@123Rockchild this is the proverbial apples / oranges comparison . barrys version just drives me insane with rage as i think back at everything going on in my life back then . and meatloafs version calms me as i think about my senior year of high school when meatloaf first came out . THEY ARE BOTH BEYOND EXCELLENT !
Ambiguous comment (hey, finally someone not looking for thumbs ups ;-) )
1) I hardy listen to the radio anymore so I'm double grateful for finding something new (though old) and great on youtube. I listened to it 3 times in a row already.
2) His face is so full of passion in this video, it reminded me of someone from the start. It took me quite while to figure out who it is... Bianca Ryan during her first performance in America's got talent. No offence girl - really!!!
I think the powers to be are missing the boat of revenue by not selling the Videos that were produced for the songs If I could buy those Id replace my 15g of media with whatever of the original videos I remember when VHS showed videos....
no truer word,s were spoken haggard360 as for you dennett316. What rock did you crawel out from under. You dont,t have the brain cell,s to know talent class elgance when you are looking at it and never will, To dumb and stupid to do so
im 21 and love meatloaf been listing to him all my life, my dad gave me bat out of hell vol 1 and havnt stopped listing yet. people need to know what a real musician is.
@doug2166 I think Meatloaf's version is on his 'Dead Ringer' album. I only knew of Manilow's version until recently when I wondered if (and found out that) Meatloaf had done a version - I'd been listening to the song and thought, "that sounds like a Jim Steinman kinda song, Meatloaf must have sung it at some time." ... and he has.
i have loved meatloaf since i was 9, im 11 now. not so old.................. whatever........................ meatloaf is really awesome! all bands made after 2000 are garbage
long live meatloaf, led zepplin, eagles( well not long live........),moody blues, guns and roses, rolling stones ect. love proper music baby!
@wutheringheathcliff i agree that they are two different versions, but I do like Barry's version....to be honest, tonight is the first time I've ever heard Meat Loaf's version.....just curious which Meat Loaf album is this from?
This was the very first album I ever bought of Meat Loaf,and I really bought it because of the album art.Little did I know the greatness I had discovered.
To Dyxe47, Not only did Manilow not write this song, he didn't even record it first. This is the original. I happen to like Manilow's better personally, but this version is great. I take nothing away from it.
Who's that crying at the end of this video. Also Meat Loaf looks emotional in this video. Well it is an emotional song. What's it about. Read em and Weep obviously means reading sad things, storys or new. Bacicly Read and then cry
@frostyone0164 Barry did the cover of this. It was Meat Loaf's song originally... and I think he did a great job with it, for certain. I just liked Barry's version of this particular song better. I've heard it covered by several other artists, but Meat Loaf and Manilow are the only ones to do it well, IMHO.
Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman - the perfect combination to success - anyone notice they were BOTH most successful with each other than without each other, meat needed jim's amazing songwriting and NOONE could sing a Steinman song like Meat could
@AshArcherMusic barry manilow, bonnie tyler and air supply all made hits out of steinman tunes, and they were good but compared to meat loaf they couldn't deliver one worth a shit
Yes a another Jim Steinman written song sung by our wonderful Meat Loaf. Like no other can sing it. Sings it with so much emotion and feeling. Passion within
((HUGS)). I know how it hurts to lose somebody, I've been there too. And it's true how the tears can help release the pain from your heart. I hope you will be ok. :)
Um..wow! I can listen to Barry Manilow's version and go on. But listening to Meatloaf's version reduces me to tears! I can really FEEL the emotion when "Meaty" sings this. Just an absolutely AWESOME performance!
@MoosicandCritters Ohh, f... I cryed so many tears over the girl I lost. It's not first time I use this numb. It release pain from my heart, even I cry so mush :-)
I guess ultimately it comes down to personal choice. Meat loaf is, by far, the more dramatic and superior singer, and his version is, without doubt, absolutely superb, but Steinman had far more to do with the production of the Manilow version which, to me, makes it still worthy of a listen. Anyway, it's good to like both versions.
Another classic Jim Steinman song...and, although, I like Meatloaf, I WILL admit that B. Manilow's version has more of a cresendo quality...But, hey, meatloaf always does well
Hi, I agree with you about Barry Manilow's version, and I think only a true Steinman fan would recognise this. Don't know if you ever listen to a band called Nightwish, but they're the closest I have come across to compete with Steinman's brilliance - The Poet and the Pendulum is pretty close. Steve.
my, this is my new favorite song! Most powerfull vocal I've heard. I've always liked Meatloaf, but he even outdid himself. Can't believe I never heard his WAAYYY better version.
@ThePagey4... yeah, he's a master at devouring buffets, the lardass! I have more talent in the filth under my pinky toe's toenail, than this wailing manatee ever had ! Capiche?
