🎵 Meat Loaf - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad REACTION

[@pdbordelon]

2 out of 3 = :1. I want you. 2. I need you. 3. Aint no way Im ever gonna love you....but 2 out of 3 aint bad! Ultimately its a song about how we settle for people we dont love or dont love us because we want or need them. Powerful song.

[@Charlie-lx2rf]

Exactly!

[@airgunningcolorado78]

Final verse reveals that the heartbreak from "many years ago" broke him so bad he can't love anyone else for fear of that heartbreak again

[@centuryrox]

@@airgunningcolorado78 Yes, and the words he's singing are the exact words the one who hurt him said to him.

[@somersetcace1]

I never thought of it in terms of settling, but that's apt. Another nuance of it is by settling, the person you're settling with then falls in love with you and it perpetuates the cycle. Thus him remembering his love saying the same thing to him.

[@jamesalexander5623]

It's basically why there are so many Divorces! ...

[@x-webman]

1. I want you 2. I need you 3. I’m never gonna love you - 2 out of 3

[@AwjwJiminez]

Duh!🤣

[@willblood7082]

“I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to shout but you've been cold to me so long I'm crying icicles instead of tears”… IMO some of the best lyrics of any song I’ve ever listened to!

[@GroovingPict]

Jim Steinman definitely one of the all time greatest songwriters

[@dopiaza2006]

You have to go a long way to beat 'There ain't no coupe de ville hiding at the bottom of a crackerjack box'!

[@revwillyg6450]

The writer, Jim Steinman had a gift for writing songs like that, and Meatloaf made them sound fantastic. He's written hits for Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply, probably more!

[@toddstevens13]

And almost all of Steinman's other artists hits were first offered to Meat's publishing company and they turned them down. Would of been interesting to hear Meat sing "Turn Around" rather then Tyler, lol.

[@markwilken2492]

RIP

[@jamielandis4308]

You need to do “For Crying Out Loud.” That is Meatloaf’s big ballad from the “Bat Out of Hell” album. Of course you really need to do every song off of that album.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Indeed, the whole album is masterpiece and every song is its own opera.

[@bonscotty67]

For crying out loud is arguably the most beautiful song ever written in my opinion

[@Emilaria]

It's the best song on the album. I absolutely love it.

[@1bigrowdy]

They couldn't get anybody to produce Bat Out of Hell. Along came Todd Rundgren and said let's doit. When it came to the title song Steinman was worried what to do for the motorcycle sound.He asked if it could be made with a guitar..Todd said Hold my beer...

[@drgwhatsthetruth3783]

I'm looking for the acapella version...he supposedly sang it an award show.

[@stellamorgan482]

This song starts off with him telling a girl that he could never love her. Next verse he's talking about the girl he loved in his past & she's the one who told him she could never love him. So basically I think this song is showing how past relationships can affect your future relationships. After he got so hurt in his past he's not able to love again. He put that guard up. That's what I always got from this song.

[@davegrayson8774]

The girl in the first verse is the same one that hurt him and now she wants him, but it's too late. He throws her words back in her face and leaves.

[@milbert-naymheeler1979]

Yes, yes, yes! It is amazing how many people don't get what this story is about. Thanks Ms. Stella for being at least one other person who gets it.

[@andrewsokol2717]

@@davegrayson8774 Spot on. It is the same girl.

[@dawnray8550]

Exactly right.

[@mortisrat]

@@davegrayson8774 It's not the same girl. He says in the song he'll always love the first girl, but she never loved him back. The song is about how emotional damage can be passed along from one person to another. It's just sad, not about him finally 'winning'.

[@MAG-li5jo]

Marvin Lee Aday (Meat Loaf) was an incredible singer and I think I was a freshman in high school when his first record came out. He had a theatre background in plays and musicals. He was also in the Off-Broadway play and movie of Rocky Horror Picture Show. This is why he is so dramatic in his performances. While doing theatre he met Jim Steinman, and Jim is the person who wrote the lyrics and music for all of the Meat Loaf hits. You had two guys who were both epic talents connect and make brilliant music together. I love watching young people get turned on to great music from back in the day.

