Meatloaf wasn't just a singer, he was a true performer. One of my favourite songs, Thanks.

@GGGritzer

27 күн бұрын

Meat Loaf..................

This is "Rock Opera" which is its own genre. It includes the music from "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Little Shop of Horrors", and "Tommy - A Rock Opera". Meat Loaf was the king of Rock Opera.

@michaeldowson6988

Ай бұрын

She needs to try out some Glam Rock.

@Pete-ov7kj

Ай бұрын

You beat me to it. Was coming here to let Biss know that this is epic rock opera.

@johnm281

Ай бұрын

HOT Patootie, Bless My Soul, from Rocky Horror Picture Show is a Show Stopper!

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

Maybe Jim Steinman would be more properly the king of Rock Opera, for creating this and so many others

@GroovingPict

Ай бұрын

Rocky Horror and Little Shop of Horrors are both musicals, not rock operas. In an "opera" (rock or otherwise), all the dialogue is sung. Conversely a musical is a regular play (or movie) where characters occasionally break out into song. Rocky Horror (Picture) Show is a musical. Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera.

Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman and Ellen Foley! One of the greatest rock performances of all time! There is not one artist who even comes close to this today!

@malcolmpeacock2484

Ай бұрын

Yeah have to agree with you

@johannesvalterdivizzini1523

Ай бұрын

Ellen Foley did the vocals on the album. Carla Bonoff was in the video. It wasn't a live performance. It's a great video--looks live.(sorry, hate to burst anyone's balloon)

@azachman

Ай бұрын

@@johannesvalterdivizzini1523 Karla Devito, actually. She went on tour with Meat Loaf because Ellen Foley was doing Night Court.

@rogerdaly6326

Ай бұрын

​​@@johannesvalterdivizzini1523 It was Karla Devito not Carla Bonoff. Also all the videos from the album that show them live were shot during rehearsal for tour with no audience present. The studio album track was synched to the video. If you watch the video for You Took The Wotds (Right Out Of My Mouth) you can see where the synchronization is off in about 3 spots.

@robdyer6088

Ай бұрын

You're right about the Ellen Foley and the recording, but this is Karla DeVito, the singer who toured with him and recorded the video.

I will always say this, Meat Loaf was not a singer, he was a performer who just happened to be a great singer.

This is considered Rock Opera.

The charisma of the protagonists is so overwhelming that it's easy to overlook how powerful the band is! Let's give a shout out to Todd Rundgren playing guitar, Rundgren's Utopia bandmates Kasim Sulton on bass and Roger Powell on synthesizer, and Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band on piano and drums, respectively.

@markdecker6190

Ай бұрын

I did not know that, thanks!

@VincentKinan

Ай бұрын

That’s good info, I did not know that! Wow

(fun fact) the radio announcer was a REAL baseball radio announcer from the 70s !! ... his name was Phil Rizzuto - and he was from the New York Yankees

@flash218ily

Ай бұрын

HOLY COW! 🤣

@sgtpep

Ай бұрын

Even more of a fun fact about Phil Rizzuto. He was given the script and asked if he would read this as a voice- over, which he did. Rizzuto was so straight-laced that they couldn't tell him why they wanted this. He was pretty upset when he found out how they used his work and turned it into a very mature theme! 😂

@robertmiller2633

28 күн бұрын

Scooter

@knavehart

18 күн бұрын

​@@sgtpep When Rizzuto recorded his piece, he was reportedly unaware of how his spoken contribution would be used. When the song broke, Rizzuto said his parish priest called him in shock. However, "Phil was no dummy", said singer Meat Loaf. "He knew exactly what was going on, and he told me such. He was just getting some heat from a priest and felt like he had to do something. I totally understood." Years later, Rizzuto would laughingly retell the story saying he got snookered by Meat Loaf, but he had a good attitude about it and when Meat Loaf asked him to go on tour with him, Rizzuto was flattered but declined, jokingly saying that Cora(Phil's wife) would "kill him" if he did.

I started listening to Meatloaf in the 1970s and I love the music.

Lol. It is definitely a performance as much as a song. My parents freaked out when me, or my older sisters (or the radio) played it. Peace, Love!!

