
When I was a horny teen, I sometimes dreamt of finding
paradise by the dashboard lights, but dad wouldn’t let me
have his car so that was that; my big brother who was into
philosophy, said, don’t worry, buddy, heaven can wait;
you don’t know what you’re talking about, I snapped.
I found a gal and we went for it. like bats out of hell.
I didn’t have a big motorcycle, or a belting voice
but I found a gal I hit it off with , so I said to my brother,
hey man, two out of three ain’t bad
*pic courtesy of Wikipedia
This one went all the way, John. Love the line breaks, the frame of the song and the great punch line at the end. 👏👏 Did you hear he recently died?
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yes: that provoked the poem: I inserted my favourite Meatloaf songs into the story line of my not too wild, wild ways 🙂
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😃wonderful.
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thanks K; I thought it was a fitting way to pay a tribute to this great album and now late singer ; actually it’s a good exercise — could be done with any singer or writer on their death
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It’s a well-fitting tribute and I think he would have heartily approved.
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thank you,K; I don’t think I will write a post as good as this for some time; I felt inspired
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It’s stellar, but so are most of your posts. 😊
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Brilliant!
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it worked, Worms, it really worked: it was one of those pieces where everything falls in place —
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Well fitting tribute to a fantastic singer. You’ve captured the mood very well with the punchlines and his songs. Brilliant I must say !
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thanks Tanya: I loved ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ from the first time I heard it back in ’77 and I love it just as passionately now; I can see Meatloaf now passing through those pearly gates entering the Rock ‘N’ Roll Heaven 🙂
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My pleasure. I first discovered his songs in late 90’s and I was hooked on. May he Rest In Peace, an incredible artist he was 👌
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I felt the same about Prince —
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I adore Prince too, some of his songs are brilliant but more than that I liked his swag and personality.
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yes, me too 🙂
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I guess I look up to such swaggers coz I’m a crowd pleaser, hence I admire individuals or artists who exude don’t care attitude.
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Prince was definitely like that; I’ve found a post on Prince I think you’ll like: I’ll put it up in the next 24 hours 🙂
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Sure I’m gonna check it…
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adding the final touches; up in a few hours 🙂
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Sure take your time John!
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An excellent tribute to a fine rock singer, John. I was going to do one myself but – ‘You took the words right out of my mouth!’
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that is so clever ! that is one of his BIG songs that I forgot 😦 still including one more might have overloaded the poem —
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Thanks and your poem was a perfect tribute as it was. 🙂
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love this, so clever. I always really loved the way he made every song a huge performance, and crossed paths with him twice in life
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thanks Beth; you must tell your story some day; people would love to hear 🙂
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here you go, my post about him from the past. p.s. i had to take down a picture of someone’s meatloaf on a plate that was a part of the original blog, as the person who took the pic wanted me to pay him royalties. )
https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/?s=meatloaf
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thanks for sharing that, Beth; he was a big man and big men do sweat a lot; that came through plus the serendipity of ‘bumping into’ him twice
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Meatloaf would have liked this.
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thanks Neil: I like to think so; those four songs define him for me — and that amazing album: I reckon in the late seventies two out of three Aussie households would have held a copy, much like Neil Diamond’s ‘Hot August Night’ 🙂
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A lovely tribute. I guess the odds were never against you. Nice one. 🙂
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thanks Terveen; once the idea came, I worked hard and fast; I reckon I had it down within five minutes —
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Nicely done!
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after I finished I realized you could write such a tribute on any singer referencing their lyrics in some sort of narrative —
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Yes, I suppose you could.
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Hi John, great poem and clever use of Meatloaf’s lyrics. It’s getting harder to separate the artist from the art for me, and increasingly so, it seems I can’t. I grew up with Meatloaf, have always loved his music, but so much has been revealed about artists I used to support, especially in the past two years. Meatloaf was part of the soundtrack of my youth, but I can’t listen to his songs anymore.
Sorry to go off on a tangent. I won’t hijack your blog on this any further. Have a good weekend. 🙂
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that’s fine. Eden: I never heard much about his personal life: that was always a mystery to me
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What a great tribute to a great rocker. Imagine the all star bands there in rock’n’Roll heaven.
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it’d be one hell of a band, Ulle 🙂
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That’s so perverted!
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well, you can’t expect much less from horny teens 🙂
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How precious. You. This. Just lovely. Thanks for sharing. 👏
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glad you liked it; I’m putting one up on Prince in the next 24 hours: for you and Tanya especially who would not have seen it before 🙂
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I sure did. I’ll be on the lookout for Prince. Purple rain ☔️ themed perhaps. No matter, I know it’ll be splendid. You do these so well. All the best.
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