Steinman and Meat Loaf were magical together. Steinman also wrote songs that became hits for other artists as well, including Celine Dion, Air Supply, Barbara Streisand, Barry Mannilow and of course Bonnie Tyler!
@@paulmellette8925 I love the fact that Total Eclipse Of The Heart is actually about vampires in love. He wrote it initially for a vampire musical that never got made so slightly reworked it for Bonnie Tyler
The British gothic horror rock band Creeper are keeping the Jim Steinman worship alive with their amazing records. Check out the songs 'Thorns of Love' or 'Further Than Forever'. Such a great band.
@@marvinmurphy5523 Yeah... I know this isn't on Bat out of Hell. I was saying the entire Bat out of Hell album is a classic, so she should listen to it, lol.
Great line. How about I'm living in a powder keg and giving off sparks from Total Eclipse or All the stars in the sky are taking aim at your eyes like a spotlight from Making love out of Nothing at All.
@@TristanandIsolt ,yes. Full of those, not so subtle, messages. I wonder did Jim ever think that an old chap is going to sing these with a straight face? Did Meat ever think about it? Yes, well, most of pop culture lyrics are quite gringe worthy if you pay enough attention to them. Great music and great musicians both, Meat and Jim!
I discovered Meatloaf in 1978 as a Senior in High School (theater geek) and fell in love with his music (I said 'who is this guy' right after seeing Rocky Horror for the first time). Powerful singer, incredible songwriting, great theatrics!!
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" for another great story. "Bat Out Of Hell" for hearing his vocal power. "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad". If this doesn't make you teary, you got no heart.
There will never be another Meat Loaf. Not even close. He was Amazing and we can all be thankful for everything he's left us in his art. Amazing. Simply amazing performer.
The entire "Bat Out of Hell"album was a complete 'Rock Opera' which is meant to be heard in sequence with each song leading directly into the next as part of an overall story in concert it is done more like a play then a show ~
Some things about this video: > It's inspired on both Beauty and the Beast and Coppola's Dracula. > The bed scene is from Dracula, but in that is Keanu Reeves on the bed. > The lady singing is not the one in the video, that's a model lip singing. Her name is Dana Patrick, the voice is from the singer Lorraine Crosby.
"Two out of three aint bad" dont go another day without listening to it if youve never heard it. its heartbreakingly beautiful. and as youve already discovered, that voice! RIP Meat Loaf, you fantastic creature
@@gypsyroadhog Is there a video with Meat and Lorraine Crosby on UA-cam? I only know his performances with Patti Russo. I'd love to see them sing and perform together.
and she was only at the recoding studio by concidence and the female singer that was supposed to be singing across from him didnt turn up and lorraine was asked to sing to give meat someone to bounce off of
I loved Meatloaf’s cameo in the Spiceworld movie when asked to clean the tour bus toilet he responds “I love these girls, and I’d do anything for them. But, I won’t do that” Love Mestloaf RIP you Rock Opera legend
Aileen, we came here for your reaction. If I want to watch the video uninterrupted, I can easily do that. We're here because we LIKE your reactions, so please do not second guess that.
Most of us have our own experience listening to this song for the first time. But it's a real treat to vicariously experience it again with you and your sincere enjoyment of music and especially the Meatloaf experience. Thank you so much.
Great reaction! Yes go down the meatloaf rabbit hole, you won't be disappointed. After growing up with MTV when they played non stop music videos, I really miss these kind of great videos.
I'm glad you liked this. I saw someone show a couple of young people from TikTok this video and they didn't care for it much, so it's nice to see someone young can appreciate it. Yeah, basically a Beauty and the Beast/love transforms story.
There was a Dracula movie with Gary Oldman and Keanu Reeves. Something running through the plot is that Dracula falls because his wife dives off the castle wall....fatally. He denies death....denies god....denies it all waiting for her to be reborn....so in the beginning, it says "Sometimes going all the way is just a start."
I was swept up and mesmerized watching you watch the video and in it my childhood... Meatloaf was a great singer and performer and Jim Steinman a great writer, together they wrote and performed some of the most iconic songs of their time. Meatloaf said upon the Death of Jim "We didn't know each other, we were each other." which was eerily prophetic and sadly they passed just 9 months apart...
