Would have gone with "Dead Ringer for a Covid infection" myself but I like your reference.
I never really understand the need to mock people dying and suffering from disease even if they do make decisions I see as being stupid. He's dead. He probably has family. I doubt they are on this website--though in the extremely unlikely circumstances he has surfed this site, maybe that's why he decided not to take the vaccinations. At the public policy, when I hear it referred to as a disease of the unvaccinated, hear references to Darwin, or elsewhere see references to letting people in certain states suffer and die, it borderline sounds like eugenics. And I am not aware of any evidence that mocking leads more people to get vaccinated. There's a good chance people such as Mr. Loaf got coronavirus because of variants coming back because of vaccine nationalism. As long as there are humans unvaccinated on planet Earth (and animals but that is tougher to solve), we are going to get an increased likelihood of more troublesome variants.
Back on track.Meatloaf was a great performer and a fantastic vocalist who put on a captivating show. His album "Bat Out of Hell" was in my collection and worn out. Meatloaf got all the glory but none of the money, Jim Steinman took care of that.
Well, Steinman wrote all the songs.
Yes he did. But could any other frontman have delivered them as well as Meatloaf? I'll give you a for instance: Love Hurts, I believe written by The Everly brothers and recorded by 100 or more artists but it never became a massive hit till Nazareth turned it into a massive hit.Who else could have sang those Steinman songs? Bowie? Plant? Daltrey? Jagger LOL? Share the spoils, brother. It makes you feel good!
The Meat was reportedly worth $40 million at the time of his death. Seems like he got his cut.All the singers you list were the real deal. I don't think Meat Loaf's body of work stands up to theirs.
At the risk of responding to one of your silly strawmen arguments, your making a unnecessary binary division. Medical practitioner should be informed by research that involves a degree of statistical analysis. It's not one or the other but the consensus of both. However, no, I wouldn't seek medical advice from a guy who in specialises in analysing card games, basketball and baseball.
It's actually fairly well know in the Bat Out of Hell/Jim Steinman circles that Jim approached a number of artists that turned him down due to the length of the songs. Daltry and Burton Cummings, just to name a couple. He had to be convinced to take a chance on a guy named Meat Loaf. Fortunately, it was the seventies and songs like "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights" were so long people had time to get bored, go off to the bathroom for some marching powder and come back five minutes later to the same song and exclaim "This is the best f**kin' tune I've ever heard!"
You're right! 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light', while being my favorite, also gave me a chance to take a quick leak and grab another beer come Part 2. Sneaking around the bases, just didn't do it for me as much as the rest of the song, In saying that, I'm glad that it was there. It was pretty vital for the songs overall imagery.
I did like that song when I stumbled upon it years later, but I've always hated that play-by-play baseball part.
Bowie, Plant and Daltrey could/can sing. Jagger can't carry a tune in a bucket. He is an awesome frontman though.
