[isleaiw1]

Sad news today that Mr Loaf has passed away aged 74. Love him or hate him, he was certainly a character, and of you were a certain age you are bound to know every word to the album Bat Out Of Hell, which was in the UK charts for something like 522 weeks in total since its release.....

RIP Meatloaf. The sound of my youth.

[xenon]

Met him in Vegas in 2013. Great character with lots of time for fans.
RIP

[Bryans69]

Agree. A real shame. Certainly a significant soundtrack to my youth.

I remember seeing him in concert a number of years back, and he was surprisingly energetic for someone his size. I was close enough to stage to see that he did sweat a lot though....

[Lorcan]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

RIP Meatloaf. The sound of my youth.

The sound of my youth too, tearing around the lanes of Cornwall on my Z650

Wow you must be old...

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by Lorcan

The sound of my youth too, tearing around the lanes of Cornwall on my Z650

Wow you must be old...

Ancient. Think I was 14 or 15 when I first heard it (brothers album), and from that day on first base to 4th base was the way to describe success or otherwise with the squeeze of the day.

[Bryans69]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

Ancient. Think I was 14 or 15 when I first heard it (brothers album), and from that day on first base to 4th base was the way to describe success or otherwise with the squeeze of the day.

Paradise By The Dashboard Light. Those were the days

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by Bryans69

Paradise By The Dashboard Light. Those were the days

speak for yourself, some of us are single and reliving our youth (although the back seat of the car might be a challenge these days, dont want the seat damaging in any way!)

[Pentland]

A straight 2.5 hour performance if my memory serves me right.

£9! 1988

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by Pentland

A straight 2.5 hour performance if my memory serves me right.

£9 inc Vat. Those were the days....

[pmgreenwood]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

£9 inc Vat. Those were the days....

No, 30p to see Genisis in 1972 1st year university in Exeter, heavily subside out of high student union fee paid by grants in those days

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by pmgreenwood

No, 30p to see Genisis in 1972 1st year university in Exeter, heavily subside out of high student union fee paid by grants in those days

Genesis? Did they pay you the 30p? Only joking, we all have our likes and dislikes, never really got Genesis although I did quite like Peter Gabriel's solo videos

[Lorcan]

Originally Posted by pmgreenwood

No, 30p to see Genisis in 1972 1st year university in Exeter, heavily subside out of high student union fee paid by grants in those days

Heavily subsidised. They would have been 50p

[Scoobyd]

Been playing a lot of his stuff today (as we tend to when someone dies!) and some of his tracks were epic weren't they. Rock and roll musical theatre! Another great character lost.

[Blacktemplar]

Great quote I heard today about Bat out of Hell: “a glorious over the top emotional battering ram”

True. I was more of a Genesis, Rush, AC/DC fan in those days, but this was something different and real over the top - perfect for a musical.

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by Blacktemplar

Great quote I heard today about Bat out of Hell: “a glorious over the top emotional battering ram”

True. I was more of a Genesis, Rush, AC/DC fan in those days, but this was something different and real over the top - perfect for a musical.

I loved AC/DC too, whole lotta Rosie was another less subtle opera!

[pmgreenwood]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

Genesis? Did they pay you the 30p? Only joking, we all have our likes and dislikes, never really got Genesis although I did quite like Peter Gabriel's solo videos

Genesis at the time of "Selling in England by the Pound" and Foxtrot were very much a vehicle for Gabriel. I can also remember seeing Procol Harum for similar price on election night Feb 1974 with them finally doing a whiter shade of pale as the nth encore and the rushing back to the student hall lounge for a good seat for Election night

[CajunBMW]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

I loved AC/DC too, whole lotta Rosie was another less subtle opera!

Whole lotta Rosie is certainly a classic.

[CajunBMW]

Originally Posted by pmgreenwood

Genesis at the time of "Selling in England by the Pound" and Foxtrot were very much a vehicle for Gabriel. I can also remember seeing Procol Harum for similar price on election night Feb 1974 with them finally doing a whiter shade of pale as the nth encore and the rushing back to the student hall lounge for a good seat for Election night

Those were some good bands you saw. I was too young at that point, only got into some of those bands with college crowd years later.

[CajunBMW]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

Sad news today that Mr Loaf has passed away aged 74. Love him or hate him, he was certainly a character, and of you were a certain age you are bound to know every word to the album Bat Out Of Hell, which was in the UK charts for something like 522 weeks in total since its release.....

RIP Meatloaf. The sound of my youth.

I felt the same way when I saw the news.

[kzg1969]

Originally Posted by Pentland

A straight 2.5 hour performance if my memory serves me right.

£9! 1988

First album i ever bought and first concert i ever went to - also the Playhouse, probably about '86 or '87?

EDIT: thinking about it - a year or 2 earlier.

[Blacktemplar]

Originally Posted by CajunBMW

Those were some good bands you saw. I was too young at that point, only got into some of those bands with college crowd years later.

Halcyon days indeed. Saw many of the greats of the late 70s & early 80’s live - Genesis, Rush, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Hawkwind, Gillan, Steve Hackett, Camel/Caravan…

Met a few of them backstage as a friends dad was a promoter.

What I love is that my granddaughters love proper rock - great music crosses generations..

[pmgreenwood]

Press reports are saying the cause of death Covid linked.

I replayed several of his major tracks this afternoon, a very sad loss so relatively early age these days