Jim Steinman talks about 'For Crying Out Loud'

In this clip, Jim Steinman talks about the song "For Crying Out Loud." (c) 2002. Uploaded with permission.

[@joegi6431]

Jim was the best song writer EVER

[@tylersmyler]

Jim was a master. We need more of him

[@cindycline2536]

My favorite on the album! Greatest love song ever written.

[@firstbornmaidenname1321]

Jim we love it too. Thank you. Sleep well x

[@selfdefensechiemgau]

Thank you, Jim Steinman 👏👌🙏

[@cwalker3166]

I just turned 60. Still have my original vinyl that I still listen to regularly. Can "sing" every line. Masterpiece. I have had a copy of this album and every available medium as technology "improved". Vinyl to 8 track to cassette to CD to now digital. Best money I have spent on music giving me decades of enjoyment. Thanks to Jim, Meat, and Todd.

[@darbyheavey406]

How did it survive? I wore my out…destroyed two cds and went back to vinyl.

[@cwalker3166]

@@darbyheavey406 It's all about needle maintenance. LOL

[@bpfromowc]

The man was a genius. RIP Jim.

[@aussiepie4865]

And that’s exactly why I think Jimmy was the best song writers ever. His music was epic and humorous.

[@ezranixon7699]

I love this man with every ounce of my being.

[@baronvonlichtenstein]

Amazing song. Didn't hurt that he got the best rock singer in the world to perform it.

[@bogus7678]

To me, Jim is the most influential songwriters in rock. Thank you so much for the beautiful music. R.I.P Mr. Steinman

[@mave_241]

Jim was the Mozart of the modern time,

[@ketevansazandrishvili5096]

❤️❤️💔

[@Wolfkins1972]

One of my favorite Meatloaf/Jim Steinman songs 👍💞

[@EEE9157]

Absolutely my favorite Meatloaf tune, and yes, I too love the lines, "Can't you see my faded Levis, bursting apart." Beautiful, thought provoking, with a hint of erotica. Doesn't get any better!

[@animalanimal4627]

A bit of sexual innuendo which is perfect for a pg-13 love song.

[@athfcoz]

Perhaps one of the greatest love songs ever written

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Which is a testament to the 'innocence' of that era, where the sexual innuendo was quiet and implicit. Now, it's too vulgar to print. And kids listen to it with their parents! And it's funny that he said it was his favorite too -- and I think it's the best song on a masterpiece album -- because I've read so many comments on his songs that people say the same thing. Yet, no one reacts to it. It deserves more prominence in his legacy.

[@TheExcelsiorFiles]

Tell me i'm thinking too deep about this but, the line "You belong inside my aching heart, can't you see my faded levis bursting apart?" is not a simple proclamation of love but a backhanded confession of a young, inexperienced teen conflating love with lust. It seems the first two verses (acts 1 +2) show that he was at rock bottom and needed her as a way out and to fulfill his carnal desires but the last verse (act 3) he realises every single way in which she helped him and how the accumulation of that duty to him makes him realise EXACTLY how much he loves her. The world will never be the same without the pair of them working together. RIP Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman.

[@subsume7904]

You can get a boner from love, it's not always about lust. You gotta realize this was the 70s, during practically a sexual revolution. I know that part of the album the boy at first just went for lust, but I don't believe this is a lust boner, it's a love boner.

[@johngrimshaw3965]

Simply magnificent.

[@keogh1969]

Thankyou for your talent. If you never see this, at least I told you. Thank-You Jim Steinman.

[@r.huggins7202]

You couldn't beat Jim and Meat when they teamed up!!!!

[@athfcoz]

No question.

[@niewissen9912]

Why does this only have 38 likes after 5yrs? It's absolutely true 👍

[@Romchikthelemon]

Это да.

[@npkrn6764]

🤣👍❤️

[@DanielleKingdjdinosaur]

that song is epic

[@watchdog1964]

best love song ever

[@TennesseeTuxedo]

Meat Loaf gave Jim Steinman's heart a voice and a life.

[@cindyredenius9857]

RIP !🔥Jim and Meat loaf ! Job well done here on earth! We LOVE YOU 💕

[@margiemcpeak9304]

Thank you, Jim, for ALL your words! 🔥

[@Zarah.nana1948]

Jim Steinman was the genius that wrote the meat loaf songs . I bought the Album , Bat out of He'll at a local record store in 1982, when I was about 14/15. His interview here, gives a clue as to why he was such a hit with most young people at the time, and remained so , with my generation, ever since!

[@bpfromowc]

One of the greatest songs ever written. ✌️#Genius

[@ian1eh944]

I have always loved Jim's writing, ever since first hearing Bat out of Hell when it was released.....I was in the 8th grade, and just loved the production on the record, and the lyrics. To me, the way he juxtaposes religious, and sexual imagery, as well as death, and humour is masterful....

[@IknowImNotCrazyYoumightbe]

YES., ,the best song on the BOH album.....still my overall fav song....amazingly... its relatively unknown by most, who only know Paradise by Dashboard or heaven can wait

[@stevem-h3562]

I think so too. What an amazing way to close out a groundbreaking album.

[@archonlegion6288]

What about Pandoras Box. It's all coming back to me now.? Another shining example of Steinmans brilliance. Rip Jim you will be remembered as a heart stirring, lyrical genius.

