Do you believe in fate by music?

Chaos · 23 Jan 2004, 22:51

We've all got Meat songs that inspire us. Here's my story from a few days ago:

Well. I was at the Glasgow gig on the 17th and decided right after it I had to be there on the 30th. So, I tried and tried for days to get a standing ticket but no use. I evemtually thought that a seating ticket would be better than none. So, I phoned the SECC quite a few times to get pne but to no avail. I then lingered on the SECC site for hours hoping to get one but it wasn't working. I was geting more teary eyed/exasperated/annoyed so I put on Bat Out Of Hell II. I decided that I wasn't going to get a ticket and that was that, so I was about to switch the net off when I heard Meat singing the lines from my fave song;

"There's always something magic. There's always something new. And when you really, really need it the most, that's when rock n roll dreams come through"

With a lump in my throat (cos that song always does that to me) I decided on one last look at the SECC site. And there was a standing ticket for the 30th. Thank you Meat, because without those lines at that specific time, I would have logged off and given up. Now I'm gonna be seeing you again and I'm very happy! Rock n roll dreams did come through!

Anyone else been moved by Meats songs and it's made a difference?

RSG · 23 Jan 2004, 23:06

Great story, Chaos :)

And yes, I do believe in fate by music.

Ageing Bat · 23 Jan 2004, 23:16

How strange ..... was just posting on the 22nd January review (took my time to get it right), then went to front page to see who else was online and saw this thread just starting.

Don't think this is classed as double posting, but I had literally just typed the following:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ageing Bat

If what happened on 17th November hadn't happened, I probably wouldn't have met you all, nor made contact with other 'posters'. Fate is a strange phenomenon... isn't that right, Black Dog?!!

I made contact with Black Dog as she kept posting pretty much word for word what I was about to add to a thread .... it got spooky, believe me! Turns out fate had a very good reason we should get in contact, but that's personal.

Guppie · 23 Jan 2004, 23:17

Cool story indeed.

shadow1000001 · 23 Jan 2004, 23:32

Very cool stories everyone

black dog · 23 Jan 2004, 23:33

I couldn't have said that better myself Ageing Bat. If it hadn't been for Meat's health problems etc. I may not have joined this forum and through it I have made a very special friend. The timing couldn't have been better as you are helping me deal with a personal problem. Thank you for your help.

Thank you also to this site which is so well administered and has given me the chance to meet Ageing Bat.

Chaos · 23 Jan 2004, 23:38

When I was writing the story, I thught it sounded a bit corny, but it was true. The minute I heard Meat singing those lines I just got this weird feeling and felt the strong desire to give it one last go. Cool coincidence anyway.

Oriel · 24 Jan 2004, 01:58

Don't forget to thank Jimmy...

Gez · 26 Jan 2004, 10:02

Going back a few years....I was on my way to my fiance's. Two out of three was playing (snow is really piling up outside....etc), then it started snowing

Got to her house .........and.............she dumped me!!!!

Suppose two of out three wasn't bad after all

ROSIE · 26 Jan 2004, 10:17

way back in time I lived in Florida with my first husband (a right evil b.....d) and one day I 'd had enough (couldn't hide the bruises anymore) so I flipped. I ordered a cab and walked out deciding to spend everything in the account to come home to England. I did good came home in stylr.

Anyway the cab arrived and as we pulled away from my hell, bat out of Hell played on the radio it was very surreal. I asked the driver to crank it up, and there I was escaping like a bat out of hell

Rosie

Gez · 26 Jan 2004, 10:24

.........and now you have days of roses :P , ROSIE

ROSIE · 26 Jan 2004, 10:27

and nights

Rosie

Gez · 26 Jan 2004, 10:37

are you puuuurrrrrrrring at me ROSIE

Sapphire Lady · 26 Jan 2004, 10:46

It's always lovely to hear a Meat track unexpectedly, on the radio, in a bar etc. I can never help smiling when that happens.

My favourite experience of this was when hubby took me to Rome for my birthday. We were in the Hard Rock Cafe (yes, there is one in Rome) and Anything For Love came on the video screens. That made a special night even more special.

Pudding · 26 Jan 2004, 11:11

Cool stories and I've a couple myself that are all true

I was listening to 'For Crying Out Loud' a few months ago and when I turned round to see what was on the News, there was this woman (from Iraq I think) actually crying out loud

Then a week or so later I was listening to Barbara Streisands version of Left In The Dark and all of a sudden we had a power cut. Some might say that was a devine blessing

Then last week I was checking my Lotto ticket to see if I'd won when Celine Dions - It's All Coming Back To Me Now was playing and Lo and behold I won the exact same amount money that I'd originally put on the ticket

Pud

native texan · 26 Jan 2004, 19:50

I was in labor for 7 hours with my youngest, and it looked like nothing was going to happen for a while. My husband put Meat Loaf in the tape player and we settled in for some cards. Less than a minute later, Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) started, and out popped her head. It's been 7 years and I've not quite figured out which way she's going to go

