![]() He swears to love her to the end of time. However, she stops him just before they have sex, insisting that he first proclaim that he will "love her forever". They "make out" heavily in the middle instrumental section, described in metaphor in a baseball commentary by New York Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto. A duet between Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley, the couple reminisce driving to a secluded spot, at which he plans to have sex. The sixth track, " Paradise by the Dashboard Light", is an epic story about teen romance and sex. The producer also highlights the "underlying humor in the lyrics", citing the line "There ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box." He says you could only "get away" with that lyric "in a Meat Loaf song". In the Classic Albums documentary, Rundgren identifies how the song was influenced by the Eagles, who were successful at the time. The song documents the break-up of two relationships: first where the singer says he is not in love with his partner, and the second where he recalls when the "only girl. Side two opens with " Two Out of Three Ain't Bad", which was written near the end of the album's production. " All Revved Up With No Place to Go" describes the beginning of a relationship and also the taking of the girl's virginity: The next track, " You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)", opens with spoken word, performed by Steinman and Off-Broadway actress Marcia McClain, that was also taken from the Neverland musical, as were the next two tracks. ![]() Then that bat of a Chaerephon came up from hell to drink the camel's blood. He offered a little victim, a camel, slit his throat and, following the example of Odysseus, stepped one pace backwards. Pisander came one day to see his soul, which he had left there when still alive. Near by the land of the Sciapodes there is a marsh, from the borders whereof the unwashed Socrates evokes the souls of men. In it is what is believed to be the first reference to a bat out of Hell: The phrase that inspired the song's title, "bat out of hell," can be traced back to the Greek playwright Aristophanes' 414 BC work entitled The Birds. ![]() It features a boy who is riding so fast and ecstatically that he is unable to see an obstruction until it is "way too late". It is the result of Steinman's desire to write the "most extreme crash song of all time". The album opens with its title track, " Bat Out of Hell", taken from Steinman's Neverland musical. According to manager David Sonenberg, "Jim would always come up with these great titles and then he would write a song that would try to justify the greatness of the title." Todd Rundgren acknowledges that Steinman was highly influenced by the "rural urban teenage angst" of Bruce Springsteen. Steinman says that he finds that "puzzling, musically", although they share influences "Springsteen was more an inspiration than an influence." A BBC article added, "That Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan from Springsteen's E Street Band played on the album only helped reinforce the comparison." The three songs were " Bat Out of Hell", " Heaven Can Wait" and "The Formation of the Pack", which was retitled " All Revved Up With No Place to Go".īat Out of Hell is often compared to the music of Bruce Springsteen, particularly the Born to Run album. ![]() Steinman and Meat Loaf, who were touring with the National Lampoon show, felt that three songs were "exceptional" and Steinman began to develop them as part of a seven-song set they wanted to record as an album. The album developed from a musical, Neverland, a sci-fi update of Peter Pan, which Steinman wrote for a workshop performed at the Kennedy Centre in 1977. Its musical style is influenced by Steinman's appreciation of Richard Wagner, Phil Spector and Bruce Springsteen. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 343 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. This makes it one of the top-ten worldwide best-selling albums of all time, continuing to sell approximately 200,000 per year. In 2007, Steve Popovich estimated total record sales at around 43 million copies. Bat Out of Hell is the 1977 smash hit album created by songwriter Jim Steinman, singer Meat Loaf, and producer Todd Rundgren. ![]()
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