[@BrandonWestfall]

This has been my favorite Meat Loaf song since I was a young kid.

[@roberttompkins6489]

As a youngster when this was released--this to me was the most thought-provoking, heart-felt, complex love song ever produced. RIP Meatloaf.

[@youngwrenzo]

Yeah, you nailed it, Lex. He says in the song that there was only one girl that he would ever love, and that was years ago. Those were the things she told him the night she left him. “Want you, need you, don’t love you. Two outta three ain’t bad.” So years later he finds himself in the position of saying the same thing to some poor heartbroken girl. Sad song, but great commentary on the ability and willingness that people have to use someone for as long as it might suit them.

[@tomshumaker7370]

The girl that broke his heart is the same one he is walking out on later in life.( you been cold to me so long) She broke his heart to the point he could never love again. He wasnt good enough when they were young. She wanted more. (gold, oil, rubies, Coupe De Ville). She thought she could do better and when she couldnt, she tried to get him back.

[@youngwrenzo]

@@tomshumaker7370 Ahh, of course you’re right. Makes the story even better.

[@mbrando4403]

@@tomshumaker7370 AMAZING i've listened to this song a thousand times and never put it together that it was the same girl.

[@marieriddick8388]

@@tomshumaker7370 that makes sense. It never crossed my mind that it was the same girl but years later. I guess you can say what goes around comes around.

[@Danimal77]

@@tomshumaker7370 WOW. I've been a fan of Meat Loaf for decades and never realized that it was the SAME girl.

[@abileneferguson]

If I recall, he is singing the song to the same girl throughout. At the beginning of the song, she has returned, expecting to find him still loving her. To the girl's dismay, "they can talk all night, but that ain't getting us nowhere" - she was cold to him for so long that he now cries icicles instead of tears (he doesn't love her anymore). She was the girl that he loved "so many years ago", but she kissed him and walked out of the door saying that she didn't love him. She didn't value the love that she now desires, but is too late.

[@rad608]

I didn't think it was the same girl, but your explanation makes a lot of sense. It does explain his tears turning to icicles. That line always hung me up! Thanks!

[@ericpotter8874]

Yes. I believe you are correct. Same girl in the beginning and end.

[@mountaingator7673]

"I can't lie .. I can't tell you that I'm something I'm not .. no matter how I try .. I'll never be able to give you something .. something that I just haven't got" ... absolutely some of the truest and most powerful lyrics ever written.

[@philiplees6350]

One of the greatest albums ever,fact

[@djl9919]

RIP - Meat Loaf...your music can make me stop and listen & enjoy. Rock on Brad & Lex

[@joedirt688]

I feel as if a part of my youth died with the passing of this wonderful entertainer and genuine human being. Marvin Lee Aday (Michael) AKA Meatloaf your musical performances will live on! Thanks for the decades of memories. Great song selection Brad/Lex.

[@becksullivan4796]

Ahhhhh Meatloaf! You always know where ya stand!

[@tadanott300]

I agree with you, Lex. Meatloaf has the perfect voice for this type of song.

[@hillbillyhippie4235]

Was in high school when this came out, brings back alot of memories for sure, nice job y'all

[@Danimal77]

I was born in 1977 ;-)

[@shuggiemcg1]

Thats soul right there! Such an amazing artist and what a voice! The world is a sadder place since we lost him!

[@Philbertmac]

According to Jim Steinman, the writer of this song and the piano player in the background, here's the story of this song. He was with a woman (v2) that left him and had told him that she wanted him and needed him, but didn't love him and that's why she was leaving. They eventually got back together and she now loved him the way he always wanted her to, but his feelings for her had changed. Now, (v1) he's telling her the same thing. I want you and need you, but I don't love you. Now, he's the one leaving her. Crazy, but since hearing his story of the song, I've never listened to it the same way again. Anyway, just throwing that out there.

