Meat Loaf Interview with Gerry Ryan - Page 2

Winston · 10 Sep 2008, 21:48

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Originally Posted by faolteam

............... this same interviewer was interviewing Gordon Ramsay and Ramsay left after 10 minutes hre couldnt take the heat

what interview were you watching

AndrewG · 11 Sep 2008, 00:13

I like those interviews with Meat. He speaks his mind most of the time, fair enough it may just be waffling, whatever. But I think he's a very interesting person to listen to when he's given some interesting questions at least (not the frikking "how you got your name/why did you record IACBTMN stuff"). I'll definitely be watching this if someone puts the whole thing on the web.

Battybarb · 11 Sep 2008, 10:45

Couldnt get it,but thanks for posting Chris..

nikox1 · 11 Sep 2008, 18:51

rte 1 in ireland, the gerry ryan show, called confidential
getting good publicity, fill yas all in

Siobhan · 11 Sep 2008, 23:45

right just watched it and took down notes but it'll take me a while to write thm up.
basically he said he goes straight from song to song no dily dallying. He puts on a funny country accent and pretended to be a singer, talking about a song. ' And this one is about my Blue truck that I ran over my dog with... (something like that he waffled a little) he wanted to get across he doesn't talk too much between songs and when other singers do it annoys him.
He is still friends with Jim Steinman, wanted him to have as much attention as he did. when Meat lost his voice Jim sang and when Meat re recorded them it showed just how good he was. The songs didn’t live unless you sany them – Gerry to Meat., Meat replies I made those songs live, but Jim wrote them - compares it to an actor interpreting a script a writer has written.

Siobhan · 11 Sep 2008, 23:54

cuts to Dead ringer video, Meat says 'Its All about scene study, youre breaking down the scene as an actor – need to project the words properly to make audience feel overwhelmed'
then says about live shows, 'I adore performance adore audiences, I work for the audience. Audiences are super intelligent whether they understand it or not. They might scream and yell and you might do the 'look' and the whoop but they know when your not real – I have to like it before thay can like it. If I get thrown off my routine before show I get real paniky'

Narattor: Began career as an actor - rhps to fight club, uses his skill in his live shows he is demented, possessed by some outside force when acting on stage (about paradice)

'I'm about theatre not theatrics.'
about his shows, 'Its greek and operatic; not roman, not English, not American, it is greek'

Play actors writer director good when in theatre
Feels like your out of body like your floating on stage. You have been connected with these actors

'I don't remember what my mother looks like as it was too dramatic when she died.' He doesn’t forgive himself for not being there. The only thing he remembers about his father is a fist fight when Meat broke his ribs and once after when he was very ill. He attacked meat with a knife but Meat said his dad didn’t remember until someone reminded him?!

When he went back to dads house the whole wall was a Meat Loaf shrine made by his dad – 'It was his was of showing me he really can forgive me and like he was saying that he really did see I could do something good and worthwhile with his life.

Siobhan · 12 Sep 2008, 00:03

he is always thinkng about his voice. 'Its the first thing I think of when I wake up or if I go to the toilet in the night I think about it. It runs my life. Voice is a very stage thing, you can imagine it like a thread running from your foot to your head if its not connected to your head and brain you can’t sing.

Gerry mentions Newcastle incident and retireing and Meat replies, 'I’m a nice guy, My mother taught me to be polite and to have manners. I always say thounk you. I don’t put my position above any one elses, I'm very grateful.'
Tell me if its not good appreciates when people say soetings good

About vocal coach shows clip from in search of paradice
Vocal coach gives him a comfort zone. 'I'm not running on chance anymore in the last 7 months. I said before I'm retiring, retireing, retiring but know as long as I can keep the connection I'm gonna keep on going.'

Gerry says 'You don’t look like you giving up'

Meat replies with this 'joke';
There is a Guy working in circus cleaning up after the elephants and every day he complains about it. His friend says every day you complain about it, why don’t you just quit?
they guy replies 'and what? give up show buissiness?!'

Cut to clips of shows with Meat saying 'And don’t you ever ever stop rocking!' from 3 Bats Live

AndrewG · 12 Sep 2008, 01:26

THanks for the info Siobhan, sounds interesting to me. I hope I can watch this interview too. Was it on Sky somewhere, is that how you saw it? I don't have Sky any longer...

**Diane** · 12 Sep 2008, 01:50

Thanks very much Siobhan.

Did Meat have anything to say about the next album?

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Originally Posted by AndrewG

THanks for the info Siobhan, sounds interesting to me. I hope I can watch this interview too. Was it on Sky somewhere, is that how you saw it? I don't have Sky any longer...

I've got Sky but I can't get RTE on it so I couldn't watch the interview either.

Diane

Siobhan · 12 Sep 2008, 08:22

nope thats pretty much all he said, I was typing it out as he said it lol, but there was more snippets of information about his life said by a narrator but I'm sure everyone knew thoses thinga already - like number of record sales etc.

**Diane** · 12 Sep 2008, 11:31

OK thanks again Siobhan. Much appreciate you taking the trouble to fill us all in on what was said.

Diane

djfierce · 12 Sep 2008, 11:59

Thanks very much Siobhan, lets hope it turns up on the net in an archive or something later :)

nikox1 · 12 Sep 2008, 21:14

100 million record sales

all the papers in ireland had meat in them, they said the same 100 million sales
40 million sales for bat

it was a good interview

**allrevvedup** · 12 Sep 2008, 21:45

where did the other 60 million albums come from?

Bat was estimated to have sold something like 35 million or so...anyway all of these things are estimated because they cannot come up with a true figure for total world sales.

AndrewG · 12 Sep 2008, 22:21

I'd say 100 million is about right, everything in total, maybe a bit fluffied up, but not far off. Certainly if you were to include all those different compilation discs that have been around. You would definitely cross the 75 million mark by my count.

MeatGrl1 · 13 Sep 2008, 02:17

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Originally Posted by ChrisNI

http://www.rte.ie/tv/ryanconfidential/

DL thanks, what a great clip

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Steve6 · 14 Sep 2008, 22:13

Ok I was watching Meat Loaf on RTÉ with Gerry Ryan the other night. I thought he was totally out of it. I mean there is no doubt in my mind he was drunk, and anyone that seen it would agree. He looked like he couldn't keep his eyes open, and his speech in my opinion was slurry. He wasn't exhausted or anything he was just drunk. I also noticed a few bottles on the table well the interview was taking place. But I actually thought Meat Loaf didn't drink anymore?? Post your opinions please.

duke knooby · 14 Sep 2008, 22:16

haven't seen the interview, so no comment as yet, apart from, no comment lol

Steve6 · 14 Sep 2008, 22:20

I just want people to know I'm not trying to say anything negative about Meat here. I've seen him do many interviews. But I also know when a person has had one too many bottles aswell, and I think in this instance he has had one too many.

djfierce · 14 Sep 2008, 22:24

I've only seen the clip that was put on the tv networks web page and i didnt see anything to back up what you just posted, but i havent seen the whole show so i wont say you are lying, i just dont appreciate your presumption of

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He wasn't exhausted or anything he was just drunk

you cant possibly know this for fact, it's just your perception of how he was.

Siobhan · 14 Sep 2008, 22:29

Funnily enough my 12 year old brother walked into the sitting room half way through the interview and the first thing he said was 'is he drunk?'
He seemed a little out of it in parts, but he usually waffles on a bit doesn't he?

R. · 14 Sep 2008, 22:38

Threads merged.

mszee · 14 Sep 2008, 22:42

Didn't see entire interview but from the clip...typical Meat? No?

djfierce · 14 Sep 2008, 23:03

i think it was typical meat, he either talks crap and has badly boring interviews like when promoting bat3 on many shows, or he has wildly funny ones. I think that clip bored the hell out of me but he just seemed to be going on and on and on, and meat can do that very well given half a chance which this guy obviously did. I watched the clip again to look for these bottles and watch meat more closely and i could make out a wine bottle and a couple of what seem to be water bottles, i may be wrong as i havent seen the whole show but thats what i make of that small clip.

MeatGrl1 · 14 Sep 2008, 23:12

The clip I DL showed absolutely no signs of Meat being drunk and I think it's outrageous to even think that, you can't tell me that when your thinking of what to say or recalling things don't require you to move your eyes or head a certain way, Meat's voice didn't sound slurred and he looked focused and on the ball, if he were drunk he would not of made much sense what so ever and he would have glazed over eyes.

Personally I am sick of coming here and reading such outrageous and wrong facts, if you know the accusation to be a bare fact then fine I can accept that but to just accuse really annoys me.

