Bat Out Of Hell, the short version

I have a large music collection, booh is one of my favourites, but my all time singers award has to go to police officer by smiley culture, no one on earth could copy this feat.

Suprised that you don't hear it these days.

You can certainly get the "radio edit" versions of BOOH on compilation albums, though fortunately there are one or two that have full versions. Other songs that get cut short are Free Bird and Layla.

BBC Radio 2 quite often play "long songs", plus they support Meat Loaf. That's your best bet if you want a chance to hear a full version. They don't tend to crash the lyrics too much either, but apparently DJs have to, to prevent somebody recording the song off the radio and releasing it - a bit of chatter over the start or end makes it obvious it is a rip off the radio.

The strange thing about Meat Loaf is few people admit to liking him, yet BOOH is one of the best selling albums in the world.... closet fans for whatever reason!

I've seen ML live maybe half a dozen times now and I don't think he's quite as good as he used to be. The first time I saw him he did a 2h45 minute set without a break - not many bands can pull that off! Now, since his heart problems, he's not insured to do anything more than 2 hours and I think he has to have a break halfway through.

My boyfriend and I like this song but we prefer I would do anything for love but it has to be that full version not the rubbish wee 5 min long one it has to be the 12 min long one (its mine and my boyfriends song
I love meatloaf ... Please don't shorten Meatloaf songs

I went ro see him a few years ago in concert, B'ham Arena. I wasn't impressed to be truthful. He was so out of shape he struggled, struggled to catch his breath.

I don't know if he has improved his fitness level. I can only hope that he has.

Meat Loaf's real name is Marvin Lee Aday. He and I attended high school in Dallas together way too many years ago. One day after football practice, on the way into the locker room, Marvin stepped on the coach's foot and the coach said, "Hey, watch out, Meat Loaf." The rest of us picked up the name and never let it go.

Not to be overly cruel, we didn't actually call Marvin "Meat Loaf" but as many did during the period by the initials M.L. Marvin didn't care for it when people starting calling him Mel, and he actually preferred Meat Loaf to Mel. We also called him "Mighty Large" and "Tree Trunks" which referred to the size of his legs as they were huge.

Most of his closer friends called him simply "Meat."

Ha, I have the opposite problem. My boyfriend never plays it all the way through, he can go about six minutes before he gives up and improvises a quicker ending. He "crashes" on a different chord each time. lol

hey there, I am a great fan of meatloaf but I cant think to the life of me what his film is called, its his autobiography and I was just wondering if anyone knows the name, it would be much appreciated

The shortened version of "Bat out of hell" is annoying, I first heard the shortened version on a Rock compilation album belonging to my Fella. I gave him the full length version to listen to and he has never looked back, that was 18 years ago now. I have had 3 copies of the Bat out of hell album because they were completely worn out and I can honestly say that I have never became bored of it. I am going to see him tonight at the MEN Arena in Manchester and I cant wait.

oh my god, just listen to the album version! You must own it!

Meat Loaf is and shall always be the greatest singer ever, he is God!!! xxx

meat loaf is a keeper and anyone out there who thinks otherwise can answer to me!!

Wicked mate I know a chav and I beat him up becuause he said Meatloaf was rubbish!!!