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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" is one of his [[SurprisinglyGentleSong softer songs]], where the protagonist is singing about going to whatever length for his love interest. When the love interest says that she is concerned about the idea of him leaving her, he responds [[UndyingLoyalty "I won't do that, no I won't do that."]]

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" is one of his [[SurprisinglyGentleSong softer songs]], where the protagonist is singing about going to whatever length for his love interest. When the love interest says that she is concerned worried about the idea of him leaving cheating on her, he responds [[UndyingLoyalty "I won't do that, no I won't do that."]]
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** "Modern Girl" is a song about a man with an optimistic hope for bright times to come, and his desire to be with a girlfriend who shares the same vision, while both are just as innocent as one another from their ancestors' mistakes, and that it's their goal to create a better future. The upbeat, triumphant instrumentation helps just as easily.

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** "Modern Girl" from the album "''Bad Attitude''" is a song about a man with an optimistic hope for bright better times to come, and his desire to be with a girlfriend who shares the same vision, while both are who is just as innocent as one another he is from their ancestors' mistakes, and that it's both their goal to create a better brighter future. The upbeat, triumphant instrumentation helps just as easily.

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** "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" was a #1 hit for Celine Dion in 1996 and remains the definitive version in North America. When Meat Loaf recorded his cover in 2006, as a duet with Norwegian singer Marion Raven, it hit #1 in many European countries where the Dion version didn't do as well. Before ''either'' of those versions came out, it was initially recorded by another Jim Steinman project called Pandora's Box.

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** "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" was a #1 hit for Celine Dion in 1996 and remains the definitive version in North America. When Meat Loaf recorded his cover in 2006, as a duet with Norwegian singer Marion Raven, it hit #1 in many European countries where the Dion version didn't do as well. Before ''either'' of those versions came out, it was initially recorded by another Jim Steinman project called Pandora's Box.Box, in ''[[TheEighties 1989]]''.


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** "Modern Girl" is a song about a man with an optimistic hope for bright times to come, and his desire to be with a girlfriend who shares the same vision, while both are just as innocent as one another from their ancestors' mistakes, and that it's their goal to create a better future. The upbeat, triumphant instrumentation helps just as easily.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" is one of his [[SuprisinglyGentleSong softer songs]], where the protagonist is singing about going to whatever length for his love interest. When the love interest says that she is concerned about the idea of him leaving her, he responds [[UndyingLoyalty "I won't do that, no I won't do that."]]
** "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through" is also similarly soft as well, where it's about the healing power of rock music, and that whenever you are feeling depressed and lonely, you can "put on the phones" and listening to it will help you hold on to hope and that things will get better. The music video is arguably '''even sweeter''', where it's about a runaway teenager who comes across a fortune teller, who comforts her the whole way through, and helps her bring up the courage return to her family. Even better when Meat Loaf himself, who plays the fortune teller, also plays the teenager's father in the music video, the final shot of him looking back up at his daughter when she returns through the gate...

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" is one of his [[SuprisinglyGentleSong [[SurprisinglyGentleSong softer songs]], where the protagonist is singing about going to whatever length for his love interest. When the love interest says that she is concerned about the idea of him leaving her, he responds [[UndyingLoyalty "I won't do that, no I won't do that."]]
** "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through" is also similarly soft as well, where it's about the healing power of rock music, and that whenever you are feeling depressed and lonely, you can "put on the phones" and listening to it will help you hold on to hope and believe that things will get better. The better.
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music video is arguably '''even sweeter''', ''even sweeter'', where it's about a runaway teenager who comes across a fortune teller, who comforts her the whole way through, and helps her bring up the courage return to her family. Even better when Meat Loaf himself, who plays the fortune teller, also plays the teenager's father in the music video, the final shot of him looking back up at his daughter when she returns through the gate...
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" is one of his [[SuprisinglyGentleSong softer songs]], where the protagonist is singing about going to whatever length for his love interest. When the love interest says that she is concerned about the idea of him leaving her, he responds [[UndyingLoyalty "I won't do that, no I won't do that."]]
** "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through" is also similarly soft as well, where it's about the healing power of rock music, and that whenever you are feeling depressed and lonely, you can "put on the phones" and listening to it will help you hold on to hope and that things will get better. The music video is arguably '''even sweeter''', where it's about a runaway teenager who comes across a fortune teller, who comforts her the whole way through, and helps her bring up the courage return to her family. Even better when Meat Loaf himself, who plays the fortune teller, also plays the teenager's father in the music video, the final shot of him looking back up at his daughter when she returns through the gate...
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* SignatureSong: "Bat Out of Hell", "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", and most famously "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".

