History Music / MeatLoaf

* PastInTheRearViewMirror: "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are"

** "IdDoAnythingForLoveButIWontDoThat"

Born in Texas, Meat Loaf dabbled in musical theatre from an early age. When he received a draft notice in 1967, he tore it up, stole his father's credit card, and moved to UsefulNotes/{{California}} to break into the music industry. In the early '70s he made several forays into stardom -- he performed in several small-time bands, released a duets album with Stoney Murphy which largely went under the radar, sang lead on Music/TedNugent's ''Free-for-All'' album, and performed in touring productions of ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'' and ''[[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow The Rocky Horror Show]]'', landing a role in the film version of the latter. His big break was to come while performing in an off-Broadway show called ''More Than You Deserve'', when he befriended its writer Jim Steinman. Steinman had been toying with a sci-fi RockOpera adaptation of ''Literature/PeterPan'' and saw Meat Loaf as ideal for the lead role in it. Though the project, called ''Neverland'', didn't come to fruition until forty years later (in a much altered form, as ''Bat Out of Hell: The Musical''), the songs Steinman wrote for it became the genesis of ''Bat Out of Hell''.

* NoodleIncident: Well, Noodle ''Boundary'' in this case. In "I Would Do Anything For Love," the line that the speaker refuses to cross is never specified and has been a subject of debate among fans. Meat Loaf and Steinman have never clarified, and have both claimed it should be intuitively obvious, but this may be trolling on their part.

* NoodleIncident: Well, Noodle ''Boundary'' in this case. In "I Would Do Anything For Love," the line that the speaker refuses to cross is never specified and has been a subject of debate among fans. Meat Loaf and Steinman have left it undefined.

Michael (''né'' Marvin) Lee Aday (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), a.k.a. [[StageNames Meat Loaf]], was an American singer and actor best known for his hit 1977 album ''Bat Out of Hell'' and its two "sequels". With the assistance of songwriter and producer Music/JimSteinman, Meat Loaf's bombastic, Wagnerian style made a huge splash in the ArenaRock genre and paved the way for many acts to follow.

--> "The stars would glimmer and the moon would glow
--> "I'm in the back seat with my Julie like Romeo"

* AgeProgressionSong: From ''Bat Out of Hell 2'' with "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are". Other songs may also fit.
** "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" could count, as most of the song takes place on a particular night in the singer's life, and the end of the song is implied to be in the present, years later.

* AutoErotica: "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", hence the "dashboard".
** "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear" The third verse was about him and his girlfriend in the back of his convertible:

** The music video for that song even features a steamy scene of the two of them going at it in the backseat.
* AwfulWeddedLife: The couple from "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" rushes into a relationship without thinking things through, and wind up stuck in such a loveless marriage that they are "praying for the end of time" just to get away from each other."

* TheFifties: "Paradise By the Dashboard Light", thanks to its "doo-wopping" backup singers.