Happy Birthday, Fire Ball!!

[mariella]

Originally Posted by sherrie87

Whew, I'm just getting here and I've missed out on some serious partying I can see! A toast to the Mighty Michael Lee Aday, on the day of his birth. (OK, it isn't the day of his birth quite yet here in the US, but why give up a chance to wish Meat well?) My toast will have to be a Coca Cola. Quite embarassing, but give me even something as wimpy as 2 wine coolers and I am planning cross country motorcycle trips with complete stranger, a la Easy Rider! Not a good thing! If I had anything "harder" than Coke I shudder to think what might happen!

Sherrie, raising her glass

And Mariella toasting with Sherrie! Won't call you Bob! As long as we 'party', it's fine by me!...Feels good to toast with you (hope you feel the same!)

MB., I just listened to surprise #1, is working just fine now! Thank you!
Great party song! This should get anyone going!!!

I am wondering at what time do you think we should call/mail radio-stations tomorrow/today (depends on where you live)
Because I think Leah's idea is great! Let's Do IT! Maria

Let's get 'nuts' and enjoy And do some requesting aswell!

xxx

Mariella

[MBrevard]

Hi! Glad things are working now!! That's a relief!

I'm not sure what time would be good. It should be when there are a lot of people here at the forum. The time zone difference is always such a problem, isn't it?!!

Perhaps, as Leah said, 2 might be good--but 2 o'clock in what time zone is still up for grabs!!

Love,
MB
xxx

[CarolM]

Happy Birthday Fire Ball, have a great day we love ya

[sherrie87]

Greenwich Mean Time is always a good standard, though I haven't done the math to see what time that would be in the US. I think GMT is 5 hours ahead of the US Eastern Time Zone (so 2PM GMT is 9AM EST and 6AM Cali time) Perhaps thats a bit too early in the American west? Suggestions? Perhaps we could move it a bit later, even 5PM GMT would be Noon Eastern, 9AM Pacific? Opinions?

Sherrei

[MBrevard]

Welcome to the party, Carol! Thanks!!

Originally Posted by sherrie87

Greenwich Mean Time is always a good standard, though I haven't done the math to see what time that would be in the US. I think GMT is 5 hours ahead of the US Eastern Time Zone (so 2PM GMT is 9AM EST and 6AM Cali time) Perhaps thats a bit too early in the American west? Suggestions? Perhaps we could move it a bit later, even 5PM GMT would be Noon Eastern, 9AM Pacific? Opinions?

Sherrei

Well, 9 in the morning here isn't bad. 12 in the Eastern US, 5pm in the UK. 6pm in Holland, Gemany, etc. That doesn't sound too bad, Sherrie!

Any other suggestions?

Love,
MB
xxx

[The Flying Mouse]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEAT


Have a great day Fire Ball.

[MBrevard]

Hi, Neil!! So nice to see you here, too! Thanks for joining the party!!

Here's our next Birthday Party Surprise for you, as we continue to celebrate the life and the musical side of this special man!!

Enjoy, friends!!



I've got to be away for a short time. I have to go downstairs to fix my parents their dinner. Will be back soon, though!!

Love to all,
MB
xxx

[mariella]

Hi FM!

How about having 'one of those Wembley-drinks' right now?
To honour and recognise how important ML is in our lives, for so many different reasons! What better way to do this than 'by coming together' today (or should I say night).

MB, I did enjoy and look forward to do just that, tomorrow/today now I am ALL confused!...Could also be the wine, don't handle that too well

LOVE!

Mariella

[ladyloaf69]

and....Here's Our Winner!!!!!

KIM FLOYD

Here is how she intends to
stay "Forever Young".....
AND A BIT OF A HEROINE!!!

"I will stay forever young for
the rest of my life by one simple
word...meat loaf. No not the
food but the man himself. Listeneing
to his music has made me feel young,
and vibrant. This might sound way out
there but the other day I worked at a
national chain store in teh electronics
department. I had a customer grab a basket
and filled it up worth hundreds if electronics.
he then kicked open the fire door and ran out.
I ran after him like I never ran before and
got his license number. Cops pursued him
and he even tried to run cop cars out of
the way. A cop came back to me and said
"how did u ever manage to run so fast and
get his license number?"...I simply looked
at him and said , "just listen to meat loaf's
music and it will make you feel forever young."

CONGRATULATIONS, KIM!!

Watch for our next Wasted Youth Contest coming up VERY soon!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is a true story . it happend to me a few months ago. found out the guy had a gun too. everyone says i am lucky that he didn't shoot me.

[CarolM]

hi MB, hi Mariella, it was great to pop in on such a special day as this , enjoy yourselves. It is 1.45 am here ,so i will say goodnight and see you soon take care all, Carol. So raise your glasses all to Meat, enjoy.

