Perfect Passing 277 Posted November 1, 2012 Steinman told Rolling Stone Magazine a few years back that Meat Loaf is the only person that can sing his songs just how he intended them to be, which begs the question will Meat bag the lead role in the musical? although I suspect that could be a stretch for the big man. I think the operative phrase there is "a few years back". Quite right T, 8 shows a week on the west end is a young man's game, besides Meat Loaf probably prefers to keep on playing golf with Alice Cooper, than making Steinman his next million! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted November 1, 2012 Yes, I know Bat 2 is mainly reworks from the 'orrible Bad for Good. Didn't know about Bat the Musical. Is it based on Neverland, the project he has been working on since college that was to be the original basis for the Bat song cycle? You can read the script of Neverland here: http://www.jimsteinm.../neverland4.htm http://www.jimsteinm.../neverland5.htm Since you are a fan, here are some of the songs, which are basically parts of Bat Out of Hell in embryonic format: http://www.jimsteinm...om/neverlnd.htm Yeah DJL, thanks for the links, not sure what would be in the musical or indeed left out! This is the web address to register an interest in the upcomong musical, but like I said this has been on line for about three years now without further progress. www.batoutofhellthemusical.com I wonder if Neverland will indeed be part of the musical? or is the musical? Although you'd think if he's been writing it since his college days it should be some where near bloody finished by now! LOL. Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perfect Passing 277 Posted November 1, 2012 Yes, I know Bat 2 is mainly reworks from the 'orrible Bad for Good. Didn't know about Bat the Musical. Is it based on Neverland, the project he has been working on since college that was to be the original basis for the Bat song cycle? You can read the script of Neverland here: http://www.jimsteinm.../neverland4.htm http://www.jimsteinm.../neverland5.htm Since you are a fan, here are some of the songs, which are basically parts of Bat Out of Hell in embryonic format: http://www.jimsteinm...om/neverlnd.htm Yeah DJL, thanks for the links, not sure what would be in the musical or indeed left out! This is the web address to register an interest in the upcomong musical, but like I said this has been on line for about three years now without further progress. www.batoutofhellthemusical.com I wonder if Neverland will indeed be part of the musical? or is the musical? Although you'd think if he's been writing it since his college days it should be some where near bloody finished by now! LOL. Cheers. Further info from someone in the theatre industry that wonders if the musical will ever see 'the light of day' http://www.headtheatre.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/meatloaf-bat-out-of-hell-musical-is-it.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted November 1, 2012 Yes, I know Bat 2 is mainly reworks from the 'orrible Bad for Good. Didn't know about Bat the Musical. Is it based on Neverland, the project he has been working on since college that was to be the original basis for the Bat song cycle? You can read the script of Neverland here: http://www.jimsteinm.../neverland4.htm http://www.jimsteinm.../neverland5.htm Since you are a fan, here are some of the songs, which are basically parts of Bat Out of Hell in embryonic format: http://www.jimsteinm...om/neverlnd.htm Yeah DJL, thanks for the links, not sure what would be in the musical or indeed left out! This is the web address to register an interest in the upcomong musical, but like I said this has been on line for about three years now without further progress. www.batoutofhellthemusical.com I wonder if Neverland will indeed be part of the musical? or is the musical? Although you'd think if he's been writing it since his college days it should be some where near bloody finished by now! LOL. Cheers. Further info from someone in the theatre industry that wonders if the musical will ever see 'the light of day' http://www.headtheat...ical-is-it.html As it says "So either Steinman was talking about something he knew nothing about, hoping to cause some publicity and get people talking ..." I think, from reading a number of interviews with Steinman and Loaf down the years that they like fabricating stories about themselves. Loaf has given several variants on the story of how he acquired his nickname and Steinman has similarly changed stories about Neverland on a number of occasions. They obviously both herald from the Bob Dylan school of media-baiting/bullshit artistry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted November 1, 2012 Yes, I know Bat 2 is mainly reworks from the 'orrible Bad for Good. Didn't know about Bat the Musical. Is it based on Neverland, the project he has been working on since college that was to be the original basis for the Bat song cycle? You can read the script of Neverland here: http://www.jimsteinm.../neverland4.htm http://www.jimsteinm.../neverland5.htm Since you are a fan, here are some of the songs, which are basically parts of Bat Out of Hell in embryonic format: http://www.jimsteinm...om/neverlnd.htm Yeah DJL, thanks for the links, not sure what would be in the musical or indeed left out! This is the web address to register an interest in the upcomong musical, but like I said this has been on line for about three years now without further progress. www.batoutofhellthemusical.com I wonder if Neverland will indeed be part of the musical? or is the musical? Although you'd think if he's been writing it since his college days it should be some where near bloody finished by now! He was supposedly working on a film version in 1981: http://www.jimsteinm.../neverland2.htm By 1994, it was going to be called Bat Out of Hell 2100: http://www.jimsteinman.com/dallas.htm I wonder if it will ever see the light of day in his lifetime. Back on topic, this interview from 1997 talks about Steinman's many eccentricities. With regard to