Objects In The Rear View Mirror, Bat Out Of Hell, Paradise By The Dashboard Light, For Crying Out Loud, Dead Ringer For Love (with Cher), Two Outta Three Ain't Bad, Heaven Can Wait..... Take your pick!
Maet Loaf and Jim Steinman one of the best singer and composer combinations ever. Saw Meat Loaf live once every song was it's own little show, one of the best concerts if have ever been to. He also had a decent acting career with 114 credits on IMDB (his breakthrough into big time show business was as Eddie in the Rocky Horror Picture Show). By the way i would recomend "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" I love the intro to this one.
Possibly (one of the) GREATEST comeback songs of ALL time. Saw Meat Loaf live 12 times. 10 were after the release of Bat 2, so I saw this 10 times live. Loved it, every one!!
Never lie to you, never stop dreaming of you, never move on and never screw around. Those are some of the things he mentions he won’t do. So many people hear the song and ask what he won’t do. They get so caught up in the song that they miss the simplest of things. I think you’ll have fun with paradise by the dash board.
This was a song from the album Bat out of Hell II. There were almost 20 years between bat 1 and bat 2, during that time Meatloaf had actually blew out his voice, almost to the point where he couldn't talk. he spent 20 years learning how to sing again, so his voice is deeper and more powerful and he learned to control it better so he didn't hurt himself again. and as for the mysterious "that" he explains what it is in the song if you listen. "Sooner or later you'll be screwing around" "no i won't do that"
I just love when you get completely lost in the videos, and then as soon as it's done, you just wake up and realizes that you were actually recording 😀
This music video is said to have a little spin off of Beauty and The Bast and Bram Stokers Dracula. RIP Marvin Lee Aday... RIP Robert Paulson.... RIP MEATLOAF....
I found this on his Wiki page: In 1984, Meat Loaf legally changed his first name from Marvin to Michael because he was "haunted" by a Levi Strauss & Co. commercial which-according to him-contained the line, “Poor fat Marvin can't wear Levi's" 😑
This is such a beautiful and sad song. It's a dialogue between the singer and his love who has died. The beast persona he takes on in the video is representative of his grief. The tragedy of the song is when he says, " I won't do that", he is saying that he'll never move on and never love again.
Gotta go back to the originals… Two out of Three, Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, Bat out of Hell. He also had a short but amazing performance in Rocky Horror Picture Show… and Fight Club but no singing in that one.
His partnership with Jim Steinman created some of the Best Music ever. True Rock Opera I love how you didn't ask wont do what . They answer that question in the last few lines of the songs.
The female lead voice dubbed here, is from Lorraine Crosby, from the UK. The story goes that when the song was recorded, the lady who was supposed to contribute her voice failed to show up for whatever reason, and they were desperate to find someone who'd be prepared to stand in for her, and they found Lorraine who was recording her own stuff in another studio, so they asked her and thank God she agreed. She has an incredible voice and she had a major input to this amazing video.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen Meatloaf perform this song live and even better was that he did it with Lorraine Crosby from this exact music video. I think that she needs a big shout out too as she has an amazing voice both in this video and also live. This song has a special place in my heart as it was my oldest son‘s mothers and my “this is our song’ situation if you know what I mean? Before she passed away far too young.
“His name is Robert Paulson and he is forty-eight years old. His name is Robert Paulson, and Robert Paulson will be forty-eight years old, forever.” -Tyler Duran
All the Meatloaf songs that became hits, became hits for a reason. They're all amazing. Some bands seem to sometimes get "hit song" status just because of the fame or popularity of the Artist performing it. But with Meatloaf, every hit, is a hit well earned. "Objects in the Rear View Mirror" (If it doesn't almost drive you to tears only proves one to be heartless) "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (great storytelling song) "Two out of Three Ain't Bad" "It's all Coming Back to Me Now" "Martha" (not a "hit" but a great emotional song) "Not a Dry Eye in the House" "I'd Lie for You" (which has a similar into piano lick to this song) "Out of the Frying Pan" (Pretty "Rock-y" for a Meatloaf song, but very well done) Meatloaf is an artist where you can just put an album in and hit play and every track is worthy of hearing without skipping. His death was a blow to music. The man was a stellar performer.