[@bitslammer]

I remember reading that somewhere. The woman in the end is the same one from the beginning. Roles were reversed.

[@tm3008]

Cool! I never knew that! Thanks.

[@allenwhitmer8192]

Do you have a link to that interview? Or something I can put in the search engine? I have tried all day to find that interview and have had no luck

[@michaelwaller7365]

@@allenwhitmer8192 I just found it on YT by typing in Jim Steinman Two outta three ain't bad interview.

[@bitslammer]

@@allenwhitmer8192 No. this was something I saw on MTV or possbly VH-1 back in the mid 80s.

[@galenstone9097]

Terrific voice. Only one Meat Loaf. Godspeed.

[@kyliedadify]

There will never be another like him and I am so happy I was around when he made his magic.

[@kajabrill2404]

You took the words right out of my mouth...For crying out loud

[@TheFairyintheFishBowl]

Yes! For Crying Out Loud was my wedding song…

[@kajabrill2404]

@@TheFairyintheFishBowl One of the most beautiful/moving songs I've ever heard..my favorite of his

[@laurakali6522]

“But there ain’t no Coupe De Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box”…..

[@richardconnolly4835]

Meatloaf was the King of Rock Opera. Paradise by the Dashboard Light is another great one.

[@Thombene77]

Just some trivia>>> Meatloaf as a kid was outside Parkland Memeorial hospital with his buddy when JFK was wheeled into Emergency room after he was shot. Saw the blood stained limo that always haunted him.

[@johntremmel3949]

It was written by the man playing piano I believe his name is Jim Steinman

[@dwhite849]

opera trained got his chops on Broadway. In concert he plays to the back row. He was an amazing artist not just a singer, but an artist

[@ctuckwell6562]

Meat was an absolute powerhouse, both vocally and physically. He could throw grand pianos and motorbikes around for fun.

[@bobbyscott8024]

Hey Lex, I'm with you....my favorite Meat Loaf song! I think he was re-living a situation that he had experienced years ago....he loved her but she didn't feel the same towards him. Now it's the opposite and it rings true. Either staying with the wrong person or hoping for a different outcome. Unrealistic expectations! Great reaction y'all again!

[@randallbundy108]

Not his experience.. Meat didn't write his own material.

[@ScoobyDoobyDew]

@@randallbundy108 Because if your meatloaf can write, then it has fingers. And if you eat meat fingers, that's weird.

[@sharkbites5472]

He’s singing to the same woman who broke his heart in the first place. She came back to him, years later, and that point he couldn’t love her back. She crushed him……✌💙

[@surlechapeau]

Brad & Lex, you'll love his "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"!! for your 5th of his. edit - Lex, thanks for explaining it to Brad lol.

[@TheFairyintheFishBowl]

I second that request! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@rodweinmeyer1435]

The album version with the back and forth at the start.

[@wendigo69]

It's very meta and makes you think about the long term consequences of trying to make a relationship work when you know deep down it won't. There's a dark line from an old TV show called Profit - 'If you want to fall in love with someone, open your heart. If you want someone to fall in love with you , close it.'

[@Danimal77]

That quote is so true. We want what we can't have, as is human nature.

[@treydixon5966]

Man, I'm feeling old! 😉 The Cracker Jack box he's talking about is a brand of Caramel Popcorn that came in a box. Each box held a small toy of some kind. My baby brother lucked out and got a tiny cast iron jeep once! I got whistles, always whistles. 🙄

[@revwillyg6450]

And we thought it was sooo good. Now you compare to some crunch n munch, Cracker Jacks taste like trash! 😝

[@bustos1959]

Heck i can't have either i'm diabetic..😂😂😂😂

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

@@revwillyg6450 Crunch N Munch>Fiddle Faddle>Cracker Jacks

[@fredshred5194]

hey a whistle ain't bad.

[@tyronesharp401]

The fake tattoo stuff was in all my boxes. The popcorn could be stale half the time too. Loved that shit.

