Like a bat out of hell

Meat Loaf once told me that he made "Bat out of Hell" so that he could get more sex. I told him: "Meat - I was conceived from Bat out of Hell!"

Comment from Marion Raven (who sings the "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" on Bat out of Hell III with Meat Loaf) before the Meat Loaf concert tonight. And boy does his age show - and I don't mean him, although he's a bit gray, and hobbled around on the stage with a bad posture (it's the yoga teacher in me), he was marvelous with that incredible voice and dry sense of humour. But the age of the audience - the average age must have been close to 50. And it looked like the last time they had been out was when previous Bat out of Hell was in the charts 12 years ago - they were drinking beer like there was no tomorrow and swaying about like drunken elephants. And it was also the first rock concert I've ever been with a break in the middle... just that all the geriatrics needed to go and empty their bladders or something.

But enough about the audience... Meat Loaf rocks, and that's what really mattered. It was a good concert, with most of the favourites, "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" was particularly funny with Meat Loaf making the audience sing and then picking on a guy in the audience who supposedly wasn't singing along ("You wanna take me on? Are you fucking kidding me?"), and "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" was pretty priceless with one of the vocalist girls. "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" was incredibly emotional, and "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" was just beautiful.

Great fun.

Posted by kolibri at 2 March 23:18, 2007