Damn, what a time travel experience. I grew up listening to this a lot as a kid. It was just there, like so many other classics from that time. And now I get goosebumps all over hearing it again with you! RIP Meat Loaf!
This was my fav artist from his first album (I'm old lol) in 1977 as a sophomore in high school to his very last breath and I miss his special way of drama that made every song a journey. Great channel!!
Meatloaf, who for a long time was vegetarian, has a long history in musical theatre. He also has a small but important role in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”!
The first Bat Out of Hell album was released the year I was born *my Dad wore out the 8 track player* is out basement. Then when this camr out in the 90's, I loved it too
Jim Steinman is the songwriting genius behind many of the Meat Loaf albums, namely Bat Out Of Hell (1977), Dead Ringer (1981), Bat Out Of Hell II : Back Into Hell (1993), Bat Out Of Hell II : The Monster Is Loose (2006), and Braver Than We Are (2016). All other albums are a hodgepodge of talented songwriters, with the occasional track or two from Steinman, and even Meat himself accrued some (co-)writing credits on the 2010 album Hang Cool Teddy Bear. Before Dead Ringer, meat Loaf endured some challenges and difficulties that result ed in him losing his voice, and Steinman was left to deliver an album for the label, and elected to put out the intended material as a solo album, Bad For Good. That was April of 1981, and by September of that same year, Dead Ringer was released with Meat back in action, better than ever. The fun thing, is that BFG and DR have similar production quality and could be considered 2 parts of a whole. Also, many songs for Jim's BFG album resurfaced in new recordings on future Meat Loaf albums over the years. Here's the discography so you know what you;re diving into : 1977 - BAT OUT OF HELL (all songs by Steinman) 1981 - BAD FOR GOOD (Jim Steinman solo album, all songs by Steinman) 1981 - DEAD RINGER (all songs by Steinman) 1983 - MIDNIGHT AT THE LOST & FOUND 1984 - BAD ATTITUDE (2 songs by Steinman) 1986 - BLIND BEFORE I STOP 1993 - BAT OUT OF HELL II : BACK INTO HELL (all songs by Steinman) 1995 - WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD (2 songs by Steinman) 1998 - LIVE AROUND THE WORLD 1996/1997 2003 - COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER (3 songs by Steinman) 2006 - BAT OUT OF HELL III : THE MONSTER IS LOOSE (most songs by Steinman) 2010 - HANG COOL TEDDY BEAR 2011 - HELL IN A HANDBASKET 2016 - BRAVER THAN WE ARE (most songs by Steinman)
Meat Loaf was an incredible talent. He was a singer, actor, entertainer. He would bring the songs to life on stage... The vibrato was normal for Meat...He is missed. R.I.P. Meat Loaf (Michael)
This was one of the best reactions to this iconic songs I've ever seen. Like all you tubers, you're aware of yourself being watched (that is not a criticism). And, like all you tubers reacting to this video, you start forgetting you're being observed shortly before she starts to sing. And then she starts and you're all in. Brought tears to my eyes, just like it did the first time I ever heard the song. Thankyou.
Meatloaf is very entertaining. Some great ones are "Bat Out of Hell" "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and one of my favorites is "Dead Ringer for love" ft Cher is a really cool video. Love what you do!
Oh Aileen, if you like musical theatre, you're going to LOVE Meatloaf. He started off in theatre before going into rock music and his sense of drama (both on stage and off) is legendary. The late Jim Steinman, who wrote all Meatloaf's music, was a fantasic songwriter. There is SO much content in the lyrics: they're like little novels full of clever imagery, call-backs and wordplay. You really can't go wrong with anything he did, but Bat Out Of Hell is a must, as is Paradise By The Dashboard Light. The latter is also bloody funny, being a cynical take on "fairy-tale" romance.
Jim Steinman was a genius songwriter. Meat Loaf an amazing performer. They both passed away within a year of each other. Best musical creative duo
Steinman and Meat Loaf were magical together. Steinman also wrote songs that became hits for other artists as well, including Celine Dion, Air Supply, Barbara Streisand, Barry Mannilow and of course Bonnie Tyler!