The baseball metaphor is the most classic part. She wants his commitment before she gives the body up. He doesn't want to commit. That makes whole song for me. Some of the story telling ever. Great song.

I remember when this song was released. I love seeing the younger reactors get surprised by the ending!🤘🎸

Meatloaf was above all a performer. his songs were always full throttle performances. Many people also like "I'd do anything for love (but i won't do that)" by Meatloaf. watching the video for this is highly recommended.

@OliverTwist-kr8gm

Ай бұрын

Glam rock

I love that you had fun with this song and enjoyed it Bisscute. I love Meatloaf and this song really put him "on the map" but I still think Two Out of Three Ain't Bad is his best, iconic single which showcases his majestic voice. My opinion of course, I'm not saying I'm right or wrong, just my preference. I still love this song and the upbeat tone of the song and the message we can all relate to at some point in our lives, and I love the voice of Meatloaf (of course) but I REALLY LOVE the voice, charisma, facial expressions, and mannerisms of Ellen Foley as well. She just had that look that fit the part perfectly in this song and video. I love the baseball reference in this as well as I was in my teens during the late 80's and after a date my friends would always ask "Did you at least reach 2nd base?" Unfortunately, I usually had to admit "no" as I was a slow runner on the base paths but not my choice of course :(

Just wanted to thank you.................. You don't know how many people don't understand the song. They just bob their head and never listen to the words.

I’ve loved this performance ever since I saw it in the 70’s and the Bat out of Hell album is still my all time favorite album.

Parts of it are definitely "Rock & Roll"

"Rock" is basically a short way of saying "Rock and Roll": they are the same thing. 😉

Meatloaf made a deal to show this promo video (not from a real concert) before every showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which he played Eddie. He was a heldentenor and was offered a lot of money to sing opera. The lady in white is Karla DeVito. Her vocals were replaced by the album vocals of Ellen Foley. Karla is a great singer, but Ellen's vocals were perfection. Karla did the concert tour. Karla has been married to actor Robbie Benson since the 1980s. Ellen was a public defender (Billie) in the TV series Night Court. She also appeared in several movies like Cocktail with Tom Cruise. Meat Loaf never considered himself a singer. He always said that he was an actor, that sometimes portrayed a singer. RIP Marvin "Meat Loaf" Aday.

@DavidLender

Ай бұрын

I did not know that about Ellen Foley being on Night Court. Thanks!!

@acesfn7316

Ай бұрын

Karla DeVito is actually a talented singer. When she toured with Meatloaf she does sing. She sang towards the end of this particular song

Meat Loaf was in Rocky Horror Picture Show

Great memories from college days, 1977 when the album came out. Dormitory stereos were the viral shares of the day. No headphones, just great speakers, Friday afternoon, quiet hours over after class, laying the needle down in these great albums... BOSTON, was the first in my freshman year of 1976... MORE 70s PLEASE!

Meatloaf was a Legend. One of my absolute favorites. EVERYTHING LOUDER THAN EVEYTHING ELSE!!!!

This is real music it's the stuff that when your driving down the road and this comes on the volume goes on high ❤

Have you ever seen the show Married With Children? I've always thought of this as the Al Bundy story. He was a high school football star. His life was planned. College football, maybe a chance to go pro. On the night of the big game, he met the beautiful redhead, Peggy. She got pregnant. He did the right thing and married her. Now he's stuck working in a shoe store. His wife won't work, cook, clean, or watch the kids. It made him a little bitter. If you've never seen the show, there are some great compilation videos available.

@taoist32

Ай бұрын

Full episodes are always better than compilations. You get full context on every character and the dynamics between them.

@The_Dudester

Ай бұрын

Interesting observation!! This could have been my brother's story. He was a star football player, but also an all around athlete (wresting team, shotput on track & field, and he lifeguarded in the summer-phenomenal swimmer). Last football game of his junior year his right knee was so screwed up that he had to give up everything but the lifeguarding. This inspired him to become a physical therapist, a job that he has held for forty years now. So, the injury saved him from selling shoes.

Meatloaf was in the movie "Fight Club" with Brad Pitt and Ed Norton! The girl in this video is Karla DeVito (she is lip syncing) to the vocals of Ellen Foley who did the original vocals for the album!!!

