Whoops. Now don’t be sad, ‘cause two out of three ain’t bad.
https://deadline.com/2022/01/meat-loaf-dead-bat-out-of-hell-rocky-horror-picture-show-1234917056/
>Meat Loaf, the hardworking singer and actor whose theatrical Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums ever and who played Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died. He was 74.
>The Grammy winner born Marvin Lee Aday died Thursday night surrounded by his wife Deborah, daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends, Meat Loaf’s longtime agent Michael Greene told Deadline on behalf of the family. A cause of death is not being released. According to TMZ, the singer died of Covid-related complications.
>“We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man,” Meat Loaf’s family said in a statement. “From his heart to your souls…don’t ever stop rocking!”
"Hello loaf".
The late rocker Meat Loaf was outspokenly anti-vaccine mandate and anti-mask before his death — once telling a reporter, “If I die, I die, but I’m not going to be controlled,” according to reports Friday.
The 74-year-old “Bat Out of Hell” singer — who was reportedly critically ill with COVID-19 before he passed away Thursday — was opposed to pandemic restrictions, slamming lockdowns and mask mandates during an interview last summer.
The Grammy Award-winning musician, whose real name was Marvin Lee Aday, also railed against vaccine mandates in Australia, sources told TMZ.
Meat Loaf, who struggled with asthma and other health conditions, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in August he considered lockdowns “political” and masks “useless” before offering reporter Scott Mervins an embrace.
“I’m happy to give you a hug. I hug people in the middle of COVID,” Meat Loaf said, adding that he refused to live life in fear.
Full article: https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-was-reportedly-anti-vaccine-before-dying-from-covid-19/
I was wondering if anyone would want to share something they appreciated, experienced, a memory, I don’t really know.
Meat’s music, his voice, has been part of my life since before I can remember. My dad has his albums and would play them when he was in town (truck driver) while he was working in the garage. Along with Segar and a few others. Then he introduced me to Eddy. Bat was the first cd I bought for myself. I dressed up as Meat for the first Halloween I was allowed to celebrate.
I am not saying that I lost something important this morning, but I feel like despite having a voice that will last longer than most of us, the world lost a very talented person.
Obviously Meat Loaf's passing is very sad, especially given he wasn't particularly old for todays standards. I think if there's one thing we can extrapolate from this, it's that, especially with the older musicians, you never know when times up or how abrupt their passing will be. It seems COVID was the cause of Meat's untimely demise, showing just how nasty the virus can be towards the older generation. We've also then got to remember that most of Maiden's members are not far from Meat's age either.
Let's take this unfortunate news as a reminder that the Goldies we've been so blessed to have for the past several decades won't be around with us forever, and that in a matter of days, or even hours, we can lose them so incredibly easily.
Remember to cherish the folks we still have around. Maiden especially. They've had a ripe old career, and are still going today. Not many musicians in the same genre as Maiden can claim to be surviving pretty much unaltered in 2022 as they were in 1982. As much as it sucks to say it, we won't have Maiden around forever, and as they get older, that time becomes shorter; be it through retirement or them passing away. Generations after us will wish they could have seen a Maiden show, so lets all be thankful we were living at the same time as Maiden were still touring and giving us all their wonderful music. Don't take a second of time for granted, because nobody wants to look back in regret.
RIP Meat Loaf, and Up the Irons.
Edit: and just like that, one person brings up politics in the comment section and the post goes from commemorating a dead musician and remembering to be thankful for the ones we still have, to people shitflinging each other over arguments regarding the COVID vaccine.
For fucks sake folks, we are here to talk about our love for good music. Keep your political opinions and thoughts to yourselves. This isn’t the place for that kinda shit, not least because it does nothing but divide a subreddit that for all intents and purposes seems to be pretty politically neutral; a godsend on a platform like Reddit. Either discuss the posts topic at hand, or add something constructive to the conversation. Nobody wants to hear your thoughts regarding vaccination, anti-vaxxers, or any other crap like that.
The curse of being a big fatass!
What's next for Big Fat Bruce Vilanch? Death!
BBC News - Singer Meat Loaf dies aged 74 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60080934
