WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!..FIRST TIME HEARING Meatloaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light REACTION

[@KennethKustren-lr6tg]

MEATLOAF was not just a Musician ... He was wholly an Entertainer . HUMANITY was blessed having witnessed those werks .

[@peterburrell007]

In the 70's making it to 1st base meant kissing, 2nd was top action(above the belt), 3rd was bottom action(below the belt) and home base was going all the way. And having a radio in a big American car was the music and venue. That's why drive in movies were so popular among teens.

[@TheBachBabe]

I think those references have a much longer life than just the 70's

[@williamcarr7347]

This is Musical Theater. You would have to google 1st base 2nd base, 3rd base, home plate.on a date. It is an American Baseball reference. This video is a Meatloaf classic.

[@garthbigelow]

Until I started this rabbit hole I never realized that the bases was an American idiom. But... baseball... of course it is.

[@Metal_Archaeologist]

The ENTIRE Bat Out Of Hell album was magic. Peace!

[@gunnarjinx]

The song of all songs with the performance of all performance .... such INCREDIBLE chemistry .... anyone who hears this loves it forever....

[@samgamgee42]

There's not a single person who was a teen, when this came out, that doesn't know Every word and sings along Every time...... me included

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Not only that, but we set the dance floor on fire acting out the song. 🎶💃🎶

[@JackStraw1961]

Class of 79

[@CurtMillerMagician]

That was fantastic, Sarah. So much fun seeing you experience this amazing video and song for the first time!

[@jamescanole3940]

Sarah...that was so much fun watching your reaction to this 1977 classic by Meatloaf (Who sadly passed away two years ago.) and Ellen Foley. The footage of the game being played is of American baseball and there's long been an analogy here in the US between running the bases of the game and love making.) I'm a retired wedding photographer. There was a period when this song would be requested at a wedding and when the song started the dance floor would fill with guests. All the men gathered on one side of the floor and the women on the other....like two opposing armies ready to attack. Then when the song reached the part of the alternating vocals between Meatloaf and Foley, the two groups took turns passionately singing their parts. Great job! Thanks from Boston!

[@ItsSarah349]

That sounds so Fun!

[@michaelwheeling7422]

Meatloaf was an actor also, he was in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Musical theater was what he was exceptional at.

[@michael862]

Don't forget Spice Girls the movie :D

[@IRHRRetired]

Still laughing at your reaction! Steinman was a musical genius and ML is one of a kind. That voice and the way he controls it and manipulates emotions…unmatched. Hard to pull your eyes away…. So much to love from these two!

[@31Pearls]

Jim Steinman wrote all of his material, incredible songwriter.

[@AxeSwipe2011]

@@31Pearls Jim wrote all of the Bat Out of Hell albums, but Meatloaf had other albums in between that were not written by Jim (Steinman and Meatloaf often had falling outs and the would get back together to work again).

[@waygone6657]

This was fun watching your reaction to a really special song.

[@wadehines9971]

A condensed teenage opera. This song ought to be required as a presentation to every teenager's health class. Not that it isn't a well trodden story but the song animates it is an appropriate time frame. That and it's fun.

[@IRHRRetired]

Showed this to our son when he started puberty. The ultimate cautionary tale!

[@IRHRRetired]

Showed this to our son when he started puberty. The ultimate cautionary tale…

[@biggmaqq]

Pure performance art. Great Jim Steinman production. When this album came out every woman I knew owned a copy, just for this song.

[@williamjones6031]

My then high school girlfriend and I were in my car listening to this IRL. Everything was the same except we did "go all the way", but didn't get married, so didn't have to deal with that. We're still FB friends. His real name was Marvin Lee Aday. He got his nickname by his dad when he was a baby. He was pink and looked like a blob of meat. He had many movie appearances over the years. Including but not limited to "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Fight Club" and "Wayne's World". This song was written by the late Jim Steinman He also played keyboard on this song. I wish I could have seen them in concert but sadly it never happened. I still have the "Bat out of hell" LP BTW they were BOTH regretting their commitment to each other. "It was long ago, and it was far away. So much better than it is today".

[@johnboyer594]

Best reaction I've seen yet!

[@stevedavis5704]

As much as I like this song, it’s always an adventure to watch someone watch the video for the first time.

[@janefletcher9593]

Glad you enjoyed it.I 82 and still love him.RIP Meatloaf

[@TZ61]

'Hold on before this song goes any further than this', lol, OH it's going further!

[@beokayian5378]

🤣

[@IRHRRetired]

Hah!

[@jdmay33]

Great reaction to this legendary performance.

