Meat Loaf during the Broadway run of Rocky Horror in 1975

[@kutzbill]

This is a good example on what a show off, (in a good way) Meat Loaf was/is. He was told that there was no way you can sing all the words in this song. He actually put pauses in. Like "with her (pause) white plastic belt". Made it so much easier for us "Eddies" to sing after him.

[@dustanmileham3948]

Heya kutzbull dusty from Aussie love the loaf !true fact obrian says meaty song sing you will not deliver every lyric!I I wrote I can't do it and I'm the creator. Meaty said that the song is delivered perfectly fine listen obrian says . The transducer won't seduce you I'll eat my words! The rest is rhps history cult classic love the fact you are obsessed like me . Without load franky is not the best thing he's just said let's what's come over us oh here it comes again . 🎶🎵😀😃♥️🎷🎬🎥🤩🌟🌟🤾

[@cher_lloyd_by_cher_lloyd]

Tbf, it's not hard to do 😂😂

[@kymdp1969]

And to think he walked out because he saw Tim Curry in costume and it conflicted with his Baptist beliefs. Richard O’Brien has to convince him to do it.

[@walkingcubkid]

Amazing there’s still audio from back then from a Broadway play that was in the 70’s

[@motzza]

This is amazing! thanks for sharing!! Love Meat Loaf!!

[@scanner973]

It's interesting to hear the audience laughing at all the right points; the Broadway production has such a horrible reputation having closed so quickly that it makes me wonder why, since the audience seemed to enjoy it.

[@TooCooFoYou]

Latte Cat Which is weird, since it received a lot of praise in Los Angeles and the U.K. And a lot of stars went to watch the Rocky Horror Show during its LA run (Meat Loaf met Elvis after a show). You'd think with its reputation, it would've done a lot on Broadway.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

They should have gone off broadway. It would have never closed.

[@MostIngenious]

I would imagine it was the size of the venue - too many seats to fill. They should have played Off-Broadway instead.

[@Drealyea]

Rumor has it "Rocky" wanted the Village Gate where Let My People Come was a New York phenomenon and not going to close, so they tore up the Belasco's orchestra to make it a cabaret. Similarly Let My People Come wanted the Roxy in LA but settled for the Whiskey Au Go Go. I think by the time Rocky Horror hit NYC there had been a number of successful drag and horror parodies and the critics were not impressed. Just bad timing. A year earlier,or later in a real cabaret space it would have been a success.

[@littlesongbird1]

It could have just been the time. Maybe the USA in the 70's wasn't ready for such a show that was so sexualized?

[@crikeymikey4966]

This would've done wonders on Broadway originally if it weren't for the tasteless critics. It's a shame it had to close so soon. The audience sounded like they were enjoying it, as well! At least we can all enjoy it in a totally different and more unique way.

[@leland9465]

Rest in peace MEATLOAF!

[@pcpbenavidez3687]

I love listening to this! thanks for uploading such a rare recording!

[@kageonishinobi]

Aww. I was hoping for a video. Still good though.

[@Taylor_greenwood]

There are non

[@TooCooFoYou]

It's so interesting to hear probably the only live recorded version of Rocky Horror before the audience participation hit the scene! The folks laughing in the audience were most likely not even the type to go to Rocky Horror every Saturday night.

[@dustanmileham3948]

Heya it's awesome you found something special I'm a 73 born single parent houso adult who loves rocky horror picture show all everything about if I don't know it is fictional rumours. It's my saviour from dying at the end of heroin overdose . When I was a 16yr old easily and socially responsible for looking after my own dinners for myself and my narcissistic 17 yr brother who manipulated my desperate fear of my mum and letting see I wasn't equipped all to take care if my anxiety of being able to recognise I wasn't mentally stable and feared her realise that I'm so fucking frightened of my brother who was mentally retarded however him being nearly an adult he had mental age a 15yr old Sneaky inept socially sick and could make her believe anything he fed her. Mum the one I saw about 1hr in day school week I cooked for him cleaned for her so all chores became mine cause the roster changed daily and he was able to make sure he got credit for his 75% of compulsory jobs to help her make enough to feed and school us I fucken used lay awake at night and standover and stabbing with a giant butchers knife and lucky stopped before my hatred of his violent painful mental painful physical bashing regularly to force his twisted authority his own flesh and blood. He got very lucky. I let him know that I'm killing it's coming someday. I forgave eventually o never recovered. He was shot dead 2015 !! 14/11/15.. so I guess he got punishment sadly I'm totally fucking grief strikes and it killed my mum . She is living but she hates me I believe and it's living with her and feeling should shoot a gram of smack and let her die and outlive her children . Is that karma or just poetic justice . Rhps will be my survival track and my death music I'm OK it's not scaring me it's guilt that's taking my plan so long to complete !🎶🎵🇿🇦💉♥️🤣😤👹💔👍👀🎥🎬🧨❄🌏🌌🎵🎷🤾🥶🥶

[@jacobh9344]

There’s a bootleg of the final night in Sydney, Australia of the original Australian run. Recorded October 1975, decent quality, all songs with a little dialogue.

