Happy Birthday Blind Before I Stop!

Wario · 29 Jul 2015, 18:58

On July 29th, 1987 Blind Before I Stop was released!

My third favorite Meat album after Bat 2 and Bad Attitude.

Every track is pure 80s rock goodness (sans SPecial Girl)

I LOVE A Man and a Woman, one of a minority.

I LUST Masculine, of course, Burning Down, the title track, RnR Hero, and Execution Day

And Ive been known to Jam to GAWM and One more Kiss on occasion.

What are your memories?

Evil One · 29 Jul 2015, 19:26

What's Escelation Day?

anotherday · 29 Jul 2015, 22:41

What the blue BLAZES is Escelation Day?

aks650 · 29 Jul 2015, 22:59

Couldn't agree more, a fantastic album!! Would love to hear some songs live now!! Could do with a good remaster though!!

Wario · 29 Jul 2015, 23:52

AGH I FORGOT MASCULINE

Sue K · 30 Jul 2015, 00:08

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Originally Posted by Wario

AGH I FORGOT MASCULINE

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... ***OFF her floopin' chair she goes ***

ChloeLee88 · 30 Jul 2015, 00:59

Burning down is my guilty pleasure on this album! Though I also love the title track and execution day! In fact its just a really good album....especially to blast out in the car!

Evil One · 30 Jul 2015, 08:18

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Originally Posted by Wario

AGH I FORGOT MASCULINE

I thought you left it off because it's shit and no one in their right mind would vote for it

samurai7 · 30 Jul 2015, 10:35

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Originally Posted by Wario

AGH I FORGOT MASCULINE

Yet you included a B-Side that wasn't on the album 😂

rockfenris2005 · 30 Jul 2015, 13:40

My memory of "Blind before I stop": Coming across Meat Loaf's albums when I was a kid was a bit like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. First, probably not surprisingly

, was Bat and Bat 2. Then I noticed Dead ringer (which was after Hits out of Hell where I'd noticed all these songs I hadn't heard before.) Then I saw a magazine advertising a double pack with Bad attitude and Blind before I stop. Saw it in the shop once. We didn't get it. But the same day we saw Blind by itself and picked *that* up. I must have been about 10 or 11? Which probably has something to do with why I like the album more than others have. And I've never seen another copy in any store since. I got my vinyl copy on eBay a couple years ago and then the American vinyl too. Then a couple of the singles.

Also: we imported Bad attitude when I was about 12 and they said 10 weeks, which ended up becoming about 14 weeks, during which the whole store had closed down and opened up under a different name. Remember being surprised when I finally got it that it sounded different to other versions of the songs that I'd heard, because it was the US version that we'd ordered.

Sue K · 30 Jul 2015, 15:43

I'm trying to remember how I came to have a copy of BBIS ... I am what I call a second generation Meat fan ... that is... I didn't discover him until Bat2 came out ... If I'm remembering correctly ... I first heard a clip of AFL when Meat was a guest on the Howard Stern radio show... and then... I saw the video on MTV .. or VH1.... I forget which... I went gaga and wanted to rush out and buy the album... but my daughter said "STOP RIGHT THERE"... and that she now knew what to get me for Christmas... so in its stead... I took myself off to the local record shop (which has since shut down and which I miss very much ... and bought anything Meat Loaf... in cassette tape form back then ... and I'm sure BBIS was in the mix ...

Meat Loaf_fan · 31 Jul 2015, 19:08

My vote: Standing On The Outside.

"Blind Before I Stop" is a mystery to me. It has few potential hits (Blind Before I Stop, Masculine, Getting Away With Murder, Execution Day) and many solid songs (for example: Standing On The Outside, Rock And Roll Hero), and in the same time it is gone from the public eye. I don't know why? Of course it needs to be remastered, because of the dance notes, but it is not the only problem. Other thing could be not seeing live versions of the songs in modern times (last 20 years).

Although what I wrote above, I like this album. Maybe not as much as Bat 1, Bat 2, WTTN, CHSIB, but still quite a lot.

Wario · 31 Jul 2015, 20:39

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Originally Posted by Meat Loaf_fan

Of course it needs to be remastered, because of the dance notes, but it is not the only problem. Other thing could be not seeing live versions of the songs in modern times (last 20 years).

There you go! I think the real key to meats albums going into obscurity is that he throws the songs away after the tour for that album is done.

Look at the CHSIB Tour, he had CHSIB, Testify, and DIST on occasion. Following tour, arguably the worst setlist of his career for the HOTD Tour. A 90 minute show give or take plus Two out of three aint bad on occation.
Then they are never seen again.

