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Originally Posted by nikox1
where Meat is concerned tho its all about hes look and image = he never fitted in to the whole rock star look.
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I think that's not a disadvantage but part of his success. He was totally different from other rock singers and the perfect complement for Steinman's bombastic, over the top music. I don't understand the complaints saying that Meat Loaf allegedly hasn't gotten as much recognition as other artists. How do you measure it, by the way? By how often one has appeared on the cover of
Rolling Stone?
Meat Loaf's only "problem" with regard to his place in music history is the fact that his name is primarily associated with two albums. There are albums even fans rarely listen to. (When was the last time you listened to
Blind Before I Stop or
Midnight At The Lost And Found?) Has he ever had a huge success with a non-
Bat album? The bat is a blessing as well as a curse.
Maybe Meat Loaf is not praised for his albums as much as the songwiter / musician Bruce Springsteen but is that a problem? He is a performer. He needs a stage and a big show that has features of a theater performance to put the songs in perspective. That's what he is exceptionally good at and famous for. His 1980s albums weren't very sucessful, yet he was a popular live act.
There are some great artists who have had huge success but hadn't been taken seriously by critics for quite a while. There are artists who hardly get attention and recognition although they deserve it, and there are artists who have been forgotten. Meat Loaf might not be regarded as a musical genius but he is well-known, has appeared on TV countless times and he still has a comparatively large audience. That's not bad, is it?