Top Gear really hates Meat Loaf

Top Gear presenters bash Meat Loaf when they want to find out what's the best driving song ever.

[@AH-be6bu]

I wonder how many people voted for Meat Loaf just to piss them off...

[@marcin1852]

or how many didnt vote for them because they like top gear

[@LucasMp]

I know what i'd do ;)

[@marcin1852]

+Le Derp You re fucking stupid, stupid thinking, yeah vote for meat loaf to piss the trio off because you like them. Fuck logic dont care tho, I dont vote

[@mmutch7575]

I'm honestly surprised it didn't win for that exact reason.

[@Theredtail95]

You had it spelled right the first time.

[@Preso_]

This only feels right that people pay their respects here. RIP Meat Loaf

[@mattorr77]

First thing I thought to do

[@DanRelayer_Ukraine]

same! RIP Meat Loaf

[@QF_Dan72]

i came here because i knew him from this video

[@ZooPanic732]

I came right here when I heard the news. RIP Meat Loaf.

[@ErosGalaxia]

Came here immediately after hearing he died LMAO

[@crazylizard1889]

James' sudden switch from formal professionalism to blind indiscriminate rage was just incredible

[@joecarterking814]

My favourite part for me.

[@KingchooRS]

2:29

[@kylemitchell2052]

"You can vote for it, but we'll come around and cut off your electricity." I died at this one

[@opaterson200]

5:23 Been a while since any part of Meatloaf was blown by a fan....

[@xiphosura413]

I wish I could like a comment more than once

[@ralliartfanevoix]

oof... savage

[@kcooga]

or blown by anything...

[@stepladder3257]

I can’t believe this is the first thing I have thought of when Meatloaf died RIP

[@irfandanial7138]

Yeah same

[@StarTrek4Life]

Same

[@brakefluidlastname2400]

Love how Clarkson is whinging about Bat Out Of Hell specifically, then immediately proceeds to quote You Took the Words Right Out Of My Mouth

[@Harv72b]

They really should have put Meat Loaf in the reasonably priced car. Assuming he'd fit, I mean.

[@Ward1706]

I think he's dead.

[@gavla3550]

@@Ward1706 Nope, quick Google and he is 71.

[@peraon-rs]

He'd fit now, but not back in the day.

[@harrisonblock]

In a top gear book, they were jokingly running ideas for replacement presenters by the producers. One guy was rejected for not fitting inside the cars, followed immediately by a rejection of Meatloaf for not being able to fit in the studio

[@penguinnexus]

@@Ward1706 Well this aged well 😂

[@norwegiantechnolover]

2:32 Jesus Christ May, you're really lashing out!

[@rolon-ew5kl]

The Scandinavian Gaming Channel 😂 he must hate meat loaf a lot.

[@max-davy]

This reinforces me decision that he's my favorite top gear presenter.

[@brianking3567]

@@rolon-ew5kl it does give you gout

[@1marco7kamp]

😆😆😆

[@walaoweyh]

Assuming, you can get your fat, swollen, sweaty, stumps of inbred fingers, onto the 5 button!

[@JeffreyOsb]

I totally thought it was going to be the food, not the singer lol.

[@MikhaelAhava]

Jeffrey Osborn yeah.

[@stevesievers1248]

If it had been the food I'd have voted repeatedly. 😋 Meatloaf is awesome.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

i was hungry when i first saw it

[@joebird376]

You use the term “singer” lightly

[@BradleyTurmel]

this video is only about 30 seconds longer than bat out of hell by meat loaf

[@MinutemanOutdoors]

Bat outta he'll is 9:50

[@P_Beard_5961]

The radio edit of bat out of hell is 1 second longer than this

[@arw1969]

No, it's 1:02 shorter

[@shtcare]

One of the best love song EVER written. get over the stigma of a guy on a bike, The man is trying to get out and forget his girl that dont love him no matter how hard he tries. And in the end he dies, classic love - death scenario, classical scripting. stop reading anymore into this song than what it is. Listen to the Lyrics!!!!.

[@harrymitchell9519]

@@shtcare it's awful.

[@kudiezoo4616]

RIP meatloaf, his music may have had a massive influence but it wasn't as massive as him.

[@Mmoukarii]

😂😂😂

[@muttproductions2536]

I see what you did there. GG

[@srasheedgtr]

How the hell did you manage to leave out the part where they announce the winner?

[@mateiuzz06]

Shaihan Rasheed I don't think that's unintentional...

[@Ward1706]

If you wanna know the winner, I'll tell you. SPOILERS! It's Queen - Don't Stop me Now.

