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Still popular fare, Meat Loaf is Buffalo-bound
By SARAH WALDOP
News Staff Reporter
8/26/2005
Rock star Meat Loaf has been a busy man: He recently released a live version of his 1977 breakout album, "Bat Out of Hell," recorded with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; he's working on a second sequel to that album; and he's currently on tour, stopping at Six Flags Darien Lake Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. But he took the time to catch up with journalists in a conference call to discuss everything from his film career to his health secrets to his poker prowess.
Q: How did you do in "Celebrity Poker Showdown" last night?
A: At practice, I did great. I was killing everybody and I knew it was going to happen. I couldn't get any cards. I had nothing. . . . (The pros say) you could bluff your way without any cards and I'm going, "No, you can't, because these guys are too stupid to bluff." I tried to bluff a guy and he had a pair of threes and he stayed.
Q: Do you have any upcoming acting projects?
A: I believe so, but you know what, until the deal is done, you can't ever talk about it. (That's a) superstition.
Q: What kind of music do you listen to?
A: Oh, I don't know. I listen to everything just to see what they're all doing. I really do. I listen from, you know, to 50 Cent to Faith Hill. Because I want to know what everybody's doing, I just want to hear it.
Q: You've been busy touring and acting. What do you do to keep up your health?
A: Well, I've got a gym in my house and I look at it. It's a very nice little gym and it's - it looks great. I mean I'm not, you know, I'm not pumping iron, by any stretch of the imagination.
Q: How do you stay motivated to put on such high-energy shows night after night?
A: I think it's part of being a professional. . . . You have to be physically focused in, ready to do a show. And you've got to care about your audience. And I care more about the audience than anything, and you can ask the band.
Q: What would you like your audience to take away from your shows?
A: When our audience is leaving and they're singing the song and they're going, "Hoo, yeah!" you know, and they're excited, that says to me, "OK, I delivered and I brought them to where they want to go." I hope they leave happy. I hope that they're exhausted because I am, I, you know, I hope that they feel that what they paid for, they got.•
Meat Loaf plays at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Six Flags Darien Lake Performing Arts Center. Tickets are 19 to $45 reserved, $15 lawn (box office, Ticketmaster.com).
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