[Vickip]

What an incredible story Kim !
I'm glad to hear you weren't hurt :)

Vicki

[MBrevard]

Hi again! Back from giving my folks their evening meal! Full tummies--well...the elderly NEVER eat very much.

I don't know about you, though, but I'm HUNGRY--for more Meat, that is!!

I think I may be the only one here at the moment, but that's okay. These darn time differences...But I'm going to carry on, so that whenever you come here during the coming day and night, they'll be some new Meaty treats for you!!

Here comes the next one: A little bit of light reading!!

I'm with you, Vicki! What a story, Kim!!! Phew!!!

Thanks, Mrs Mouse. Hope you and FM have a good night! We'll see you tomorrow, heaven willing.




Continued Happy Birthday to Meat!!! Hope he's having a wonderful time at the Detroit concert. I'm sure the audience is!!!! :P

Love to all,
MB
xxx

[sherrie87]

I'm here too, MB! I'm in the midst of catching up on these birthday surprises, listening to #3 right now. Thanks for the clip of Fryin' Pan- just a few days ago somone (Tbuck, I think) was commenting on the version of Fryin Pan on the current tour with the flame effects, and I was wishing I could see that. Well, apparently wishing makes it so, as I found when I clicked on birthday surprise #2! Lately I've been playing Frying Pan and It Just Won't Quit endlessly, so I really enjoyed that clip.

That clip reminded me of one more thing about Meat that is outstanding - the time, effort and expense that he puts into the occasional visual effect. I.E., the flames in Frying Pan, the blacklight and masks in Do It, the cool drums in Lemon and (perhaps most famously of all) Bobby the Bat. These are not cheap at all to do, and they really enhance the show. The only other acts that I can think of that excell at that are Pink Floyd (the kings of visual effects, almost to the level of sensory overload) and Garth Brooks. I saw GB a few years ago, and he had flame, rain- all sorts of cool effects. Those effects are not easy, and it is really cool that ML makes the effort to do them on occasion.

Sherrie

[MBrevard]

Hi, Sherrie! I was about to put up 'cricket sounds'! Glad you're here. And glad you've been enjoying the surprises.

The 'flame' effects this time around are not quite as spectacular as they have been in the past, as you see in the clip. But with all the problems with pyrotechnics and so on, this is probably a much better (and safer) way to go.

It is my great sadness never to have seen Bobby the Bat at a live show. It must have been amazing!!

Haven't been to many other peoples' concerts of late, as you know, but thinking back to the ones I have seen in the past, you're right. There isn't much put into the special effects. I have a strong feeling that Meat does it to add to the already theatrical atmosphere in his shows. This IS theatre to him, don't you think?

Another thing I wish I had seen was either the water splashing on John's drums or the "fire drum" effects we've read about. Those would have been fun to watch!!

Ah, all this talk is making me want to go see the clip again!! I LOVE watching this guy work!!

Hope you can hang in there with me for a while longer. I know it's 3 hours later your time!!

Love ya,
MB
xxx

[Jen]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEAT!!!


Some great clips there MB, thanks for sharing with us
It's Meat's birthday and we're the ones getting the prezzies

[MBrevard]

Ah, Jen! You're very welcome! I'm SO glad you're here and a part of all this!!

Thanks for the message you sent to me earlier. It meant a lot to me!!

I/m having so much fun putting all this together. I got to go through things in the collection here that I haven't seen in quite a while!!

I never get tired of watching or listening to Meat perform!! Don't think I ever will!!

Don't know if you're still here or not. If you are, are you going to any of the shows coming up this winter?

Love,
MB
xxx

[sherrie87]

I'll be here a bit longer, but I fear I won't be able to pull an "all nighter", as much as I'd like to. I have a dreadfully boring training tomorrow (and next Saturday as well) from 8AM to 2:30PM so I really do need to catch some sleep. The title of the training is "creating academic independence through student owned strategies"- see, you're nodding off just reading the title, aren't you? Oh well, attending the two days of training gets me two extra days off at Thanksgiving so I suppose it's worth it!

What is the fire drum effect you are talking about? I liked the cool effect on Lemon for the Just Havin' Fun tour, with the glitter and lighting but I don't know what the fire drum effect is. (Also haven't heard about the water on John's drums- sounds very cool.)

I remember when I thought that the coolest effect possible was all the lights in the arena going out when Billy Joel sang "turn out the lights" in "You May be Right", but once I saw Pink Floyd I knew that amazing things were possible!

Sherrie

[MBrevard]

I understand, Sherrie! Don't worry. I'm usually here at night when no one else is around. I'm 9 hours earlier than UK time (right now, at least), so I'm always 'behind the times,' as they say. But that's okay. When it is quiet here, then I'll have the chance to work on a few more surprises. I'm still a little short for all the hours to be covered.