[@DrewSavo]

Shaihan Rasheed yeah I remember watching the episode not long ago. The winner was queen but when it came to presenting the award they had a problem: Brian May doesn’t like that song, Freddie Mercury was busy being dead, and they couldn’t remember the 4th guys name. So it went to Roger Taylor. But the trophy had little room and the engraver was a muppet so it read ‘Stop Me Now’.

[@alice8754]

DrewSavo Roger Taylor is the drummer, it was the bass player John Deacon who they said they couldn’t remember

[@jonnnyren6245]

@@Ward1706 YAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!! At least the best driving song won't give me hypertension and chronic heart disease.

[@rockstopsthetraffic]

I don't understand, where's the Eurobeat?

[@ravenborn57]

probably running in the nineties somewhere

[@exedra8649]

Probably stepping on some gas somewhere

[@rockstopsthetraffic]

probably raging its dream somewhere

[@superdrinkingpepsi]

Probably dancing somewhere.

[@TheOriginalStix]

Probably experiencing deja vu somewhere.

[@SuperPerry1000]

Methinks they got lucky simply by the virtue of it being early in the show's life, in the early-mid 2000's. I bet you a lot of cash that if it was done in 2017 or even this year, pretty much everyone would vote for Meat Loaf because "lol memes".

[@lucasb2884]

Perry Martin I mean, I despise meatloaf but I’d vote for him just to see their reactions

[@MegaPikachu5]

boomer

[@4477superman]

@@MegaPikachu5 no, most Top Gear fans are millennials

[@Dr.Commie]

For some reason after the news, this feels like the right place to say RIP Meat Loaf

[@SunnyIntervalsORG]

"You telephone..." James May really does have a way with words that make you think you're back in the 1950s!

[@ThunderTHR]

Am I the only one curious to know what ranked at 6-20? I did notice stuff like "Song 2" by Blur, "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC, "My Favourite Game" by The Cardigans, and "Go With The Flow" by Queens of the Stone Age in there, but can't tell much else.

[@robj1510]

I’d say the best is AC/DC’s “shoot to thrill”

[@vorbo01]

Queens of the Stone Age should have won tbh

[@QF_Dan72]

Panama by Van Halen isnt included ........somehow

[@AndroidSunner]

Rest in Peace Meat Loaf, may your spirit torment the boys for years to come.

[@pacificanorthwest1377]

killed by Top gear

[@barbarayaga2977]

This video really made me want to listen to Bat Out of Hell

[@thatfishingfella4672]

My favourite song

[@mustangfan5108]

I did because of this video

[@gavreauri6940]

From our greatest respects. Rest in peace Meat Loaf.

[@jam1723]

2:30 to 2:45 - "5 for Meat Loaf, assuming you can get your Fat, Swollen, Sweating, Stumps of inbreed fingers onto the 5 button" - James May 2017 #LOL

[@bakatazz]

JAM 20 it isn’t filmed in 2017, it is filmed in 2004

[@HSMiyamoto]

Don't forget that May is a classically-trained pianist, and might be expected to have strong prejudices. That might also explain why TG found so many worn out pianos over the years.

[@KamuiNagano]

No Autobahn by Kraftwerk?

[@kevinprehm]

That was on the original list, but these are the top five

[@jackshepherdson]

Rip in peace Meatloaf, you’ve gone up to the big oven in the sky

[@manstutgaat5686]

I lost it when he May was talking about the fat sweaty fingers 🤣

[@brillemitansage4733]

"...you can vote for it, but we´ll come ´round and cut off your electricity" Comedy gold!

[@LuminalSpoon]

RIP Meat Loaf

[@kaanSakyol]

After watching this video 3 years ago my music taste started to change after I listened to bat out of hell, RIP Meat Loaf

[@vanyadolly]

"I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram on a silver-black phantom bike!" Hell yeah!

[@Veyron722skyhook]

Imagine how cross they would've been if it had won. Also it feels more like its just James that hates it, and the other two are just pretending because they got fed up of arguing with him.

[@tristanavides2314]

The fact that somehow this song has had an ENTIRE MUSICAL created based off this one song absolutely perplexes and stuns me

[@kittyhawk3831]

They should do an updated "Best Driving Song Award" on the Grand Tour. I'd nominate "Runnin' Down A Dream" by Tom Petty :)

[@paulqueripel3493]

No, it makes me speed :-)

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

I'd nominate an obscure one: "Bad Motherfucker" by "Biting Elbows" It's damn good, and the slow bits make for amazing tension when it breaks into the chorus. Time that with the right red light, DAMN

[@scsutton1]

I would have voted for Jessica by The Allman Brothers, for obvious reasons.