[@dustanmileham3948]

@@jacobh9344 hey Jacob! Thanks for reply and loved that you didn't think would this change did need i a reason to smile and feel happy!you smiled into my smile . 😃🎵♥️👍🙏🙌💋👅.through just being a human. 73 must be the birth rhps and I'm fucking choping to end up in sweet transsexual Transylvania land night and we'll do the TIME WARP AGAIN. CHOICES ARE ENDLESS AND MAKES YOU WONDER IF DEATH IS LIVING PLAY SUPER HEROES LOUD FOR . COVID 19 .SUPRISE ♥️🙏💯💥👅😃🎆🎇✨🎵🎷🏬

[@Andrewgtv05]

@@jacobh9344 Where Can I See It

[@evavidal-w5z]

Wow amazing just pure natural live voices on stage lots of energy great cast this is a treasure!!! And at this time during the first run on Broadway audiences were also being treated to the movie!

[@PetProjects2011]

I like how during the 2nd verse of Hot Patootie, the chorus croons ("Oooooohh-oooohhhh"). I wish they kept that in the movie.

[@danwin9986]

Totally. It really amplifies that 50’s sound.

[@glennwallace9203]

Have a listen to the Roxy LA cast album, it permeates all the arrangements: Science Fiction, Dammit Janet, Sword of Damocles, Touch-A Touch-A Touch Me, and Eddie's Teddy all have much more of a "doo wop" arrangement. While some things improved for the film, I am now thinking the arrangements were watered down.

[@CaramelMamiChula]

He had a beautiful singing voice and you know big men do got nice singing voice.

[@tgguitarguy]

It so sad how soon he lost it tho. By the early 90s he was already having trouble

[@chubby_artist]

@@tgguitarguythat was just down to excessive touring. He got worn out however he didn’t lose his voice, he was just tired from the exhausting touring schedules. You gotta think 2 years promoting Bat 2, recording Welcome To The Neighbourhood then 2 years promoring that album literally all back to back from ‘93-‘97

[@creativecatproductions]

Meatloaf is right. He should have reprised his role as Doctor Scott for the movie

[@George_Harris_SR25]

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[@dianew838]

Right now I just can't get over how amazing the actor that plays Rocky in this is. His voice is so gorgeous. I wish he had been in the film. Talent>looks any day, but I guess Rocky's image really showcases Frank's materialism. This video is awesome! I really enjoyed it.

[@pcpbenavidez3687]

Diane Wallace Agreed, Kim Milford was such an amazing rocky in 1974/1975, his voice was so talented. he went on to be a music writer and singer! I as well wish he appeared in the movie.

[@PetProjects2011]

So weird seeing/hearing Meat Loaf playing Dr. Scott as well.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Meat said it was a bad mistake to recast Dr. Scott for the movie.

[@karinahaase9765]

That´s wonderful, thanks for share it.

[@AcmeStudios26]

I don't think Meat Loaf would have had such a career without his Broadway recognition.

[@VValkyrie]

This is fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing. Absolutely Loved meatloaf's voice. Not feeling it for Brad and Janet at all.

[@zer0tzer0]

They told Meat that it was okay if he couldn't "fit all the words in". The Eddie in London couldn't fit them all in. But the Fat Boy from Dallas Texas said, "I'll fit them all in", and so he did.

[@stephenmaynard7856]

The casting of Meatloaf as Eddie/Dr Scott was perhaps the one way in which the US casting outclassed the original UK ensemble.

[@chipolinushka2830]

Playing Eddie in local shadowcast for couple of years - seeing this pics for the first time

[@kevinobrien9626]

Goddamn. If only there was a way to reverse what happened to his voice. It was already in big trouble by '78. For my money, BAT OUT OF HELL was rock's singular achievement, and nothing else, even his own later albums, could come close.

