The Weekly Gripe

Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell

Bat Out Of Hell, the short version

Cut short on the radio

It would be nice to occasionally hear Bat Out Of Hell all the way through. Why do DJ's have to either talk over the end of a song, or worse still play the shortened version. Am I on my own here, or does this grind your gears too?



One of my favourite songs from Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell album is the title track by the same name, but it really annoys me when I’m listening to it on the radio and the song gets cut short.

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12-5-2008I 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.Kingo
11-5-2008Meat 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 pi...moreBill
25-3-2008Ha, 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. lolwhirlygirl
13-7-2007hey 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 appreciateddaz
12-5-2007The 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...moreMandie in Manchester
29-1-2007oh my god, just listen to the album version! You must own it!get a life
08-1-2007Meat Loaf is and shall always be the greatest singer ever, he is God!!! xxxMs. Sherlock
21-12-2006meat loaf is a keeper and anyone out there who thinks otherwise can answer to me!!dolmio
13-12-2006Wicked mate I know a chav and I beat him up becuause he said Meatloaf was rubbish!!!meatloafmad
12-9-2006"One of my favourite songs is...the title track by the same name"...hmm...Naif
20-6-2006If any radio DJ cuts that classic short, I should cut the DJ short with a chainsaw. The thing that really annoys me about radio is when you get a stupid liberal gimp of a DJ whop has to project his annoying homosexual voice over the top of a song I like!Thribdescvonia
16-6-2006Actually there's a bit of confusion over what Meat Loaf's real name is. Some places say it is "Marvin Lee Adair" and others seem to think that it is "Marvin Lee Aday". Apparently he changed his name to Michael after the Levis slogan "Poor Marvin can't wear Levi...moreRockdude



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