[@ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666]

RIP Jim Steinman AND Meatloaf

[@quaithmero7752]

This song pumps me up so much.

[@julietreanor9245]

I love this man, greatest songwriter/composer in the world......💜

[@yamiman6629]

Best by far on the album .

[@chris777ta]

What a talent

[@NeovenatorRex]

So sad that he passed away on Monday ): RIP to the most talented songwriter.

[@algrandpa2829]

Best love song ever written

[@xGHOSTHAWKx]

That’s exactly what I’ve been saying

[@robertlloyd122]

Came upon your posts in the wake of Steinman's death. Your channel is a goldmine! Thank you for these.

[@marlboromount]

The best song ever written.

[@gregmacd2829]

best song on the album

[@traciebeards7295]

definitely the best song that was ever written x x

[@musashimiyamoto586]

Steinman's ballads were frigging epic, all of them. But this one takes the cherry for sure.

[@CzarChoiThe2nd]

What I love about this song is how it promotes this connection between deep emotional love and sex. Everyone says sex should be a deep intimate thing and yet Love songs never mention sex (and vice versa). What's funny is before I saw this video (though I know what Meat Loaf looks like) I had never noticed that it could be about his weight. The only meaning I noticed was the obvious (sexual) one.

[@tonytoonstours]

Bruce Springsteen has Jungleland on Born to Run and Meat n Jim have For Crying out Loud on Bat. Both musical and lyrical masterpieces

[@billkiessel6682]

RIP Jim and Meat

[@PiperScott1642]

Man's a genius!!

[@CrueLoaf]

"Can't you see my faded Levi's bursting apart"!!!!

[@animalanimal4627]

And don't you hear me crying oh babe don't go and don't you hear me screaming how was I to know.

[@kimmoreels7950]

@@animalanimal4627 :)

[@harzut]

Best Song EVER

[@madas1235]

My favourite line too 'Can't you see my faded levis bursting apart'.x

[@animalanimal4627]

That means his penis is having an erection.

[@kungfunewfie555]

rock on jimmy you are god

[@desperadojukes]

Agreed my friend.

[@StatusQuonald]

Love this.

[@drunkensamurai3172]

legend

[@Barbie_All_The_Way]

If me it's the most heart bearing song I HAVE EVER HEARD. The Levi's lyrics is a boner lyric? OH...MY...GOD 🤭. When I hear that song every time I think, why would Meat not have you change that part because of what he went through with the Levi's commercial. Every time I heard this song up until now I have been shocked that Meat kept that lyric

[@juliep001]

best song ever JS

[@kungfunewfie555]

rock the afterlife brother

[@eiffelforyou4147]

Dang. Have loved this song since 1978 and never connected that lyric to a boner. Lol Just thought of worn jeans.

[@jollientje]

it's just a great song writer All the meatloaf's albums he created with his songs are great

[@teddydavis3504]

Jim Steinman wrote a song that couldn’t be sung, and Meat Loaf sang it.

[@leejustme885]

I can sing but I do like to sing when no one's around 😂 but I can sing along with this. The one I find hard to sing along to is making love out of nothing at all.

[@TheDustyShoe]

where are these video clips from? I'd love to see the whole thing without the cuts

[@princeofpeace1069]

From the Classic Albums DVD series.. Making of 'Bat Out Of Hell'.

[@npkrn6764]

Why not combine love and sex in lyrics??? IMO, the best sex comes from deep love, and deep (romantic) love does include sex. Makes sense to me! 😊 This is my favorite Meatloaf song as he mentioned so many people have told him. We miss you, Jim and Meatloaf ❤️

[@Rcbremen1969]

Wow

[@slotwinski1414]

that chord progression sounds the same as Seize the Night on the 3rd BOHell

[@stobbi38]

Michael Slotwinski as he said, it's one of his favorite progressions. I noticed that, too^^

[@pjones6749]

FCOL was Elvis' last song. Elvis died and part of his soul transferred to Meat

[@lifeson46]

@CzarChoiThe2nd I think that permeates a lot of his songs though. Plus the kinda gothic feel he injects.

[@julianfaranda]

first few sections of that song sounds alot like seize the night

[@hatstalker]

Noooooooo!!!!

[@ghostfacedude93]

@fignon cut the hair, lose you're power

[@tmage7042]

He's a bit of a perv, isn't he? Talented, yeah, but...

[@gremlinjr2]

why does this Seem Chopped up ? ... that Sucks ass ..

[@jaxparrow1794]

Ah dang XD I thought the faded levis verse was about him having aged significantly and still clinging on to the old feeling and trying desperately to to bring it back by wearing the same old pair of jeans. Of course, the levis are old now and the protagonist is not as fit.... And now i learn it was about a boner. XDDD

[@loaf333]

..and force feed him a copy of Bad for Good!!!!

[@beckybarnes4651]

Wow, i love that album and that song, but that's the one lyric I can't stand. To me it's just so hammy and out of place!

[@animalanimal4627]

Well he is the writer and he can come up with anything he wants.

[@beckybarnes4651]

@@animalanimal4627 Didn't say he couldn't, doesn't mean everything he writes is going to come across like magic though.

[@animalanimal4627]

@@beckybarnes4651 well song writers don't always have to be perfect but at least he knows what hes doing.

[@inlakesh555]

I think it's brilliant and mature to integrate honest male lust into a text about deep love and longing.

[@wilhelmversteegen6118]

Gigant... For all Times....