@leonakita Cool, post a link to one of your song videos please...I'd love to hear it if you're so much better than Meatloaf. I've scoured the charts for you and haven't seen your stuff, so you must be so talanted that your brilliance goes undiscovered. Please let me hear the magic that is leonakita.
@leonakita Nothing wrong with me, just calling you on your bullshit. What the fuck is Ole Country Buffet? Love how you have to resort to name calling, you're a true class act and not at all a pathetic internet tough guy revelling in his anonymity.
@leonakita In his first recording session, Meatloaf sang a note so high he blew the fuses in the recording equipment. And yet he still manages to sound good. THAT is talent.
another good song from jim stinmam aka meat loaf,and most of their albums are pretty good,and all of them have different songs to each one wich have been produced.
would it be too much to ask if you could replace this video with one that actually has the volume level set to something higher than really really quiet, how in hades can you play meatloaf with this level of volume, you barbarian !!!
meatloaf does this 1000x better than manilow. he has more heart and passion in the song than he did. barry is talented, dont get me wrong, but meat blows him outta the water and then some.
Why bother? I like Meat Loaf--from the time when I heard "Two out of three ain't bad" and found it was by someone called "Meat Loaf" that I'd never heard of. I like most of what he's done. I could think of what he could do with "Read'em and Weep". Well, maybe, but he didn't. This is what gives covers a bad name. Too bad--a waste of his time and talent.
bat out of hell a hard act to follow like thriller or brothers in arms! if you give these songs a chance they sound pretty good ,this was 1981 a good four years after BAT ,music was changing with new romantic and post punk leftovers! davey johnstone on guitar from elton john band!
@RichXbox360 Actually Streisand's version of Left in the Dark was a cover of Steinman's own release of this somg on Bad for Good in 81.....Streisand's version was 85 and Meats's cover was in 95
Listening to Meat Loaf's new album, "Hang Cool Teddy Bear", and I can honestly say he and Jim Steinman should work together a LOT more. The new album just doesn't have the Meat Loaf passion that's found in his other work.
Compare any song on it to this song, or any other he and Steinman did, and you'll see.
I've watched both Meat Loaf's version and Barry Manilow's and I can honestly say the only version I want to listen to again and again is Meat Loaf's. This is not Manilows style. It is far too gritty a song for him.
I don't think you can sing this song without reaching into the bottomost depths of your soul. Failure to do so would render this song useless. This is another Steinman classic. He knows how to write songs to suit singers. The only other song writer I can say comes close is Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish fame. Listen to Creek Mary's Blood and The Poet & The Pendulum and I hope you will understand what I mean.
I like Barry Manilow's version (it's my favorite Barry Manilow song, although I'm not a big fan of his) but Meat Loaf (born Marvin Aday) nails this song. Barry's version has a softer sad feel whereas Meat Loaf's puts anger and really tells the one who rejected him off.
"is he trying to sound like david bowie??? haha " . . . . threecrees, are you completely insane? Meatloaf is a legend in his own right! The LAST thing he needs to be doing, is trying to be like Bowie (huge as he might be himself!)
Sorry fella, but that's helluva thing to say, honestly!
Both versions are equally valid, Barry Manilow did a great job, Meat was Meat, bottom line it is all down to Jim Steinman & his genius as a songwriter.
I keep reading comments about how Meat's version compares to Barry's. I do not feel a person must choose one over the other. Why not enjoy both versions? Both men are great singers and can put so much passion into their performances.
@jasperman515 they are the ultimate duo, with Meatoafs ability to sing and Jim steinman's abilit to write amazing songs they managed to conquer the world with there amazing rock.
@jasperman515 they are the ultimate duo, with Meatoafs ability to sing and Jim steinman's ability to write amazing songs they managed to conquer the world with there amazing rock.
Both version's are good, but Meatloaf puts more into his version which puts the other to shame. Too bad it never made the charts. Still one of my favorites thou...
@R3moWilliams Hi, Hang Cool Teddy Bear, from the Hot Carribean Night! Excuse me for not having answered earlier.I started to be a Meat Loaf fan since one year and five month ago.On July 14, I saw Meat Loaf for the firt time in Wantagh, NY.Belive me He is amazing, you forget everything else and there is only You and He on stage!He´ll return to Europe on november 29, you´ll can see Him! AND DO NOT STOP ROCKING!
To: Sir Michael Lee Aday *Meat Loaf*. When I watched this video, I was so impressed that I began to explore more abaut our Rock 'N' Hero and I don't want to stop. I am 54 years old and I had never seen a singer who proyected authentically with master four emotions in a song. These are the anxiety, the anger, the pain and the sadness of a lost love. The latin singers are dramatic singing but Meat Loaf suspasses to all. To listen sing and see him on stage is a transcendental experience.