@@paulmellette8925 I love the fact that Total Eclipse Of The Heart is actually about vampires in love. He wrote it initially for a vampire musical that never got made so slightly reworked it for Bonnie Tyler
The British gothic horror rock band Creeper are keeping the Jim Steinman worship alive with their amazing records. Check out the songs 'Thorns of Love' or 'Further Than Forever'.
Such a great band.
they were just pure magic...
Meatloaf is a bloody LEGEND!
Sadly ''was'', but we all know that Legends never die, right
Yes totally agree with you
He definitely ruined his reputation at the end 😞
Pretty good actor as well.
@@lry8133How?
The entire Bat out of Hell album. It is an absolute classic. Meatloaf is when theatre nerds decide to make rock and roll.
Except this song is off the second album, but all 3 are good in their own right.
sp of theatre the broadway version of Dance of the Vampires has Jim Steinmen's music. some are mealoaf's stuff
@@marvinmurphy5523 Yeah... I know this isn't on Bat out of Hell. I was saying the entire Bat out of Hell album is a classic, so she should listen to it, lol.
@@lathspell87Every song on that album is awesome.
Meat Loaf.................
Next up "Two Out of Three Aint Bad", "Bat Out of Hell", "You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth" and "Paradise By the Dashboard Light".
Just the entire Bat out of Hell album really.
+1
These are all great picks.
Yes !!!! And don´t forget about "Life is a lemon ...".
Meatloaf and Cher. Can’t remember the name?
Meat Loaf is the perfect combination of a voice for Opera and a heart for Rock N Roll. One of the most powerful voices you'll ever hear.
He was an actor and crossover singer. Perfect to be a musical performer.
*Btw., the actress in the video is just miming to the vocals of English singer Lorraine Crosby.* 🎵💿🎸🔊
"Will you hose me down with holy water if I get too hot"
That's such a Steinman lyric 😎
Wait, is she North Umbrian? Damn! I thought she was a fellow American!
Full of bona fide Steinman.
” Never forgive myself if we don’t go all the way, tonight ” 🙄
Never grow old 🙂
Great line. How about I'm living in a powder keg and giving off sparks from Total Eclipse or All the stars in the sky are taking aim at your eyes like a spotlight from Making love out of Nothing at All.
@@TristanandIsolt ,yes. Full of those, not so subtle, messages.
I wonder did Jim ever think that an old chap is going to sing these with a straight face?
Did Meat ever think about it?
Yes, well, most of pop culture lyrics are quite gringe worthy if you pay enough attention to them.
Great music and great musicians both, Meat and Jim!
@@jakemaattanen Jim is possibly the greatest songwriter to ever live. I could run off incredible line after incredible line that Jim created.
Every Meat Loaf / Jim Steinman collaboration should be right up any musical lover's alley. Good to have you back!
An absolute masterpiece of a song and music video. The production is insane.
I love how expressive Aileen's face is.
I agree completely
I discovered Meatloaf in 1978 as a Senior in High School (theater geek) and fell in love with his music (I said 'who is this guy' right after seeing Rocky Horror for the first time). Powerful singer, incredible songwriting, great theatrics!!
You nailed it with "Beauty and the Beast." That's what Meatloaf was portraying.
OMG YOU LITERALLY COULD NOT HAVE PICKED A BETTER SONG!!!
This song was literally inescapable when it came out, it was everywhere, and was the catalyst to one of the greatest career resurrections of all time
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" for another great story.
"Bat Out Of Hell" for hearing his vocal power.
"Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad". If this doesn't make you teary, you got no heart.
Heaven can wait another tear up.
HELL YEAHHH, gotta give "Objects in the Rear View May Appear Closer Than They Are," next on the Meatloaf Journey.
"Rock and Roll Dreams Come True" fantastic song as well
that song wrecks me
Please, yes! No one mentions it, and it's such amazing Meat Loaf storytelling as well...
"If it ain't broke break it"
Such an underrated song.
There will never be another Meat Loaf. Not even close. He was Amazing and we can all be thankful for everything he's left us in his art. Amazing. Simply amazing performer.
My favorite song by Meatloaf has always been paradise by the dashboard light. You should definitely check it out on your channel in the future!
Yeah, if she loves musicals you can't go wrong with that.
Now see if you believe THIS: Meatloaf is NOT in the rock and roll hall of fame. Insane.
... and Madonna is. smh There's no justice in this world.
