[Rob Babcock]

What a bummer!  I just read that Marvin Lee Aday aka Meatloaf has died at 74.  Some of his music was bombastic and over the top but it was a big part of my youth.  RIP, Mr Aday, you will be missed.

[SlushPuppy]

Oh wow, that sucks. I played Bat out of Hell a million times on my 8-track player as a kid. I still have it on SACD. R.I.P.

[Rob Babcock]

I've been crankin' it up in his honor.  My favorite of his albums is probably Bad Attitude.

[dB Cooper]

He can see paradise by the dshboard lights.

[Tyson]

Like a bat out of hell.  RIP man.

[JLM]

Reportedly died of Covid (was a non-believer in vaccinations).

[vonnie123]

Doesn’t really matter how, it’s still a sad day for those who loved his music.

[Ice10]

Reportedly died of Covid (was a non-believer in vaccinations).

Sad that you feel this is relevant to the conversation.

[vinyl_guy]

Sad that you feel this is relevant to the conversation.

THIS ^^^^^^^

[Phil A]

RIP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMRl55U0eDw

[ctviggen]

He might have been alive had he got vaccinated:

https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-was-reportedly-anti-vaccine-before-dying-from-covid-19/

"Freedom" is great, until you die. He had asthma and was older.  Two strikes against him.  If anyone should have gotten vaccinated, it was him.

[Philip J Fry]

"Meat Loaf was a great guy—got to know him very well doing Celebrity Apprentice. He was smart, talented, open, and warm.

His success was enormous—we all loved him. Meat Loaf will be greatly missed!" - DJ Trump

[vinyl_guy]

I saw Meat Loaf live in 1978 during the Bat Out of Hell tour at the Uptown Theater in KCMO. There were tables in the pit area in front of the seats. Our group has at a table next to the stage on the center left. We were occasionally splashed with his sweat during the concert. Everybody was up dancing in the aisles and on the tables. Really high energy concert. Karla DeVito sang the female lead.

I have a good friend who got to know him a little at the 2001 G.W. Bush Inaugural Ball. He danced with her. She said he was a very kind, humble person which is consistent with what I have heard from others and read about him.

RIP Meat Loaf

[ArthurDent]

Sad news. RIP Sir.

[vonnie123]

He might have been alive had he got vaccinated:

https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-was-reportedly-anti-vaccine-before-dying-from-covid-19/

"Freedom" is great, until you die. He had asthma and was older.  Two strikes against him.  If anyone should have gotten vaccinated, it was him.

@CT Viggen.  You don’t know his vax status anymore than I do.  His business and his choice.

[Wayner]

He might have been alive had he got vaccinated:

https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-was-reportedly-anti-vaccine-before-dying-from-covid-19/

"Freedom" is great, until you die. He had asthma and was older.  Two strikes against him.  If anyone should have gotten vaccinated, it was him.

Keep your opinions to yourself. Why someone always has to drag this shit into an RIP is a wonder.

[rodge827]

Keep your opinions to yourself. Why someone always has to drag this shit into an RIP is a wonder.

+1

Sad this has to happen even sadder he isn’t with us anymore. His music was part of the soundtrack of my youth.

[Ice10]

I’m listening to ‘Bat out of Hell’ for the first time in probably 30 years.  Damn, what a voice! RIP

[mhconley]

Loved Meat Loaf.

I believe cause of death is very relevant, especially when it was easily prevented. Unfortunate.

Martin

[vinyl_guy]

Loved Meat Loaf.

I believe cause of death is very relevant, especially when it was easily prevented. Unfortunate.

Martin

You don’t know that and neither does anyone else. His personal health decisions are none of your business, my business or anyone else’s business. Only his family and doctors know cause of death.