[@ricknbacker5626]

Hi Sarah, brilliant reaction!! I loved it. You mention how the early part of the song went through many "vibes". The songs structure explains why. A solo electric guitars 10 beat riff sets the tone for the songs 1st Acts tempo (followed by 16 beats of Boogie-woogie-piano). The male lead vocal kicks off the songs first verse with a standard 16 bar verse. It then shifts to three 4 beat bars followed by a 2-beat bar. Making for an unusual 14 beat section. (the "bodies are oh so close and tight" bit). This s followed by an even more unusual 11 bar section. (the "glowing like the metal " bit). Up to this point, a brisk eighth-note tempo is observed throughout. Though, at times, with on and off-beat accents. With the new arrival of the female singer, the beat shifts again (the "Though it's cold and lonely" bit) to 5 bars, played in a 4/4 quarter-note beat This 4/4 beat shift makes the song sound as if it is slowing down. But it isn't. These "slower' 5 bars are followed by a return to for another brisk 22 (4-beat) 8th note' bars??? ("You got to do what you can" bit) Crazy stuff here! This is an amazing usage of beats, measures and bars. Yet it sounds perfectly accessible. When the song returns for Verse 2, the songs arrangement has variations compared to the first go round!!! The songs arrangement continues to evolve right up to its conclusion. You could teach a college course in songwriting with this song alone. This is simply brilliant. Apologies for the ramble, Cheers, RNB

[@danjoda755]

Jim Steinman (Meatloaf's songwriter/arranger/pianist) and Meatloaf were both fans of opera. Opera style arrangements showcased going from movement to movement, not verse-chorus-verse style. You hit it on the head, this is rock opera. The sport clip was American baseball. Carla DaVito was actually lip-synching to the original practice spund track. Sarah, this was as beneficial to me as the treatments I'm undergoing. As usual, I thank you for your uplifting spirit, smiles, and chair dancing. My so beloved daughter is the keeper of my spirit, but since she lives far from me (for now), I so much enjoy watching other children of God like you. Stay well always. 💖🤩🌹😃😁

[@markwatson450]

I travelled a lot when I was working and when my oldest turned 16 I asked him to go to California on a trip with me as I had a convention to attend. So we went a few days earlier and was in the audience of the Tonight Show. The musical guest was Meatloaf and I was thrilled!! My son was like "what isa meatloaf"? He found out and it was great and a great trip!

[@Hippiemetalhead-h9k]

Try their song. Two out of three aint bad. Its a ballad. You'll adore this song. God bless you. From Texas with love

[@petervandervlies6427]

Hey, sweet Sarah. A friend of mine saw MEATLOAF live in the Netherlands in the 70's. He saw all the greats, but he said he never heard a better singer. MEATLOAF was just awesom. Thank you verry much for this one. Loved it. 👍💪❤️

[@WolvenHeart1]

It's one of my favorite songs as a teenager. His Bat out of Helll Album had all great songs on it. You should listen to Crying Out Loud.

[@williammcdonald5325]

Baseball metaphor is hilarious, rounding the bases for a home run. 😂😂😂

[@Lacey_Face]

One of his biggest hits. I love Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad.

[@troyshilanski380]

Old music to me and cant deny it holds up. Love your reactions, very thoughtful.

[@TheBachBabe]

If this is your first meatloaf song, welcome to the fan club. There is so much more to explore. I wait to watch you appreciate more from this master entertainer. RIP Meat. We will in fact love you till the end of time.

[@keymack2477]

Great reaction, Sarah!! I believe Meatloaf took that name from what they called him in his football playing days, but I stand to be corrected on that. Both he and the pianist/songwriter Jim Steinman passed away a couple of years ago (RIP to both). Jim wrote this amazing album of theatrical music with Meatloaf in mind to sing it, and they were able to bring it to life with the support of producer Todd Rundgren and toured it in the summer of 1978, where I saw it with about 3500 other fans in a small venue in Vancouver. Amazing concert, one of the best I have ever seen. Every song on that album, plus many more are worthy of reactions by you. I would suggest the title track, "Bat Out Of Hell" would be a great next Meatloaf song for you to experience!!

[@davelang7541]

LOL Sarah, your reaction was priceless. This is one of the most creative, most outlandish songs and performances ever. Thank you for enjoying it so much. Almost like seeing it all over again.

[@elaine8013]

This song was actually used in Health class in high schools to teach kids abstinence. Many marriages before the 80's started this way and ended this way.Both hating each other but staying together over a vow or the children. Meatloaf was an amazing musician and actor. He put on a show for his fans.

