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He was a big guy, physically and in terms of personality.
But those minutes are not subtle.
(What inRocky Horroris?)
Meat Loafs voice was a titanic beauty, able to hit high notes with precision and tenderness.
More important, maybe, than its range was its capacity to reflect effort and emotion.
His work inFight Clubas Bob, a cancer survivor who had his testicles removed, was a prime example.
You look in my eyes.
You know you have an outsize personality when Gary Busey seems chill by comparison.
In more recent years, Meat Loaf expressed opinions that also were, um, big.
I dont know what that makes me.
It makes me weird but that same year, heendorsed Mitt Romneys presidential run.
(Note: It is.)
Duringan interview last yearwith a reporter from the PittsburghPost-Gazette, he expressed frustration with COVID-19 lockdowns and mask wearing.
And right now theyre stopping because of politics.
Its songs were marathons.
The first track, Bat Out of Hell, is almost ten minutes long.
Its most famous song, Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, runs for eight and a half.
Paradise by the Dashboard Lights was especially notable for its audacity.
1 on theBillboardchart and earning him a Grammy.
But his second biggest, Two Out of Three Aint Bad, appeared onBat Out of Hell.
But what comes through most loudly is the feeling behind what hes singing.
I poured it on and I poured it out, he belts.
I tried to show you just how much I care.
Thats what Meat Loaf accomplished in so many of his songs and roles.