That pretty much tells me the rock and roll hall of fame is worthless. Bat out of Hell is the 7th best selling album OF ALL TIME.
That deminises the hall of fame, not Meat Loaf.
The entire "Bat Out of Hell"album was a complete 'Rock Opera' which is meant to be heard in sequence with each song leading directly into the next as part of an overall story in concert it is done more like a play then a show ~
Each song on that album is a play in itself, each with multiple acts.
paradise by the dashboard lights by meatloaf is a must
👍👍💯💯
You can't go wrong with any Meat Loaf, but yes, Paradise is not only a must, it should be next for sure.
Who's on first, what's on second, I don't knows on 3rd
By Meat Loaf, rather. But yes, that song is a masterpiece.
yea i get it, but it's my least favorite of his most popular songs.
Some things about this video:
> It's inspired on both Beauty and the Beast and Coppola's Dracula.
> The bed scene is from Dracula, but in that is Keanu Reeves on the bed.
> The lady singing is not the one in the video, that's a model lip singing. Her name is Dana Patrick, the voice is from the singer Lorraine Crosby.
"Two out of three aint bad" dont go another day without listening to it if youve never heard it. its heartbreakingly beautiful. and as youve already discovered, that voice! RIP Meat Loaf, you fantastic creature
The girl's voice is actually British singer Lorraine Crosby from the North East of England.
And performed on stage with him when he played up here…she also appeared on the Steve Steinman tribute shows when touring
@@gypsyroadhog Is there a video with Meat and Lorraine Crosby on UA-cam? I only know his performances with Patti Russo. I'd love to see them sing and perform together.
and she was only at the recoding studio by concidence and the female singer that was supposed to be singing across from him didnt turn up and lorraine was asked to sing to give meat someone to bounce off of
Lorraine was from walker in newcastle
So soulful
I loved Meatloaf’s cameo in the Spiceworld movie when asked to clean the tour bus toilet he responds “I love these girls, and I’d do anything for them. But, I won’t do that”
Love Mestloaf RIP you Rock Opera legend
I love his character in waynes world.
Fight Club too 😂
@@_666_Sorrow “his name was Robert Paulson”
Also in The Rocky Horror Picture Show where he played meatloaf... literally!
Roadie was his best movie. It was an inspiration to me.
Rock Opera, his concerts were magic. The entire concert would tell a story. Loved that!
Aileen, we came here for your reaction. If I want to watch the video uninterrupted, I can easily do that. We're here because we LIKE your reactions, so please do not second guess that.
True, but I also loved the part where she got lost in the song and forgot she was reacting to it.
@@willythemailboy2 Yeah, talk about honest reaction. You're right.
Seen him in '99. Still in my top 5 live shows ever.❤🤘👍
This video was directed by Michael Bay - Transformer franchise, Armageddon fame
Loved the reaction Aileen. One of my favorite songs of all time, so cinematic and beautiful. R.I.P Legend. 🙏🖤
Most of us have our own experience listening to this song for the first time. But it's a real treat to vicariously experience it again with you and your sincere enjoyment of music and especially the Meatloaf experience. Thank you so much.
Great reaction! Yes go down the meatloaf rabbit hole, you won't be disappointed. After growing up with MTV when they played non stop music videos, I really miss these kind of great videos.
2 out of 3 ain't bad...official video....will change your life...❤u homie
I'm glad you liked this. I saw someone show a couple of young people from TikTok this video and they didn't care for it much, so it's nice to see someone young can appreciate it. Yeah, basically a Beauty and the Beast/love transforms story.
The story in this video was inspired by "Beauty and the Beast" and also "Dracula".
Oh, so you picked up that scene with the ladies in bed is straight out of the movie Bram Stokers Dracula with Keanu Reeves.
AND, the music video was directed by none other than Michael Bay.
@@boki1693 No, I read info about the making of it and that's what it said.
@@rromano158 AND that was also in the behind the scenes info🤣, though it is common knowledge that he was a music video director before doing movies.
@@boki1693Srsly? And no mention of actor playing Dracula? Gary Oldman?
Just listen to the entire album. It's a masterpiece and is still one of the best selling albums of all time.
“Objects in the Rear View Mirror may Appear Closer Than They Are” is another one that tells a story that you’ll get invested in.
