Meat Loaf!

[inanedirk]

Back from the concert, and even though I wasn't quite in the right mood for this kind of music, it was awesome!

What (besides the music) does Dirki particularly like about Meat Loaf concerts?















That woman is so totally hot. Couldn't find decent pictures of the other female singer. Maybe pics will show up in a few days or something ...

NDR2 has more pictures here, but for some reason they're only of the first few minutes of the show.

tmtl, you saw one of his shows a few days ago, right? Did they have video recording equipment there too? Because they were advertising a live DVD today that's supposed to be released october'ish, and they had several video cameras recording the whole thing, and the lights / pyrotechnics / special effects / video screens seemed very elaborate ...

Anyway. Other than two totally stunning female singers, the rest of the concert was a lot of fun too. Songs I recall hearing are Paradise, Hot summer night, I'd do anything, Life is a lemon, Rock and Roll dreams, Out of the frying pan, Objects in the rear view mirror, Mercury Blues, Blind as a Bat, It's all coming back, In the land of the pig, If it ain't broke, Bat out of Hell, Black Betty (cover), and Gimme shelter (Stones cover). I might've forgotten a song or two, most likely from The Monster is Loose, since I've only ever listened to that one once in my life .....

I have to say that some things, like the videos during In the land of the pig, or the giant doll things during If it ain't broke were a little ... well, Floydian imho. I wouldn't go as fas as claiming that they stole from Pink Floyd, but it seems to me that they did get some ideas and inspiration from Floyd performances.

After Paradise, there was a short performance starring Mr Loaf and the female singer. They kinda continued the story depicted in the song, and they had two actors translating what they were saying in english into german for the audience to understand. It was a little absurd, but fortunately no one tried to seriously stay in their role during this performance, and Meat Loaf actually addressed the actor doing his part and telling him what a good job he was doing, and thanking him for it. It was a little weird at first, then funny, and they didn't try to keep it up for too long, so that was okay. I was actually afraid they'd do that during the whole show which would've been ridiculous.

All in all, Meat Loaf played for 2.5 hours, which is a lot imo!
Oh, and he told a little story of one of his early performances in Hamburg, in 1978. Shesh, he must've done Bat out of Hell live back then, when I wasn't even born. Such things always impress me. That song is sooo old, and yet, still so awesome and loved by so many people. And, really, how many such epic songs have we had since then? Some Dire Straits (I'm thinking along the lines of Telegraph Road here), one or two Pink Floyd (Sorrow?), and several other Meat Loaf ones. Am I forgetting anyone?


In related news, I did manage to find Chrischi's work place without the help of the nav system, and I easily found my way back too. Good thing.
I passed several police cars on the autobahn though, which unfortunately meant actually driving within the speed limit for a change ... d;

And in other news, I had McDonald's for breakfast, Pizza Hut for lunch, and Subway for dinner.
And I'm not a fast food junkie.

Comments

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uii er hat ja wieder lange haare, cool. das letzte mal als ich in irgendwo im tv gesehen hab waren die ganz kurz.
hört sich nach dem tollen konzert an, da hat sich der teure eintritt wohl gelohnt :)

[inane.livejournal.com]

Das ist 'ne Perrücke d;
Und gelohnt hat sich's auf jeden Fall, würde er 'n Zusatzkonzert machen, ich würd hingehen! (:

[tmtl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the ladies were pretty hot :-)

When I was there, they had recording equipment too, and a few big screens. There seemed to be a mobile camera man right in front of the stage, and a couple of fixed position cameras within the arena

The pyro's were immense. I had a great time, even though I wasn't looking forward to it at all. Would've loved to take some photos, but was worried about getting my camera taken off me (It was a "No professional camera" policy. What's a 'professional' camera? Very ambiguous!) And the zoom on my phone is somewhat lame :)

Thank you for the heads up on the DVD release, though. I think I'll be grabbing that one :-D

It was also a funny concert, I thought. The banter between him, the leading lady and the crowd was really good :)

[inane.livejournal.com]

I never know whether I should take my cam or not. I think reflex cameras are considered professional, while compact ones are okay to take along.

[tmtl.livejournal.com]

I'm never sure if they'll class a compact as professional or not - They're getting feature rich nowadays

Thought I'd not risk it :)