tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post5548611008953405291..comments2024-02-15T02:46:48.670-05:00Comments on Erin O'Brien: An open letter to Meat LoafErin O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-50059776349193672902013-01-03T07:41:37.847-05:002013-01-03T07:41:37.847-05:00Well, Norrin2, If I've stepped along a cliched...Well, Norrin2, If I've stepped along a cliched path, so be it. To be honest, I don't watch late night talk and probably wouldn't remember what they were saying about Meat Loaf's 1993 effort even if I did, but you must admit that your own description of the ballad (if you're tough enough to make it all the way through the song) sort of vindicates me.Erin O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-63644482056042597822013-01-02T17:38:38.186-05:002013-01-02T17:38:38.186-05:00Erin, I am a big Meat Loaf fan (is there any other...Erin, I am a big Meat Loaf fan (is there any other kind?) and I am sorry to see you resort to that tired old late night comic's joke about how Meat never never says exactly what it is he won't do in the song "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't do That)" because if you're tough enough to make it all the way through the song he does make it clear that "screwing around" is the one thing he won't do for love.Norrin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08556797281238202366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-66031348324365506812012-12-29T16:10:12.289-05:002012-12-29T16:10:12.289-05:00No worries, Phil, pretty much pegged the previous ...No worries, Phil, pretty much pegged the previous "anon" as a regular anyway.<br /><br />Erin O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-10670722482286003722012-12-29T13:53:32.362-05:002012-12-29T13:53:32.362-05:00Erin, for the record, I'm the first anonymous ...Erin, for the record, I'm the first anonymous post above, I fumbled the name thing while trying to prove I am not a robot.<br /><br />"Yea, though I walk through the<br />Valley of the Digital Divide, I shall fear no malware, for Google is with me, thy Wikipedia and thy Youtube, they comfort me."<br /><br />As for the second anonymous, I laugh my ass off (LMAO) when I hear the dire predictions of Malthusian dysotpia to come..."lucky to feed and defend yourself." Read some history, endtimers, then grow a sack and charge ahead. Candyasses.philbillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-36025322089811994002012-12-28T21:50:36.689-05:002012-12-28T21:50:36.689-05:00@Twinkly-The poetic justice would be in Marvin cho...@Twinkly-The poetic justice would be in Marvin choking on a Meatloaf sandwich, wouldn't it? After all, Ms Elliot didn't really choke on a sandwich.<br /><br />@Joe, y'know, oddly enough I never really cared for the Gabriel videos, and I love everything about Gabriel. I had the distinct pleasure of seeing him live in '78 or '79 at the Palace Theater in Cleveland, and he didn't need the stop motion...he hardly needed the microphones that night, he owned the stage so well...<br /><br />And Erin, my dear, "Let us off this wheel of karma, let us stop the hands of time..."<br /><br />MRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-79564630091583690382012-12-28T08:18:53.270-05:002012-12-28T08:18:53.270-05:00Hi Al, Phil, Joe. Thanks to Kirk for the 411 and t...Hi Al, Phil, Joe. Thanks to Kirk for the 411 and to MR for the sweet Todd.<br /><br />As for you, Anon, Happy New Year.Erin O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-24985956979524627492012-12-28T08:01:23.160-05:002012-12-28T08:01:23.160-05:00Trivial pursuits, in 10 years? Heck, you'll b...Trivial pursuits, in 10 years? Heck, you'll be lucky if you're able to feed and defend yourself. <br /><br />And health care? Get in line baby.<br /><br />And, also, you are SO gross.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-71577320632704611672012-12-28T01:00:44.215-05:002012-12-28T01:00:44.215-05:00@Al-I don't even know if I have heard DeVito&#...@Al-I don't even know if I have heard DeVito's voice. Ellen Foley had other obligations after the recording of the LP and wasn't availailable for the video. She was dating Mick Jones of the Clash, who produced her 'Spirit of St Louis' LP.<br />Todd Rundgren produced "Bat" at his Bearsville studio in Woodstock. He had a great deal to do creatively with the finished product. (I threw in Rundgren catering to Erin's crush on him.)<br /><br />MRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-4553487733621246872012-12-27T20:14:51.111-05:002012-12-27T20:14:51.111-05:00And what the hell is that song they're "s...And what the hell is that song they're "singin'"?<br /><br />Romney looks like he would trade that moment for breakfast with Pelosi. <br /><br />When I get offa work I'm gonna have to googletube some Fontella Bass, Ravi Shankar and Dave Brubeck so as to purge that mess from my ears. Criminy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-53844934015032928282012-12-27T15:43:13.634-05:002012-12-27T15:43:13.634-05:00Wow. What a train wreck.
