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( 2 stories between 6th October 2008 and 16th March 2010 )Meat Loaf And His Teddy Bear
Mar, 16 2010
Meat Loaf has made a few comebacks already, but this time he’s brought his teddy bear. His forthcoming album Hang Cool Teddy Bear features impressive contributions from some unexpected sources, including Justin Hawkins, Jon Bon Jovi, Jack Black, Brian May, Steve Vai and Dr. House himself, British actor Hugh Laurie.
The album concept is equally unexpected and is based around the maudlin tale of a soldier on the brink of death, with each song contemplating a different missed opportunity of the dying serviceman. Of course, with the Bat Out of Hell at the helm, the subject matter is almost irrelevant; the album is all Meat Loaf. "I wanted it big, I wanted it dramatic, I wanted a rock record. Yes, it sounds like a Meat Loaf record. But it sounds different too: it sounds new, it sounds fresh. It speaks to you in a different way.”
The album is being produced by Rob Cavallo, who professes himself to be an ardent Meat Loaf fan and whose collaboration with the extravagant singer has provoked mutual admiration. “Rob is the number one rock producer in the world” Meat Loaf said, “because he leaves his ego out of the equation and gives an artist his voice, making it sound better than the artist could even imagine.”
Meat Loaf
Oct, 6 2008
It's a macabre, operatic, teen-tragedy track and it’s nearly 10 minutes long; "Bat Out of Hell" is not an obvious choice for a hit single. Unsurprisingly, reception for the track was tentative when it was first released in the 1970s. However, it proved to be a grower and even today, the parent album of the same name -- though initially rejected by many label moguls -- still sells plenty of shiny new copies every year and features in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In further celebration of its success, the track will be awarded the ‘Classic Song Award’ by top-selling Brit music magazine, Q. The 1977 epic was written by Jim Steinman, but it will be the bombastic singer, Meat Loaf, who will receive the plaudit at the ceremony on October 6.