[@AhrimanThorn]

Unrequited love hurts the hardest. We’re still driven to pursue it though, despite knowing that a rejection will break us into pieces. As others have mentioned, another song from the album well worth checking out is “For Crying Out Loud” It’s a truly epic performance and a great piece of song writing by Jim Steinman.

[@ccowboysfan08]

It's usually Brad looking at the lyrics and he's analytical but lex is super smart and the funniest of all the peeps with reaction videos

[@RFWieder]

The sadness of this song is almost overwhelming!! The decisions we make in life are based on the perception of reward vs risk. The singer is this song took the risk of falling in love with someone years ago who hurt him. So now by rejecting love he inflicts pain on not only others but on himself!! It is a shame that the deaths of Meatloaf and Steinmann means we may never hear songs like this again!!!

[@ArmandoMPR]

Ooh, this is such a well written song. Definitely my favorite Meat Loaf song.

[@Gutslinger]

What a coincidence.. I literally just searched a couple of hours ago to see if there were any new reactions to this. Then I scrolled past this on my homepage, 3 mins after it's posted. 55 views 👀. This is the earliest that I've been to an upload.

[@DanoSeer]

Best Meatloaf tune ever. Impossible to listen to without singing it. There is a small prize at the bottom of every "Cracker Jack Box" which is a popcorn candy. A "Coup de Ville" is an expensive Cadillac car.

[@revaflowers3115]

My all time favorite Meat Loaf song.The song is telling the woman that their relationship can go only so far and if she can be happy with that then all is good.He saying he can only love once,and he has already did that,but his lover couldn't love him back and his unhappiness made her leave him.

[@Gutslinger]

I'm so glad Lexi finally picked up on the meaning by the end. Lol

[@Derry_Aire]

Yeah, it's not like it's that difficult to understand this song. Like you, I was glad when one of the blank expressions disappeared.

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

Yeah, I feel they often struggle with the meaning of the songs and I thought if they don't get that one I'm losing faith. The meaning is so clearly stated and obvious.

[@Mr2012Ultra]

8 Track, Album, Cassette and CD, had them all of this debut album. Saw him live with ELO at the C.N.E in Toronto 1978. what a night as a 16y/o rocker kid.

[@johntremmel3949]

#1 I want you # 2 I need you # 3 but there ain’t know way I’m ever gonna love you, But two out of three ain’t bad🤓

[@RajSingh-zs6hq]

Fond memories of this chart-topping song that first introduced me to the legend that is Meatloaf. This album dominated the charts that year and it seemed everyone and their dog had a Bat Out of Hell poster..... right next to their Farrah posters, of course. Still listen to the album till this day.

[@JSloshooter]

Greatest story teller ever lived. I could put this album on and let it play for days. All people no matter where you lived on the planet, language spoken, could listen to his songs and immediately identify with them. I think he spoke for every human alive...

[@ddwchamp]

Meat Loaf sang lead in several Ted Nugent hits - Free For All album. Meat Loaf was in the movie "Leap of Faith". I highly recommend watching it. The song is about commitment issues from a previous relationship. At least he was upfront and honest with her. Lex got it right. Today, many relationships don't work out because one party wants you and needs you, but they don't love you.

[@marcjacobscontinued9411]

I don't know what I feel when I look at a person who hears this song for the first time while listening to it myself; It's kind of crazy and emotional..... I'm totally envying her. But I'm also aware of the fact that I've been listening to this song for over 45 years now, on quite a regular base I should add, and I can also envy myself for having had the spirit to buy the album within a week when it came out and falling in love with it and being able to listen to it for that long. Things often have two sides I guess, but thank you for letting me watch you having an experience I had as a boy but wasn't able to film alone in my room that day.....

[@conrad98gtp]

The Story that's being told, and the emotion in the lyrics that he's delivering is about as perfect, a break-up song could be. Not every song has to be up-tempo. Understanding the stories and the messages are the most important things.

[@bierce716]

Lyrics by Jim Steinman. If you look all the songs he wrote, you'll see he was the greatest poet of his generation.

