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...Meat Loaf “Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose” (Virgin...
...aging Meat Loaf starts off his newest album, “Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose” with a typically cryptic chorus. “The monster’s loose/this game is win or lose/sometimes you gotta do it/and show the world you want it all,” belts out the ’Loaf, backed by the sound of nü-metal heavy guitars...
What is this “all” you want exactly, Mr. Loaf? The first “Bat Out of Hell”—released in 1977—featured the international mega-smash-hit “Paradise by the Dashboard Lights,” and has sold 34 million copies worldwide. “Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell”—released in 1993—featured the extremely mysterious/not mysterious at all if you listen closely “I Would Do Anything for Love...
...years later, what exactly is the motivation for “Bat out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose”? The album was originally scheduled to be released without the aid of long-time Meat Loaf partner and composer, Jim Steinman, who also owns the “Bat Out of Hell” trademark. Steinman’s refusal to sell the trademark led to a battle of words and an eventual lawsuit by Meat Loaf, who accused Steinman of attempting to hold up the release through “blackmail and a hold...
Unfortunately, Steinman and the Loaf made good; we would have been much better off if the franchise were still held hostage. The once-campy features of a typical Meat Loaf release—rock opera (Wikipedia says “Wagnerian”) vocals and orchestration, hilarious lyrics, immense sing-a-long possibility—are all absent or poorly done the third time around...