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Post by kal on Jan 21, 2022 8:21:54 GMT
His name is Robert Paulson.
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Post by barchetta on Jan 21, 2022 8:29:51 GMT
Funny, never really ‘got’ Meat Loaf. I guess I’m more familiar with his Rocky Horror appearance than much else, probably to my loss.
My abiding memory was of my uncle telling me a of his ‘Bat out of Hell’ album and letting me copy it on my new twin-tape system I’d got for Christmas (likely ‘84). I listened to it constantly for the holidays but then put it aside. Probably the only music I nicked using that system, the rest was for archival and ‘back-up’ of all my mates c64 games.
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Post by suicida on Jan 21, 2022 8:44:34 GMT
His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jan 21, 2022 8:47:12 GMT
He was gone when the morning came.
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Post by Fake_Blood on Jan 21, 2022 8:55:00 GMT
Didn’t like his music and saw a documentary a while back that confirmed all my prejudices.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jan 21, 2022 9:02:33 GMT
One of the first (non-kid) songs I can remember loving was I Will Do Anything For Love. And then Bat Out of Hell.
I know that they're probably not that great in an objective sense. But I loved them all the same, and still do. And you better believe that I'm going to be playing them at full volume at work tomorrow, regardless of how annoyed my workmates get.
RIP you big, beautiful man.
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Post by Dgzter on Jan 21, 2022 9:08:13 GMT
Think Bat Out of Hell is still one of the best selling albums of all time, isn't it? Or was that maybe just in the US?
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Post by drhcnip on Jan 21, 2022 9:15:21 GMT
over 500 weeks in the uk charts or something, isn't it? fond memories from the 70s and early 80s when young me lapped it up but he was a shadow of himself without steinman
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Post by Duffman5 on Jan 21, 2022 9:15:29 GMT
Sad news. Love BooH. Especially For Crying out loud.my dad used to play this album on rotation , on his lovely Technics seperates (1970/80's) only a few months after Jim Steinman...Bonnie Tyler must be shitting herself! but seriously a great artist and watching interviews a very warm individual. I have Bat on as I type.
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Post by Sarfrin on Jan 21, 2022 9:15:46 GMT
Didn’t like his music and saw a documentary a while back that confirmed all my prejudices. Thanks for taking the time to let people who are sad about a thing know that you don't care. It's a valuable perspective. |
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Post by kal on Jan 21, 2022 9:16:58 GMT
He was gone when the morning came. You took the words right outta my mouth. That’s a legit anthem btw. |
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Post by dogbot on Jan 21, 2022 9:19:37 GMT
Ah, shit.
I know a Meatloaf tribute act, apropos of nothing in particular.
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Post by robthehermit on Jan 21, 2022 9:20:23 GMT
😢
I'll see if I can still sing along to all the parts of Paradise by the Dashboard Light later. I don't hold out much hope though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 9:24:06 GMT
Like a fat guy in hell he'll be gone when the morning comes
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Post by Duffman5 on Jan 21, 2022 9:30:20 GMT
😢 I'll see if I can still sing along to all the parts of Paradise by the Dashboard Light later. I don't hold out much hope though. Rob, before we going any further do you love me... It is playing right this minute 👍 |
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Post by robthehermit on Jan 21, 2022 9:31:25 GMT
Let me sleep on it.
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Post by billythekid on Jan 21, 2022 10:06:18 GMT
Heaven couldn't wait.
I'll have a glass and a blast of Bat out of Hell later tonight in tribute.
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Post by Nanocrystal on Jan 21, 2022 10:36:47 GMT
No, I won't do that.
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Post by Lizard on Jan 21, 2022 10:55:27 GMT
A real dead ringer for love. RIP, not the biggest fan but he had his moments.
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Post by mothercruncher on Jan 21, 2022 11:01:54 GMT
He seemed like a bit of a twat and his music was overblown shite, RIP 💕
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Post by Fake_Blood on Jan 21, 2022 11:16:39 GMT
Didn’t like his music and saw a documentary a while back that confirmed all my prejudices. Thanks for taking the time to let people who are sad about a thing know that you don't care. It's a valuable perspective. Right, sorry :/ In my defence though, any other artist, if you don't like their stuff you sit through those 3 minutes and stfu about it. This guy goes on for 20 minutes about some girl he fucked in the 60s. |
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Jan 21, 2022 11:55:32 GMT
One of the strangest moments in Rocky Horror (somehow) is when he crashes through the wall on a motorcycle. It’s a tribute to how mad that film is that you just kind of roll with it and move on.
RIP.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 21, 2022 12:03:07 GMT
INTERESTING FACT: Bat Out Of Hell (the album) was slightly sped up when it was first mastered which is one of the reasons why it never sounded the same when he sang it live.
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Post by mothercruncher on Jan 21, 2022 12:05:12 GMT
That was just so the Americans could fit more ads in, no, wait
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Post by elstoof on Jan 21, 2022 12:07:40 GMT
He is survived only by a younger brother, Malt
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Post by Lukus on Jan 21, 2022 12:09:35 GMT
I remember as a kid on a Saturday being trawled through all the shops with my parents for the weekly big grocery haul and seeing his album EVERYWHERE. He was the Adel of his generation.
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Post by elstoof on Jan 21, 2022 12:13:09 GMT
I’ve knowing heard perhaps 3 or 4 of his songs in total and I’ve seen him in 2 films, Rocky Horror and Fight Club. There might be others I don’t recall. RIP
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Jan 21, 2022 12:16:30 GMT
Hadn't he had about four hear attacks?
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Post by mothercruncher on Jan 21, 2022 13:25:05 GMT
I admired his stance on not doing anal sex in “I would do anything for love”.
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Post by zephro on Jan 21, 2022 13:29:22 GMT
Awww man RIP. That's some proper, great, long car journey with your parents music.
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