She loves the song and thinks it's great that she was born to Meat. So do I- I just wish that I'd thought of putting in the tape a few hours earlier

ROSIE · 26 Jan 2004, 19:53

I must ask Dottie if she had Meat playing when Ellis was born after all he was playing when

Rosie

Pudding · 26 Jan 2004, 22:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by native texan

I was in labor for 7 hours with my youngest, and it looked like nothing was going to happen for a while. My husband put Meat Loaf in the tape player and we settled in for some cards. Less than a minute later, Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) started, and out popped her head. It's been 7 years and I've not quite figured out which way she's going to go She loves the song and thinks it's great that she was born to Meat. So do I- I just wish that I'd thought of putting in the tape a few hours earlier

That's awesome. When my little lad was born I brought in my Very Best of Meat Loaf CD (as you do) and Bat Out Of Hell had just finished and because I had it on continous play it went back to the beginning of the CD. Not long after I'd Do Anything For Love started playing out popped Zac and I started crying like a baby.

Pud:o]

meat loaf is my god · 26 Jan 2004, 22:21

ya i belve in fate by music because if i hadnt been singing out of the frying pan and into the fire in one of my colege shows i would never have looked at a girl called bec on the 3 row and she is now my gf of 2 years and odley anouth the line on which i notecd her was and then i saw u like a summers dream and u were the ansewer to every prayer that i ever said.

Cpl Mickey · 29 Jan 2004, 14:37

Great stories everyone. Rosie yours brought a lump to my throat. Well done, for doing what you did.

needmoremeat · 29 Jan 2004, 20:53

During the Christmas holidays one year I went to the cinema with Dad one Wednesday night. The movie really freaked me out and I just wanted to get home and forget about it. We got in the car to come home, left the car park, Dad put the radio on. And Anything For Love, my favourite song, came on just at that same moment! I was never so happy to hear that song!!!!!!!

It cheered me up no end, I was sitting there thinking "Thank you Meat!!!! Thank you, Jim!!!!!"
Also my Mam was going to be made redundant from her first job, and naturally no one was happy about it. A couple of weeks after she told us, we put Bat 2 on in the car on the way to our then-owned caravan for the first time in ages, and it was the first proper time I'd heard it. AFL finished, then came the next: Life is a Lemon and I want my Money Back!

We couldn't help but laugh at the irony. I said to her "You should go into work one day with this blaring out of a cd player and you singing along with it. That'll probably make them keep you on!!!"

23 Jan 2004, 22:51	#1
Chaos Loafer Join Date: 03.12.2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 56	Do you believe in fate by music? We've all got Meat songs that inspire us. Here's my story from a few days ago: Well. I was at the Glasgow gig on the 17th and decided right after it I had to be there on the 30th. So, I tried and tried for days to get a standing ticket but no use. I evemtually thought that a seating ticket would be better than none. So, I phoned the SECC quite a few times to get pne but to no avail. I then lingered on the SECC site for hours hoping to get one but it wasn't working. I was geting more teary eyed/exasperated/annoyed so I put on Bat Out Of Hell II. I decided that I wasn't going to get a ticket and that was that, so I was about to switch the net off when I heard Meat singing the lines from my fave song; "There's always something magic. There's always something new. And when you really, really need it the most, that's when rock n roll dreams come through" With a lump in my throat (cos that song always does that to me) I decided on one last look at the SECC site. And there was a standing ticket for the 30th. Thank you Meat, because without those lines at that specific time, I would have logged off and given up. Now I'm gonna be seeing you again and I'm very happy! Rock n roll dreams did come through! Anyone else been moved by Meats songs and it's made a difference?

23 Jan 2004, 23:06	#2
RSG Mega Loafer Join Date: 27.07.2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,296	Great story, Chaos :) And yes, I do believe in fate by music.

23 Jan 2004, 23:17	#4
Guppie www.meat-loaf.nl Join Date: 28.12.2002 Location: Brabant, The Netherlands Posts: 1,300	Cool story indeed.

23 Jan 2004, 23:32	#5
shadow1000001 Mega Loafer Join Date: 10.07.2003 Location: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,580	Very cool stories everyone

23 Jan 2004, 23:33	#6
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	I couldn't have said that better myself Ageing Bat. If it hadn't been for Meat's health problems etc. I may not have joined this forum and through it I have made a very special friend. The timing couldn't have been better as you are helping me deal with a personal problem. Thank you for your help. Thank you also to this site which is so well administered and has given me the chance to meet Ageing Bat.

23 Jan 2004, 23:38	#7
Chaos Loafer Join Date: 03.12.2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 56	When I was writing the story, I thught it sounded a bit corny, but it was true. The minute I heard Meat singing those lines I just got this weird feeling and felt the strong desire to give it one last go. Cool coincidence anyway.