One of the greatest rock videos and ballads ever, this song. They really treated music like a playground back then.
There was a Dracula movie with Gary Oldman and Keanu Reeves. Something running through the plot is that Dracula falls because his wife dives off the castle wall....fatally. He denies death....denies god....denies it all waiting for her to be reborn....so in the beginning, it says "Sometimes going all the way is just a start."
Hi Aileen. So glad you got to this one. One more you must do is For Crying Out Loud. It was Meat and his Songwriter Jim's favorite.
Great reaction Aileen. Good to have you back!
I was swept up and mesmerized watching you watch the video and in it my childhood... Meatloaf was a great singer and performer and Jim Steinman a great writer, together they wrote and performed some of the most iconic songs of their time. Meatloaf said upon the Death of Jim "We didn't know each other, we were each other." which was eerily prophetic and sadly they passed just 9 months apart...
Beautiful, yes! Well done, like always dear Aileen ❤️🖤♠️
High school football player that got hooked into Drama club. Then it was on to musical theater. Now A rock Opera legend.
Jim Steinman is a sure bet when it comes to writing. Meat Loaf absolutely outstanding in the vocals.
Everything louder than everything else has been my fav meatloaf song since i was like 5. One of the more underrated ones imo
This! I know it's a bit different from some of his typical hits but I love blasting that song!
Objects In The Rear View Mirror, Bat Out Of Hell, Paradise By The Dashboard Light, For Crying Out Loud, Dead Ringer For Love (with Cher), Two Outta Three Ain't Bad, Heaven Can Wait.....
Take your pick!
Also I’m Gonna Love Her for Both of Us. A bit silly but my how he sells it!!
Official videos a must for the full ML treatment!
The video for Bat Out Of Hell is amazing. Hard to go wrong with Meatloaf as he puts everything into every song he does.
His name... was Robert Paulsen..
Actually, his name was Michael Lee Aday, & he didn't really have bitch tits. 🍨🍨 R.I.P.
Maet Loaf and Jim Steinman one of the best singer and composer combinations ever. Saw Meat Loaf live once every song was it's own little show, one of the best concerts if have ever been to. He also had a decent acting career with 114 credits on IMDB (his breakthrough into big time show business was as Eddie in the Rocky Horror Picture Show). By the way i would recomend "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" I love the intro to this one.
🤘🤘Please check out Paradise by the dashboard light by Meatloaf. He’s an amazing vocalist and performer.
Possibly (one of the) GREATEST comeback songs of ALL time. Saw Meat Loaf live 12 times. 10 were after the release of Bat 2, so I saw this 10 times live. Loved it, every one!!
Someone once said that art decorates our spaces and music decorates our time.
Jim Steinman was an incredible composer and Michael Aday (Meatloaf) was an amazing vocalist! Paradise by the Dashboard Light NEXT!
Never lie to you, never stop dreaming of you, never move on and never screw around. Those are some of the things he mentions he won’t do. So many people hear the song and ask what he won’t do. They get so caught up in the song that they miss the simplest of things. I think you’ll have fun with paradise by the dash board.
Never going to give you up
Every track on that album was absolute gold! He put on a hell of a live show. I really miss his music.
Hot patootie, bless his soul. He really loved that rock 'n' roll
EDDIE! 😂
EDDIE! Get your ass off the table!
Gonna be such a good reaction! My first song by Meatloaf was “Bat Out of Hell” and that was so good if you wanna check it out too!
adding it to the list!
@@AileenSenpai Can’t wait to see it!! ❤️
One of the first CDs I ever got was Bat Out of Hell II. Basically every track on both albums are gold.
Great Reaction
This was a song from the album Bat out of Hell II. There were almost 20 years between bat 1 and bat 2, during that time Meatloaf had actually blew out his voice, almost to the point where he couldn't talk. he spent 20 years learning how to sing again, so his voice is deeper and more powerful and he learned to control it better so he didn't hurt himself again.
and as for the mysterious "that" he explains what it is in the song if you listen. "Sooner or later you'll be screwing around" "no i won't do that"
Yeah thats my interpretation as well. That he will do anything for his true love, but he will never move on to find new love.
That is 4 different things. Listen to the verses before and it tells you.