11 Sep 2008, 18:51	#29
nikox1 Mega Loafer Join Date: 05.07.2007 Location: Front line of the battle Posts: 2,657	meat on tv tonight rte 1 in ireland, the gerry ryan show, called confidential getting good publicity, fill yas all in

11 Sep 2008, 23:45	#30
Siobhan Mega Loafer Join Date: 25.11.2007 Location: Southampton/London Posts: 1,171	right just watched it and took down notes but it'll take me a while to write thm up. basically he said he goes straight from song to song no dily dallying. He puts on a funny country accent and pretended to be a singer, talking about a song. ' And this one is about my Blue truck that I ran over my dog with... (something like that he waffled a little) he wanted to get across he doesn't talk too much between songs and when other singers do it annoys him. He is still friends with Jim Steinman, wanted him to have as much attention as he did. when Meat lost his voice Jim sang and when Meat re recorded them it showed just how good he was. The songs didn’t live unless you sany them – Gerry to Meat., Meat replies I made those songs live, but Jim wrote them - compares it to an actor interpreting a script a writer has written. Last edited by Siobhan; 12 Sep 2008 at 00:07.

14 Sep 2008, 22:13	#42
Steve6 Batman Join Date: 28.11.2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,690	Meat Loaf drunk on TV? Ok I was watching Meat Loaf on RTÉ with Gerry Ryan the other night. I thought he was totally out of it. I mean there is no doubt in my mind he was drunk, and anyone that seen it would agree. He looked like he couldn't keep his eyes open, and his speech in my opinion was slurry. He wasn't exhausted or anything he was just drunk. I also noticed a few bottles on the table well the interview was taking place. But I actually thought Meat Loaf didn't drink anymore?? Post your opinions please.

11 Sep 2008, 00:13	#27
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,077	I like those interviews with Meat. He speaks his mind most of the time, fair enough it may just be waffling, whatever. But I think he's a very interesting person to listen to when he's given some interesting questions at least (not the frikking "how you got your name/why did you record IACBTMN stuff"). I'll definitely be watching this if someone puts the whole thing on the web.

11 Sep 2008, 10:45	#28
Battybarb Nutty Tart From Hell Join Date: 25.05.2007 Location: liverpool Posts: 8,390	Couldnt get it,but thanks for posting Chris..

11 Sep 2008, 23:54	#31
Siobhan Mega Loafer Join Date: 25.11.2007 Location: Southampton/London Posts: 1,171	cuts to Dead ringer video, Meat says 'Its All about scene study, youre breaking down the scene as an actor – need to project the words properly to make audience feel overwhelmed' then says about live shows, 'I adore performance adore audiences, I work for the audience. Audiences are super intelligent whether they understand it or not. They might scream and yell and you might do the 'look' and the whoop but they know when your not real – I have to like it before thay can like it. If I get thrown off my routine before show I get real paniky' Narattor: Began career as an actor - rhps to fight club, uses his skill in his live shows he is demented, possessed by some outside force when acting on stage (about paradice) 'I'm about theatre not theatrics.' about his shows, 'Its greek and operatic; not roman, not English, not American, it is greek' Play actors writer director good when in theatre Feels like your out of body like your floating on stage. You have been connected with these actors 'I don't remember what my mother looks like as it was too dramatic when she died.' He doesn’t forgive himself for not being there. The only thing he remembers about his father is a fist fight when Meat broke his ribs and once after when he was very ill. He attacked meat with a knife but Meat said his dad didn’t remember until someone reminded him?! When he went back to dads house the whole wall was a Meat Loaf shrine made by his dad – 'It was his was of showing me he really can forgive me and like he was saying that he really did see I could do something good and worthwhile with his life.

12 Sep 2008, 00:03	#32
Siobhan Mega Loafer Join Date: 25.11.2007 Location: Southampton/London Posts: 1,171	he is always thinkng about his voice. 'Its the first thing I think of when I wake up or if I go to the toilet in the night I think about it. It runs my life. Voice is a very stage thing, you can imagine it like a thread running from your foot to your head if its not connected to your head and brain you can’t sing. Gerry mentions Newcastle incident and retireing and Meat replies, 'I’m a nice guy, My mother taught me to be polite and to have manners. I always say thounk you. I don’t put my position above any one elses, I'm very grateful.' Tell me if its not good appreciates when people say soetings good About vocal coach shows clip from in search of paradice Vocal coach gives him a comfort zone. 'I'm not running on chance anymore in the last 7 months. I said before I'm retiring, retireing, retiring but know as long as I can keep the connection I'm gonna keep on going.' Gerry says 'You don’t look like you giving up' Meat replies with this 'joke'; There is a Guy working in circus cleaning up after the elephants and every day he complains about it. His friend says every day you complain about it, why don’t you just quit? they guy replies 'and what? give up show buissiness?!' Cut to clips of shows with Meat saying 'And don’t you ever ever stop rocking!' from 3 Bats Live

12 Sep 2008, 01:26	#33
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,077	THanks for the info Siobhan, sounds interesting to me. I hope I can watch this interview too. Was it on Sky somewhere, is that how you saw it? I don't have Sky any longer...

