+Le Derp You re fucking stupid, stupid thinking, yeah vote for meat loaf to piss the trio off because you like them. Fuck logic dont care tho, I dont vote
In a top gear book, they were jokingly running ideas for replacement presenters by the producers. One guy was rejected for not fitting inside the cars, followed immediately by a rejection of Meatloaf for not being able to fit in the studio
One of the best love song EVER written. get over the stigma of a guy on a bike, The man is trying to get out and forget his girl that dont love him no matter how hard he tries. And in the end he dies, classic love - death scenario, classical scripting. stop reading anymore into this song than what it is. Listen to the Lyrics!!!!.
Methinks they got lucky simply by the virtue of it being early in the show's life, in the early-mid 2000's. I bet you a lot of cash that if it was done in 2017 or even this year, pretty much everyone would vote for Meat Loaf because "lol memes".
Shaihan Rasheed yeah I remember watching the episode not long ago. The winner was queen but when it came to presenting the award they had a problem: Brian May doesn’t like that song, Freddie Mercury was busy being dead, and they couldn’t remember the 4th guys name. So it went to Roger Taylor. But the trophy had little room and the engraver was a muppet so it read ‘Stop Me Now’.
Don't forget that May is a classically-trained pianist, and might be expected to have strong prejudices. That might also explain why TG found so many worn out pianos over the years.
Am I the only one curious to know what ranked at 6-20? I did notice stuff like "Song 2" by Blur, "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC, "My Favourite Game" by The Cardigans, and "Go With The Flow" by Queens of the Stone Age in there, but can't tell much else.
Imagine how cross they would've been if it had won. Also it feels more like its just James that hates it, and the other two are just pretending because they got fed up of arguing with him.
I'd nominate an obscure one: "Bad Motherfucker" by "Biting Elbows" It's damn good, and the slow bits make for amazing tension when it breaks into the chorus. Time that with the right red light, DAMN
Someone should make a challenge in which they have to drive a Volkswagen Beetle, across that really straight road from the muscle car special, all while listening to Meat Loaf.
Best driving song ever??... that is just impossible!!! It's a bit like shaggin, there's so much to choose from, it's just about wat you fancy at the time!!!
Had to come here when I saw Meat Loaf had died when I checked Twitter when I woke up. RIP Meat Loaf. I had literally watched one of the films that featured him (51st State/Formula 51 - 2001) yesterday.
When I watched this back when the series was being released, I never got the impression they hated Meat Loaf. Jeremy features Meat Loaf on a Greatest Driving Anthems CD (Hammond pokes fun at Jeremy because of this fact). I always thought they had to dissuade viewers from voting for Meat Loaf because they were just "a pokey little motoring show" and the winner would be on the show and they couldn't afford him.
Meat Loaf is awesome and yet I still love these three idiots no matter what they say about one of my favorite bands, also I'm only 20 and my mom got me on them.
1. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 2. Golden Earring - Radar Love 3. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell 4. Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild 5. Deep Purple - Highway Star
Rest in peace Meatloaf. Came here after Jeremy tweeted about him and only felt it necessary. Meatloaf is the reason my autistic ass gave music a chance
Imagine a tv presenter saying "This artist created Bat out of hell, and he was really fat" Nowadays? There would be an uproar from all of the SJW's and all of those fat appreciation women, who can't stop eating, so they just try to make it a positive thing.
Every time I go to work, I have to go on a highway, and in my head, I hear ‘I’m gonna hit the highway like a battering ram’ and squeeze a few more km onto my speed.
James' sudden switch from formal professionalism to blind indiscriminate rage was just incredible
My favourite part for me.
2:29
I wonder how many people voted for Meat Loaf just to piss them off...
or how many didnt vote for them because they like top gear
I know what i'd do ;)
+Le Derp You re fucking stupid, stupid thinking, yeah vote for meat loaf to piss the trio off because you like them. Fuck logic
dont care tho, I dont vote
I'm honestly surprised it didn't win for that exact reason.
You had it spelled right the first time.
This only feels right that people pay their respects here. RIP Meat Loaf
First thing I thought to do
same! RIP Meat Loaf
i came here because i knew him from this video
I came right here when I heard the news. RIP Meat Loaf.