They explained it in an interview. It was written like that purposely.
I just love when you get completely lost in the videos, and then as soon as it's done, you just wake up and realizes that you were actually recording 😀
Bat Out of Hell is a great song, too!
I haven't seen a lot from you recently, but I am happy to see you back in the feed!! Hope all is well.
This music video is said to have a little spin off of Beauty and The Bast and Bram Stokers Dracula.
RIP Marvin Lee Aday... RIP Robert Paulson.... RIP MEATLOAF....
I found this on his Wiki page:
In 1984, Meat Loaf legally changed his first name from Marvin to Michael because he was "haunted" by a Levi Strauss & Co. commercial which-according to him-contained the line, “Poor fat Marvin can't wear Levi's" 😑
This is such a beautiful and sad song. It's a dialogue between the singer and his love who has died. The beast persona he takes on in the video is representative of his grief. The tragedy of the song is when he says, " I won't do that", he is saying that he'll never move on and never love again.
Thank you for that 😊
If your this excited over this fantastic track then I can’t wait for your reaction to paradise by a dashboard light…
*Paradise By The Dashboard Light
Meatloaf and Marion Raven, "It's All Coming Back To Me Now.." Epic, beautiful, and a sensitive performance. 😇☺️🌹
Gotta go back to the originals… Two out of Three, Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, Bat out of Hell.
He also had a short but amazing performance in Rocky Horror Picture Show… and Fight Club but no singing in that one.
His partnership with Jim Steinman created some of the Best Music ever. True Rock Opera I love how you didn't ask wont do what . They answer that question in the last few lines of the songs.
You want theatrics? Paradise by the dashboard light.
The female lead voice dubbed here, is from Lorraine Crosby, from the UK. The story goes that when the song was recorded, the lady who was supposed to contribute her voice failed to show up for whatever reason, and they were desperate to find someone who'd be prepared to stand in for her, and they found Lorraine who was recording her own stuff in another studio, so they asked her and thank God she agreed. She has an incredible voice and she had a major input to this amazing video.
My favorite Meatloaf song has to be “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”
Also, watching you get totally invested there near the end was great
You're the best Aileen, I love to watch how the music grabs a hold of your emotions.🤘🤘
Jim Steinman wrote some epic music!!
Meatloaf is one of the most under appreciated singers of our time. Such power. Such emotion.
His daughter Pearl is also an incredible singer.
Fun fact: This music video was directed by Michael Bay
I've watched this reaction many times but your reaction is the best...this song has defenatly held up through the generations!!
I am sure you here this all the time but damn you are beautiful. Just pointing out what everyone else sees also. RIP Meat Loaf.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen Meatloaf perform this song live and even better was that he did it with Lorraine Crosby from this exact music video. I think that she needs a big shout out too as she has an amazing voice both in this video and also live. This song has a special place in my heart as it was my oldest son‘s mothers and my “this is our song’ situation if you know what I mean? Before she passed away far too young.
“His name is Robert Paulson and he is forty-eight years old. His name is Robert Paulson, and Robert Paulson will be forty-eight years old, forever.” -Tyler Duran
All the Meatloaf songs that became hits, became hits for a reason. They're all amazing. Some bands seem to sometimes get "hit song" status just because of the fame or popularity of the Artist performing it. But with Meatloaf, every hit, is a hit well earned.
"Objects in the Rear View Mirror" (If it doesn't almost drive you to tears only proves one to be heartless)
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (great storytelling song)
"Two out of Three Ain't Bad"
"It's all Coming Back to Me Now"
"Martha" (not a "hit" but a great emotional song)
"Not a Dry Eye in the House"
"I'd Lie for You" (which has a similar into piano lick to this song)
"Out of the Frying Pan" (Pretty "Rock-y" for a Meatloaf song, but very well done)
Meatloaf is an artist where you can just put an album in and hit play and every track is worthy of hearing without skipping. His death was a blow to music. The man was a stellar performer.
Damn, what a time travel experience. I grew up listening to this a lot as a kid. It was just there, like so many other classics from that time. And now I get goosebumps all over hearing it again with you! RIP Meat Loaf!
If you listen to the lyrics carefully, this is one of the best written love songs. Love this song.
He put on an awesome concert. I feel very privileged to see him live.