@8:11 “SLEEP WITH THE FISHES!!!”😂😂😂 Thank God I wasn’t drinking anything at that moment!😅😎

Just imagine all the kids that had to experience their parents singing along with this song every time it came on the radio :)

@EdwardGregoryNYC

Ай бұрын

That would be my kids. Also, my wife and I taking over the dance floor to act this out every time.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

Imagine all the kids that were "made" to this song in back and front seats around the world

"going down town and third base and [hesitant silence] ...head first.." Watching that whole bit from 7:10 to 7:40 killed me!! 🤣🤣 Excellent job, Bisscute, you're gorgeous and funny as hell! xx

Meatloaf was a great entertainer he started on Broadway for about 5 years where he won awards for Hairspray and Rocky horror picture show and along with his music which was great but he also appeared in about 90 movies such as Rocky Horror Picture Show and Fight club to mention a couple

The meat master general was truly one of a kind. He was an American original, taken from us too early by COVID-19. Thank you for a great reaction. Keep up the good work and rock on.🤘🏻🔥🎶

This song gives me the fondest memories of my youth. The reason you feel like it is more a performance than a mere a song is that these two began careers as musical stage performers. Acting and singing brought took their stage shows to a higher level. Thank you for doing this one.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

Karla DeVito created an amazing song called Bloody Bess for a friend's theater show. It was always my favourite song from her album.

"Rock " is simply an abbreviation of Rock and Roll. The names are interchangeable. The music is the same.

This song is a pure piece of Americana!!

Listen to the whole album Bat Out Of Hell

Meatloaf always sead that he wasn't a singer but an actor . When I was younger I would have Meatloaf on my radio just jamming out . I still love to listen to him. PS I'M 80 YEARS AGO . JUST AN OLD ROCK AN ROLL MAN 😎😎😎😎😎

Pre-nup! Thats hysterical😂😂😂

You can tell from this performance that they were both originally from musical theatre.

Bat Out of Hell one of the best albums of all time , 43 Million copies sold

Great reaction to a great song and Singer. This song was off of Meatloaf's album Bat Out of Hell. My mom got tickets for me an her once for my Birthday to see the Meatloaf play Bat Out of Hell Based on all the music from the album plus extra songs as well. It was an Awsome play. Hope you had an Awsome weekend. Take care. ⚘️🌹💐

The great theatrical rock of Meat Loaf, thanks my dear friend, saludos desde México :)

"sleep with the fishes" hahaha. You're so cute Biss.

Pretty lady, I've been listening to them for 50 years, and you for over a year, and you couldn't hide the joy in your reaction! He has other treasures you should check out. Peace from Northern Michigan

I have always absolutely loved this song. It is so, so much funny and the interplay between the two is so well done. It is almost impossible not to dance to (loved the dancing while holding on to your hair). Great review!

For Gen X this song is just part of our lives. Been hearing it and singing it with our friends at parties as long as we can remember.

It seems like a lot of young people don't understand the title of the song, because cars today are different from cars in the 1950s, 60s and even 70s. Back then, lots of cars had a front bench seat, one long seat that stretched from door to door. So if he is laying down on the front bench seat of the car, with his girl, and the dashboard lights are on, and she's barely dressed, he can see 'paradise' by the dashboard lights.

I really , really , really like your reactions ! This reaction was special, I could see it in your face before you spoke. Great job Bisscute !! Thank you !!!

When this came out every woman I knew owned this album, just for this song.

You’re a young pup so this is a little bit old but when I was about 10 we used to go to a skating rink every Friday, and this was in the 80s. The music played there was not kid friendly. I can remember skating and singing along at 10 years old without a single as to what I was singing. It didn’t catch up with me til I was an adult. It was overtly sexual and was great theatre! Meatloaf was a showman extraordinaire. And when tells her let me sleep on it he’s trying to get her to go ahead and he’d tell her if was gonna stay with her. He wants to sample the goods before making the purchase.

The baseball metaphor was perfect.

It’s such a great song.heartbreaking but also so very realistic

I’ve missed the chair dancing. Great to see again!!! 🤘🏼🤪🤘🏼

You are the best dancer in a chair I have ever seen! Keep it up and react to good songs like this and we all will enjoy. Well done.

