When did you first hear meat loaf? - Page 2

Deb · 13 Oct 2005, 12:42

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Originally Posted by Vickip

That's great about David Cassidy

I saw him in concert a couple of years ago and he's still great

You're rignt, I've never heard of David Essex.

Yes, The Streak is one of Ray Stevens' biggest hits. He actually started as a Gospel singer and has a great voice .. but now he does a lot of music comedy songs. I would just love to see him live

Vicki

I still have all David Cassidys LP's

At the RNRHOF they had a display of teen idols. Meat wasn't there lol, but David Cassidy was. Not David Essex though lol. He was big here.

Only song I'vr heard of Ray Stevens was The Streak.

You didn't ever hear one Meat song growing up? Even though you weren't a fan as such then? I just find it really wierd that anyone could not have done lol. Is this pretty normal in the US? Cause I'm sure that here nearly everyone has heard of Meat whether they like him or not.

Deb

LucyK! · 13 Oct 2005, 16:33

I first heard Meat when I was about three, I figured out how to work my Mum's tape player. Pressed play and the orchestral section of FCOL came blasting out of the speakers ( having played with volume knob! ) and it frightened me half to death! That experience told me never to play with the tape that had the really long name in blue writing on....

...and I didn't! Until 1993 when I was 7 and Anything For Love came out!!! And the rest, as they say, is history!

Jaymze · 13 Oct 2005, 16:36

I remember when I was eight and BatII was released, what first got me interested was the cover; of the man on the motor bike flying into the giant Bat and then I saw Meat on Alive and Kicking, I really liked Anything for Love but I was probably too young to get into music, then when WTTN was released I saw the Not A Dry Eye In The House music video and was really impressed by the song but I still didn't properly get into Meat until I was around 14 when I borrowed a friends Bat II: picture show video- six years later I've still got it. It was from then on that I was and still am a huge Meat Loaf fan- I still get chills when I'm in a night club and a Meat song comes on (which is really unusual) or a bar with a juke box and I put Bat on over and over again much to my friends dismay.

Vickip · 14 Oct 2005, 00:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deb

You didn't ever hear one Meat song growing up? Even though you weren't a fan as such then? I just find it really wierd that anyone could not have done lol. Is this pretty normal in the US? Cause I'm sure that here nearly everyone has heard of Meat whether they like him or not.

Deb

No .. believe it or not, I didn't :) Guess you could say I lived a sheltered music life

While I was growing up I spent most of the time listening to my own casette tapes and 45 records (during the olden days before CDs ...

) and rarely listened to the radio. So to be honest with you, I have no idea if they played Meat's music or not ... if they did, I never really paid attention.

But now that I'm a fan, I catch myself listening to the radio more at home and our store .... and I get the biggest kick out of hearing them play Paradise and Anything For Love.

Vicki

Ben · 14 Oct 2005, 12:15

i remember being 7 or 8 in the early 90's and puting on my dads hits out of hell video, i just watched it over and over for hours because i liked it so much. since then i have never looked back!!

Dave · 14 Oct 2005, 14:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deb

You didn't ever hear one Meat song growing up? Even though you weren't a fan as such then? I just find it really wierd that anyone could not have done lol. Is this pretty normal in the US? Cause I'm sure that here nearly everyone has heard of Meat whether they like him or not.

Deb

It is very much that way in America. My mom absolutely cannot stand Meat Loaf whatsoever and can remember Meat Loaf in the media back in the 70's. Further, I think it was virtually impossible to consume any popular media during the BOOH 2 era without being exposed to Meat Loaf's music. Heck, they even played many of the tracks as backing music for 90210!

America is very Meat Loaf starved, at least the Midwest is. We simply cannot get enough of his music and shows!

~Dave

AnneV · 16 Oct 2005, 18:59

Even though I "grew up" (hmmm did I really... ?) in the 70's and listened to rock stations out of Detroit, when my bro bought me BOOH as a xmas gift in '77, he did it as a joke! Never thinking I would actually luv the music, and still do, almost 30 years down the road. TOOT and BOOH were played the most on radio, and I think the highlight of my teenage years was hearing Meat play at Pine Knob in the summer of '78! When I moved to Holland in the fall of '78, taking along my fave LP, no one had ever heard of Meat! Two months later Paradise was no.1 here and no one has been able to change my luv for his music since! Not even my ex, who tried his hardest! Some people just don't understand what Meat is all about! And to this day, no band has stole his no.1 place, and probably never will! Just my 2 cents worth!
AnneV

chrissylf22 · 17 Oct 2005, 19:11

i was about 5 yrs old my dad had BOOH thats the first time i heard him, i only got into meat properly when anything for love came out

fencingirl · 17 Oct 2005, 22:12

I first heard Meat Laof last christmas when I was 14

. It was my father's wish to have the new dvd, so I bought it for him although I thought it would be some of the old shit he hears always

. But now I know that it was more a present for me than for my father:).

djfierce · 18 Oct 2005, 15:37

Not sure when i first heard Meat but my earliest memories are of my dad always playing his music in the car wherever we went.He bought all of his albums at the time from the local car boot and i remember him being really mad at me cos i liked 'em so much i borrowed them

but didn't really know how to work the hi-fi so i ended up chewing half the tapes up

Nick · 24 Oct 2005, 00:53

wow! cool stories!!

Rosiec211 · 24 Oct 2005, 15:45

I was about 6-7 and IWDAFL had just come out-and I think I saw the video on Top of the Pops or similar and I loved it-I sat right up close to the telly! Anyway-I remembered his name and the following week I saw that he was appearing on TOTP2-it was objects in the rear view mirror. Then my mum dug out her old LP collection and put Bat on for me-and I was a Loafer from then on. I've seen him 3 times now, seen a tribute act and recruited my neighbours and flatmates to the world of Loafdom.

I still cant convince my boyfriend though!

Moonlight shadow · 27 Oct 2005, 15:04

I'm from the Bat II club!

Since 1993, when I heard "I'd do anything..." and "rock'n'roll dreams", y "felt in love" with Meat Loaf.
Now, I hear the music of Meat every day that I can.

Meat Loaf: The legendary rocker

Emily · 13 Nov 2005, 19:54

When I was about 11 and my sister had a tape of his playing in the car on our way back from Galway!! I was like, hmmmmm, whos this??!

kp3 · 13 Nov 2005, 23:59

It was 20 years ago when i was 16 years of age and in the back of my boyfriends car ( i shall not go into the reason why i was in the back of the car) when i heard you took the words right out of my mouth, it blew me away, thought it was the best song i had every heard, have been a fan every since.

RockingBat · 14 Nov 2005, 09:05

Sometime in '92, I found the Hits out of Hell tape in the car.. i found out it belonged to my dad's boss... and upon hearing the tape, i got totally blown off by every song. I even exchanged the tape with someone in school for a mega death tape for just one week and when the others heard it... I was a class hero.
I've been a fan ever since.

madonna123968848 · 14 Nov 2005, 21:19

Great thread. I remember about 18 years ago, listening to a DJ called, "Ceasar The Boogie Man" late at night on a local Kent radio station called, "Invicta FM" and he played, "Two Out Of Three", I fell in love with the song there and then and vowed to make it my mission to look into this singer called, "Meat Loaf" first thing in the morning! And I did ... and never looked back :)

Hypnobabe · 15 Nov 2005, 14:21

I had one of those rock compilation albums with a bit of everything on, and the first song on the first record was Took The Words... I loved it, would sing along (very badly) at every opportunity, and finally decided a couple of months later that I should get BOOH - I think I was about 15 at the time. Went through a very quiet patch for a few years, having the album on vinyl and no record player, but have recently got back into Loaf in a BIG way, and saw him at Chatsworth in July - a fantastic evening, in more ways than one!

Rosiec211 · 15 Nov 2005, 15:32

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Originally Posted by madonna123968848

Great thread. I remember about 18 years ago, listening to a DJ called, "Ceasar The Boogie Man" late at night on a local Kent radio station called, "Invicta FM" and he played, "Two Out Of Three", I fell in love with the song there and then and vowed to make it my mission to look into this singer called, "Meat Loaf" first thing in the morning! And I did ... and never looked back :)

I listen to Invicta too! They hardly ever play any Meat but I was impressed with their advertising for the Leeds Castle concert.

Rosie xx

MissAsh · 17 Nov 2005, 03:30

I don't actually remember the first time I heard anything by Meat, 'cause I've been listening to his music for as long as I remember! I know I loved singing along in the car when I was about 5 years old

Ben · 17 Nov 2005, 08:27

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Originally Posted by Rosiec211

I listen to Invicta too! They hardly ever play any Meat but I was impressed with their advertising for the Leeds Castle concert.

Rosie xx

I listen to invicta too and i agree they hardly play any meat at all! maybe were have to get in touch with them! lol

it was good hearing the leeds castle ad quite often tho

Leah · 17 Nov 2005, 09:30

I first heard Meat when I'd Lie for you was released as a single, wow that song blew my mind. If he was on Top of the tops or anything I HAD to watch and I was instantly mezmorised. I got WTTN for Christmas and remember playing it constantly, I then went and bought 3 more Meat albulms all at once

. I was about 13 years old then and have been a dedicated (obssesive?!) loafer ever since.

