'Paradise by the dashboard light' was often sung in our kitchen while Sunday lunch was being prepared and I remember singing 'I'd do anything for love' at the tops of our voices while driving to school for DD2's A Levels. It helped to calm her nerves and gee her up. It worked!!
I know my D will be upset by this as I'm sure she attended a couple of his concerts in the past because she always said he was a lovely man. So sad at only 74.
I am very sorry to hear that. I introduced him to my teenage son who fell in love with his music. I got to relive my boarding school days as he belted it out of his bedroom ....RIP
As soon as opened this thread I remembered your story about singing ‘Paradise’ in the kitchen Kitty.
We saw him twice; one time was utterly brilliant (MEN arena) and the other time he was terrible, I’m sorry to say (Chatsworth). He was obviously too ill to perform properly.
DH had a very memorable meeting with the great man. I will post the tale on a bit.
I’m afraid his music wasn’t to my taste really. Sad news though for his family, friends and fans. As I get nearer to the 7-0 birthday I think ‘oh heck’ about obits about anybody so few years ahead of me.
Oh I know what you mean Urms only in my case it’s that everybody dying is so much younger than me!! My D is/was a huge fan and has put on her Facebook page this morning remembering being ill with tonsillitis and me going out to buy Bat out of Hell for her to make her feel better. A well loved artist and missed by so many.
Bat out of Hell.. Amazing! Saw the original tour in our local Guildhall and the show was fantastic. It was still a "cult following" before it went mega! Became the album of an era in my life. Both my children grew up with it and both love it, us all singing it in the kitchen, happy days. RIP big man, thank you.
Oh, I am so sorry to hear this. Loved his music and really admired him, boy, was he ever a fighter. Horrendous childhood, battled injuries from his football days, really had tough times yet became the star he was. RIP Meatloaf