[@ashipnerdoffical4260]

Someone should make a challenge in which they have to drive a Volkswagen Beetle, across that really straight road from the muscle car special, all while listening to Meat Loaf.

[@leonardobuesst4247]

I didn't know who meatloaf was. I was like "who is called is meatloaf". After listening to Bat out of hell, I feel bad for making fun of him.

[@superdrinkingpepsi]

He was in Fight Club.

[@MrGhostrider785]

@@superdrinkingpepsi Bob's Giant Mantits

[@QF_Dan72]

and now hes dead

[@randomazn420]

Was Panama by Van Halen on the list? Because thats an awesome song to drive fast to

[@QF_Dan72]

nope

[@fartexplosion4480]

My mum had two copies of this song on CD. The first one was destroyed at a party when some guy opened the CD out of its case and threw it against a wall, smashing it to pieces. She bought another copy. The second copy was also destroyed at a party when a different guy took the CD to the kitchen and scratched the disc reader side with a knife

[@behindenemylines3361]

I love that album -(Bat out of Hell) is a great album!

[@glenncraig8616]

La Grange. Nothing better on a winding road

[@davidsell243]

the cardigans - my favourite game

[@rogehmarbi]

heard about that one

[@feiplotts5484]

RIP Meatloaf :'(

[@NariNW]

Had to come here when I saw Meat Loaf had died when I checked Twitter when I woke up. RIP Meat Loaf. I had literally watched one of the films that featured him (51st State/Formula 51 - 2001) yesterday.

[@MiniLemmy]

His name is Robert Paulson - his name is Robert Paulson - his name is Robert Paulson...

[@MiniLemmy]

(Fight Club reference)

[@michaelrawson6261]

Best driving song ever??... that is just impossible!!! It's a bit like shaggin, there's so much to choose from, it's just about wat you fancy at the time!!!

[@POPE_FRANC1S]

RIP greatest driving singer

[@hybridAbsol]

"His hair is always blown by a fan and he is very fat"

[@georgehill5919]

Runnin down a dream by Tom Petty is the best driving song ever imho

[@primm4991]

Especially when you drive from San Fierro to Las Venturas

[@drewneubuhr2919]

Where is Tom Cochrane-Life is a Highway

[@robj1510]

It’s stuck in Adam Sandler films

[@11Kralle]

Powerage (by ACDC) is the only album one can hear constantly for days driving. That's a law of nature.

[@spacecadet35]

Funeral for a friend/love lies bleeding by Elton John is a pretty good driving song.

[@dragonbutt]

But has MeatLoaf ever acknowledged this :D

[@Fireglo]

I'm pretty sure Meat Loaf is aware that he is overweight.

[@kenshin30ish]

I highly doubt he cares, Considering his Bat out of hell Album was the 4th best selling album of all time by claimed sales.

[@maximusprime98]

He took it on the chin. Both of them

[@lukeyyyyyy]

Doktor z Hor he lived off bat out of hell 1 & 2 for pretty much his whole life

[@BunneRabb]

I'm sure he's covering his platinum albums with tears of regret. ; )

[@powderphysics]

The camera pan after the Herpes joke killed me

[@haydngilchrist8619]

Rip Meat Loaf

[@brandonlee4858]

RIP Meatloaf

[@alangreig4261]

My favourite out of all of them would be highway star

[@manstutgaat5686]

I lost it when he May was talking about the fat sweaty fingers haha

[@QF_Dan72]

RIP MeatLoaf ,i only know him because of this show

[@baptistedejonghe7128]

Same

[@onatdolekoglu]

Personally, I didn't liked Meat Loaf's music too. Here to pay respects. Rest in peace Meat Loaf.

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

I'm still pissed Red Barchetta didn't win. because that song is literally about what Top Gear does.

[@bentyndall3953]

I am a passengeeeer, and I ride and I ride...

[@peterfeeney6177]

Ben Tyndall iggy pop?

[@bentyndall3953]

History Student Yeah. Awesome driving song. It's shocking that it was no where to be seen.

[@MASTERJJ1995]

Sing it... LA LA LA LA LA LA..LALA

[@augustbo120]

5:24 "and he was really fat" literally died when he said that haha

[@davidtruscello644]

2011 AFL Grand Final half-time performance, need I say more.

[@august25th38]

feels so mad hearing them talking about 2004 and that it wasn't that long ago

[@slick4401]

"Callista", by Saki Kaskas. Try it driving at night.

