Just watched him on the One Show (30 minutes). He was the main guest, so stayed on the sofa throughout the show as the two other guests came and went.
Starting out the female presenter asked him, predictably, what should she call him .. Mr Meat, Mr Loaf .. etc .. Sir?
Meat says Sir would be fgood .. laughs and says Meat .. I've been called Meat since I was 6 mo old. You know when babies are sometimes bright red when they're born .. it usually fades within a week. I was bright red for 6 months. My father would look down at me and say he looks like a great hunk of meat. I can hear my mother's voice .. Orvis (that was his name) Orvis, don't call him that!!! Yes, he was called Orvis so I guess he got his own back by calling me Meat.
First secondary guest was a tedious ex-presenter/at one time MP who was talking about the plane crash in which the Polish president died. They talked about the Polish airmen who had been so much a part of the Battle of Britain in WW2
Meat comments that he can't think of another moment in history when so many members of a government have died in an accident like this.
They then asked him about the Kennedy assassination. He explained that yes. he was there. His car was comandeered by some agents and in fact they got to the hospital in Dallas before the presidential car .. were told to stand there and be still .. and we were fifteen .. we did as we were told. He says the death of Kennedy affects him still and he totally believes in the conspiracy theory behind it .. but don't get him talking about it .. it's a whole other programme.
After they'd cut to a segment on the hostility between Yorkshire crab fishermen and Scots scallop trawlermen, they asked Meat on returning to the studio if he ate fish.
Yes I eat fish .. I eat meat except I don't eat red meat .. and I never eat salmon. Why? I consider them a brethren .. because they're always swimming upstream. I'm always going against everything .. a rebel .. and they are rebel fish!
Asked about the album and the big names on it, he says yes, there are big names but that's not important .. they're not there to enhance the record (sales) I go .. who can we get to do this work poperly. They commented that Jack Black modelled himself on Meat .. Yes, everything I do he copies.. laughs .. and tells how when Jack came into the studio he was so hyped up .. (gives a loud shouting introduction as delivered by Jack) .. I said to him .. Jack, Jack.. prozac dude .. Have you heard of prozac?
He says how good the album is, that there's not a single thing he'd change, not a song, not a note .. there's a problem with the credits .. but we won't go into that. The presenter says it better be good .. Meat says it's better than that :)
After a clip from Los Angeloser video he explains the story .. the song they've used is just one piece of the puzzle. The scenarios the soldier imagines are what's keeping him alive .. They're like Twilight Zone episodes.
They say on stage he never holds back .. He replies NO .. never .. don't know how. If you hold back as a performer you shouldn't be there on stage.
You've hurt yourself on stage sometimes?
I hurt muself constantly! I've had concussions .. three knee operations .. Right now (leaning down and rubbing his right ankle) I have a torn ligament in my ankle I tore on stage and it hurts like hell .. But I walk around anyway because .. I'M STRONG AND TOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .. lol
Asks if the presenters had gone What? when they heard the title .. You did? Great! :) That's the point.
Last guest was Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes to Hollywood. He talked about the music scene in Liverpool after the Beatles .. how David Bowie had been his hero. They ask Meat has he met any of his heroes and he tells the story of meeting Elvis and being completely overwhelmed, just nodding and unable to get a word out, and of how he met John Lennon in a coffee shop, asked him to pass the sweetener .. realised it was Lennon and sat there trying to think of something to say that wasn't lame .. ending up with thanking him for passing the sweet n low when he left.
When asked how long he'd continue performing he said until they put me in a casket and bury me .. just hope they don't do it while I'm alive!
The final segment was about older (70+) drivers. Here 18-22 group have the highest accident rate, and 5 times higher than 70+ age group until they reach 85 when the 85+ overtake the youth group. They ended with a "race" between the male presenter and the second guest on segues round a slalom course of cones. I guess after talking about his strained ligament Meat was out of the race .. lol .. so he was in charge of starting it. I'm sure he'd have loved to go on one .. but knowing him he'd have gone ass over tit off it .. and I'll bet the insurers agree :)
Finally he was asked if he'd prefer to be driven by a 17yo or a 70 yo .. He asks male or female? Male? He'd prefer the older one as he wouldn't trust a 17yo male as far as he could throw him .. Now .. if it was female I'd choose the 17 year old :))
Nice programme. He looked well, fit, relaxed .. wearing the dark navy open-necked shirt with some white patterning on it and the leather jacket .. no necklaces. Listened attentively to other guests, smiled, spoke articulately on all the topics .. and the release date for the album got three mentions :) Good job.
Caryl
-- Edited by Caryl on Wednesday 14th of April 2010 12:28:13 PM
-- Edited by Caryl on Wednesday 14th of April 2010 04:50:44 PM
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Meat Loaf for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Let's help him get there!
