Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through ~ Meat Loaf ~ (Lyrics on Screen)

Marvin Lee Aday (Meat Loaf) ~ September 27, 1947 ~ January 20, 2022
VH1 Storytellers - Meat Loaf (October 1998)
As you’ll see from this performance, Meat Loaf and his band captivate the audience with their stunning performance of "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through." In this version, his performance is brilliant and he seems genuinely happy. The band and backup singers are brilliant, too. A beautiful display of his intimate and completely dedicated relationship with his fans.
Remembering Meat Loaf...
"Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" is a song written by American composer Jim Steinman (November 1, 1947 - April 19, 2021.) It was first featured on Steinman's 1981 solo album Bad for Good, with lead vocals by an uncredited Rory Dodd. It was later recorded and released by Meat Loaf in 1994.
Michael Lee Aday, born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas on September 27, 1947, known professionally as "Meat Loaf," was an American rock singer and actor with a powerful, wide-ranging voice, famous for his theatrical live shows. He is on the list of best-selling music artists.
People Magazine reported, "Meat Loaf adopted his stage name to save his devout Church of Christ kin from embarrassment." He said that one day his father saw him wrapped up in a blanket and announced that he looked like a meat loaf and the name stuck. In 1984, Meat Loaf legally changed his first name from Marvin to Michael because he was haunted by a Levi Strauss & Co. commercial that said, "Poor fat Marvin can't wear Levi's." Throughout his career, Meat Loaf has told several stories about the inspiration for his stage name, some of which he's hinted are not true.
He became a legendary voice in rock music with a career that spanned six decades in which he sold over 100 Million albums worldwide and starred in over 65 movies, including iconic roles in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975), "Wayne’s World" (1991), and "Fight Club" (1999.) Meat Loaf's 1977 debut album "Bat Out of Hell" sold over 43,000,000 copies and remains one of the top selling albums of all time. His biggest success after that came with Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), which has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. The album's lead single "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" remains his biggest hit, reaching number one in 28 countries and earned him a 1994 Grammy Award for the song.
Meat Loaf was a vegetarian from 1981 to 1992. Discussing the confusion caused by his contrasting stage name and dietary habits, he once told Entertainment Weekly, "There've been vegetarians who wouldn't speak to me because of my name. I was sitting with Jon Bon Jovi at one of those awards things, and I say, 'Oh, man, I love k.d. lang. I'd really like to meet her.' They went to find out if it was okay, and she goes, 'No. His name is Meat Loaf.' I stopped being a k.d. lang fan after that."
He was critical of the COVID-19 lockdowns during the pandemic, telling the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in August 2021, "I understood stopping life for a little while, but they cannot continue to stop life because of politics...If I die, I die, but I'm not going to be controlled."
After his passing, a statement on his Facebook page read, "We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man. From his heart to your souls - don’t ever stop rocking!" He is survived by his wife, Deborah Gillespie, and his two daughters, Pearl and Amanda Aday.

~ The Beat Is Your Forever ~

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