[@matthewcostello3530]

he's at his best in It's All Comming Back to Me Now

[@walrusjax]

I love it when I see you guys get it!! That's why I love this channel. BTW, the irony on this song is that it starts with him leaving a girl and telling her I want you and I need you but there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you and it ends with him telling the story of how that happened to him in the past with the only girl he'd ever love.

[@Gutslinger]

Brad likes energetic Meatloaf, and Lex likes ballad Meatloaf. Is today opposite day? Lol

[@BossDM-2]

Favorite Meat Loaf song. I love how Lex gets this stuff, lyrically and musically.

[@jamescoleman8954]

He was such a showmen, so much talent. Glad I got to see him once, great Performer

[@simonmcmanus7972]

Its one of meatloafs classics, love the song.

[@tracydale154]

This really is an amazing song. Brutally honest and raw. And the full circle- him telling the current woman that he doesn’t love her… and going back to the one woman he ever did love telling him the same thing.

[@janicepatterson1601]

If you love his balleds Lex... definately check out HEAVEN CAN WAIT. My favorite balled by Meatloaf by far. And its so much harder since he's been gone. Rip to a legend who performed every song with his whole heart and soul ❤️

[@LillyMarz777]

Mine is For Crying Out Loud. No one ever reacts to that.

[@Ellen.G]

RIP Meat Loaf! 💔 You were truly one of the best! You made growing up in the 70s and 80s all that much better!

[@kenhenderson1762]

The late Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) had a background in musical theater. That's how he learned how to interpret a song and bring out all of the emotion written into it.

[@lisadelahaye6568]

such an amazing gift and talent RIP. I love you two reactions at the end, damn girl you are spot on as usual

[@Emilaria]

I definitely recommend For Crying Out Loud. It's one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[@AxeSwipe2011]

One thing you will find common in many of the Meatloaf\Steinman songs is angst. Whether it be teen angst, unrequited love angst or some other form of angst. It is almost always there. "Objects in the rearview mirror (May be closer than they appear)" is another great ballad of angst (but not the reason you may think) worth checking out.

[@stevemchale9775]

You can't go wrong with this album. Throw a dart.

[@markgregory983]

I always interpreted the song that people are always looking for the perfect soul mate, but in reality, everyone has a flaw somewhere. And even then, that perfect person may have passed you by. So always be greatful for what you have, and never give up.

[@randytorres8211]

Per Songfacts Jim Steinman, who was Meat Loaf's songwriter said he wrote a song about the elusive nature of love. The song begins with Meat Loaf getting kicked to the curb by his girl, presumably because he won't tell her he loves her. He makes the case that even though he will never love her, he's good enough, since after all he does want her and need her, and happy endings are only for fairy tales. We then learn that his commitment issues step from a previous relationship - one with the only woman he will ever love. She once left him with the same explanation: I want you, I need you, but I'll never love you.

[@robertmather7334]

Masterpieces that you guys keep reacting to. Love the expressions in your faces

[@CB-gr1uk]

Love his music, he told stories.

[@dannyfeador107]

Brand new sub here…it’s amazing to see people do Meat Loaf..dude had legit opera pipes doing power ballads…I’ll have to go see what Meat songs you’ve done. But if you haven’t you need to do “For Crying out Loud”, “Good Girls go to Heaven”, “For Crying out Loud” and “Lost Boys and Golden Girls”I could literally go on and on with amazing Meat Loaf songs…rad reaction though guys

[@renegilbertson9737]

Awesome song happy Saturday to you both 🥰

[@keymack2477]

"For Crying Out Loud" Lexie! You'll love it!

[@tomjones2121]

Such an amazing voice , such a tragedy that he no longer is among us ...

[@wandalewis5097]

Such a beautiful song. Meatloaf was an actor to. Listen to I’d Do Anything For Love, But I Want Do That. Love watching you’ll reaction , I’m 69 and grew up with this great music 🎵

[@58BURST]

Love you guys, and have been subbed for a good while. I just wish you would wait until the songs are finished to comment,😊

[@xilliangaming2169]

Evan Bartels - Shotgun it’ll really get you thinking how low can you go

[@oteroair]

YES!!!! So glad you did this one.