You might love his single “objects in the rear view mirror.” Always makes me emotional.
This was my fav artist from his first album (I'm old lol) in 1977 as a sophomore in high school to his very last breath and I miss his special way of drama that made every song a journey. Great channel!!
Welcome back my most favorite beautiful creative reactor. Come back stronger and better than ever. I have missed you. Oh, and Meatloaf is superb!
Meatloaf, who for a long time was vegetarian, has a long history in musical theatre. He also has a small but important role in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”!
Always enjoy your reactions Aileen! One of the most beautiful rock songs.
Meatloaf crushed it in Rocky Horror Picture Show.
CRUSHED IT
The first Bat Out of Hell album was released the year I was born *my Dad wore out the 8 track player* is out basement. Then when this camr out in the 90's, I loved it too
One of the best love songs ever written in my opinion.
He’s one of the GOATs. He was a massive theater guy that’s why his videos and live performances had so much to them
Jim Steinman is the songwriting genius behind many of the Meat Loaf albums, namely Bat Out Of Hell (1977), Dead Ringer (1981), Bat Out Of Hell II : Back Into Hell (1993), Bat Out Of Hell II : The Monster Is Loose (2006), and Braver Than We Are (2016).
All other albums are a hodgepodge of talented songwriters, with the occasional track or two from Steinman, and even Meat himself accrued some (co-)writing credits on the 2010 album Hang Cool Teddy Bear.
Before Dead Ringer, meat Loaf endured some challenges and difficulties that result ed in him losing his voice, and Steinman was left to deliver an album for the label, and elected to put out the intended material as a solo album, Bad For Good. That was April of 1981, and by September of that same year, Dead Ringer was released with Meat back in action, better than ever. The fun thing, is that BFG and DR have similar production quality and could be considered 2 parts of a whole. Also, many songs for Jim's BFG album resurfaced in new recordings on future Meat Loaf albums over the years.
Here's the discography so you know what you;re diving into :
1977 - BAT OUT OF HELL (all songs by Steinman)
1981 - BAD FOR GOOD (Jim Steinman solo album, all songs by Steinman)
1981 - DEAD RINGER (all songs by Steinman)
1983 - MIDNIGHT AT THE LOST & FOUND
1984 - BAD ATTITUDE (2 songs by Steinman)
1986 - BLIND BEFORE I STOP
1993 - BAT OUT OF HELL II : BACK INTO HELL (all songs by Steinman)
1995 - WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD (2 songs by Steinman)
1998 - LIVE AROUND THE WORLD 1996/1997
2003 - COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER (3 songs by Steinman)
2006 - BAT OUT OF HELL III : THE MONSTER IS LOOSE (most songs by Steinman)
2010 - HANG COOL TEDDY BEAR
2011 - HELL IN A HANDBASKET
2016 - BRAVER THAN WE ARE (most songs by Steinman)
Meat Loaf was an incredible talent. He was a singer, actor, entertainer. He would bring the songs to life on stage... The vibrato was normal for Meat...He is missed. R.I.P. Meat Loaf (Michael)
Beautiful song, beautiful video, beautiful reaction.
This was one of the best reactions to this iconic songs I've ever seen. Like all you tubers, you're aware of yourself being watched (that is not a criticism). And, like all you tubers reacting to this video, you start forgetting you're being observed shortly before she starts to sing. And then she starts and you're all in. Brought tears to my eyes, just like it did the first time I ever heard the song. Thankyou.
I loved watching your reaction to Meatloaf. It was like I was hearing for the first time. Please do some more Meatloaf.
Meatloaf is very entertaining. Some great ones are "Bat Out of Hell" "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and one of my favorites is "Dead Ringer for love" ft Cher is a really cool video. Love what you do!
Oh Aileen, if you like musical theatre, you're going to LOVE Meatloaf. He started off in theatre before going into rock music and his sense of drama (both on stage and off) is legendary. The late Jim Steinman, who wrote all Meatloaf's music, was a fantasic songwriter. There is SO much content in the lyrics: they're like little novels full of clever imagery, call-backs and wordplay. You really can't go wrong with anything he did, but Bat Out Of Hell is a must, as is Paradise By The Dashboard Light. The latter is also bloody funny, being a cynical take on "fairy-tale" romance.