Will Rock You Lawyers, Guns, and Money Mercury Blues Honky Tonk Women I Love Rock'n Roll Heartache Tonight 1999 Forever Young Black Betty Take Me Out To The Ballgame Bad for Good Lost Boys and Golden Girls Love and Death and an American Guitar (Wasted Youth) Dance In My pants Out of the frying pan The Storm Rock'n Roll Dreams Good Girls Go To Heaven Surf's Up Just Wont Quit Original Sin Its all coming back To Me Now Roll Over Beethoven Let It Be Come Together Oh what a beautiful morning Blue Christmas Run, Run Rudolph Silent Night Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

26 Jan 2007, 02:11	#2
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	Uhh the entire Tribute to Meat Loaf album and a band did Nowhere Fast , forget their name

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samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band did a cover of Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad. Still haven't managed to track this down myself yet though. Sarah Geronimo did a cover of I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Wont Do That) Karla DeVito did an amazing version of Heaven Can Wait. Russel Watson did Is Nothing Sacred? There's more, but my brain hurts to think.

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duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,889	at least it only hurts, at least it only hurts, only when u think.. lol

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samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	well, if it ain't broke...

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mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	Barbra Streisand...Left In The Dark

26 Jan 2007, 03:54	#7
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	That Boy band that did Home by now Greenday did Johnny B. Goode I myself have done Meat Loaf covers :)

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samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	Yes she is. The Pandora's Box version is still the best version out there, in my opinion. There are two (count 'em) fantastic gutar solos, and the best background vocals I've ever heard. I really wish MEat had done something similar with his version, but hey-ho - that's a conversation that's already been worn out. Anyway, my head hurts, so I'm off to bed (after all, it's 3:20 am here! )

26 Jan 2007, 09:20	#16
evil nickname Guest Join Date: 19.04.2003 Posts: 2,238	You're missing a few covers Meat did: 45. Left in the Dark 46. Martha (Tom Waits) 47. Tear Me Down (Hedwig & The Angry Inch soundtrack) 48. Do It! (Billy Rankin) 49. If It Ain't Broke, Break It (MTV's Wuthering Heights soundtrack) 50. Seize The Night 51. The Future Ain't What It Used To Be 52. Home By Now / No Matter What (Whistle Down The Wind, Boyzone) 53. A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste (Whistle Down The Wind) 54. Whore (Mother Superior, Pearl) 55. Come Back To Sorrento ("opera classic") 56. Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin) 57. 16 Tons (The Company Store) (on the 1999 tour) 58. It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It) (segued into after "We Are Family" in 2003) You could even start discussing if "Hot Patootie" and the other Rocky Horror tracks should be considered a cover, as Meat wasn't in the original 1973 London cast. And then there are some more covers done live (I Love Rock N Roll, Mony Mony, Guilty, Oh Darling) sung by Patti, Pearl, John Golden, etc.

26 Jan 2007, 12:21	#18
Tim The Butcher Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Westervoort, The Netherlands Posts: 10,321	impressive list of covers... didn't know there where that many.... i'm gonna try to find them all

26 Jan 2007, 16:46	#19
djfierce Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.06.2005 Location: Posts: 3,596	cant see it anywere here so apologies if i'm blind and its been mentioned Julian Austin did 2 outta 3 ok country version

26 Jan 2007, 18:20	#21
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	that brings us back to the old arguement what´s a cover and what isnt....

26 Jan 2007, 19:15	#22
djfierce Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.06.2005 Location: Posts: 3,596	well i have always considered a cover to be a song delivered by anybody but the very first person to perform it

26 Jan 2007, 19:20	#24
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	JIm Steinman is the best example. He gives the same songs to a number of people, but which is a cover? The one that wasnt recorded at first? The one that wasnt published at first? Think of No matter what, what´s the original? Meat? Buyzone? the WdtW cast album? On the other hand there´s the problem that Jim is 'cutting' every song he produces together from earlier songs, or pieces of songs, published or not published. The you got the things with the demos too. I gave up to try to get to know which Steinman song is a cover/original.