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* SignatureSong: "Bat Out of Hell", "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", and most famously "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".That)" and "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" are the frontrunners, though "Bat Out of Hell", "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, and "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" are also very well-known.
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** Not a magnum opus but when he first performed in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' Creator/RichardOBrien told him not to worry about singing all the words to Hot Patootie as no-one ever could. He became the first person to sing all the words in time with the music, ''and that includes the guy who wrote the song.''

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** Not a magnum opus but when he first performed in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' Creator/RichardOBrien told him not to worry about singing all the words to Hot Patootie as no-one ever could. He became the first person to sing all the words in time with the music, ''and and that includes the guy who wrote the song.''
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** Not a magnum opus but when he first performed in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' Creator/RichardOBrien told him not to worry about singing all the words to Hot Patootie as no-one ever could. He became the first person to sing all the words in time with the music, and that includes the guy who wrote the song.

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** Not a magnum opus but when he first performed in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' Creator/RichardOBrien told him not to worry about singing all the words to Hot Patootie as no-one ever could. He became the first person to sing all the words in time with the music, and ''and that includes the guy who wrote the song.''
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** "Going All The Way Is Just The Start" from the final album ''Braver Than We Are'' is perhaps Meat and Steinman's SwanSong. The rest of the album might not have been their best, but this one (featuring duets with Karla DeVito and Ellen Foley, no less) is on par with their epics of yesteryear.

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** "Going All The Way Is Just The Start" from the final album ''Braver Than We Are'' is perhaps Meat and Steinman's SwanSong. The rest of the album might not have been their best, but this one (featuring duets with Karla DeVito Devito and Ellen Foley, no less) is on par with their epics of yesteryear.
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** "Going All The Way Is Just The Start" from the final album ''Braver Than We Are'' is perhaps Meat and Steinman's SwanSong. The rest of the album might not have been their best, but this one (featuring duets with Karla DeVito and Ellen Foley, no less) is on par with their epics of yesteryear.
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* MandelaEffect: Referenced. The lyric "objects in the rear-view mirror may appear closer than they are" is a result of the band experiencing the Mandela Effect; it's actually "Objects in the mirror are Closer Than They Appear" and not "Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear".
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* RetroactiveRecognition: A young, pre-fame Creator/AngelinaJolie plays the teenage runaway in the music video for ''Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through.''
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** The piano melody that opens "I'd Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".

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* MemeticMutation: The eternal mystery of what "that" might be in "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". Is it illegal? Immoral? Degenerate? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Anatomically impractical?]] The answer is actually right there in the lyrics[[note]]It's a promise to be faithful. At the end, the female vocalist asks a number of questions ("Will you raise me up? Will you help me down? Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?") and he replies "I can do that". Then she says that eventually the shine will go out of their relationship and "Sooner or later you'll be screwing around." "I won't do that. No, I won't do that."[[/note]] but that hasn't stopped the public from treating as a RiddleForTheAges, a joke even Meat Loaf himself has propagated.

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* MemeticMutation: The eternal mystery of what "that" might be in "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". Is it illegal? Immoral? Degenerate? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Anatomically impractical?]] The answer is actually right there in the lyrics[[note]]It's a promise to be faithful. At the end, the female vocalist asks a number of questions ("Will you raise me up? Will you help me down? Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?") and he replies "I can do that". Then she says that eventually the shine will go out of their relationship and "Sooner or later you'll be screwing around." "I won't do that. No, I won't do that."[[/note]] but that hasn't stopped the public from treating it as a RiddleForTheAges, a joke even Meat Loaf himself has propagated.



* SoBadItsGood: Meat Loaf's allegedly drunken rendition of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L-D6zj5U1g America The Beautiful]]'' in front of Mitt Romney [[{{Narm/Music}} must be heard to be believed]]. Given the decline evident on 2016's ''Braver Than We Are'' album, however, it's quite likely that that's just how he sounds after 40+ years of torturing his voice.