View Poll Results: Best song on BBIS?
Escelation Day	6	21.43%
RnR Mercenaries	1	3.57%
Getting away with Murder	0	0%
One more Kiss	3	10.71%
Blind before I stop	4	14.29%
Burning down	2	7.14%
Standing on the outside	2	7.14%
Special Girl	1	3.57%
A man and a woman	1	3.57%
RnR Hero	1	3.57%
Revolutions Per Minute	1	3.57%
Screw this Album	6	21.43%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

29 Jul 2015, 18:58	#1
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	Happy Birthday Blind Before I Stop! On July 29th, 1987 Blind Before I Stop was released! My third favorite Meat album after Bat 2 and Bad Attitude. Every track is pure 80s rock goodness (sans SPecial Girl) I LOVE A Man and a Woman, one of a minority. I LUST Masculine, of course, Burning Down, the title track, RnR Hero, and Execution Day And Ive been known to Jam to GAWM and One more Kiss on occasion. What are your memories?

30 Jul 2015, 13:40	#10
rockfenris2005 Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.02.2003 Location: Posts: 2,217	My memory of "Blind before I stop": Coming across Meat Loaf's albums when I was a kid was a bit like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. First, probably not surprisingly, was Bat and Bat 2. Then I noticed Dead ringer (which was after Hits out of Hell where I'd noticed all these songs I hadn't heard before.) Then I saw a magazine advertising a double pack with Bad attitude and Blind before I stop. Saw it in the shop once. We didn't get it. But the same day we saw Blind by itself and picked that up. I must have been about 10 or 11? Which probably has something to do with why I like the album more than others have. And I've never seen another copy in any store since. I got my vinyl copy on eBay a couple years ago and then the American vinyl too. Then a couple of the singles. Also: we imported Bad attitude when I was about 12 and they said 10 weeks, which ended up becoming about 14 weeks, during which the whole store had closed down and opened up under a different name. Remember being surprised when I finally got it that it sounded different to other versions of the songs that I'd heard, because it was the US version that we'd ordered.

30 Jul 2015, 15:43	#11
Sue K Mega Loafer Join Date: 20.04.2003 Posts: 13,041	Happy days, meatlie peeps ! I'm trying to remember how I came to have a copy of BBIS ... I am what I call a second generation Meat fan ... that is... I didn't discover him until Bat2 came out ... If I'm remembering correctly ... I first heard a clip of AFL when Meat was a guest on the Howard Stern radio show... and then... I saw the video on MTV .. or VH1.... I forget which... I went gaga and wanted to rush out and buy the album... but my daughter said "STOP RIGHT THERE"... and that she now knew what to get me for Christmas... so in its stead... I took myself off to the local record shop (which has since shut down and which I miss very much ... and bought anything Meat Loaf... in cassette tape form back then ... and I'm sure BBIS was in the mix ...

29 Jul 2015, 19:26	#2
Evil One Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.01.2007 Posts: 5,192	What's Escelation Day?

29 Jul 2015, 22:41	#3
anotherday Super Loafer Join Date: 12.10.2012 Posts: 801	What the blue BLAZES is Escelation Day?

29 Jul 2015, 22:59	#4
aks650 Senior Loafer Join Date: 29.03.2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 172	Couldn't agree more, a fantastic album!! Would love to hear some songs live now!! Could do with a good remaster though!!

29 Jul 2015, 23:52	#5
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	AGH I FORGOT MASCULINE

30 Jul 2015, 00:59	#7
ChloeLee88 Super Loafer Join Date: 27.07.2005 Location: Bolton, Greater Manchester Posts: 666	Burning down is my guilty pleasure on this album! Though I also love the title track and execution day! In fact its just a really good album....especially to blast out in the car!

31 Jul 2015, 19:08	#12
Meat Loaf_fan Super Loafer Join Date: 01.03.2008 Location: Gdańsk (Poland) Posts: 311	My vote: Standing On The Outside. "Blind Before I Stop" is a mystery to me. It has few potential hits (Blind Before I Stop, Masculine, Getting Away With Murder, Execution Day) and many solid songs (for example: Standing On The Outside, Rock And Roll Hero), and in the same time it is gone from the public eye. I don't know why? Of course it needs to be remastered, because of the dance notes, but it is not the only problem. Other thing could be not seeing live versions of the songs in modern times (last 20 years). Although what I wrote above, I like this album. Maybe not as much as Bat 1, Bat 2, WTTN, CHSIB, but still quite a lot.