Meat Loaf has died

[Joe Republic]

Singer Meat Loaf dies aged 74 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60080934

[Meclazine for Israel]

Poor ol' Meat.

[Samof94]

Singer Meat Loaf dies aged 74 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60080934

From Covid

[GeorgiaModerate]

 

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

You know, I know he warned us nine months ago, but this still took me by surprise.

After he died, his nurse, Mary Beth, left me a message saying how much he loved me. She said I was the one person he needed more than anyone else in his life. I don’t want to die, but I may die this year because of Jim. I’m always with him and he’s right here with me now. I’ve always been with Jim and Jim has always been with me.

We belonged heart and soul to each other. We didn’t know each other. We were each other.

It wasn't 2021 that he died, but he did die within a year of Jim.

[GeorgiaModerate]

RIP.  He was one of my favorite rock artists.

He was on VH1's "Storyteller" years ago and told a great story about the creation of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".  The original version was 27 minutes long, and when Meat and Jim Steinman played it for Todd Rundgren (who produced the album), Todd said "You guys are insane."  He worked with them to cut it down to the 8.5-minute released version, and Meat said "You've destroyed our song."  Todd replied "8 and half minutes, and I've destroyed the song?  You guys are still insane."

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Tremendous talent.  RIP, FF.

[SnowLabrador]

RIP.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

He was on VH1's "Storyteller" years ago and told a great story about the creation of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".  The original version was 27 minutes long, and when Meat and Jim Steinman played it for Todd Rundgren (who produced the album), Todd said "You guys are insane."  He worked with them to cut it down to the 8.5-minute released version, and Meat said "You've destroyed our song."  Todd replied "8 and half minutes, and I've destroyed the song?  You guys are still insane."

Meat and Jim may have been insane, but Todd is a coward for not putting the 27-minute version onto the album anyway. For God's sake, the man was willing to put a 35-minute instrumental piece on Initiation, and he couldn't handle the idea of a 27-minute Paradise?

[Independents for Nihilism]

Today we are all praying for the end of time

EDIT: look at this gem

[Badger]

RIP to one of the most grossly overrated "artists " of the 20th century l.

[GeorgiaModerate]

RIP to one of the most grossly overrated "artists " of the 20th century l.

Silence, curmudgeon!

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

RIP.

Hot patootie, rest his soul. I really loved that rock and roll.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

RIP to one of the most grossly overrated "artists " of the 20th century l.

Silence, curmudgeon!

I think Badg has earned the screen name Grumps, so I might just give it up and let him have it from now on. 

[MasterJedi]

RIP to one of the most grossly overrated "artists " of the 20th century l.

We aren't talking about U2 or DMB...

[DaleCooper]

Sad news, I always really liked him. He was in some great films too.

[THG]

God bless him in the afterlife. RIP.

[Real Texan Politics]

RIP FF

[muon2]

RIP.

Hot patootie, rest his soul. I really loved that rock and roll.

Perfect. That scene was how I was first introduced to Meat Loaf as a college freshman. There was no audience participation then, since RHPS was in first run.

[DINGO Joe]

Sad news, I always really liked him. He was in some great films too.

I didn't realize for quite some time that that was him in Fight Club.