Paul191 · 27 Nov 2005, 22:36

I first heard Bonnie Tylers 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' about 3 years ago. I then went out to buy the song because I loved it so much. The only CD i could find with the song on it was 'Heaven and Hell' which was a mixture of Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf songs. The second I put it on I was addicted to Meat Loaf. I loved 'BOOH' and 'Two out of three aint bad'. It wasn't until about three months after hearing the 'Heaven and Hell' CD that I realised most of the songs on there were cut down. This is what urged me to get more involved with Meat Loaf's music and I have been on obsessive fan ever since.

Thanx Bonnie Tyler xx

shadow1000001 · 28 Nov 2005, 02:31

I was 7 turning 8 in 1978 when I first heard BOOH. I have loved it ever since

DIZZY DRUMMER · 30 Nov 2005, 10:28

I was 13 (1977) & was doing my homework in my bedroom with the radio on - BOOH was played.

BOOH was one of the first "Records" I brought. It was a red one - but then my brother took it & lost it

BUT before I lost it - I used to play it load & *iss off my step dad

I've never looked back since

13 Oct 2005, 16:36	#28
Jaymze Super Loafer Join Date: 10.12.2003 Location: Sunderland Posts: 265	Bat II I remember when I was eight and BatII was released, what first got me interested was the cover; of the man on the motor bike flying into the giant Bat and then I saw Meat on Alive and Kicking, I really liked Anything for Love but I was probably too young to get into music, then when WTTN was released I saw the Not A Dry Eye In The House music video and was really impressed by the song but I still didn't properly get into Meat until I was around 14 when I borrowed a friends Bat II: picture show video- six years later I've still got it. It was from then on that I was and still am a huge Meat Loaf fan- I still get chills when I'm in a night club and a Meat song comes on (which is really unusual) or a bar with a juke box and I put Bat on over and over again much to my friends dismay.

13 Oct 2005, 16:33	#27
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	I first heard Meat when I was about three, I figured out how to work my Mum's tape player. Pressed play and the orchestral section of FCOL came blasting out of the speakers ( having played with volume knob! ) and it frightened me half to death! That experience told me never to play with the tape that had the really long name in blue writing on.... ...and I didn't! Until 1993 when I was 7 and Anything For Love came out!!! And the rest, as they say, is history!

14 Oct 2005, 12:15	#30
Ben Mega Loafer Join Date: 19.03.2003 Location: Kent, England Posts: 4,163	i remember being 7 or 8 in the early 90's and puting on my dads hits out of hell video, i just watched it over and over for hours because i liked it so much. since then i have never looked back!!

16 Oct 2005, 18:59	#32
AnneV Loafer Join Date: 02.05.2002 Location: Westervoort, The Netherlands Posts: 60	Even though I "grew up" (hmmm did I really... ?) in the 70's and listened to rock stations out of Detroit, when my bro bought me BOOH as a xmas gift in '77, he did it as a joke! Never thinking I would actually luv the music, and still do, almost 30 years down the road. TOOT and BOOH were played the most on radio, and I think the highlight of my teenage years was hearing Meat play at Pine Knob in the summer of '78! When I moved to Holland in the fall of '78, taking along my fave LP, no one had ever heard of Meat! Two months later Paradise was no.1 here and no one has been able to change my luv for his music since! Not even my ex, who tried his hardest! Some people just don't understand what Meat is all about! And to this day, no band has stole his no.1 place, and probably never will! Just my 2 cents worth! AnneV

17 Oct 2005, 19:11	#33
chrissylf22 Cry Over Me Join Date: 24.04.2004 Location: Burnley Lancs, UK Posts: 339	i was about 5 yrs old my dad had BOOH thats the first time i heard him, i only got into meat properly when anything for love came out

17 Oct 2005, 22:12	#34
fencingirl Loafer Join Date: 24.07.2005 Location: Germany Posts: 65	I first heard Meat Laof last christmas when I was 14 . It was my father's wish to have the new dvd, so I bought it for him although I thought it would be some of the old shit he hears always . But now I know that it was more a present for me than for my father:).

18 Oct 2005, 15:37	#35
djfierce Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.06.2005 Location: Posts: 3,596	Not sure when i first heard Meat but my earliest memories are of my dad always playing his music in the car wherever we went.He bought all of his albums at the time from the local car boot and i remember him being really mad at me cos i liked 'em so much i borrowed them but didn't really know how to work the hi-fi so i ended up chewing half the tapes up

24 Oct 2005, 00:53	#36
Nick Super Loafer Join Date: 17.08.2005 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 431	wow! cool stories!!

24 Oct 2005, 15:45	#37
Rosiec211 Loafer Join Date: 24.05.2005 Location: Chatham-Kent, but medical student in the South West Posts: 70	I was about 6-7 and IWDAFL had just come out-and I think I saw the video on Top of the Pops or similar and I loved it-I sat right up close to the telly! Anyway-I remembered his name and the following week I saw that he was appearing on TOTP2-it was objects in the rear view mirror. Then my mum dug out her old LP collection and put Bat on for me-and I was a Loafer from then on. I've seen him 3 times now, seen a tribute act and recruited my neighbours and flatmates to the world of Loafdom. I still cant convince my boyfriend though!

