Meat Loaf "Bat Out Of Hell" REACTION Video | mom & daughters first time hearing this song 

This old Metal rock head biker saw Meat Loaf in the late 1970’s 3 times live. The energy he has is him not acting he poured his heart into his passion. He actually had oxygen bottles to help him resuscitate because he was overweight and would collapse and needed oxygen. I saw him over the years and he never changed he always would take the time to talk to fans. After the second show my wife and I and a bunch other went into a diner to get a midnight snack. Shortly after we sat down in walks Meat with a few of his band mates. We of course recognized him but didn’t want to bother him so we just said hello he asked if he could join us we sat there talking laughing about everything and anything until 5 in the morning. We all left and about a year later went to another of his shows. In between songs he came to the edge of the stage looked at us holding his hand over his eyes because of the lights and yells to us. Where are you guys going after the show to eat, that place you were at last year was great! So let me know Frank after the show and I liked to join you guys! It was three songs in I realized he remembered my name. He was real he was humble and I can truly say a friend because each time I saw him he would always greet me with a warm smile and a slap on the back. Very interesting fellow honest with his sincerity. He past away a few months back so R.I.P. Meat like a Bat Out Of Hell his heart is still beating with love, passion for life! God Bless Rock on Stay Safe!🙏❤️🤘🤘🤘

It’s a crime he’s not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

Meat was not a singer who acted but an actor who sung. The entire album is classic and has sold tens of millions

Seeing Meatloaf live in the mid 1980's, was an experience never to be forgotten. A true performer.

I feel as if a part of my youth died today with the passing of this wonderful entertainer and genuine human being. Marvin Lee Aday AKA Meatloaf your musical performances will live on! Thanks for the decades of memories.

So, Bat Out of Hell was written by Jim Steinman who said that, like songs like Leader of the Pack, wanted to write the most epic crash song ever written. The motorcycle revving up was actually done on the lead guitar by Todd Rundgren when they said, "we need a motorcycle revving in the song" and Todd picked up his guitar and went, "like this", and he ripped out a motorcycle sound. The whole thing with him leaving, if you listen to the lyrics, is he lives in a city that is rife with death and poverty and crime, of which he wanted to escape. But, he was in love with a girl and he knew that he would keep coming back to her. But this time, he was going to hit the highway like a battering ram to escape. And, then, he crashes. The rest of the songs on the album Bat Out of Hell are just as good. Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Heaven Can Wait, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, Took The Words Out of My Mouth, etc. Next? Heaven Can Wait.

Jim Steinman (playing the piano in the background) wrote all of the songs on "Bat Out of Hell" and pretty much anything that Meat Loaf sang from Jim turned to gold. He also wrote many other big hits for other artists. What a special talent he was. Jim and Meat Loaf (Booming voice which suited Jim's songs) together, well they were magnificent!

He was a Giant in every Way! R.I.P.

Everything about the album "Bat Out of Hell" was big and bold and theatrical. This song was no exception. Jim Steinman's writing and piano, paired with Meat's delivery are what made everyone sit up and take notice.

I always felt like the story was about a boy who wanted to live "free" and have a fast and loose life in a dirty and corrupt world, but this one girl showed him light and goodness. He seemed very conflicted about his life and wanted to get out of the evil of the city he's in, but every time he failed he would come back to her.

This song is intended to be the most epic motorcycle crash song ever. They succeeded.

Still one of the best albums from the 70's ❤👍

One of the biggest songs and biggest selling albums from the late 70s. All the kids at school had a copy of this album!

BOOH is a masterpiece. The combo of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf was magical. PLEASE do For Crying Out Loud, the original album version. There is no video, but it is simply magnificent. I was "barely 17" when Bat dropped and had just met the man that would be my husband and this album really spoke to me. I love Meat Loaf. He wanted out of the town because it was stunted and lost and because it didn't rock and it didn't roll and nothing was ever worth the cost! I have only cried 3 times for people I didn't actually know and it was Mo and Robin Gibb and Meat.

The sound of the motorcycle is made with guitars. RIP Jim and Meatloaf😇😇

Jim Steinman turned common cliches into lyric gold in many songs.