[@dustanmileham3948]

Loaf never had the training of vocals natural talent never remember him for losing his tone and pitch remember him for sharing his story and bat out hell never would exist with out eddy hot pattotie thank you Richard obrian you are the only surprise that gave all of the awesome experience of a dream to just be it don't dream it be it. Mission failure hell no just a little bit of sweet transexual Transylvania. Oh I grow weary of this brother shall we dance the time warp ONCE AGAIN?FUCK IT WHY NOT LETS SUCK LICK BRAINWASH BRAD JANET DR.SCOTT EDDY!!! SORRY HE IS A LITTLE CUT UP!!! FRANKY ROCKY!!! MAGENTA REMIND ME FORGOT LAST MINUTE KILLED THEM! LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS !

[@TheCocoAnarchy93]

Fantastic.

[@MostIngenious]

An amazing find! Thank you so much for posting. If I had one slight quibble it's that it sounds like the "Hot Patootie" portion is played at a slightly too-fast speed. Am I just imagining that?

[@MostIngenious]

No need to be rude! In fact I've seen and performed in many many shows. I mean the TAPE sounds like its playing back too fast.

[@PetProjects2011]

Martin Hennessee I don't think its played fast, I think the arrangement of the song was just a lot faster for the US stage play. Remember, Richard O'Brien initially wanted the song fast but the original performer couldn't sing it right so it was rearranged. Meat Loaf was able to sing it at the speed O'Brien wanted. For the movie though I think they did slow down the tempo a bit.

[@Messed-up-logic]

+Martin Hennessee If you look up Original roxy cast eddies teddy you can find a better recording of it along with rose tints my world

[@heeyyyricky]

They slowed down almost all of the songs for the movie, That's why Over At The Frankenstein Place has a line missing in the movie

[@TooCooFoYou]

@Tygur Masscotter Fun fact: the man who plays Dr. Everett Scott (Jonathan Adams) in the film played the Criminologist during the original West End run.

[@philippenoel3957]

Great show for The Rocky Horror Picture Show

[@vicentehizon6202]

Can someone tell me how Eddie’s death was done?

[@wyrdness1]

My understanding is that he returned to the CocaCola fridge.

[@01LisaMichelle]

Meat's voice has certainly changed over the years; it's got better with age (although I know 2 people who will disagree, just for the hell of it!)

[@brennanneaton3062]

Lisa if you’re trying to tell me that old meatloaf breathlessly singing paradise by the dashboard lights sounds better now than it did in the 70’s you must be loaded with meth

[@KatieFerretsReborns]

Could you please post "Prize Fight Lover"? I can only find one video of it on KZbin and it isn't a very good quality.

[@bosentica]

Is there more records of Broadway's The Rocky Horror Show?!!!

[@PetProjects2011]

In the photo with Meat Loaf as Dr. Scott, who's the bald guy sitting next to him?

[@MLConcertArchive]

InvaderPet graham jarvis, he played the criminologist

[@PetProjects2011]

Ah. His voice sounds almost exactly like Charles Grey.

[@PetProjects2011]

Does audio of Paddy O'Hagan (the original Eddie/Scott) exist?

[@MLConcertArchive]

InvaderPet who would want it? he sucked

[@PetProjects2011]

***** Fair point. I actually did hear him sing Hot Patootie which was terrible, but was curious if he had sang Eddie's Teddy. I was recently told that song wasn't in the original London play.

[@williewinkles9288]

I'm pretty sure he was singing like that on purpose. He didn't sound like that when he sang the "for the thrills" line during the Floor Show. (It didn't really sound beautiful either.) I have mixed feelings about that rendition of Hot Patootie. On the one hand, the voice was terrible, but on the other, it gives me the image of a zombie breaking into song.

[@pcpbenavidez3687]

do you have the whole recording? or just this part?

[@Ozzmaster2112]

what video was playing on Wario's TV in the intro?

[@texastuxedoband]

Meat was doing a movie in NYC at the same time as the broadway run, he said they shot it around east village and he played a vagrant who the police mistake as a criminal their after so they chase him down and slam his face into a pile of garbage. Has anyone ever found the movie or even its title ?? It’s def not listed in his IMDb page but there is a long lost ML movie out there

[@geekstronomy3368]

is there any video recording?

[@adenarrington7607]

joshua cowan nope none of this and the original 1973

[@marcoa5249]

There are some clips, but no one with Meatloaf.

[@nomdeplume7537]

I'm sorry, as much as I like Meat ... the accent on the Criminologist in the film sounded much better. It added that something to the song. "...und i did"

[@doctorfrankeinsound4284]

coca coffin so prémonitory!!!!

[@moiraesfate1]

Movies better.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

No, it's better on stage.

[@frighticious9698]

Yeah, if the stage never existed then the movie would have no views nor even exist to begin with either. lol