@youtootube99 Hi from the hot caribbean! Thank you very much for your comments. I do not think that a legend like Roy Orbison valued superficial things. He must have admired as a texan also the man of steel as it is Meat!
@RichXbox360 Hi from the hot Summer Night Caribbean! Thanks for your feeback it is a great opportunity to create!Marvin means friend of the sea and Michael means the holy warriors. Aday is the surname of Galician origin.Meat change his name to Michael Lee. You can read in his autobiography:To hell and back, p.30 (1999).Adonay is a hebrew word and it means Sir.The first time I wrotr to Meat I called him Sir, with a great respect and recognition, he deserves!
@RichXbox360 Hi all!Sir is used as an expression of respect to address someone who has control over something or someone.Meat has control over his gifts and fans.One of the many qualities that adorn Meat is his humility.I think he´ll be an honor to receive the tittle of Sir from the noble people of England, who valued as an artist and human being.He in surrender total on stage offered his own life (London, 11/17/03) with such magnitud and inner strenght that continue to do.
@yorkyrose Hi from the breeze Caribbean! Thank you for reply me! It is a creative time! I invite to you to read and find in Meat Loaf autobiography: To Hell and Back (1999) p.30, he changed his name to Michael Lee. He explains in detail the reasons why he did it. In interviews he has said that his friends still call him Marvin! In the summer I attended three of his concerts!Truly, more than Harry Potter, he makes and give you His Magic, because he will transform you and you will not be the same!
@coquiisland This is the man who simply put all his pasion in his musik. Try read his story. Up's and down's, speciel so down, that most would have never get uo gain. Thank to his beloved wife, and his will to sing, he can give us all his fantastic musik...
I dont understand y meat loaf has such a hard time adjusting to the 80s i mean face facts bat out of hell was amazing nothing else would top that but dead ringer album did have some really good songs this been my best 1 on the album. Problem with ppl is they just dont give meat loaf a chance. In my opinion hes in my alltime top 3 best singers
actually, i like barry's version and meatloaf's version. they are both good in my opinion even tho they sound different. it's good that we have diversity in music. some people like barry, some like meatloaf and people like me love them both. just my opinion.
stonewall classic
SteveResin 1 week ago
BOTH MEATLOAF AND MANILOW'S VERSION ARE WELL DONE, EACH
TO THEIR OWN MUSICAL STYLE, BUT ALSO VERY SIMILAR IN SOME RESPECTS,
2 THUMBS WAY UP!!!
anaheimangels40 2 weeks ago
Barry's version moves me a bit more than this dude's version does.
123Rockchild 1 month ago
@123Rockchild this is the proverbial apples / oranges comparison . barrys version just drives me insane with rage as i think back at everything going on in my life back then . and meatloafs version calms me as i think about my senior year of high school when meatloaf first came out . THEY ARE BOTH BEYOND EXCELLENT !
tommyonepercenter 4 weeks ago
dennett316 you sound like the kind of idiot that keeps x factor on tv coz you know shit diddly about music
deafasewt 1 month ago
Ambiguous comment (hey, finally someone not looking for thumbs ups ;-) )
1) I hardy listen to the radio anymore so I'm double grateful for finding something new (though old) and great on youtube. I listened to it 3 times in a row already.
2) His face is so full of passion in this video, it reminded me of someone from the start. It took me quite while to figure out who it is... Bianca Ryan during her first performance in America's got talent. No offence girl - really!!!
Foolanna 2 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Incredible
I think the powers to be are missing the boat of revenue by not selling the Videos that were produced for the songs If I could buy those Id replace my 15g of media with whatever of the original videos I remember when VHS showed videos....
xfiledco 2 months ago
no truer word,s were spoken haggard360 as for you dennett316. What rock did you crawel out from under. You dont,t have the brain cell,s to know talent class elgance when you are looking at it and never will, To dumb and stupid to do so
sophie1065 2 months ago
hey shared a hugely successful symbiotic relationship. thank god. and we have been blessed with operatic ballards and raw passions. yeah ima fan
6Zombie6Aneurysm6 4 months ago
Did marc bolan write this song /
supernog1 4 months ago
I actually thought that this was a Baary Manilow song, but Meat's version is much stronger than Bazza's ever could
gunnerdeannz 4 months ago
Why oh why didn't he sing this song last night at the Brisbane concert??
