Meat Loaf does not like to be served cold

[allrevvedup]

Don't know if this has already been posted, but you can find it at the following link

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...07.wmeatloaf07




"I'm not coming back to Canada in the winter, I can for sure tell you that."

It was cold and lonely in the deep, dark Canadian night, when a man named Meat Loaf couldn't see paradise, not even by the dashboard light. The main-dish singer - born Marvin Lee Aday - spoke disparagingly to The Globe and Mail about the drama-ridden Canadian tour of early 2007. Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise, a feature documentary that chronicles that tour, will be screened nationwide at Cineplex theatres tomorrow, preceding its DVD release on May 13.

The burly, high-maintenance rocker had told his since-fired managers to keep him away from Canada in the frigid season. "I said, 'Do not, under any circumstances, book me anywhere cold in the winter.' And so they came back to me and said, 'We're going to book you in Canada in February.' I said, 'Well, why don't we just play for penguins?' "

The doc, filmed entirely in this country, follows the singer/actor from Victoria (where the band arrived two days late because of flight complications) to Calgary (where a reviewer was rather cool to the sexually charged presentation of the rapturous 1977 hit Paradise by the Dashboard Light) to London, Ont., where the concert was recorded for a second DVD, 3 Bats Live.

By the time the tour ended in Ottawa, a nagging sinus infection had fully developed, seriously hindering the singer's performance. "Atrocious," is how he remembers that show. "I just wanted to bury my head in the sand," he says, before clarifying. "Or bury my head in the snow, I should say."

Like a big ol' bat out of hell, Meat couldn't leave here quick enough. And with all the calamity, one wonders if we'll ever see the red-hankied rocker in these parts ever again. "I will come back to Canada," the now-thawed Meat assures us, "but not in the winter. My wife is from Edmonton, and she can't get me to go there in the wintertime. She'd rather be home [in California] and I can't say I blame her."

*thought this part was interesting..."The burly, high-maintenance rocker had told his since-fired managers to keep him away from Canada in the frigid season."*

[wolfy35]

I have been to Canada in both winter and summer and must admit it will take a miracle to get me there in winter again so I cant blame Meat for not wanting to winter there again. Saying that when I went in summer it was amazing

[RadioMaster]

I say blame Canada!

[Diane]

I was in Toronto for Meat's Bat III promo show in 2006. Winter was only just starting and it was already into minus figures. We spent our first day there buying warmer coats. At least it didn't snow!

I don't blame Meat at all for not wanting to be there in the depths of the winter.

Diane

[Diane]

Originally Posted by RadioMaster

I say blame Canada!

Diane

[The Flying Mouse]

Originally Posted by allrevvedup

*thought this part was interesting..."The burly, high-maintenance rocker had told his since-fired managers to keep him away from Canada in the frigid season."*

Seconded.
That part did make me pause and re read the line again.
Wonder if this was because of the unwanted (by Meat) release of 3 Bats on CD

[Ma.Ra]

So Meat fired the 10th Street Management?

[djfierce]

yep, he said so in the 3 bats cd thread

[Battybarb]

Dont blame Meat for not wanting to be there in the winter,my friends brother lives there and says he still cannot get used to the cold and he has been there over 20 years

[MeatGrl1]

The burly, high-maintenance rocker had told his since-fired managers to keep him away from Canada in the frigid season. "I said, 'Do not, under any circumstances, book me anywhere cold in the winter.' And so they came back to me and said, 'We're going to book you in Canada in February.' I said, 'Well, why don't we just play for penguins?' "

!!!

I just have a vision of Meat and co performing to an arena of penguines !!!!

Joking aside thanks for posting this, it was a very nice read .