Vindication is mine haters!! Meat Loaf is currently number three on the definitive list of the Rulers of the Pop Universe, aka the Popjustice Almighty, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Lily Allen and, er, lil Chris.
Having defended the great man as far back as January of this year, I think I can claim to be well and truly ahead of the pop curve on this one. It hasn't been an easy road, with a notable low point being the humiliation of having my Meat Loaf post relegated to the "happy days retirement community" forum over at Popjustice, but let's let bygones be bygones and communally rejoice in the genius that is sure to be Bat out of Hell III, available for preview at Meat's myspace page here.
A definite highlight is Meat wrestling the brilliance that is "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" out of Celine Dion's cold, Canadian grasp. Although I can't help thinking that rather than being paired with his competent but unevenly-matched debutante of a singing partner, a cage-match style "duet to the death" with Celine would've been much more satisfying. Each could over-emotively belt it out until someone's vocal chords snapped, like so:
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See what I mean? It'd be brilliant! And if a clear winner couldn't be determined on the vocal front, they could both just attempt to eat the other's head.
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