Kuric733 4 months ago
interesting..... fat people music.... wtf didnt I think of that?
leonakita 5 months ago
@leonakita fuck you bitch i weight 125 pounds and would eat your babies and still listen to meatloaf. bitch im nasty
haggard360 5 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@haggard360 eat shit and die!
leonakita 5 months ago
@haggard360 ahahahaha....125 lbs..thats an appetizer for your tubby hero = MEATLOAF!
leonakita 5 months ago
@leonakita why dont you go jerk yourself off and go play in traffic? thanks
haggard360 5 months ago
@haggard360 AHAHAHAHA... truth hurts, ehh?
leonakita 5 months ago
@leonakita yeah your killing me, i think im going to go play the blood violin just cause some fag on youtube, idiot
haggard360 5 months ago
im 21 and love meatloaf been listing to him all my life, my dad gave me bat out of hell vol 1 and havnt stopped listing yet. people need to know what a real musician is.
haggard360 6 months ago 16
@haggard360 I'm sure you've been listening to Meat Loaf, while making a list of your favorite songs :D
stargazerlily86 2 months ago
Just out of curiosity, anybody know who all the musicians & 2 back up singers are in the video with Meatloaf? Thx
Sebastianesc 6 months ago
You know what I love? The fact that Meat's face hasn't changed a damn bit.
BooNube 6 months ago
Love this song, but I think the bad ass part is the back-up singers.
Pinwormx 6 months ago
@Pinwormx Rory Dodd is awesome.
BooNube 6 months ago
@doug2166 I think Meatloaf's version is on his 'Dead Ringer' album. I only knew of Manilow's version until recently when I wondered if (and found out that) Meatloaf had done a version - I'd been listening to the song and thought, "that sounds like a Jim Steinman kinda song, Meatloaf must have sung it at some time." ... and he has.
wutheringheathcliff 6 months ago
@BigBubbasBrassBand Have you heard Jim Steinman's version of Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"? Meat does a much better version, iMO
doug2166 6 months ago
wow such passion . i bet you wish you could do this song on karaoke night ?
supernog1 6 months ago
@goofuskac , Meat Loaf did this song first, in 1981. I have loved Meat Loaf since I was 5, and I am 38 now. Barry Manilow butchered it.
TifferNC 7 months ago
awesome tune , every meatloaf tribute ive ever seen never sing this because they can't i reckon.
theBESTelvis 7 months ago
this song is great...why is not it as famous as it should be...Or is it?
vividhkothari89 7 months ago
Comment removed
palindromehvh 7 months ago
i have loved meatloaf since i was 9, im 11 now. not so old.................. whatever........................ meatloaf is really awesome! all bands made after 2000 are garbage
long live meatloaf, led zepplin, eagles( well not long live........),moody blues, guns and roses, rolling stones ect. love proper music baby!
lovelifeforever202 8 months ago 2
Manilow does a great version of this song. Better than Meatloaf? They're different. I love Manilow's.
wutheringheathcliff 8 months ago
@wutheringheathcliff i agree that they are two different versions, but I do like Barry's version....to be honest, tonight is the first time I've ever heard Meat Loaf's version.....just curious which Meat Loaf album is this from?
doug2166 6 months ago
I'm sorry, but Barry Manilow OWNS this song. Back in 1983 when our local 'top-40' station played this song, all was right with the world.
goofuskac 8 months ago
@goofuskac Your having a laugh !!!!! pmsl
PeatLoaf1 8 months ago
This was the very first album I ever bought of Meat Loaf,and I really bought it because of the album art.Little did I know the greatness I had discovered.
LCJEFF 8 months ago
To Dyxe47, Not only did Manilow not write this song, he didn't even record it first. This is the original. I happen to like Manilow's better personally, but this version is great. I take nothing away from it.
jm47048 9 months ago
its just the raw passion he performs with that make you believe every word.
the girls in my past i wish i coulda sung this song to......wtg meat.
6Zombie6Aneurysm6 9 months ago 2
OMG He is awesome! I love him!
Sweetmelissa528 9 months ago
This is so much better than Manilow's.
Dan00bindahouse 9 months ago
I'm pretty sure Barry Manilow wrote this one.
Dyxe47 9 months ago
@Dyxe47 Jim Steinman wrote this song and Meat Loaf recorded the original Manilow did a god damn awful cover of it
PeatLoaf1 8 months ago
Sometimes I think I'm the only one on the planet with ears that work.
Replayability 9 months ago
@Replayability must be just you and me then lol
TheStarspanther 9 months ago
manilow version is so crappy compared to the one true artist (meatloaf)
sineadc1973 9 months ago
i've read em and wept so long ago i'd forgotten (26 yrs ago) but we turned out good thanks 4 the memories
sineadc1973 9 months ago
Who's that crying at the end of this video. Also Meat Loaf looks emotional in this video. Well it is an emotional song. What's it about. Read em and Weep obviously means reading sad things, storys or new. Bacicly Read and then cry
Meatloaforever 10 months ago
Very good, but I must agree with the many others, Manilow did a much better job!