Came here immediately after hearing he died LMAO
"You can vote for it, but we'll come around and cut off your electricity." I died at this one
5:23 Been a while since any part of Meatloaf was blown by a fan....
I wish I could like a comment more than once
oof... savage
or blown by anything...
I can’t believe this is the first thing I have thought of when Meatloaf died RIP
Yeah same
Same
They really should have put Meat Loaf in the reasonably priced car. Assuming he'd fit, I mean.
I think he's dead.
@@Ward1706 Nope, quick Google and he is 71.
He'd fit now, but not back in the day.
In a top gear book, they were jokingly running ideas for replacement presenters by the producers. One guy was rejected for not fitting inside the cars, followed immediately by a rejection of Meatloaf for not being able to fit in the studio
@@Ward1706 Well this aged well 😂
Love how Clarkson is whinging about Bat Out Of Hell specifically, then immediately proceeds to quote You Took the Words Right Out Of My Mouth
2:32 Jesus Christ May, you're really lashing out!
The Scandinavian Gaming Channel 😂 he must hate meat loaf a lot.
This reinforces me decision that he's my favorite top gear presenter.
@@rolon-ew5kl it does give you gout
😆😆😆
Assuming, you can get your fat, swollen, sweaty, stumps of inbred fingers, onto the 5 button!
this video is only about 30 seconds longer than bat out of hell by meat loaf
Bat outta he'll is 9:50
The radio edit of bat out of hell is 1 second longer than this
No, it's 1:02 shorter
One of the best love song EVER written.
get over the stigma of a guy on a bike,
The man is trying to get out and forget his girl that dont love him no matter how hard he tries.
And in the end he dies, classic love - death scenario, classical scripting.
stop reading anymore into this song than what it is.
Listen to the Lyrics!!!!.
@@shtcare it's awful.
RIP meatloaf, his music may have had a massive influence but it wasn't as massive as him.
😂😂😂
I see what you did there. GG
Methinks they got lucky simply by the virtue of it being early in the show's life, in the early-mid 2000's. I bet you a lot of cash that if it was done in 2017 or even this year, pretty much everyone would vote for Meat Loaf because "lol memes".
boomer
@@MegaPikachu5 no, most Top Gear fans are millennials
How the hell did you manage to leave out the part where they announce the winner?
Shaihan Rasheed I don't think that's unintentional...
If you wanna know the winner, I'll tell you.
SPOILERS!
It's Queen - Don't Stop me Now.
Shaihan Rasheed yeah I remember watching the episode not long ago. The winner was queen but when it came to presenting the award they had a problem: Brian May doesn’t like that song, Freddie Mercury was busy being dead, and they couldn’t remember the 4th guys name.
So it went to Roger Taylor. But the trophy had little room and the engraver was a muppet so it read ‘Stop Me Now’.
DrewSavo Roger Taylor is the drummer, it was the bass player John Deacon who they said they couldn’t remember
@@Ward1706 YAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!! At least the best driving song won't give me hypertension and chronic heart disease.
"You telephone..." James May really does have a way with words that make you think you're back in the 1950s!
I totally thought it was going to be the food, not the singer lol.
Jeffrey Osborn yeah.
If it had been the food I'd have voted repeatedly. 😋 Meatloaf is awesome.
i was hungry when i first saw it
You use the term “singer” lightly
"...you can vote for it, but we´ll come ´round and cut off your electricity"
Comedy gold!
For some reason after the news, this feels like the right place to say RIP Meat Loaf
I don't understand, where's the Eurobeat?
probably running in the nineties somewhere
Probably stepping on some gas somewhere
probably raging its dream somewhere
Probably dancing somewhere.
Probably experiencing deja vu somewhere.
This video really made me want to listen to Bat Out of Hell
My favourite song
I did because of this video
Rest in Peace Meat Loaf, may your spirit torment the boys for years to come.
killed by Top gear
From our greatest respects. Rest in peace Meat Loaf.
I lost it when he May was talking about the fat sweaty fingers 🤣
Rip in peace Meatloaf, you’ve gone up to the big oven in the sky
Don't forget that May is a classically-trained pianist, and might be expected to have strong prejudices. That might also explain why TG found so many worn out pianos over the years.
