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Florence and the LoafLOCATION: Grandma's Living Room , Cincinnati, OHYEAR: 1994TAGS: grandmothe, baseball, national anthem, meat loaf, star spangled banner, sports, family, grandparentsPUBLISHED: February 5, 2008Here's the thing about Meat Loaf (Meatloaf? I never know if it's one word or two; I seem to have misplaced his embossed business card.) Apparently The Loaf suffers from horrible stage fright, and he also has some sort of heart ailment, which sucks and all, as he's not supposed to perform for more than a couple of hours at a stretch. Which, if you're Meat Loaf, gives you time for maybe a song and a half. Normally he's not at the forefront of my thoughts, but he sang "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" with KathElectra McBoobs on American Idol at finale broadcast for the fifth season, and by the end of it all he looked like a human Swiffer, post-mop.
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sunshinelikeacid said: Haha...Meat Loaf is such an odd name. This is a really nice memory. (3/10/2008)
mikemarchand said: (Note to all: sorry about the multi-commenting; if it gets any longer, JB refuses to print it.)
It's "Meat Loaf." As in, he will get pissed off if you use "Meatloaf" instead. He tore VH1 a new one after they had the audacity to bill him with the one-word version when they first put "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Sing Three-Minute Songs With Less Than Eight Words In The Title)" in heavy rotation.
Unlike you, I fully appreciated KathElectra's McBoobs. In fact, they and they alone had brought me to the verge of finally getting with this whole "American Idol" thing that night when she teamed up with Monsieur Loaf.
Now, in principle, I like Meat Loaf. We overweight ugly people have got to stick together. But like so many rockers who insist on having a softer side, there's a part of him I wish would go away, and by "part" I don't mean his legendary role in Fight Club. (3/12/2008)
mikemarchand said: In short, I want him to be Eddie from Rocky Horror: a leather-jacket-wearin', motorcycle-ridin' screamin' demon careening and caterwauling his way Out Of or Into Hell, depending on whether I'm listening to his debut album or its sequel. I do not want him to be Tender, Touchy-Feely, "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" Hearthrob. He can't pull it off. Unfortunately, when your primary songwriter specializes in overwrought operatic numbers that Celine Dion can feel safe belting out, I'm just going to have to live with the dichotomy.
But it doesn't mean I have to like it. And if I had ever had an inkling to jump onboard the "Idol" bandwagon, it was flung into the Stygian pit that very night, like William Shatner did to Christopher Lloyd in Star Trek III. (3/12/2008)
mikemarchand said: Note To Everyone Who Was, Is, Or Intends To Be On "American Idol" Or Pretty Much The Entire Human Race: if Celine Dion has sung it, don't even think about singing it. Her voice is better than yours. I don't like Celine Dion at all, and "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" happens to be a favorite of my ex-girlfriend, so it's even worse. But KathLoaf still managed to do terrible, awful things to it, torture so stark and brutal it's a wonder Amnesty International didn't file a lawsuit.
I still haven't bought Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. Because I know that song is on there. (3/12/2008)
MaryBethEllis said: Well, thanks! Wonder what happened in the intervening 20 years to change it all... (3/13/2008)
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