12 Sep 2008, 08:22	#35
Siobhan Mega Loafer Join Date: 25.11.2007 Location: Southampton/London Posts: 1,171	nope thats pretty much all he said, I was typing it out as he said it lol, but there was more snippets of information about his life said by a narrator but I'm sure everyone knew thoses thinga already - like number of record sales etc.

12 Sep 2008, 11:31	#36
Diane Super Moderator Join Date: 04.02.2003 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Posts: 3,462	OK thanks again Siobhan. Much appreciate you taking the trouble to fill us all in on what was said. Diane

12 Sep 2008, 11:59	#37
djfierce Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.06.2005 Location: Posts: 3,596	Thanks very much Siobhan, lets hope it turns up on the net in an archive or something later :)

12 Sep 2008, 21:14	#38
nikox1 Mega Loafer Join Date: 05.07.2007 Location: Front line of the battle Posts: 2,657	100 million record sales all the papers in ireland had meat in them, they said the same 100 million sales 40 million sales for bat it was a good interview

12 Sep 2008, 21:45	#39
allrevvedup "Most things that i worry about, never happen anyway" Join Date: 29.11.2003 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,355	where did the other 60 million albums come from? Bat was estimated to have sold something like 35 million or so...anyway all of these things are estimated because they cannot come up with a true figure for total world sales.

12 Sep 2008, 22:21	#40
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,077	I'd say 100 million is about right, everything in total, maybe a bit fluffied up, but not far off. Certainly if you were to include all those different compilation discs that have been around. You would definitely cross the 75 million mark by my count.

14 Sep 2008, 22:16	#43
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,889	haven't seen the interview, so no comment as yet, apart from, no comment lol

14 Sep 2008, 22:20	#44
Steve6 Batman Join Date: 28.11.2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,690	I just want people to know I'm not trying to say anything negative about Meat here. I've seen him do many interviews. But I also know when a person has had one too many bottles aswell, and I think in this instance he has had one too many.

14 Sep 2008, 22:29	#46
Siobhan Mega Loafer Join Date: 25.11.2007 Location: Southampton/London Posts: 1,171	Funnily enough my 12 year old brother walked into the sitting room half way through the interview and the first thing he said was 'is he drunk?' He seemed a little out of it in parts, but he usually waffles on a bit doesn't he?

14 Sep 2008, 22:38	#47
R. You dig. Join Date: 02.04.2002 Location: On the fothermucker Posts: 7,179	Threads merged.

14 Sep 2008, 22:42	#48
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	Didn't see entire interview but from the clip...typical Meat? No?

14 Sep 2008, 23:03	#49
djfierce Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.06.2005 Location: Posts: 3,596	i think it was typical meat, he either talks crap and has badly boring interviews like when promoting bat3 on many shows, or he has wildly funny ones. I think that clip bored the hell out of me but he just seemed to be going on and on and on, and meat can do that very well given half a chance which this guy obviously did. I watched the clip again to look for these bottles and watch meat more closely and i could make out a wine bottle and a couple of what seem to be water bottles, i may be wrong as i havent seen the whole show but thats what i make of that small clip.

14 Sep 2008, 23:12	#50
MeatGrl1 No Day But Today Join Date: 29.05.2006 Location: Sitting on the steps outside looking so restless and reckless and lost! Posts: 9,089	The clip I DL showed absolutely no signs of Meat being drunk and I think it's outrageous to even think that, you can't tell me that when your thinking of what to say or recalling things don't require you to move your eyes or head a certain way, Meat's voice didn't sound slurred and he looked focused and on the ball, if he were drunk he would not of made much sense what so ever and he would have glazed over eyes. Personally I am sick of coming here and reading such outrageous and wrong facts, if you know the accusation to be a bare fact then fine I can accept that but to just accuse really annoys me.