You during the switch up at 5:14 had me literally laughing out loud. That was hilarious. My ex-fiance and I used to duet this song on karaoke night as we were both big fans. Watching have so much fun with this song was heartwarming. I also suggest checking out Bat out of Hell, You Took the Words Right out of my Mouth, and Two out of Three Ain't Bad.

ITS ROCK N ROLL LOL!!! MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS CRAZY ABOUT THIS SONG WHEN IT CAME OUT !!!!!

great job. I used to know a couple of guys that would play this as skit at people's weddings. one of them would dress up in a dress. LOL funny to watch.

Oh my, I am jealous i missed this one. One of the great classics.

Mr. Meatloaf was so amazing 😮 rip. Can't wait for your reaction 😊

As a commenter below said, this is Rock Opera. But even more than some actual rock operas, like The Who's "Tommy," I think of this song as rock for theater kids.

one of the best stories in rock n roll

Meatloaf is a true performer on stage

Your reactions as the song evolved had me rolling. The songs situation was a fairly common scenario of the time, one of the songs many selling points was its relatability.

One of the best reactions to this production. I think you’re the only one who got the “head first” reference for second base😅. Such great lyrics. Well done!

Pre-nup 🤣🤣🤣 loved your reaction 👍👍👍

I used to listen to the Bat Out of Hell album over and over back then. One of my ATF's 🎶

Loved her reactions.

Meatloaf also played Robert Paulson in Fight club (Bob with witchtats)

The woman in the video, Karla DeVito, is not the singer. She is miming to Ellen Foley voice. Karla did the tour for the album.

Ahh...fond memories of my high school "twig and blue berry daze"

Fun reaction. You didn't miss much about the messages in this great performance.

He is a true entertainer, check him out in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Biss, love your dance moves at 8:27 in this video. Your as much fun watching as the video!

This is rock opera. Lots of story telling. It perfectly captures the transactional nature of teen sex in the 60s. Birth control was rare and if you were underage you needed your parents to request it. The main reason there were so many boomer divorces. But, it's a lot of fun to sing along with it. Good reaction.

Love the reaction to not only the music but the lyrics and the story. So many people love this song but really don't listen to the story. Biss is too much fun.

Love your reaction to this one! The "let me sleep on it" line was his way of trying to get her to do it before giving her an answer, which would have been "No" if she let it happen. The only reason he gave in and swore his whole future to her was because his hormones were in hyper mode and that was the only way to get what he wanted. I was 16 when this song came out. I was in my 1st *serious* relationship, a year later, so I can relate to this one.

I wish there was a video with Ellen Foley. She was not only a great singer but a great actress.

I love watching people get caught off guard reacting to this song. Two out of three ain't bad is a must my friend. Peace out ✌️ ☮️

It was long ago and it was far away And it was so much better that it is today🎸🎶

Fun song, crazy popular in 1978.

along time ago (some point in the 80's), when I first heard Meatloaf, he became my favorite artist. Since then, many others have reached that pinnacle. The current reigning favorite is Babymetal. But unlike the others, while he lost the top spot he has never left my top three. While I love his entire discography much of Meatloaf's special standing is due to his debut album, "Bat Out of Hell." In my opinion this is the most perfect album ever made. Not only are there no bad songs on it, there are no songs that aren't outstanding. It is not a greatest hits album but listening to it you might believe that it was. "For Crying Out Loud" is for me the weakest song on the record and it would be a standout song on any other album. I don't believe that you have listened to "Bat out of Hell's" title song. If not definitely give it a listen. RIP Meatloaf.

Bisscute I love how vicious you are. Sleep with the fishes 😂

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

The reply from someone who didn't get the pre-nup lol

Wonderful reaction and analysis to a wonderful and iconic performance.

