A couple of weeks ago, when I tracked down one of the few pieces I still think I need for my Meat Loaf collection, I came across a mysterious Meat Loaf tribute album called Fat Out of Hell by some guy going by the very imaginative name MeatBalls. Usually, I don’t care for that kind [...]
Tag Archives: Meat Loaf
Secrets and Dreams Never Seen in the Light
September 27, 2010 – 22:25
Back in July 2005 I went to Lichtenvoorde to see Meat Loaf in action at the Arrow Rock Festival. As it turns out, that was the best show I’d seen him do is this decade. The show was tight, the band was as good as ever and mr. Loaf himself was in top form. Hell, [...]
Meat Loaf in Slagharen
July 21, 2010 – 23:28
Because some people got the crazy idea that I’m some kind of computer whizkid, people sometimes ask me if I can do something for them. Truth be told, as long as those damn things just work I can usually persuade them to do my bidding, but when they don’t, well, damn them straight to damnation. [...]
Hang Cool? Screw That!
June 17, 2010 – 00:28
As I said in my review of Hang Cool Teddy Bear, there’s one more thing about this album I need, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, to discuss: the complete clusterfuck the various record companies (Mercury/Universal and Loud & Proud/Roadrunner) managed to make of the formats the album was released in. If [...]
Hang Cool Teddy Bear
June 14, 2010 – 23:45
Meat Loaf’s latest album, Hang Cool Teddy Bear, has been out since April 16th, and I still don’t quite know what to make of it. If it had been a complete disaster, an utter train wreck of ill-conceived ideas and cliched songs, it would have been easy. If this album had been a spectacular return [...]