RIP Meat Loaf
The fact that somehow this song has had an ENTIRE MUSICAL created based off this one song absolutely perplexes and stuns me
Am I the only one curious to know what ranked at 6-20?
I did notice stuff like "Song 2" by Blur, "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC, "My Favourite Game" by The Cardigans, and "Go With The Flow" by Queens of the Stone Age in there, but can't tell much else.
I’d say the best is AC/DC’s “shoot to thrill”
Queens of the Stone Age should have won tbh
Panama by Van Halen isnt included ........somehow
"I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram on a silver-black phantom bike!" Hell yeah!
After watching this video 3 years ago my music taste started to change after I listened to bat out of hell, RIP Meat Loaf
No Autobahn by Kraftwerk?
That was on the original list, but these are the top five
I didn't know who meatloaf was. I was like "who is called is meatloaf". After listening to Bat out of hell, I feel bad for making fun of him.
He was in Fight Club.
@@superdrinkingpepsi Bob's Giant Mantits
and now hes dead
Imagine how cross they would've been if it had won.
Also it feels more like its just James that hates it, and the other two are just pretending because they got fed up of arguing with him.
They should do an updated "Best Driving Song Award" on the Grand Tour.
I'd nominate "Runnin' Down A Dream" by Tom Petty :)
No, it makes me speed :-)
I'd nominate an obscure one: "Bad Motherfucker" by "Biting Elbows"
It's damn good, and the slow bits make for amazing tension when it breaks into the chorus. Time that with the right red light, DAMN
I would have voted for Jessica by The Allman Brothers, for obvious reasons.
Someone should make a challenge in which they have to drive a Volkswagen Beetle, across that really straight road from the muscle car special, all while listening to Meat Loaf.
I love that album -(Bat out of Hell) is a great album!
Was Panama by Van Halen on the list? Because thats an awesome song to drive fast to
nope
His name is Robert Paulson - his name is Robert Paulson - his name is Robert Paulson...
(Fight Club reference)
Personally, I didn't liked Meat Loaf's music too. Here to pay respects. Rest in peace Meat Loaf.
A bloke did an AI cover of Bat out of Hell using Clarkson, Hammond and Mays voices. Highly recommend.
Best driving song ever??... that is just impossible!!! It's a bit like shaggin, there's so much to choose from, it's just about wat you fancy at the time!!!
RIP greatest driving singer
RIP Meatloaf :'(
La Grange. Nothing better on a winding road
the cardigans - my favourite game
heard about that one
Runnin down a dream by Tom Petty is the best driving song ever imho
Especially when you drive from San Fierro to Las Venturas
Rip Meat Loaf
Too bad 4chan didn't get involved in this, Meat Loaf would have won for sure.
WolfeBane84 Did 4chan even exist in like 2005
4chan gay
Had to come here when I saw Meat Loaf had died when I checked Twitter when I woke up. RIP Meat Loaf.
I had literally watched one of the films that featured him (51st State/Formula 51 - 2001) yesterday.
I love Bat Out Of Hell...
I'm still pissed Red Barchetta didn't win. because that song is literally about what Top Gear does.
I am a passengeeeer, and I ride and I ride...
Ben Tyndall iggy pop?
History Student Yeah. Awesome driving song. It's shocking that it was no where to be seen.
Sing it... LA LA LA LA LA LA..LALA
I still have no idea who meatloaf is (or if it is a food) but I decided to come back here to say congratulations topgear.
RIP unknown food product.
It's absolutely criminal that this doesn't have more likes
My favorite song while driving my 1971 VW 1302 is still "Ratamahatta by Sepultura". But I am a stupid german.
RIP MeatLoaf ,i only know him because of this show
Same
When I watched this back when the series was being released, I never got the impression they hated Meat Loaf. Jeremy features Meat Loaf on a Greatest Driving Anthems CD (Hammond pokes fun at Jeremy because of this fact). I always thought they had to dissuade viewers from voting for Meat Loaf because they were just "a pokey little motoring show" and the winner would be on the show and they couldn't afford him.
