Artist: Meat Loaf
Album: Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell
I have to confess: this was the song that ignited my interest in rock music. Up to this point my musical taste was quite different–a whole lot more pop-oriented. I’d also had a habit of listening to Broadway soundtracks. (This was long enough ago that the ‘Jukebox Musical’ had yet to come along. I don’t think I’ll say how long ago it was, seeing as how I saw a post over at Entertainment Weekly today that made me feel older than dirt.)
The thing about I Would Do Anything For Love was that the song brought together a pop sensibility with the bombast of a big Broadway number and the aesthetic of rock music. Basically, the perfect vehicle to introduce me to the possibilities of rock.
The other wonderful thing about this song is Meat Loaf’s distinctive voice. His voice is a signature–no one else is like it. A voice that wasn’t perfect was another novelty for me at the time. Remember, I’d been listening to pop music, and most of today’s pop is so processed that the singers are interchangeable. This was an introduction to someone with their own unique voice, and it was wonderful–someone imperfect had made it as a musician.
Also, and this is probably the lingering remains of the Broadway thing–I’m a sucker for big long songs, and like a lot of Meat Loaf’s songs, this one runs about three times longer than a song is ‘supposed to’. Sometimes, there are songs that just don’t fit into four minutes, and I personally love when they don’t. (I love, love, love Dry County. But that’s another post.)
So yes, without this song, this blog would not exist today.
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Tags: Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf
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