27 Oct 2005, 15:04	#38
Moonlight shadow Super Loafer Join Date: 27.11.2004 Location: Huelva Andalucia Spain Posts: 248	I'm from the Bat II club! Since 1993, when I heard "I'd do anything..." and "rock'n'roll dreams", y "felt in love" with Meat Loaf. Now, I hear the music of Meat every day that I can. Meat Loaf: The legendary rocker

13 Nov 2005, 19:54	#39
Emily Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.12.2003 Location: N.I Posts: 1,085	When I was about 11 and my sister had a tape of his playing in the car on our way back from Galway!! I was like, hmmmmm, whos this??!

13 Nov 2005, 23:59	#40
kp3 Rookie Join Date: 28.11.2003 Location: some where over the rainbow Posts: 24	It was 20 years ago when i was 16 years of age and in the back of my boyfriends car ( i shall not go into the reason why i was in the back of the car) when i heard you took the words right out of my mouth, it blew me away, thought it was the best song i had every heard, have been a fan every since.

14 Nov 2005, 09:05	#41
RockingBat Senior Loafer Join Date: 06.10.2004 Location: Kenya Posts: 125	Sometime in '92, I found the Hits out of Hell tape in the car.. i found out it belonged to my dad's boss... and upon hearing the tape, i got totally blown off by every song. I even exchanged the tape with someone in school for a mega death tape for just one week and when the others heard it... I was a class hero. I've been a fan ever since.

14 Nov 2005, 21:19	#42
madonna123968848 Super Loafer Join Date: 07.07.2003 Location: Ashford, Kent. UK. Posts: 294	Great thread. I remember about 18 years ago, listening to a DJ called, "Ceasar The Boogie Man" late at night on a local Kent radio station called, "Invicta FM" and he played, "Two Out Of Three", I fell in love with the song there and then and vowed to make it my mission to look into this singer called, "Meat Loaf" first thing in the morning! And I did ... and never looked back :)

15 Nov 2005, 14:21	#43
Hypnobabe mszee's Mistress with sexy goddess boots Join Date: 13.07.2005 Location: Hitting the highway like a battering ram... Posts: 7,686	I had one of those rock compilation albums with a bit of everything on, and the first song on the first record was Took The Words... I loved it, would sing along (very badly) at every opportunity, and finally decided a couple of months later that I should get BOOH - I think I was about 15 at the time. Went through a very quiet patch for a few years, having the album on vinyl and no record player, but have recently got back into Loaf in a BIG way, and saw him at Chatsworth in July - a fantastic evening, in more ways than one!

17 Nov 2005, 03:30	#45
MissAsh Super Loafer Join Date: 14.02.2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 743	I don't actually remember the first time I heard anything by Meat, 'cause I've been listening to his music for as long as I remember! I know I loved singing along in the car when I was about 5 years old

17 Nov 2005, 09:30	#47
Leah Mega Loafer Join Date: 03.04.2005 Location: Cleethorpes, North East coast of England Posts: 1,510	I first heard Meat when I'd Lie for you was released as a single, wow that song blew my mind. If he was on Top of the tops or anything I HAD to watch and I was instantly mezmorised. I got WTTN for Christmas and remember playing it constantly, I then went and bought 3 more Meat albulms all at once . I was about 13 years old then and have been a dedicated (obssesive?!) loafer ever since.

27 Nov 2005, 22:36	#48
Paul191 Mega Loafer Join Date: 26.11.2005 Location: Posts: 1,530	I first heard Bonnie Tylers 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' about 3 years ago. I then went out to buy the song because I loved it so much. The only CD i could find with the song on it was 'Heaven and Hell' which was a mixture of Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf songs. The second I put it on I was addicted to Meat Loaf. I loved 'BOOH' and 'Two out of three aint bad'. It wasn't until about three months after hearing the 'Heaven and Hell' CD that I realised most of the songs on there were cut down. This is what urged me to get more involved with Meat Loaf's music and I have been on obsessive fan ever since. Thanx Bonnie Tyler xx

28 Nov 2005, 02:31	#49
shadow1000001 Mega Loafer Join Date: 10.07.2003 Location: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,580	I was 7 turning 8 in 1978 when I first heard BOOH. I have loved it ever since

30 Nov 2005, 10:28	#50
DIZZY DRUMMER Always Ready For A Bang Join Date: 30.11.2003 Location: Left In The Dark .......... AGAIN Posts: 6,389	I was 13 (1977) & was doing my homework in my bedroom with the radio on - BOOH was played. BOOH was one of the first "Records" I brought. It was a red one - but then my brother took it & lost it BUT before I lost it - I used to play it load & *iss off my step dad I've never looked back since