VintageRetroNeatStuf 10 months ago
@VintageRetroNeatStuf
Manilow sings good but, he gives so much feeling that he could sing a shopping list like "a bottle of milk and a dozen of eggs".
RLaci81 9 months ago
this is not on The Very Best Of MeatLoaf ????
666tich88 10 months ago
Some one who can transfer this song? I only have the one from Barry Manilow
Nopal1969 11 months ago
all these ace meatloaf classics ..but where is ...i kill you if you don't come back
rick66649 11 months ago
I love Meatloaf, but I think Barry Manilow did this one better.
marianware 11 months ago
@marianware did barry do the cover version of this ? or vice versa,
frostyone0164 10 months ago
@frostyone0164 Barry did the cover of this. It was Meat Loaf's song originally... and I think he did a great job with it, for certain. I just liked Barry's version of this particular song better. I've heard it covered by several other artists, but Meat Loaf and Manilow are the only ones to do it well, IMHO.
marianware 10 months ago 3
@marianware hiya, thanks for that, ill search for the manilow version and also search for the other artists who covered it,
frostyone0164 10 months ago
Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman - the perfect combination to success - anyone notice they were BOTH most successful with each other than without each other, meat needed jim's amazing songwriting and NOONE could sing a Steinman song like Meat could
AshArcherMusic 11 months ago 46
@AshArcherMusic barry manilow, bonnie tyler and air supply all made hits out of steinman tunes, and they were good but compared to meat loaf they couldn't deliver one worth a shit
samboy1288 8 months ago
@AshArcherMusic In all fairness, Barry Manilow did do a great rendition of this song.
Solberger0127 4 months ago
@AshArcherMusic I think Steinman had a lot of success outside of meatloaf - but yeah, they worked well together too.
mjovanovic 2 months ago
BEST OF THE BEST !
thenshekissedme 1 year ago
Yes a another Jim Steinman written song sung by our wonderful Meat Loaf. Like no other can sing it. Sings it with so much emotion and feeling. Passion within
sweetscatlady 1 year ago 2
((HUGS)). I know how it hurts to lose somebody, I've been there too. And it's true how the tears can help release the pain from your heart. I hope you will be ok. :)
MoosicandCritters 1 year ago
First time I like 2 versions of a song o.o
JFelipe6 1 year ago
barry's is good, and Meat Loaf ver is too good, ,,,,, no. this is great
TheThunderHurricane 1 year ago
One of the greatest voices in rock! ...and such a nice, humble man!
sharky1304 1 year ago
Unreal
EdLeamy 1 year ago
Um..wow! I can listen to Barry Manilow's version and go on. But listening to Meatloaf's version reduces me to tears! I can really FEEL the emotion when "Meaty" sings this. Just an absolutely AWESOME performance!
MoosicandCritters 1 year ago
@MoosicandCritters Ohh, f... I cryed so many tears over the girl I lost. It's not first time I use this numb. It release pain from my heart, even I cry so mush :-)
MrWeyhe 1 year ago
this guy hates Americans
niksplush 1 year ago
@niksplush he was born in dallas -_-
matthew22381 11 months ago
COME ON AND LOOK AT ME AND READ EM AND WEEP
Its there in my eyes and thats all I can say :D
firebubblefly7 1 year ago
Michael lee? thought his name was marvin lee?
dazid1 1 year ago
@dazid1 He changed it. :)
BowieQueenSnape 1 year ago
@dazid1 it is marvin
yorkyrose 1 year ago
I guess ultimately it comes down to personal choice. Meat loaf is, by far, the more dramatic and superior singer, and his version is, without doubt, absolutely superb, but Steinman had far more to do with the production of the Manilow version which, to me, makes it still worthy of a listen. Anyway, it's good to like both versions.
Steinwish1 1 year ago
Meat Loaf..... uhhhhhhh... for once in my talkative life I am almost speechless.........
Twitch1872 1 year ago
I love meat loafs version as well as manilows! I enjoy each version for its style and grace...
MrYamato67 1 year ago
@MrYamato67 Same here. Both have their own unique style, which makes each version of this song a real pleasure to listen to.
MoosicandCritters 1 year ago
he is called marvin not michael
Vinnie3935 1 year ago
his name is marvin
Vinnie3935 1 year ago
Another classic Jim Steinman song...and, although, I like Meatloaf, I WILL admit that B. Manilow's version has more of a cresendo quality...But, hey, meatloaf always does well
zauriel1 1 year ago
@zauriel1
Hi, I agree with you about Barry Manilow's version, and I think only a true Steinman fan would recognise this. Don't know if you ever listen to a band called Nightwish, but they're the closest I have come across to compete with Steinman's brilliance - The Poet and the Pendulum is pretty close. Steve.