[@WolfeBane84]

Too bad 4chan didn't get involved in this, Meat Loaf would have won for sure.

[@SuperCompany007]

WolfeBane84 Did 4chan even exist in like 2005

[@aboodxbk]

4chan gay

[@SabberJupp]

My favorite song while driving my 1971 VW 1302 is still "Ratamahatta by Sepultura". But I am a stupid german.

[@aarondunn6759]

When I watched this back when the series was being released, I never got the impression they hated Meat Loaf. Jeremy features Meat Loaf on a Greatest Driving Anthems CD (Hammond pokes fun at Jeremy because of this fact). I always thought they had to dissuade viewers from voting for Meat Loaf because they were just "a pokey little motoring show" and the winner would be on the show and they couldn't afford him.

[@kevinprehm]

I don't think it was that, per se, because how in the hell would Roger Taylor be cheaper I think it was just the joke, they despise meatloaf

[@muttproductions2536]

To be fair, nobody in existence could afford Meat Loaf, or more specifically, the catering for Meat Loaf

[@peraon-rs]

I love Bat Out Of Hell...

[@flumiie]

8:17 isn't that lady with Supreme shirt ever seen on the newer series?

[@antoniodecarolisGR]

Which episode was?

[@brandonwright6536]

1. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 2. Golden Earring - Radar Love 3. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell 4. Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild 5. Deep Purple - Highway Star

[@DetectivePhatWeedington]

Best driving song: Deaths Grips - I want it I need it

[@krisgordon3116]

Meat Loaf is awesome and yet I still love these three idiots no matter what they say about one of my favorite bands, also I'm only 20 and my mom got me on them.

[@randomazn420]

Or Bidibodi Bidibu by Bubbles. Another awesome song to drive to. especially in a Porsche :)

[@stobbi38]

I collect his albums lol Still love these guys XD

[@RobbieRottenReal]

8:20 ( . Y . )

[@toastedvirgins8489]

Uhm ok?

[@JRSRLN]

I've repeated that at least 8 times, I still don't get it.

[@ancholight]

I think he means the bird in the white shirt

[@aimfuldrifter]

Is she some kind of a nurse? Looks a little bit like one. She's a little bit fat, but that's ok for my taste.

[@iare19]

boobies

[@HSMiyamoto]

What's wrong with something like Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica") or something operatic? FYI: By the way, "Bat out of Hell" was used by TG as background music at least once, besides this time.

[@AdzSONLINE]

Does May know what a domain name is?

[@max-davy]

AdzSONLINE that's part of the joke

[@qasimmir7117]

‘You can vote for it, but we’ll come round and cut off your electricity.’😂

[@YeetThyBaby]

A bloke did an AI cover of Bat out of Hell using Clarkson, Hammond and Mays voices. Highly recommend.

[@afranca1825]

Why wasn't turbo lover by Judas priest or car by Gary numan not on there?

[@matsimmo6208]

R.I.P. Eddie. Your song lead to some great tv

[@jackspry9736]

RIP Meat Loaf (September 27, 1947 - January 20, 2022), age 74 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@Nerevar666]

In case anyone was wondering, "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen came first.

[@toxy3580]

4:05 why is there video of Jeremy Dale and Barbazzas IMSA crash here? Barbazza barely even survived it

[@ExplodingCreeper17]

What season is this from?

[@matthewiles5714]

I wonder which driving song was at #1

[@berkkarsi]

Which song came out #1 in the end?

[@QF_Dan72]

dont stop me now

[@alxuria]

lmao 2 :20 jeremy clarkson laughing at may

[@pla1nswalk3r]

Meat Loaf is awesome and the best driving song (Slade - Far far away) isn't even on the list.

[@Greglooseanus]

Hold on loosely by 38. Special is the ultimate driving song

[@mitchellfirth8513]

Wtf why wouldn’t you include the end of the clip at the end?

[@Nonplused]

I think these guys got their routine from "Spinal Tap".

[@thesausage351]

Every time I go to work, I have to go on a highway, and in my head, I hear ‘I’m gonna hit the highway like a battering ram’ and squeeze a few more km onto my speed.

[@Fixxxer1999]

RIP Meatloaf, Never really listened to your music, any infact, but I knew you through this.

[@mpampisthess85]

Who were on the first 2 places? They said only for the last 3 places

[@brucevalari5612]

After I heard the sad news, this was the first place I went

[@Culumbia22]

Which was the winner though? Because they're both great songs!

[@britishnerd3919]

Running in the 90s

[@griff4277]

Spirit of The Radio, or The Chain.