What I truly remember when a kid growing up in the '80s and in high school was that Meatloaf gave us bigger guys and maybe not so good looking hope that with a LOT of luck and some talent we could be rock stars and get the ladies as well!....LOL In the early and late '70s he was almost a household name...In the late '70s and through the '80s he suffered from some health and vocal issues. He was such a powerful performer that he blew his vocal cords out....In the early '90s he again teamed up with Jim Steinman and produced "Bat Out of Hell II," which the grammy award winning song "I Would Do Anything for Love" was born and he was reborn. He struggled with his voice though, you can tell in live performances found around "KZread," there were nights he was on and others his voice just failed (due to no fault of his own). He did however perform up until his death due to complications from COVID-19 in 2022. RIP Such a great singer, actor and performer (he was in quite a few of movies credited as Meatloaf) from "Rocky Horror Picture Show," to "Fight Club," he was just incredible.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

He was great in the movie Roadie, with Blondie doing a rocked up cover of Johnny Cash"s Ring of Fire. Check out the video of him singing this with Aspen Miller, she dresses as a sort of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and her walk/strut/wiggle and mannerisms show even more of the Big Guy taking his shot at the Goddess of all the girls.

Great reaction, so good to see someone understand what the song is about and understand the lyrics and the whole baseball references. Would love to see you react to more Meat Loaf. "For crying out loud" definitely is a masterpiece, and "Rock and roll dreams come through" react to the video, you should recognise a very young famous actress in it. 👍🏻

Glad you enjoyed this great classic by the late great Meatloaf although I suspect some of the euphemisms didn't translate well into your first language, for example "I got a big surprise" and "Going all the way" and "first/second/third base".

@ReligionOfSacrifice

Ай бұрын

She's getting an education in the text comments I guess.

I have the Vinyl and the C.D. , thanks for this wonderful reaction. I really like that you danced :) ( Ellen Foley on the album , Carla DeVito on this video and the tour )

My favorite lady with one of my favorite songs.love ya miss Biscute ❤❤❤

Such a fun song and full of frustration memories!😖😖

*JIM STEINMAN IS/WAS A ROCK GOD!!!* Steinman wrote and composed all the songs on the "Bat Out Of Hell" album and so many more epic songs. Artists like Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply and Celine Dion recorded Steinman songs. The lady in this video is Karla DeVito who went on tour with Meatloaf to support this album, it is studio vocals by Ellen Foley you are hearing in this video. Ellen Foley was working on her own solo album and just didn't want to make out with Meat every night... LOL!

Pre Nup today! Pre Nup tomorrow! Pre Nup forever!

Meatloaf in Rocky Horror! :-)

It was fun watching you react to this. You listened to both the music & lyrics and got the humor.

As always has to be pointed out, this is a a lip-synced performance over the studio album, and the girl here wasn't the singer on the album. That was Ellen Foley. It's very theatrical rock-n-roll. The ooo-shap-shap bit is a direct reference to classic 50s rock.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

In a video on KZread Night At The Proms Meatloaf Bat Out Of Hell (20+ mins) Meatloaf has his actual daughter singing background vocals doing the oooh shop shops, and looking incredible in a long black dress

Its always fun to see someones first reaction to this song 😀

I always love that the woman in this piece is the one that is erratic "I gotta know right now" and the guy is calm "Let me sleep on it" :). I must say some of those Carpathian girls are kind of cute ;).

saw him live twice.

Loved your reaction Miss Bisscute 🥰 great choice.

Wow.. I've seen allot of reactions to this video but yours was the first one where I could see pure enjoyment in the song/performance. Thank you for putting a huge smile on my face.

@taoist32

Ай бұрын

She’s authentic. When you watch her videos, you can tell whether she enjoys it or not.

Paradise By The Dashboard Light ... The 1st hit that caught my attention way back when. But there is more from Meatloaf and I see you are getting many of the details including the baseball announcer who, If I remember correctly, didn't know what it was for. So far I don't see .... Bat Out Of Hell... mentioned . But I do see about the movies. And, he is a trained Broadway actor and singer.

I CAN DIG IT😎

I have seen many reactions to this video, but I was laughing so much 😂😂😂 to your reaction! I wasn't sure you got the baseball reference being from Romania, but I think you did. One of the best Bisscute! Happy you enjoyed it.😎

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

I think she was more familiar with the whole 2nd & 3rd bases idea, she snapped to Pre-Nup instantly lol

I refer to this type of music as "Theater Rock"! 😊