Steinwish1 1 year ago
I think Meatloafs songs are great, but i saw him live at Warwick Castle in England a few years back and live he was shite!!! I was gutted!!
jacko2111 1 year ago
Nice riding a Harley with this on your mind ;)
chevyvictor 1 year ago
Read 'Em and Weep is a pop music song composed by Jim Steinman. Originally written for Meat Loaf and recorded on his 1981 album Dead Ringer
metalloaf0100 1 year ago 3
One of best Meatloaf Songs ever I lov eit why don't listen and read em' and weep . Cheers Reaper 1b
reaper1b 1 year ago
This is good. But Barry Manilow still sang it first and better.
gntlbear 1 year ago
@gntlbear barry manilow sung it second, this was 1981 barry's was 83 and his is terrible
werewolfnomore44 1 year ago
@werewolfnomore44 ......Yeah Barry should have left this one alone.
crazyhorse99999 1 year ago
has n e 1 got ..ill kill you if you don,t come back ..by meatloaf cheers
rick66649 1 year ago
my, this is my new favorite song! Most powerfull vocal I've heard. I've always liked Meatloaf, but he even outdid himself. Can't believe I never heard his WAAYYY better version.
jby561 1 year ago 2
Loved meat loaf since i was about 12yrs old. I am 42 now. Hes the master
ThePagey4 1 year ago 25
@ThePagey4... yeah, he's a master at devouring buffets, the lardass! I have more talent in the filth under my pinky toe's toenail, than this wailing manatee ever had ! Capiche?
leonakita 5 months ago
@leonakita Cool, post a link to one of your song videos please...I'd love to hear it if you're so much better than Meatloaf. I've scoured the charts for you and haven't seen your stuff, so you must be so talanted that your brilliance goes undiscovered. Please let me hear the magic that is leonakita.
dennett316 4 months ago 3
@dennett316 wtf is your problem fatso?.... you get your hippo ass banned from Ole Country Buffet, for feeding like a pregnant whale?.... er what???
leonakita 4 months ago
@leonakita Nothing wrong with me, just calling you on your bullshit. What the fuck is Ole Country Buffet? Love how you have to resort to name calling, you're a true class act and not at all a pathetic internet tough guy revelling in his anonymity.
dennett316 3 months ago
@leonakita You said you had more talent than him....then let's hear it. 2 months on and we're still waiting. Yeah, full of shit, just as I thought.
dennett316 3 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
@dennett316 Talent? A tub of lard has more talent than his fatass!..Case closed!
leonakita 3 months ago
@leonakita In his first recording session, Meatloaf sang a note so high he blew the fuses in the recording equipment. And yet he still manages to sound good. THAT is talent.
demonhunter352 1 month ago
another good song from jim stinmam aka meat loaf,and most of their albums are pretty good,and all of them have different songs to each one wich have been produced.
buffy1657 1 year ago
Wow, you really can see it in his eyes...
Apeksim 1 year ago 2
would it be too much to ask if you could replace this video with one that actually has the volume level set to something higher than really really quiet, how in hades can you play meatloaf with this level of volume, you barbarian !!!
furface294 1 year ago
meatloaf does this 1000x better than manilow. he has more heart and passion in the song than he did. barry is talented, dont get me wrong, but meat blows him outta the water and then some.
MrHIEVERYBODY666 1 year ago
Why bother? I like Meat Loaf--from the time when I heard "Two out of three ain't bad" and found it was by someone called "Meat Loaf" that I'd never heard of. I like most of what he's done. I could think of what he could do with "Read'em and Weep". Well, maybe, but he didn't. This is what gives covers a bad name. Too bad--a waste of his time and talent.
jonbocz 1 year ago
Jim Steinman is the master of the melodramatic epic.
JFinSD2 1 year ago
Comment removed
ShiveringBiscuit 1 year ago
bat out of hell a hard act to follow like thriller or brothers in arms! if you give these songs a chance they sound pretty good ,this was 1981 a good four years after BAT ,music was changing with new romantic and post punk leftovers! davey johnstone on guitar from elton john band!
MrTonedeff 1 year ago
Still my favourite Meatloaf song by far xx
kitty1066 1 year ago
One of my favorite Meat Loaf songs ever...I can't see how Barry Manilow's version was a bigger hit than this one
Fenechboy11 1 year ago
@Fenechboy11
Barry is just a better artist.
kittyfloor 1 year ago
@kittyfloor I'm not going to get in an argument with you over who's better, but Bat out of Hell I and II beg to differ :P Big time
Fenechboy11 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@Fenechboy11
Barry is just a better artist.
kittyfloor 1 year ago
Comment removed
kittyfloor 1 year ago
Meatloaf's version is definitely the best, like his version of Left in the Dark, another Steinman song originally done by Barbra Streisand.