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* SoBadItsGood: Meat Loaf's allegedly drunken rendition of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L-D6zj5U1g America The Beautiful]]'' in front of Mitt Romney [[{{Narm/Music}} must be heard to be believed]]. Given the decline evident on 2016's ''Braver Than We Are'' album, however, it's quite likely that that's that was just how he sounds sounded after 40+ years of torturing his voice.
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** ''All'' the Steinman-penned songs on ''Bat Out of Hell III'' are recycled from earlier Steinman projects; "The Future Ain't What It Used To Be" and "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" were originally recorded by Pandora's Box, "Bad For Good" was originally the title track of Steinman's solo album, "Seize the Night" was lifted from ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire'', and "In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King" and "Cry to Heaven" were salvaged from ''Theatre/BatmanTheMusical''.

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** ''All'' the Steinman-penned songs on ''Bat Out of Hell III'' are recycled from earlier Steinman projects; "The Future Ain't What It Used To Be" and "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" were originally recorded by Pandora's Box, Box (and the latter is more famous for Music/CelineDion's cover), "Bad For Good" was originally the title track of Steinman's solo album, "Seize the Night" was lifted from ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire'', and "In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King" and "Cry to Heaven" were salvaged from ''Theatre/BatmanTheMusical''.



** The piano melody that opens "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)."
** The heavy guitar riff from "Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)."

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** The piano melody that opens "I "I'd Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)."
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Popular though he may be in America, Meat Loaf is arguably even bigger in Europe going by chart performances alone. This is especially true in Britain, where ''Dead Ringer'', ''Midnight at the Lost and Found'', ''Couldn't Have Said It Better'' and others albums which failed to chart elsewhere were top ten hits.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Popular though he may be in America, Meat Loaf is arguably even bigger in Europe going by chart performances alone. This is especially true in Britain, where ''Dead Ringer'', ''Midnight at the Lost and Found'', ''Couldn't Have Said It Better'' Better'', and others other albums which failed to chart elsewhere were top ten hits.
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** The sequel album, ''Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell'', is also similarly bombastically epic, especially because it starts with "I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".

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** The sequel album, ''Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell'', is also similarly bombastically epic, especially because it starts with "I'll "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".



* MemeticMutation: The eternal mystery of what "that" might be in "I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". Is it illegal? Immoral? Degenerate? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Anatomically impractical?]] The answer is actually right there in the lyrics[[note]]It's a promise to be faithful. At the end, the female vocalist asks a number of questions ("Will you raise me up? Will you help me down? Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?") and he replies "I can do that". Then she says that eventually the shine will go out of their relationship and "Sooner or later you'll be screwing around." "I won't do that. No, I won't do that."[[/note]] but that hasn't stopped the public from treating as a RiddleForTheAges, a joke even Meat Loaf himself has propagated.

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* MemeticMutation: The eternal mystery of what "that" might be in "I'll "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". Is it illegal? Immoral? Degenerate? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Anatomically impractical?]] The answer is actually right there in the lyrics[[note]]It's a promise to be faithful. At the end, the female vocalist asks a number of questions ("Will you raise me up? Will you help me down? Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?") and he replies "I can do that". Then she says that eventually the shine will go out of their relationship and "Sooner or later you'll be screwing around." "I won't do that. No, I won't do that."[[/note]] but that hasn't stopped the public from treating as a RiddleForTheAges, a joke even Meat Loaf himself has propagated.



* SignatureSong: "Bat Out of Hell", "Paradise By the Dashboard Light.", and most famously "I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".

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* SignatureSong: "Bat Out of Hell", "Paradise By by the Dashboard Light.", Light", and most famously "I'll "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".
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* AmericansHateTingle: He lost a lot of fans in Australia after his disastrous performance at the 2011 AFL Grand Final (effectively the Australian equivalent of the Superbowl). There are still many fans there who love him dearly, but for the bulk of the country, his reputation never really recovered and he is still mocked for it to this day.

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* AmericansHateTingle: He lost a lot of fans in Australia after his disastrous performance at the 2011 AFL Grand Final (effectively the Australian equivalent of the Superbowl).UsefulNotes/SuperBowl). There are still many fans there who love him dearly, but for the bulk of the country, his reputation never really recovered and he is still mocked for it to this day.
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* AmericansHateTingle: He lost a lot of fans in Australia after his disastrous performance at the 2011 AFL Grand Final (effectively the Australian equivalent of the Superbowl). There are still many fans there who love him dearly, but for the bulk of the country, his reputation never really recovered and he is still mocked for it to this day.
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** The sequel album, ''Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell'', is also similarly bombastically epic.