[@badhabitbabbitt7655]

A Meat Loaf power ballad with a little rock for Brad is "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". It's a long song btw the answer to (But I Won't Do That) is at the end of the song when the female singer puts a few statements out.

[@DarraghC]

I think this song is about the one great love we all have. That love like no other that always stays in our hearts. Even when we are with someone else, we can want them and need them, but we'll never love them...not like we loved our great love at least.

[@AB-C1]

Great song that. And great review guys. 👍😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@TheDailyRipple]

Now you hit the JACKPOT! So many hits.... "For Crying Out Loud" should be your next if you want to hear him shine!

[@dianeritthaler7792]

This is my favorite of his songs

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

My favorite Meatloaf song- Tables were turned here- he was told the same thing many years ago (prior) by the only girl he ever loved that hurt him..then down the road he has another girl and feels the same towards her that his previous only love felt/said to him-

[@PoeticMecomingsoon]

Hes music of the 70,s is all about heart love lust and loss he the ultimate love ballad he crushes it The ultimate power ballad singer

[@FerretJohn]

This song runs through my head every so often, it's probably His most iconic song, though when my head plays it I usually substitute Diamond Ring for Coupe DeVille, to me it tends to work better.

[@indigoghost7399]

i got a bid smile when Brad said "I hope the second half is a power ballad" you nailed it, not only is it a power ballad but its widely considered one of the greatest ever written!

[@vanfairbanks7389]

You're not going to find oil on a city street, a ruby in a pile of rocks, a coup de ville at the bottom of a cracker jack box. Those prizes don't exist. If you're looking for a prize in a relationship, you're never going to get it. It is what it is.

[@MaxPower-kb4ke]

I think Lex hit it out of the park with that analysis.....spot on!

[@mikewest6569]

Saw the meat in 1979 at Nassau coliseum. He was getting oxygen every 15 minutes.

[@jamescoleman8954]

I had one like that, 20yrs later and I still think about her

[@TennesseeMelanie]

I miss Meat. He was one of the best EVER.

[@johnmcdermid6896]

I think you's are now ready for "for crying out loud" meat Loaf at his majestic best...

[@Brandi6666]

Only meat could sing this so passionatly i rekon everyone out there has their two out of three story

[@mbrando4403]

cool! Meat rocked for sure. and Jim was a MASTERFUL songwriter. this song heavily homaged Elvis' "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" which is also a pretty good song.

[@USMale-fy1xy]

You and I seems to be the only ones making the Elvis connection. When back in the day it was sooo obvious. We all "knew" the next line was going to be "I love you" so when Meat sang "but there ain't no way I'm ever going to love you" we got the joke immediately. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpazlHVnha9qY9E

[@azcactus2008]

Good job on this review. This was probably one of your most insightful reviews IMO

[@robertmccracken6886]

My favorite Meat Loaf songs he ever recorded!

[@jeffreycellini8923]

Always love Lex's reaction!!

[@riskyseeds423]

I saw the Bat Out Of Hell tour and it was amazing. It was amazing. like an opera. This big overweight guy wants the girl and by the middle of the show you have forgotten his looks and you are just rooting for him to get the girl. He finally gets the girl and then years later feels trapped. It was a whole concept.

[@megA_t.6532]

once more, I like the discussion you guys are having about this song. I got this cassette in 1979, Bat out of hell because the songs and guitars projected a strong feeling! RIP Marvin Aday, AKA Meatloaf

[@Ringladiator1]

I read in an interview that the irony of the song is the girl he’s singing to is actually the same girl who broke his heart. He’s telling her that at one time he he felt all three for her but she didn’t for him, but now the tables have turned and because of what she did to him in the past he will never love her again.

[@alanskidadomdom3748]

Ya can't beat a good old fashioned love song, and Meatloaf delivers it perfectly.