RichXbox360 1 year ago
@RichXbox360 Actually Streisand's version of Left in the Dark was a cover of Steinman's own release of this somg on Bad for Good in 81.....Streisand's version was 85 and Meats's cover was in 95
egnal71356 1 year ago
Listening to Meat Loaf's new album, "Hang Cool Teddy Bear", and I can honestly say he and Jim Steinman should work together a LOT more. The new album just doesn't have the Meat Loaf passion that's found in his other work.
Compare any song on it to this song, or any other he and Steinman did, and you'll see.
lionofct 1 year ago
Truly one of his best songs. Meat Loaf is phenonemal; the way he brings the song.
rvannoije 1 year ago
My favourite Meatloaf song, very under-rated
buddythecat666 1 year ago
I've watched both Meat Loaf's version and Barry Manilow's and I can honestly say the only version I want to listen to again and again is Meat Loaf's. This is not Manilows style. It is far too gritty a song for him.
mindegap1 1 year ago
I don't think you can sing this song without reaching into the bottomost depths of your soul. Failure to do so would render this song useless. This is another Steinman classic. He knows how to write songs to suit singers. The only other song writer I can say comes close is Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish fame. Listen to Creek Mary's Blood and The Poet & The Pendulum and I hope you will understand what I mean.
mindegap1 1 year ago
Majestic...as many of Steinman's songs are.
Apeksim 1 year ago
I like Barry Manilow's version (it's my favorite Barry Manilow song, although I'm not a big fan of his) but Meat Loaf (born Marvin Aday) nails this song. Barry's version has a softer sad feel whereas Meat Loaf's puts anger and really tells the one who rejected him off.
Jaybird1103 2 years ago 2
This has been flagged as spam show
"is he trying to sound like david bowie??? haha " . . . . threecrees, are you completely insane? Meatloaf is a legend in his own right! The LAST thing he needs to be doing, is trying to be like Bowie (huge as he might be himself!)
Sorry fella, but that's helluva thing to say, honestly!
1966freefall 2 years ago 2
what a fantastic version from a legendary singer.His choice in soccer clubs is great to.he supports Hartlepool United
nuttycabbie 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
is he trying to sound like david bowie??? haha
threecrees 2 years ago
Both versions are equally valid, Barry Manilow did a great job, Meat was Meat, bottom line it is all down to Jim Steinman & his genius as a songwriter.
Sandros555 2 years ago 4
@Sandros555
I don't remember the last time that someone made such great sense on a utube comment. Well said, my friend. It is all Jim.
andromeda843 1 year ago
@andromeda843 Oh yes. I definitely second that. Great comment by both of you. Air Supply, Barbara, Celine, Bonnie, Barry... it's all Jim.
chercle 1 year ago
this is one of the greatest songs of all time.
This never gets old
Ascerus 2 years ago 2
Comment removed
tinyeuge 2 years ago
I keep reading comments about how Meat's version compares to Barry's. I do not feel a person must choose one over the other. Why not enjoy both versions? Both men are great singers and can put so much passion into their performances.
sandinyourshoes 2 years ago 4
This is definitely what I'm saying to my ex when she tries to get me back
cormag206 2 years ago 3
Yet another Jim Steinman masterpiece
jasperman515 2 years ago 31
@jasperman515 they are the ultimate duo, with Meatoafs ability to sing and Jim steinman's abilit to write amazing songs they managed to conquer the world with there amazing rock.
TheKais181 1 year ago
@TheKais181 like elton john and bernie taupin!
MrYourmomswallows 1 year ago
@MrYourmomswallows ....WHAT? R U Crazy ? No Reworded, U R Crazy .
sweetscatlady 1 year ago
@sweetscatlady Why?
MrYourmomswallows 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@jasperman515 they are the ultimate duo, with Meatoafs ability to sing and Jim steinman's ability to write amazing songs they managed to conquer the world with there amazing rock.
TheKais181 1 year ago
no one else will do..the way he sang this song...it's meant only for him....
Andrewmae2 2 years ago
This shits all over Barry Manilow's version!! Very powerful....yet another Steinman masterpiece amongst many!!
jamesa70 2 years ago
One of Texas's most talented children. He never fails to blow me away.
Noelegy 2 years ago 2
In the sober light of day, one of the greatest songs ever.