Real Recovery needed, in...Wow. What a train wreck.<br /><br />Real Recovery needed, indeed.<br /><br />Do cars today still have <a href="http://www.collectioncar.com/files/1964-Buick-Riviera-317841347166829.JPG" rel="nofollow">dashboard lights</a>? <br /><br />If not, why not?philbillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-9558618782015007232012-12-27T14:18:57.930-05:002012-12-27T14:18:57.930-05:00What's interesting to me is that Steinman, DeV...What's interesting to me is that Steinman, DeVito, Foley and Meatloaf all had backgrounds in Broadway musical type stuff. Foley later went on to play a Lawyer on "Night Court" too. If you as me, she had a stronger, better voice than DeVito.<br /><br />Al<br />TRAGAl The Retired Army Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-60505139557200910142012-12-27T10:22:14.936-05:002012-12-27T10:22:14.936-05:00Jim Steinman wrote all the songs on BAT OUT OF HEL...Jim Steinman wrote all the songs on BAT OUT OF HELL and BAT OUT OF HELL II: RETURN TO HELL. He also wrote "Total Eclipse of the Heart" for Bonnie Tyler.<br /><br />Some wag once described Meat Loaf as being Charlie McCarthy to Jim Steinman's Edgar Bergan. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-78066919156956117132012-12-27T08:40:01.582-05:002012-12-27T08:40:01.582-05:00yeah, yeah...but Karla DeVito makes up for everyth...yeah, yeah...but Karla DeVito makes up for everything Meat Loaf has done or said before and since. <br /><br />Youza. <br /><br />I hated MTV with a pssion, but I could not get enough of that video (and any video by Peter Gabriel).Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269114655802698386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-14290538539935476432012-12-27T06:51:01.827-05:002012-12-27T06:51:01.827-05:00Thanks for dropping in, Twinks. Nope, ol' Loaf...Thanks for dropping in, Twinks. Nope, ol' Loafer ain't dead, although that Rearview song (linked in the post) might have you think he's been close to it for some time. I mean COME ON.<br /><br />Kirk, Jim Steinman?<br /><br />ML and MR: it is just sort of a sad leftover fizzle, is it not? Erin O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-75745394735207567302012-12-26T18:06:11.443-05:002012-12-26T18:06:11.443-05:00Erin,does 'An open letter to Meat Loaf' le...Erin,does 'An open letter to Meat Loaf' lead to 'An open-faced Meat Loaf sandwich'?<br /><br />You left off part of the Meat Loaf headline. The complete text was "Meat Loaf endorses Romney; Mashed Potatoes, Gravy still uncommited."<br /><br />MRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-33012002786656132712012-12-26T11:45:32.489-05:002012-12-26T11:45:32.489-05:00I won't hold Mitt the Wit against him...unless...I won't hold Mitt the Wit against him...unless he wants me to.Michael Lawlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872581133344179082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-20605101775882313292012-12-26T10:59:56.669-05:002012-12-26T10:59:56.669-05:00Anyone know who Jim Steinman endorsed?Anyone know who Jim Steinman endorsed?Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-29192280528616721032012-12-26T09:54:18.753-05:002012-12-26T09:54:18.753-05:00I had a friend who found Meat Loaf very sexy indee...I had a friend who found Meat Loaf very sexy indeed. You nailed it--it was the kind of sex you weren't supposed to know about--real sex with smells and sounds and sweat, not cleaned up. And all that flesh--why not more to love? <br /><br />I thought Meat Loaf died about 20 years ago, a la Mama Cass choking on a ham sandwich. Imagine my surprise when I saw that video circulating around on Facebook. <br /><br />Thanks for the great post, Erin.<br />twinklytwinklysparkleshttp://twinklysparkles.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com