After going through my least favorite songs and favorite outtake, today I’ll reach 1000 Meat Loaf plays tracked on Last.fm. To celebrate this joyous occasion, here is my stab at the Best Top 5 Meat Loaf Songs … ever. 5. In the Land of the Pig, The Butcher Is King Every “best x ever” list… Read more »
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Counting down: favorite Meat Loaf obscurity
Part two of my three part countdown to reaching my 1000th Meat Loaf track tracked on Last.fm. Today it’s time for Presence of the Lord, a B-side from 1973. The very first thing Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman recorded together was a single for RSO Records. The A-side was “More Than You Deserve”, the title… Read more »
Counting down: my 5 least favorite Meat Loaf songs
Since I’ve started using Last.fm in March 2006, I played 989 Meat Loaf songs. Being the geek that I am, I wanted to pay some special attention to the last 11. I’ll tackle those in three parts: today, I’ll play my 5 least favorite Meat Loaf songs, tomorrow is for my favorite rarity, and on… Read more »
Motown turns 50
While I do like an occasional dose of soul, Motown‘s fiftieth birthday isn’t what I’d call a big deal. It is, however, a great occasion to do some no-research, hassle-free blogging. In September 1971, Motown subsidiary Rare Earth released an album called Stoney and Meatloaf. I’m not going to rehash the whole story—if you’re really… Read more »
Two things you should know
This week, Last.FM suggested I should listen to Axl Rose & Meat Loaf. As a knowledgable Meat Loaf fan and occasional Guns ‘n Roses listener, that irked me beyond belief, as no such thing exists. The song floating around as being “[King] Herod’s Song” (from “Jesus Christ Superstar”) by Axl Rose and Meat Loaf, Guns… Read more »