I always believed, based off the emotion and raw epicness of this song that it portrayed a young man in love but had the wherewithal to know it would never last, for whatever reason. And his sadness at this revelation led him to get a little aggressive on the throttle. And then the crash…

This is his best vocal to any song he has done in my opinion RIP Meatloaf. He actually collapsed on stage in one concert , he came round with help and asked where were we to the , after a short break he carried on he could not remember a thing about his collapse , Great guy and performer

the great Todd rundgren on guitars ....Todd also produced the album....Jim steinman wrote all the songs and plays the piano....

The motorcycle sound was actually done by the guitar. My favourite Meatloaf song. Love Bat Out of Hell! He have to leave, in my opinion, because he is a drifter, he lives on the road, never creating roots. But in one moment he meets this girl, they spent some time together, he goes off but realize he was in love with her, decides to go back to her but never made it. That`s how I see this lyrics. Greetings from Brazil. Love your channel. Ps.: Pardon my english. I promisse my portuguese is much better. Hehehe

Great reaction. This was the anthem for my teen years. I remember that I had to hide the album from my mom. She thought the cover looked satanic! Later I had it on 8-track which I wore out. A couple of years ago actually got to meet Todd Rundgren who played guitar on the song and produced the album.

This video omits the instrumental intro, it's about 1:30 in length. The song is intense, he sings about life & death, Heaven & Hell. The entire album is classic and it does include a couple of ballads. I don't think it matters what he's running from, the law or a kill out to get him. I recommend his song 'Read 'Em and Weep' from his "Dead Ringer" follow-up album. The title track is a duet with Cher.

You might as well listen to the entire album. Each song is its own operatic piece of music. One take I have on it is that he is running from the intense emotion he had with woman he was just with and wanted to be gone before she wakes, but then wants to be back with her. But what do I know? LOL The first time Meatloaf saw video of this song the video tape dragged a bit, and he thought it ruined everything and basically had a nervous breakdown and started a downward spiral that took him a long time to completely recover from.

He's a sinner in a motorcycle gang who commits bad acts during the day but the only light in his life is her who he goes back to every night. She keeps the light in his life. Until he finally escapes the gang at the end but crashes on his way back to her.

Meatloaf (RIP) was a wonderful performer but you both mentioned you loved the piano and the lyrics, and both were courtesy of the great Jim Steinman (RIP), who wrote the entire album and many more great hits. I have to agree with the others who have already commented that you must react to "For Crying Out Loud" next! "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" is also a lot of fun! Oh heck just do all seven songs on the LP, you will love them all!

Alongside those advocating For Crying Out Loud (great track) I'd also throw a vote for Objects In The Rear View Mirror. Really powerful video for that one.

this is a love song. He had a one night stand and tried to leave , but he found his true love and couldn't leave and like a bat out of hell he went back.

Steinman wanted to write the most epic crash song ever. I think he achieved that ! He was inspired by Phil Spector's 'Leader of the Pack' by the Shangri La's . The motorcycle is actually producer Todd Rundgren on guitar !

The piano player is the songwriter Jim Steinman. Possibly the greatest songwriter to ever live.. All the Meat Loaf hits, Total Eclipse of the Heart. Celine's It's all coming back to me now.

The motorcycle bit WAS a guitar. Todd Rundgren. Great guitarist.

Over here in England there was only one song on the album that didn't get heavy radio airplay and that was the last song 'For Crying Out Loud'. It's the one I cherish most.

You have to listen to the entire album to understand the story. Its all about loving (or not loving), lust and sex. But its a complete story, this is only the first chapter.

An interview Jim Steinman and Meatloaf wrote bat out of hell to be an epic tribute to 50's and 60's teen songs like last kiss and leader of the pack. They did a masterpiece with bat out of hell. Love the meatloaf videos.

The motorcycle sound was actually guitar, played by Todd Rundgren.

It was great to be growing up when this came out! I was a teen. What a song! One of the heroes of this song who doesn't get a mention much, is Todd Rundgren on guitar - well done for mentioning that, Todd made the motorcycle sounds with guitar (I got to see him live last year, my first time) Everything is perfect on this song, instruments, backing vocals, lead vocals, lyrics, arrangement. My fave part is where Meatloaf suddenly throws off his jacket! I love the way he always gave it 100%. And that final note....

You would really enjoy and owe it to yourself to do his true story song written about his childhood. Lost is best friend early in childhood, lived with a physically abusive alcoholic father and the story of his first love. Great story, storytelling and video. One of his best IMO. George It's call "Objects in the rearview mirror appear closer than they are", and relates to his past coming back to him.

Ladies you just witnessed a madman! With that I will say extremely entertaining and a crescendo voice ! More of a dramatic talent..

The motorcycle was Todd Rungren on guitar. He did all of it as well as producing and paying for it when the record company backed out.

He was in love but the domestic life just isn't for everyone. His heart yearned for the open road. Even at the end death couldn't stop him from flying away.

Saw Meatlaof in one of his final concerts in Edmonton Alberta Canada where he collapsed on stage 😮What a performer RIP Meat 🙏 🤲

That scream to the heavens at the end hits harder given his real-life death.

Tires are screaming and the fires are howling, Way down in the valley tonight!

Jim Steinman said he wanted to write the ultimate teenage crash song, and he did. Then Meat Loaf got on stage and brought it to reality. They were such a great partnership in making music. Todd Rundgren played the motorcycle guitar straight into the solo.

This masterpiece is about a one night stand but then the guy has a change of heart and is returning to the girl but he dies in a motorcycle accident.

Great reaction ladies! Lovely to see your emotional responses! Yes there's a wild ride whenever Meat Loaf "detonates" :). These songs are not easy to sing.., that note he takes at the end is insane. He was as force of nature, fire and passion! There are so many more good songs you should react to..., try: "For Crying Out Loud", and "Heave Can Wait" and another raw energy song "Peel Out".

This is one of my favorite songs to play as I ride my cruiser bike. It can go from zero to 100 in 8 seconds, it flys like a bat out of hell.

An absolutely iconic song …one of the greatest, if not THE greatest rock song ever. Because you did the video and not the album track you did miss out on the epic intro though. Next on your list has to be For Crying Out Loud….another absolutely epic song from one of the best artists of all time

This is my personal Meatloaf favorite…ooh, so good!!

Hi Mama and Baby Gap: This is probably the most exciting video from this album but For Crying Out Loud is perhaps the most beautiful. Looking forward to the live stream. FG

Thank you for another classic from Meatloaf. My next two choices would be "You took the words right out of my mouth," and "Hot Patootie, Bless My Soul." And to get a feel for Jim Steinman's influence Listen to the song he wrote for Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart."

Roy Bittan from the Bruce Springsteen band played the piano. Todd Rungren was the producer and did that guitar sound on his own guitar.

I feel every guy listening to this, even for the first time, understands every word. 1. He has a girlfriend who he adores. 2. He has no future. He can't get out, and if he did there's nothing for him. 3. He loves the open road and the feeling of power of riding. He has to leave every day to experience it because it's all he has. 4. He crashed and died.

The story is actually explained in the Musical Bat out of Hell, Meat is singing the part of Strat the Leader of a group of Kids who have been stuck at the age of 18 by Radiation after a war, nicknamed Lost Boys they are outcasts. He falls in love with a girl named Raven who is locked away from the outside world by her parents mainly her father and is not allowed contact with anyone outside of the Tower where they live. Strat sneaks into the Tower at Night to be with her but leaves every morning before her Father finds out about their relationship. Eventually her father finds out and vows to kill strat so strat takes off on his motorbike and crashes, he is killed in the crash but is brought back from death Raven runs away to be with the gang and her Father vows murderous revenge against them

if you listen to the first verse again you’ll hear how he says how horrible the city has become with crime and he feels like he needs to get out, like a bat out of hell but he meets a girl before he leaves and he really likes her so hes torn. he already planned on leaving in the morning so he does and as hes riding and he cant stop thinking about this girl, he decides to turn around and go back, like a bat out of hell. well he doesnt make it cuz he crashes and he dies and his heart get ripped out like a bat out of hell. then he goes to the afterlife like a bat out of hell. he’s so good!!! thanks for keeping his memory alive! keep up the good work!

Listened to this last night. Meatloaf was a great actor on top of being a great singer. He really plays out the drama when he sings.

The Album Bat out of Hell is worth listening to it was in the charts for years it's a classic album

"I Would Do Anything For Love (but I won't do that)" is not only a great song, but is a continuation of the story...plus a fantastic retelling of a famous fairy tale.

The red scarf deserves an award. Icon.

I never made the connection before, but this song reminds me of a lot of the mood on Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road". There are parallels - it's similarly theatrical and piano driven. Even sounds like it was influenced directly by Bruce, talking about getting out of town with someone. I know your list is long but I bet you'd like that one too!

I can understand a young person not having heard this, but Mom must have been living under a rock

This is a great song from a great album. If I may, I'd like to recommend a few other Meat Loaf songs: Life is a Lemon and I Want my Money Back, Objects in the Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Really Are, and Original Sin. Like someone else has said, most of his catalog was written by the late Jim Steinman. He was in the stage production and movie adaptation of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and in the movie version her played Eddie.

So, it’s 1978 fresh out of high school I’m driving a truck for the M&M lumber company and this song comes across the am radio station. I knew at that moment I just heard something groundbreaking and timeless.

This is a song about youthful reckless abandonment... he was burning the candle at both ends... he lived to ride and rode to live... he had a love that would make most men slow down and smell the roses but he had to live fast... Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing is worth the cost, his cost was his life because not slowing down and being content with all he had

Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 - January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor with a powerful, wide-ranging voice, famous for his theatrical live shows. [WP]

It was a guitar played by Todd Rungren who also produced. You need to do I'd do anything for love but I won't do that'....probably his most popular radio song.

No. You guys are spot on! Just keep talking. This song deserves a lot of discussion

he keeps leaving and regrets it and keeps coming back,wanna leave but just cant stay away. its like an on and off relationship u want to leave but you dont wanna leave and u do go but cant stay away.

This is the title song to the album. Todd Rungrun produced it! The motorcycle solo was him on guitar . He did it in one take.

He played Jack Blacks father in The Pick of Destiny. He is an all round performer. He entertained like no other.

Great review ladies. Now please react to the song that songwriter (Jim Steinman) called “my masterpiece”. The song in question is “For Crying Out Loud”, and it’s off the album Bat Out Of Hell. Thanks 🙏🏻

I believe that he is speaking of being an outlaw that is hunted, but always returns at night to his true love that he doesn't want to endanger by his rogue life.

I think this is metaphoric. He has to escape, he leaves, he says he will come crawling back to (her). But he dies and his heart escapes... his love is making his heart burst out of his chest and presumably his love will go back to her.

You really need to listen to the full intro to this song . absolutely amazing and really sets the tone for the entire song. "Bat Out Of Hell " is not just a song but an adventure.

The "motorcycle" was actually a guitar done by Todd Rundgren who produced "Bat Out of Hell." There is a fun interview with Jim Steinman who talks about recording the song.

I don't take it literally. This is probably an allegory of his soul and condition of his heart, like a lot of good poetry.

I'm my opinion, it's a rock anthem that meatloaf excelled at( I'm 61, thought in high school it was hard rock, so I didn't listen)...but omg; his videos are so meaningful and moving...rip to a superstar😇🙏

Meatloaf is the epitome of rock!

This is my favorite Meat song!!! And that’s saying something. Great reaction

I have always interpreted the need to leave as that of someone who grew up in a small town but has big ambitions (I have known a handful of people like that). They reach a point where they feel they can't wait a moment longer, but in this case, they are willing to spend just one more night with someone special. Then, in their haste to leave, still remembering that last night, they become distracted/reckless and never achieve their dreams. I enjoy your channel. Being a bit older these days, I grew up with many of the artists you listen to and I haven't heard some of them in a long time.

The impact Meatloaf had on the '70s cannot be understated. After decades of pretty rock gods like Elvis, Bowie, Robert Plant, Morrison, Roger Daltrey, and Freddie Mercury, Rock and roll finally gave us a fat, out of shape, slob SUPERSTAR talent able to write, act, and sing! Meatloaf proved you didn't have to be a GQ model to make GREAT powerhouse rock music!

Someone else mentioned and I agree that this about a guy who's kind of a drifter and doesn't stay to long in one place. He has a one night stand with this girl, leaves the next day, but realizes that he loves her and decides to go back to her but doesn't make it. Hence the bike crash.

he is living a a life of hell and he is trying to leave and find a better life , but keeps returning to the one good thing in his life, the woman he loves. and as it says as he rides off before the crash " im going to make my escape from this hell"

Bat Out Of Hell was written by Jim Steinman (on piano in every Meatloaf song) in reaction to his near fatal motorcycle accident several months earlier where he literally had organs showing and thought he was going to die right in that pit beside the road. He thought his spirit was leaving "like a bat out of hell" and he would be forever separated from his wife who he loved (and still does). Once you know the context that it was written in, it takes on a whole new, deeper meaning. Meatloaf is the singer with the amazing voice, but it's Jim Steinman who wrote the words and music. Jim tried to go solo without Meat while Meat was going through treatment for severe anxiety and depression for several years (and even longer until he felt capable of performing again) while also undergoing severe dietary and exercise changes to literally save his life (he too didn't want to leave his wife and daughters). Steinman did meh... but once he got back with Meatloaf, they were back on top with the album Bat Out Of Hell 2 (Back Into Hell).

Now try, "Dead Ringer for Love," it's Meatloaf and Cher.

Please do 'You Took the Words Right Outta my Mouth ( Hot Summer Night) with the intro. You'll love it !!

Back in the seventies this would be what they called a rock opera, you listened to the whole album at once and it'll tell a story. Jim steinman and meatloaf were absolutely incredible together.

A Meatloaf song that doesn't seem to get reacted to is "Life is a Lemon (and I want My Money Back)"... its a really good song and I think you would really like it.

The song is based on him seeing someone but he could not stay so the bat out of hell line means he has to leave quickly but he is still thinking of her as he rides his bike away and that causes him to have a crash , now he is dead and going to be waiting for her at heavens gates , simple tragic love song like many of meatloaf songs but so powerfully put over by him .

He visits her in her dreams as he is dead, thats why he leaves in the morning when she wakes up.

You should see a meatloaf concert. It's great.

My friends 30 years ago believed that his heart breaking out was to return to her as he died and was taken to the afterlife.

The impression I always had of this song was that it was told from the perspective of a small town guy. He feels trapped to the point of desperation by the limited options there. That small town is hell... yet he loves or at least admires the woman he coaxes, but feels like he needs to escape the town more than stay with her. And I've known enough folks who grew up in small towns who reached that point of "if I don't leave now, I will never be able to make myself leave later." I feel like the guy in the story reached that point... but as he was driving away, he was thinking of the woman behind him rather than the "freedom" ahead of him, which in turn caused him to miss the curve.

One of the best stories I've heard came from meatloaf himself. In a concert promoting the album meatloaf sang this and in the front row was Billy Joel. meat knew he had a hit when Billy Joel stood on his table and cheered

ohh! i've been waiting for this! my favorite Meatloaf song with my favorite reactors!!

A must do is the first hit, You took the words right out off my mouth. Video from this same performance. This song was on the radio constantly!

Did you know that "I'd do anything for love" is actually the sequel to "Bat out of Hell?". In the video for "Anything" she is looking for his ghost in the graveyard (in the beginning he is riding his motorbike right into the cemetery). So he died because "he could only think of" her and saw "the curve too late" and he would not "return like a sinner" to her. After his death he watches her as a doomed spirit/soul. She can only find/release him by dying hereself (in the bathtub) and so in the end, they are both dead and back togerther and ride into heaven on a motorbike. If you look at it that way, it makes much more sense.

I always got the impression that his soul yearned for the open road, he had to go for his sanity. For your nest Meatloaf reaction please do "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"

This video edits out the full introduction to the song. Jim was adamant about having a motorcycle moved into the studio for this soaring engine revving sequence, and while Jim and the studio execs were arguing about it, Todd Rundgren walked into he studio, picked up his guitar, and did the all intro in one take. Everyone just got quiet and Todd asked, "Is that okay?"

I had not seen this Meat Loaf video before, but I decided to watch it with you guys - and I am glad I did! Loved it!

The motorcycle revving sound was done entirely by guitar, and went straight from that rev into the guitar solo.