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** ''Welcome To The Neighbourhood'' has two similar interluding tracks: "Forty Five Seconds Of Ecstasy" sang by Susan Wood, [[NonIndicativeTitle which actually runs for just over a minute]], and "Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas", a catchy little Mexican style instrumental.
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* TearJerker:
** "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad." The tale of a man who's unable to love any other girl after his one true love left him (and worse, never reciprocated his feelings in the first place). [=*sniff*=] Then on the sequel album, "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" [[UpToEleven might just be even worse;]] It's essentially a [[EpicRocking 10-minute long]] RockOpera about a man slowly losing everyone he loves in detail (with added ParentalAbuse, for flavour).
** "Bat out of Hell" has distracted driving costing a motorcyclist his life. "But I just can't stop thinking of you/And I never saw the sudden turn till it was way too late."
** "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". RealityEnsues when the girl demands that her boyfriend stay true to her after they rush into a relationship. The boy clearly has second thoughts about commitment, but he eventually relents and begins a loveless marriage. If that isn't enough, some live versions have the couple divorcing and fighting for custody over their kid.
** "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" has a man deliver three different tear jerkers: His best friend Kenny who died very young, getting over abuse at the hands of a violent father, and remembering the woman who got away.
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** "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" has a man deliver three different tear jerkers: His best friend Kenny who died very young, getting over abuse at the hands of a violent father, and remembering the woman who got away.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: For a magnum opus you can't really look past the title track on ''Bat Out Of Hell''. The whole album counts too, with "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" and "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" in particular standing out.
** The sequel album, ''Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell'', is also similarly bombastically epic.
** Not a magnum opus but when he first performed in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' Creator/RichardOBrien told him not to worry about singing all the words to Hot Patootie as no-one ever could. He became the first person to sing all the words in time with the music, and that includes the guy who wrote the song.



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: For a magnum opus you can't really look past the title track on ''Bat Out Of Hell''. The whole album counts too, with "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" and "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" in particular standing out.
** The sequel album, ''Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell'', is also similarly bombastically epic.
** Not a magnum opus but when he first performed in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' Creator/RichardOBrien told him not to worry about singing all the words to Hot Patootie as no-one ever could. He became the first person to sing all the words in time with the music, and that includes the guy who wrote the song.
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** Not a magnum opus but when he first performed in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' Richard O'Brien told him not to worry about singing all the words to Hot Patootie as no-one ever could. He became the first person to sing all the words in time with the music, and that includes the guy who wrote the song.

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** Not a magnum opus but when he first performed in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' Richard O'Brien Creator/RichardOBrien told him not to worry about singing all the words to Hot Patootie as no-one ever could. He became the first person to sing all the words in time with the music, and that includes the guy who wrote the song.

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* TearJerker: "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad." The tale of a man who's unable to love any other girl after his one true love left him (and worse, never reciprocated his feelings in the first place). [=*sniff*=] Then on the sequel album, "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" [[UpToEleven might just be even worse;]] It's essentially a [[EpicRocking 10-minute long]] RockOpera about a man slowly losing everyone he loves in detail (with added ParentalAbuse, for flavour).

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"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad." The tale of a man who's unable to love any other girl after his one true love left him (and worse, never reciprocated his feelings in the first place). [=*sniff*=] Then on the sequel album, "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" [[UpToEleven might just be even worse;]] It's essentially a [[EpicRocking 10-minute long]] RockOpera about a man slowly losing everyone he loves in detail (with added ParentalAbuse, for flavour).flavour).
** "Bat out of Hell" has distracted driving costing a motorcyclist his life. "But I just can't stop thinking of you/And I never saw the sudden turn till it was way too late."
** "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". RealityEnsues when the girl demands that her boyfriend stay true to her after they rush into a relationship. The boy clearly has second thoughts about commitment, but he eventually relents and begins a loveless marriage. If that isn't enough, some live versions have the couple divorcing and fighting for custody over their kid.
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* NightmareFuel: Some of the paintings which graced ''Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell'' also doubled as covers for paperback editions of H.P. Lovecraft's tales. More specifically, the one that accompanied "Objects in the Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are."

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