Reply #130: Meatloaf...... [View All]

[CanuckAmok]

Okay, I know Meatloaf. He's like a friend-once-removed. We get together when he's in Vancouver.

He't totally weird about his music. Like, he's obsessive over it, and what he's going to do next, etc.

But in his defence, Meat is an off-Broadway performer, and was for years before releasing an album. Jim Steinman wrote Bat Out of Hell, and picked Meatloaf and Ellen Foley (Billie on Night Court) to perform it. Meatloaf never expected (or believes he's qualified) to be a rock star. But if you were a starving artist-theatre performer and someone offered you anhuge-assed recording contract, what would you do?



On a related topic, you should see Meatloaf in "Focus" with William H. Macy, David Paymer and Laura Dern. Meatloaf plays Fred, one of Henry Miller's most frightening and menacing characters. Meat plays him to a "T" and is brilliant. I'm surprised he wasn't nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar.