Honoring Meat Loaf; Anniversary of his Passing. Vocal ANALYSIS of 'Bat Out of Hell'!

The anniversary of Meat Loaf's passing is this Friday, 1/20, and I wanted to not only return to his work, but also marvel in his exceptional talent. Very few artists enunciate as well as Meat Loaf does, and "Bat Out of Hell" truly showcases that extreme talent. I am so grateful for having the opportunity to hear his music now, and revel in the beauty of his work.

Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she analyzes Meat Loaf performing "Bat Out of Hell" for the first time.
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Performed by Meat Loaf - Words and Music by Jim Steinman
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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[TheCharismaticVoice]

Thank you everyone for your support!

[jamesclark]

Meat Loaf (with Jim Steinman's writing) is one of the few musicians who can sing a song for 15 minutes and when it ends, you feel like the song was way too short.

[mcmoose]

I caught Meatloaf at club in regional Australia in the early 80s . He was well past his peak popularity at that stage, he was playing a club in regional Australia for god's sake . You would have thought he was playing Madison Square Garden from the amount of energy and commitment he put into his performance . He was brilliant .
40 years on and it is still one of the best live shows I have ever witnessed. Rest in peace big fella.

[yehudasimon]

Meat Loaf owes so much to Jim Steinman, who wrote songs that were perfect vehicles for his wonderful voice. And Steinman owes so much to Meat Loaf for bringing his songs to life in the most spectacular, theatrical way. RIP Jim and Michael.

[bigbadjohnpesek]

Its a crime that meatloaf and jim steinman are not in the rock n roll hall of fame.

[ralph]

That final can we please get this man into the rock and roll hall of fame

[Wrathlon]

The entire Bat out of Hell album is a masterpiece - its literally a perfect album.

[devinosland]

I love how he just sings the SHIT out of this song, there's sooo much energy. He can hold it back when he needs to but you can always hear it bubbling, like anticipation waiting to come out.

[Duncan_Idaho_Potato]

Pretty much every song written by Jim Steinman (who sadly also passed away, in 2021) is "over the top" in one way or another. He wrote rock and roll musical theater, and did it better than anyone else. It's fair to say that he was a major part of Meat Loaf's success since most (maybe all?) of Meat Loaf's biggest hits were written by Steinman. If you want to hear more of Jim Steinman's songwriting, I highly recommend "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler and "Making Love Out of Nothing At All" by Air Supply. The latter is easily the most over-the-top love song EVER written.

[JanTJaeckx]

His passion for music even exceeded his out of this worlds talent for singing. The GOAT of rock music!

[countstoneula]

21:04 the backup singer with the amazing moustache is Rory Dodd. He sang the “Turn around, bright eyes" duet lyrics on Bonnie Tyler's “Total Eclipse of the Heart" and he’s one of backup vocalists on Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girls”.

Rory is an incredibly grateful, friendly, and kind guy. He’s a family friend, and what I always remember from talking to him is that he has nothing but good things to say about how Meat Loaf treated everyone in the band and team on and off the stage. Meat looked out for everyone like they were family. Something that isn’t true of many others performers in similar positions.

[tofuti]

I loved the 70's and how bands and songwriters didn't simply put together albums, they were two-sided, 40 - 60 minute musical stories on celluloid. What the industry called concept albums were full-on productions that took you from the beginning to the end of the story. Steinman was a GENIUS!!!

[ginger]

The struggle Meat Loaf and his producer had to get this on the radio was brutal. They kept trying and trying, rejected by all the studios but once released it was FIRE. I was in Jr high and sat on my bedroom floor recording it on my tape recorder off the radio so I could play it over and over and write the lyrics in my tablet. Mom kept saying"you need to do your homework!", but all I wanted was to discover every second of this song. Memories....

[ThumperSpinnerbaits]

Some people were just made for each other. Meatloaf and Jim Steinman were destined to join forces. Meatloaf gave so much energy during his live shows he would literally collapse after the show. I do not think we will ever have another singer like him.

[colrhodes]

One of the most Charismatic Voice's of rock music.

[homeslice]

Sometimes it takes an expert's perspective for me to appreciate the difference between good and truly great, and Elizabeth has done that for me with 'Bat Out of Hell".
I've loved this song since it came out, but this analysis pointed out the composition, theatrics and musicality of this piece, as well as Meatloaf's sheer vocal strength and skill; with the result that I now love it even more.
Thank you, Elizabeth, and thank you Michael Lee Aday (Meat Loaf).
Rest In Peace.

[NekoAKAJeff]

You have to listen to "For Crying Out Loud". It's so gut wrenching and powerful. Either the original album version or the late version he did live. He wasn't incredibly in shape anymore but it shows his talent and passion even at a point where his health wasn't at best.

[creepyinstigator]

This song gives me chills every time, and the whole album is killer as well 😁

[LWD]

Meatloaf is such an epic performer…after this, you should check out ‘Paradise by the Dashboard Light’ as performed on ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ in 1978.

[RuthMcL]

Meat was asthmatic and there was always an oxygen tank at the side of the stage.
He also travelled with three differing sizes of clothing, cos he would loose soooo much when on tour from the live performances!!!

So that shows HOW much he put into singing!!

Broke my heart when Meat died. Fell in love with him and his music at 13, after watching the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Meat playing Eddie and singing Hot Patootie. I’m 45 this year and still love him and his music. People think I’m weird that I find his music so calming, so relaxing, when there’s so much in each song.

When I die, if I cannot donate my body to science, I want Bat Outta Hell played loud while the coffin slides back and the curtains close, for cremation xxx