Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

You know, I grew up in the 70s and 80s but never heard of Meatloaf some how. No one I knew had this album. Didn't overhear conversations, radio talk, concert coming to town... nothing. I learnt later that my best knew it and loved it as he older brother had a copy, yet he never mentioned it. I do remember seeing the awesome cover art and often picking up the LP in the store just to look at the cover trying to imagine what kind of music it was. Must be some really heavy metal, I thought. The clerk once saw me looking at it and told me it was a great album... but, "Meatloaf? what kind of name is that?" I thought and put it back.

The first time I heard it was in the early 90s. Was in the truck with my best friend (same guy) and he put it on. I was amazed. Not just amazed at the fantastic songs, but at the fact that it was from the 70s and had gone under my radar all that time. "Why the hell didn't you tell me about this before?!" I was pretty pissed off at him. "I thought you knew, man!" he said defensively. "No, never heard of it."

Well, Bat Out Of Hell is a real masterpiece of (male?) nostalgia. I love good music, and when I hear something I like, wow, it's like discovering a treasure chest sometimes, and this was one of those times. Driving around in the summer with the windows rolled down and the volume turned up singing and smiling along with your best friend... definitely a summertime/good-times album.

I have often wondered if females connect with this music in the same way as the males I know do.