GMBCATASTROPHE 2 years ago 2
Both version's are good, but Meatloaf puts more into his version which puts the other to shame. Too bad it never made the charts. Still one of my favorites thou...
harisheldon1960 2 years ago 2
one of my fav meatloaf songs
1690albertz 2 years ago 6
fantastic bloody song!!!!
kitty1066 2 years ago 3
love the song!!
love the way he sing "Ohh whatever the cause.."
dangerousbilly 2 years ago 2
@coquiisland
Well put, there is nothing for me to add...
R3moWilliams 2 years ago
@R3moWilliams Hi, Hang Cool Teddy Bear, from the Hot Carribean Night! Excuse me for not having answered earlier.I started to be a Meat Loaf fan since one year and five month ago.On July 14, I saw Meat Loaf for the firt time in Wantagh, NY.Belive me He is amazing, you forget everything else and there is only You and He on stage!He´ll return to Europe on november 29, you´ll can see Him! AND DO NOT STOP ROCKING!
coquiisland 1 year ago
Comment removed
cougar24 2 years ago
To: Sir Michael Lee Aday *Meat Loaf*. When I watched this video, I was so impressed that I began to explore more abaut our Rock 'N' Hero and I don't want to stop. I am 54 years old and I had never seen a singer who proyected authentically with master four emotions in a song. These are the anxiety, the anger, the pain and the sadness of a lost love. The latin singers are dramatic singing but Meat Loaf suspasses to all. To listen sing and see him on stage is a transcendental experience.
coquiisland 2 years ago 40
Born Marvin Lee Aday..Sept 27 1947
midnighttilldawn 2 years ago
@midnighttilldawn Yetp, the man's 62, but he doesn't look it IMO.
RichXbox360 1 year ago
@coquiisland.........Meat is phenonemal. I saw him twice. Roy Orbison is up there too, to give him a run fo the money.
youtootube99 1 year ago
@youtootube99 Hi from the hot caribbean! Thank you very much for your comments. I do not think that a legend like Roy Orbison valued superficial things. He must have admired as a texan also the man of steel as it is Meat!
coquiisland 1 year ago
@coquiisland His first name's Marvin actually, and he's not a Sir, yet.
RichXbox360 1 year ago
@RichXbox360 Hi from the hot Summer Night Caribbean! Thanks for your feeback it is a great opportunity to create!Marvin means friend of the sea and Michael means the holy warriors. Aday is the surname of Galician origin.Meat change his name to Michael Lee. You can read in his autobiography:To hell and back, p.30 (1999).Adonay is a hebrew word and it means Sir.The first time I wrotr to Meat I called him Sir, with a great respect and recognition, he deserves!
coquiisland 1 year ago
@RichXbox360 Hi all!Sir is used as an expression of respect to address someone who has control over something or someone.Meat has control over his gifts and fans.One of the many qualities that adorn Meat is his humility.I think he´ll be an honor to receive the tittle of Sir from the noble people of England, who valued as an artist and human being.He in surrender total on stage offered his own life (London, 11/17/03) with such magnitud and inner strenght that continue to do.
coquiisland 1 year ago
@RichXbox360 Hi to all! The true love is one Who offers his gifts have been given!
coquiisland 1 year ago
@coquiisland I also agree with you. I believe he is awesome beyond all means
sweetscatlady 1 year ago
@coquiisland meatloafs name is marvin lee aday
yorkyrose 1 year ago
@yorkyrose Hi from the breeze Caribbean! Thank you for reply me! It is a creative time! I invite to you to read and find in Meat Loaf autobiography: To Hell and Back (1999) p.30, he changed his name to Michael Lee. He explains in detail the reasons why he did it. In interviews he has said that his friends still call him Marvin! In the summer I attended three of his concerts!Truly, more than Harry Potter, he makes and give you His Magic, because he will transform you and you will not be the same!
coquiisland 1 year ago
@coquiisland This is the man who simply put all his pasion in his musik. Try read his story. Up's and down's, speciel so down, that most would have never get uo gain. Thank to his beloved wife, and his will to sing, he can give us all his fantastic musik...
MrWeyhe 1 year ago 2
I dont understand y meat loaf has such a hard time adjusting to the 80s i mean face facts bat out of hell was amazing nothing else would top that but dead ringer album did have some really good songs this been my best 1 on the album. Problem with ppl is they just dont give meat loaf a chance. In my opinion hes in my alltime top 3 best singers
darle 2 years ago 2
hey anyone heard barry manalow`s weak ass version of this song?
very flat voiced and lame
unclecracker555 2 years ago
yesi have it so not good as the proper version by meat loaf,
DollyParton1234 2 years ago 2
actually, i like barry's version and meatloaf's version. they are both good in my opinion even tho they sound different. it's good that we have diversity in music. some people like barry, some like meatloaf and people like me love them both. just my opinion.
eydie57 2 years ago 2
both versions are excellent--they are both so good that I really can't choose between them
delidude1999 2 years ago