24 Jan 2004, 01:58	#8
Oriel Senior Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 161	Don't forget to thank Jimmy...

26 Jan 2004, 10:02	#9
Gez Knicker thief Join Date: 17.04.2003 Location: auch...not on the fence Posts: 5,636	Going back a few years....I was on my way to my fiance's. Two out of three was playing (snow is really piling up outside....etc), then it started snowing Got to her house .........and.............she dumped me!!!! Suppose two of out three wasn't bad after all

26 Jan 2004, 10:17	#10
ROSIE Invisible again! Join Date: 30.06.2003 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1,240	way back in time I lived in Florida with my first husband (a right evil b.....d) and one day I 'd had enough (couldn't hide the bruises anymore) so I flipped. I ordered a cab and walked out deciding to spend everything in the account to come home to England. I did good came home in stylr. Anyway the cab arrived and as we pulled away from my hell, bat out of Hell played on the radio it was very surreal. I asked the driver to crank it up, and there I was escaping like a bat out of hell Rosie

26 Jan 2004, 10:24	#11
Gez Knicker thief Join Date: 17.04.2003 Location: auch...not on the fence Posts: 5,636	.........and now you have days of roses :P , ROSIE

26 Jan 2004, 10:27	#12
ROSIE Invisible again! Join Date: 30.06.2003 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1,240	and nights Rosie

26 Jan 2004, 10:37	#13
Gez Knicker thief Join Date: 17.04.2003 Location: auch...not on the fence Posts: 5,636	are you puuuurrrrrrrring at me ROSIE

26 Jan 2004, 10:46	#14
Sapphire Lady Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.04.2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,213	It's always lovely to hear a Meat track unexpectedly, on the radio, in a bar etc. I can never help smiling when that happens. My favourite experience of this was when hubby took me to Rome for my birthday. We were in the Hard Rock Cafe (yes, there is one in Rome) and Anything For Love came on the video screens. That made a special night even more special.

26 Jan 2004, 11:11	#15
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	Cool stories and I've a couple myself that are all true I was listening to 'For Crying Out Loud' a few months ago and when I turned round to see what was on the News, there was this woman (from Iraq I think) actually crying out loud Then a week or so later I was listening to Barbara Streisands version of Left In The Dark and all of a sudden we had a power cut. Some might say that was a devine blessing Then last week I was checking my Lotto ticket to see if I'd won when Celine Dions - It's All Coming Back To Me Now was playing and Lo and behold I won the exact same amount money that I'd originally put on the ticket Pud

26 Jan 2004, 19:50	#16
native texan Super Loafer Join Date: 03.01.2004 Location: I was gambling in Havana Posts: 232	I was in labor for 7 hours with my youngest, and it looked like nothing was going to happen for a while. My husband put Meat Loaf in the tape player and we settled in for some cards. Less than a minute later, Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) started, and out popped her head. It's been 7 years and I've not quite figured out which way she's going to go She loves the song and thinks it's great that she was born to Meat. So do I- I just wish that I'd thought of putting in the tape a few hours earlier

26 Jan 2004, 19:53	#17
ROSIE Invisible again! Join Date: 30.06.2003 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1,240	I must ask Dottie if she had Meat playing when Ellis was born after all he was playing when Rosie

26 Jan 2004, 22:21	#19
meat loaf is my god Loafer Join Date: 19.01.2004 Location: worcester Posts: 94	ya i belve in fate by music because if i hadnt been singing out of the frying pan and into the fire in one of my colege shows i would never have looked at a girl called bec on the 3 row and she is now my gf of 2 years and odley anouth the line on which i notecd her was and then i saw u like a summers dream and u were the ansewer to every prayer that i ever said.

29 Jan 2004, 14:37	#20
Cpl Mickey Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.09.2003 Location: Maidstone. England Posts: 1,378	Great stories everyone. Rosie yours brought a lump to my throat. Well done, for doing what you did.

29 Jan 2004, 20:53	#21
needmoremeat Mega Loafer Join Date: 23.11.2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,416	During the Christmas holidays one year I went to the cinema with Dad one Wednesday night. The movie really freaked me out and I just wanted to get home and forget about it. We got in the car to come home, left the car park, Dad put the radio on. And Anything For Love, my favourite song, came on just at that same moment! I was never so happy to hear that song!!!!!!! It cheered me up no end, I was sitting there thinking "Thank you Meat!!!! Thank you, Jim!!!!!" Also my Mam was going to be made redundant from her first job, and naturally no one was happy about it. A couple of weeks after she told us, we put Bat 2 on in the car on the way to our then-owned caravan for the first time in ages, and it was the first proper time I'd heard it. AFL finished, then came the next: Life is a Lemon and I want my Money Back! We couldn't help but laugh at the irony. I said to her "You should go into work one day with this blaring out of a cd player and you singing along with it. That'll probably make them keep you on!!!"