What does Meat mean Bat was written for the Alfred Hitchcock movie, "Psycho?"

TravisWRedfish · 16 Feb 2006, 02:24

In the VH1 Storytellers DVD, Meat says Bat Out of Hell was written for the Alfred Hitchcock movie, Psycho. However, I don't remember Steinman getting any credit for the song in the movie. In fact, the song was never even used! Besides, Steinman was what, 12 yrs old when the movie was made? What did Meat mean by that statement?

Pudding · 16 Feb 2006, 02:47

It's a tongue-in-cheek comment made by Meat Loaf because of the lyrical content in the song.

There’s a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
And a blade shining oh so bright
There’s evil in the air and there’s thunder in the sky
And a killer’s on the bloodshot streets

A lot of what Meat says is take too literally and misinterpretted as fact, when it shouldn't be. Meat likes spinning a good yarn just like Steinman likes telling one.

Pud

**Diane** · 16 Feb 2006, 03:20

There's a quote by Meat in the The Phenomenology Of Excess book:

"We're both (Meat & Jim) into films, like "Bat Out Of Hell" to Jimmy was like the beginning of "Psycho". His songs are visions in his head. It's like rolling films in our heads when he writes and I perform". - Meat Loaf 1978.

Diane

Rockette · 16 Feb 2006, 04:01

My take on what Meat has said about BOOH and the film Pycho was that Jim wrote it with the film (which was already released for some considerable time) in mind. It was Jim's and Meat's inspiration for the sheer passion of the song. I don't know too many people who were around at the time of the film's release who weren't in some way touched by it's content.

I think Pud has hit the nail right on the head too in saying that Meat's words are often taken too literally. We all tend to overanalyse his work and his words. Just goes to show the power of the man's persona on our lives.

L96 · 16 Feb 2006, 07:39

The comment in Storytellers was actually along the lines of Jim wrote BOOH "about" Psycho not actually "for" Psycho... :)

rockfenris2005 · 18 Feb 2006, 04:40

Always in surveys, my favourite films are: Psycho and The Wizard Of Oz. And Psycho does read like one of Steinman's musicals or something

16 Feb 2006, 02:24	#1
TravisWRedfish Loafer Join Date: 24.01.2006 Posts: 70	What does Meat mean Bat was written for the Alfred Hitchcock movie, "Psycho?" In the VH1 Storytellers DVD, Meat says Bat Out of Hell was written for the Alfred Hitchcock movie, Psycho. However, I don't remember Steinman getting any credit for the song in the movie. In fact, the song was never even used! Besides, Steinman was what, 12 yrs old when the movie was made? What did Meat mean by that statement?

16 Feb 2006, 02:47	#2
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	It's a tongue-in-cheek comment made by Meat Loaf because of the lyrical content in the song. There’s a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye And a blade shining oh so bright There’s evil in the air and there’s thunder in the sky And a killer’s on the bloodshot streets A lot of what Meat says is take too literally and misinterpretted as fact, when it shouldn't be. Meat likes spinning a good yarn just like Steinman likes telling one. Pud

16 Feb 2006, 03:20	#3
Diane Super Moderator Join Date: 04.02.2003 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Posts: 3,462	There's a quote by Meat in the The Phenomenology Of Excess book: "We're both (Meat & Jim) into films, like "Bat Out Of Hell" to Jimmy was like the beginning of "Psycho". His songs are visions in his head. It's like rolling films in our heads when he writes and I perform". - Meat Loaf 1978. Diane

16 Feb 2006, 04:01	#4
Rockette Mega Loafer Join Date: 10.06.2005 Location: I think! Posts: 4,805	My take on what Meat has said about BOOH and the film Pycho was that Jim wrote it with the film (which was already released for some considerable time) in mind. It was Jim's and Meat's inspiration for the sheer passion of the song. I don't know too many people who were around at the time of the film's release who weren't in some way touched by it's content. I think Pud has hit the nail right on the head too in saying that Meat's words are often taken too literally. We all tend to overanalyse his work and his words. Just goes to show the power of the man's persona on our lives.

16 Feb 2006, 07:39	#5
L96 Inaugural goldfish winner Join Date: 04.07.2005 Location: In a handbasket. Believe me, for someone my height, it's hell... Posts: 2,373	The comment in Storytellers was actually along the lines of Jim wrote BOOH "about" Psycho not actually "for" Psycho... :)

18 Feb 2006, 04:40	#6
rockfenris2005 Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.02.2003 Location: Posts: 2,217	Always in surveys, my favourite films are: Psycho and The Wizard Of Oz. And Psycho does read like one of Steinman's musicals or something