his health: "First, there are the hours he keeps. The pasty-skinned creator of "Bat Out of Hell" lives the nocturnal life of a vampire; he has trouble dozing off before 8:00 a.m. "It's the eeriest thing to watch the `Today' show before going to sleep," he says. Those shows just reek of waking up and going to work and all of that responsibility. He has never had a 9-to-5 job, although he has a distinct memory of riding the subway one morning and being sickened by the sound of commuters clearing the morning phlegm from their throats. [snip] He lives alone in Putnam Valley, N.Y., about an hour from Manhattan, in a small rented house so cluttered with cartons, books, digital cassettes and papers that he literally has trouble getting to his piano. The mess pleases him, reminding him of the dumps he rented when he first moved to Manhattan in the early '70s. "The water up here must be toxic," he says. There are green stains in the sink. He is terrified of doctors and has only visited one once in the past 25 years, and then only because he was in such pain that he thought he was dying and his friends insisted. He remembers Lloyd Webber lamenting, "I've finally found a lyricist, and now he's going to die on me." It turned out Steinman had been suffering from a severe case of colitis for a year. He has worn the same pair of contact lenses for 17 years. [snip] He is also a man of large appetites. Lloyd Webber has watched in horror as Steinman has ordered half of the menu at fine restaurants. In his weekly food column for a London newspaper, Lloyd Webber wrote of Steinman: "He doesn't have an eating disorder. He has an ordering disorder." Steinman is mystified that more people don't share his eating habits. "I love eating. I always like to try a lot of stuff. I'm always surprised that if people have the money, they don't do that." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perfect Passing 277 Posted January 14, 2013 The big guy is back on the road again this year, touring the UK with his 'Last At Bat Tour' Quoted from www.meatloaf.net "This series of incredibly special dates will see the singer perform a two-act show. The first act will include some of Meat Loaf’s greatest hits such as ‘Dead Ringer For Love’ and ‘I’d Lie For You (And That’s the Truth)’. The second act will be the classic debut album ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ – with all 7 songs performed in their original order." The Pavarotti of Rock is given us the impression that he ain't due on our list just yet folks!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,570 Posted January 16, 2013 The big guy is back on the road again this year, touring the UK with his 'Last At Bat Tour' Quoted from www.meatloaf.net "This series of incredibly special dates will see the singer perform a two-act show. The first act will include some of Meat Loaf’s greatest hits such as ‘Dead Ringer For Love’ and ‘I’d Lie For You (And That’s the Truth)’. The second act will be the classic debut album ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ – with all 7 songs performed in their original order." The Pavarotti of Rock is given us the impression that he ain't due on our list just yet folks!! Did you greet Michael Jackson's tour announcement in the same manner? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perfect Passing 277 Posted January 16, 2013 The big guy is back on the road again this year, touring the UK with his 'Last At Bat Tour' Quoted from www.meatloaf.net "This series of incredibly special dates will see the singer perform a two-act show. The first act will include some of Meat Loaf’s greatest hits such as ‘Dead Ringer For Love’ and ‘I’d Lie For You (And That’s the Truth)’. The second act will be the classic debut album ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ – with all 7 songs performed in their original order." The Pavarotti of Rock is given us the impression that he ain't due on our list just yet folks!! Did you greet Michael Jackson's tour announcement in the same manner? Not really Bibliogryphon, I, like the The Death List Committee never had the kiddy fiddling moonwalking Jackson 5 member down for a drug overdose weeks before a big payday, but he did and the world got the award winning film "This Is It" to remind us all that he did rehearse really hard but not able to put on his last performance, a real shame that! As for Meat Loaf, he could go at any time me thinks (heart issues), which begs the question, can lightening strike twice? International recording artist drops dead weeks before last tour dates and not on that years Death List? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted January 17, 2013 The big guy is back on the road again this year, touring the UK with his 'Last At Bat Tour' Quoted from www.meatloaf.net "This series of incredibly special dates will see the singer perform a two-act show. The first act will include some of Meat Loaf’s greatest hits such as ‘Dead Ringer For Love’ and ‘I’d Lie For You (And That’s the Truth)’. The second act will be the classic debut album ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ – with all 7 songs performed in their original order." The Pavarotti of Rock is given us the impression that he ain't due on our list just yet folks!! Did you greet Michael Jackson's tour announcement in the same manner? Not really Bibliogryphon, I, like the The Death List Committee never had the kiddy fiddling moonwalking Jackson 5 member down for a drug overdose weeks before a big payday, but he did and the world got the award winning film "This Is It" to remind us all that he did rehearse really hard but not able to put on his last performance, a real shame that! As for Meat Loaf, he could go at any time me thinks (heart issues), which begs the question, can lightening strike twice? International recording artist drops dead weeks before last tour dates and not on that years Death List? I had MJ on my list, that year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted January 17, 2013 I had MJ on my list, that year. Yes, but you have everyone on your list. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted January 17, 2013 I would imagine that going to watch him live would be like getting tickets to go and watch Olga Korbutt doing things on a beam at Wembley arena. She wouldnt be as supple as she was, she would probably be pretty shit at Gymnastics per se actually and it would be painful to watch a legend way, way past her prime. You would then lie through your arse to everybody about how brilliant she was. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted January 17, 2013 I would imagine that going to watch him live would be like getting tickets to go and watch Olga Korbutt doing things on a beam at Wembley arena. She wouldnt be as supple as she was, she would probably be pretty shit at Gymnastics per se actually and it would be painful to watch a legend way, way past her prime. You would then lie through your arse to everybody about how brilliant she was. Thats.......... A R S E Ok CA? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falkekopf 50 Posted April 2, 2013 Meat has just announced he is retiring from touring citing health issues. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/02/uk-meatloaf-idUKBRE9310C520130402 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted May 6, 2015 Meat has just announced he is retiring from touring citing health issues. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/02/uk-meatloaf-idUKBRE9310C520130402 He should have stuck to his word. Meat Loaf's entire summer 2015 tour cancelled due to health concerns. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 7, 2015 Only took 10 yeas to fucking justify creating a separate thread for Meat Loaf in 2005. Post whores who want their name in lights. BTW this adds one to my total. SC PS goes for ass who started Angelina Jolie thread a month ago as prime example posting whore. No reason. Fuck, I'll just start up a thread for everyone we ever talk about.... Meatloaf was no more ill in 2005 than Tiger Woods. He's fat---so he gets a thread? Duly noted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 605 Posted June 17, 2016 Meat Loaf collapses on stage in Canada Shades of Tommy Cooper. Doesn't look good at all. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 17, 2016 Meat Loaf collapses on stage in CanadaShades of Tommy Cooper. Doesn't look good at all.Loaf collapses but Cliff gets off. A bleak day for rock 'n' roll! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted June 17, 2016 Meat has just announced he is retiring from touring citing health issues. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/02/uk-meatloaf-idUKBRE9310C520130402 He should have stuck to his word. Meat Loaf's entire summer 2015 tour cancelled due to health concerns. Looks like he really really should have stuck to his word! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted June 17, 2016 stable 'Heaven can Wait' says Meat Loaf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted June 17, 2016 stable 'Heaven can Wait' says Meat Loaf But Hell does not wait.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted June 17, 2016 stable 'Heaven can Wait' says Meat Loaf But Hell does not wait....But his heart was beating like a bat out of hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted June 17, 2016 Meat Loaf collapses on stage in CanadaShades of Tommy Cooper. Doesn't look good at all.Loaf collapses but Cliff gets off. A bleak day for rock 'n' roll! That's cruel...but fair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 8, 2016 'Twas dehydration.. Meat Loaf has revealed that he has a back injury. Speaking to 5 live's Colin Paterson and Sam Walker, the Bat out of Hell singer said: "It doesn’t hurt when I’m sitting but when I stand up it’s like I’m in Norman Bates’ movie, Psycho. In it I’m being stabbed by Norman Bates. It hurts like hell." Referring to a performance in June when he collapsed on stage Meat Loaf said: "That had nothing to do with the pinched nerve it was hydration, dehydration that was all it was." He added "when we play live, we don't stop". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perfect Passing 277 Posted September 11, 2016 'Twas dehydration.. Meat Loaf has revealed that he has a back injury. Speaking to 5 live's Colin Paterson and Sam Walker, the Bat out of Hell singer said: "It doesn’t hurt when I’m sitting but when I stand up it’s like I’m in Norman Bates’ movie, Psycho. In it I’m being stabbed by Norman Bates. It hurts like hell." Referring to a performance in June when he collapsed on stage Meat Loaf said: "That had nothing to do with the pinched nerve it was hydration, dehydration that was all it was." He added "when we play live, we don't stop". Meat was on BBC One's Saturday Morning Kitchen Live as the celebrity guest yesterday, presented by The Hairy Biker's. They had to cut the food for him to sample, he appeared to be only using his right arm. Enough evidence to convince me that he definatly had a stroke in June. His speech was slurred slightly and he was pausing a lot between his comments, although he mentioned since being on 5live earlier in the week that that was down to having a swollen tongue (probably due to his medication). This guy has gone down hill rapidly this year. At 68 years old, I would have on the list next year. He's currently promoting his new album Braver Than We Are, hence, all the UK coverage. All this promoting of what surely should be his last album, will be having an effect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted October 18, 2016 Loaf's career in Australia is over as new album sells just 344 copies in first week: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/meat-loafs-career-over-in-australia-as-new-album-sells-just-344-copies-in-first-week/news-story/605701ef0e2479b3b3a6d6e3ceb2daca I didn't even know he had a new album out, let alone another Steinman collaboration. No wonder it is flopping. UPDATE: Here is a song from it. His voice is ruined and the sexual innuendo... isn't Steinman's best (an "erection of the heart?!"): Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