I don't think it was that, per se, because how in the hell would Roger Taylor be cheaper
I think it was just the joke, they despise meatloaf
To be fair, nobody in existence could afford Meat Loaf, or more specifically, the catering for Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf is awesome and yet I still love these three idiots no matter what they say about one of my favorite bands, also I'm only 20 and my mom got me on them.
feels so mad hearing them talking about 2004 and that it wasn't that long ago
3:56 So if i were to vote Meat Loaf, I'll get no bitches
My favourite out of all of them would be highway star
Meat Loaf is awesome and the best driving song (Slade - Far far away) isn't even on the list.
Everyone knows that the best driving song is Deja Vu from the Intial D Anime
Miku Hat Coasters
Deja Vu is probably the most overrated, meh Hi-NRG song.
Tyler Em you hit a pole when Eurobeat kicked in didn't you. Also to me Gamble Rumble is now a better Eurobeat song than Déjà Vu
Coastaku Deja Vu is very overrated tbh, it’s ok but way too overused. There’s some golden ones out there, you just gotta find em
Impact blue is good too.and dont forget.... blazin beat yo!
1. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
2. Golden Earring - Radar Love
3. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
4. Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild
5. Deep Purple - Highway Star
Where is Tom Cochrane-Life is a Highway
It’s stuck in Adam Sandler films
2011 AFL Grand Final half-time performance, need I say more.
Rest in peace Meatloaf. Came here after Jeremy tweeted about him and only felt it necessary. Meatloaf is the reason my autistic ass gave music a chance
Powerage (by ACDC) is the only album one can hear constantly for days driving. That's a law of nature.
Funny how Jeremy Clarkson keeps calling him a fat oaf and that's where he ended up
The Wolf with the red roses!
They actually desperate to got meatloaf selected😂
"Callista", by Saki Kaskas. Try it driving at night.
Best driving song: Deaths Grips - I want it I need it
RIP meatloaf, I think the three stooges owe an apology
The camera pan after the Herpes joke killed me
Best Driving Song?
EUROBEAT INTESIFIES
Best driving song, rally pace notes by co driver
Golden age!! Golden century!!!
LIKE A SPARK, IN THE DARK!
Miki's GamePlay
Thats only good for turning smh
OHHHHHHHH
BABY BABY COME ON
LOOKA BOMBA
Baffled as to how anyone can dislike meatloaf
Imagine a tv presenter saying "This artist created Bat out of hell, and he was really fat" Nowadays? There would be an uproar from all of the SJW's and all of those fat appreciation women, who can't stop eating, so they just try to make it a positive thing.
He wasn’t even that fat tho lol he’s just not stick skinny like most artists of the time.
Golden Earring🤘
They obviously made the Meat Loaf joke to make people vote so they made more money 😂
After I heard the sad news, this was the first place I went
RIP Meat Loaf (September 27, 1947 - January 20, 2022), age 74
You will be remembered as a legend.
RIP Meatloaf, Never really listened to your music, any infact, but I knew you through this.
Meat Loaf is to James May what Genesis is to Richard Hammond. Love 'em both, thanks for the music
Calls cost 10p... That would be about 2.50 nowadays if not more
Top Gear introduced me to Meatloaf. They got no one else to blame
same
Im suprised Runnin Down A Dream didnt make it
Such a pity that Bat out of Hell is actually one of the best songs ever written. :-p
Every time I go to work, I have to go on a highway, and in my head, I hear ‘I’m gonna hit the highway like a battering ram’ and squeeze a few more km onto my speed.
rip meatloaf
Bloody hell why is there so much hate? Bat out of hell isnt that bad
5:24 "and he was really fat"
literally died when he said that haha
James May is a legend
James May sounded disappointed Meatloaf was only 3rd
I’m more upset that Tom Petty’s Running Down The Dream didn’t make the cut
Best driving song is Kickstart My Heart
‘You can vote for it, but we’ll come round and cut off your electricity.’😂
Should be Allman Brothers - Jessica
On tonight's programme:
Actually, they had wanted Meat Loaf to be chosen in the first place, hence the weekly bashing.
Meat loaf looks like Chris Farley
Calls cost 10p? Those were the days!
BUT WHO CAME SECOND AND FIRST???
radar love was #1 i believe
GloryHole Productions Queen came 1st
GloryHole Productions Don't Stop Me Now by Queen. James May interviewed Roger Taylor the drummer from Queen :)
2nd - Radar Love by Golden Earring
1st - Don't Stop Me Now by Queen