I'll be posting another one in a few minutes, though. I'll try to get it in before you head off to bed.

That class does NOT sound interesting. I'm sorry. But it IS worth having a couple more days off with your family during the holidays!!

As for the water and fire effects: I believe I read about them at the show in Holland. Perhaps, when Guppie or Mariella come back they can tell us more about them. But I think that at one point, Meat poured water over John's drums!! I would have loved to have seen that!

And the fire effects---I remember seeing pictures of something that looked like "sparks"--coming out of one of the drums, which Meat beat really hard. It was probably sparkly paper or something. Again, maybe someone will tell us more specifically about it. But it looked neat from the photos I saw at the time!!

Love,
MB
xxx

[Jen]

Sherrie - enjoy your training... sounds fun

MB - Having a lot of fun reading/watching/listening to all the stuff you've put together, some really great stuff that I hadn't seen before, thank you As of now, not going to any of the shows... but who knows what might happen between now and then...

Have fun guys, will hafta head off soon... should really try and get some sleep before it get's to 4am

[MBrevard]

It's that time again--Birthday Party Surprise #5 (or is it 6--I'm already losing count).

Hope everyone enjoys it, when they see it.



Continuing Happy Birthday to Meat!!

And have a great evening, Jen! Hope you do get to see at least one of the upcoming shows!!! Hope to see you tomorrow---well, later today !!

Love,
MB
xxx

[sherrie87]

MB said:

And the fire effects---I remember seeing pictures of something that looked like "sparks"--coming out of one of the drums, which Meat beat really hard. It was probably sparkly paper or something. Again, maybe someone will tell us more specifically about it. But it looked neat from the photos I saw at the time!!

Didn't he do the drums with Lemon on the two "Just Havin' Fun..." shows that you went to? If I'm thinking of the same pictures I think you are mentioning, it's from that song. It was glitter of some sort that flew in the air and was illuminated by the lights when he beat the drum. Did he do this on Lemon when you saw him last year?

John and Joey are "camping" (sleeping in a tent on our back porch) tonight, and Joey is peeking over my shoulder as I read MLUKFC. (John is asleep, totally unaware that Joey is out of the tent at this late hour :P ) Anyway, as I am reading your posts Joey is trying to imitate your avatar- blinking one eye and sticking his tongue out. He thinks its pretty cool, but he's also up three hours past his bedtime so almost anything seems funny to him at this point.

Of course, I'll stick around for one more birthday surprise, then hopefully I can catch up on anything I miss tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks for all the cool schwag video and audio tonight!

Sherrie

[shadow1000001]

Thank you MB for starting this wonderful thread and for all the surprises and the party I just got here so I think that I missed out on some serious partying I should get you to host my Birthday
I raise my Coke can to you all and wish Meat an extremely Happy Birthday as I listen to my CHSIB CD.


Maria

[MBrevard]

I don't remember any special effects from the drums during both the shows I saw last year. Perhaps that was something Meat added later on, as the tour evolved. You were in the last leg of the Friends tour, right? So, I bet that's what happened. I was in the first part. So, I missed it. Ah well, thank heavens for photos!!

Does your hubby look after Joey when you go to these classes?

I was just thinking of all the other avatars out there--maybe it's a good thing he's just imitating mine!!!

I posted another surprise a little while ago. Hope you got to see it. The next one might be beyond your bedtime limits, with the early class tomorrow and all.

Either way, you take good care and have a great class. We'll see you tomorrow--whenever you get here.

HI, Maria!! So nice to have you with us!! This is a 24-hour operation, so whenever you show up is just fine!! You won't have missed too much. Hope you'll also be around tomorrow when the 'rowdy' bunch comes back (are they going to hit me for that??!! )

The mention of coke got my hubby's ears--'er, eyes! That's all he drinks around here!!

Glad to hear you're enjoying CHSIB. I listen to it every single day!! I love it! Are you going to help us call in requests tomorrow, in honor of Meat's birthday?

Should be fun!

Love,
MB
xxx

[sherrie87]

Maria,

I got here a bit late too, but you can just catch up on the videos and join us in celebrating Meat's special day.

I typed this once before and *poof* it all went away, so please forgive me if by chance it double posts everyone.

The SNL video was most assuredly worth waiting up for! I gather from the last still in the video that Tim Curry was the host of SNL that night. That must have been a great show! While Meat is the undeniable man, Tim Curry ain't too hard on the eyes either!

It's time to scurry off to bed for me, my little boy is still awake, over 3 1/2 hours after his bedtime- I must get off the computer and make sure he gets to sleep. Thanks again MB for the cool birthday surprises, I will catch up with you all tomorrow afternoon.

Sherrie

[MBrevard]

Have a good night, Sherrie!!! See you tomorrow!

Love,
MB
xxx