Europe Mourns – And Sings Along With – Meat Loaf, Rock Icon of the 1970s
21.01.2022 - 12:51
/ variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe outsize personality of U.S. rock singer Meatloaf, who died age 74, was cherished and mourned across Europe where news of his passing dampened many a breakfast table on Friday.TV host Piers Morgan said: “RIP Meat Loaf, 74. One of rock music’s all-time great characters whose seminal iconic album Bat Out Of Hell is one of the biggest-selling records in history.
A wondrously talented, flamboyant, funny, outrageous and rebellious chameleon. Sad news.”British actor Stephen Fry said: “I hope paradise is as you remember it from the dashboard light, Meat Loaf. Had a fun time performing a sketch with him on Saturday Live way back in the last century.”The singer’s connection to the road was a recurring theme for many fans.
One Twitter user, using the handle @christinepamela, said “Oh nooooo…. Thank you for the amazing music Meat Loaf – you were my companion during long drives and bad solo karaokes – on repeat.” “Meatloaf has been our Road Trip buddy for literal decades. He will remain so.
Nothing makes a long journey go faster and funner than everyone yelling along to Bat out of Hell,” said another Twitter user JemChanOT.Many fans remembered how Meatloaf was a music fixture for millions of teens in the 1970s and 1980s. “Meatloaf. Legend, sound of my youth.
RIP,” said one Twitter user Oldy but Gold Wolf. “Sad news. Most of our generation will have a Meat Loaf moment.
Enthusiastic renditions of Two out of Three Ain’t Bad was ours – still know every word,” said Twitter user @SallyAnnKelly1. “As a kid, I would listen to Meat Loaf incessantly on my parents’ stereo with giant headphones on. I still love those tunes to this day.
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