[@JackStraw1961]

This was when cars still had bench seats.

[@Joe_Narbaiz]

@@JackStraw1961 The backseat is still bench seat.

[@daveshriner8103]

Best reaction to that song I've seen .You got it all. Great stuff. Thanks for not stopping every 10 seconds.

[@Canadianfreedomfighter]

Sarah, your reaction was funny and priceless! 😅😂

[@BriBabyMDUB]

This was insane!!!! I loved it!!!! 😮

[@Laura_Martin42]

Man, I wore out so many copies of that cassette! Love Meatloaf!!

[@KB-xt1gj]

2 album and now have the cd.

[@deborahpaley21]

this is theater!

[@davidsandelin4481]

Meatloaf was a fantastic entertainer. This song was released on his Bat Out of Hell album in 1977

[@violincredible]

Wow, your reaction was a complete and total delight! Thank you so much, you just put the biggest smile on my face!

[@redthorpe]

This song is a whole movie condensed into one song.

[@jeffgilbert9117]

Absolutely LOVE your reaction!

[@MacBrien]

hands down loved your facial expressions as you journeyed through this song!

[@troyshilanski380]

You got it!

[@jannaromine5908]

I absolutely LOVE this!

[@ememnicholas565]

Sarah, this was a damn good reaction and I loved it! The old sports clip in the middle of the song is a reference to the American game of baseball. Way back in dinosaur days, guys would liken how far they got with a girl to the bases in baseball. There was 1st base, 2nd base, 3rd base and home plate (a home run, baby!). If you ever want to see a 70's cult classic musical, check out The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I believe that was Meatloaf's screen debut. You could probably just find his part in a clip somewhere.

[@FredtheFrisian]

Thanks for Jim Steinman, who wrote the song. He was a beacon in the disco era. The whole album is amazing; my favourite is "Bat out of hell". All the best from from the Netherlands!

[@markbelcher2121]

So happy to watch it with you.

[@trevorkrause7220]

I thought the whole world knew of the analogy between baseball's first base, second base, third base, home run, safe on base, and teenage dating.

[@Joe_Narbaiz]

Obviously not!

[@johnboyer594]

Great reaction!!❤

[@deborahpaley21]

it's baseball and i believe the announcer was phil rizzuto calling a yankees game. the whole idea came from getting to first base, second etc.....and then just as he was getting to "home plate" she demanded he declare he would marry her etc. hilarious.

[@markdecker6190]

Yes, and it's been said that Rizzuto wasn't made aware of the context until it was completed and he wasn't happy about it, though he may have changed his mind when the royalty checks started to appear. 1st, 2nd, 3rd are just milestones along the intimacy track while a home run refers to going all the way.

[@wbshappy1]

You've nailed it! it is Rock Opera! The sport is baseball. To really understand the video, you'd have to know the sport, and the cultural significance of the "The bases" and the "Suicide Squeeze Play". Another thing that may be lost on you, is the first black and white clip of the guy selling pamphlets. The Video also shows baseball action that is not what is going on according to what the announcer is saying. The "bases" references are telling us how far he's getting with the girl. First Base is kissing. Second Base is doing things to the breasts. Third Base is petting the vagina. "The Suicide Squeeze" play in baseball is when the runner on third base attempts to steal home plate resulting in a point "or run", and the batter taps the ball away from the defenders to insure the run. In Slang, a suicide squeeze is when she pressures the boy into marriage in return for sex--with "squeeze" being slang for a sexual lover. To my knowledge, this is the first use of "suicide squeeze" in reference to the boy being pressured in this way.

[@JB-Deadskins]

The sport was baseball, and it is used as a metaphor for the stages building up to sex. First base is kissing, and escalates to eventually getting to home, the actual act.

[@tracehenrydavidson]

Anything by meatloaf is always a performance, it will touch every emotion you have

[@jonmartin6451]

I’m so sad I never got the opportunity to see Meat Loaf perform live! He was magnificent

[@williamwhite1596]

Old Man Meatloaf could really sing ! God Bless !!!

[@johnbamforth2974]

Love watching yoour reactions.

[@williammceuen8730]

Great reaction, so much fun.

[@mikeking7710]

He gave a couple explanations about his nickname. First because of his appearance when he was born, his father said he looked like nine pounds of ground chuck, and had the nurses put the name "meat" on his crib. Further, his given name was Marvin Lee Adair, and he was called by his initials "M.L." as he was growing up. But then in seventh grade kids started calling him "Meatloaf" because of his 5'2", 240 pound stature. Another story he recounted, was that after he accidentally stepped on a football coach's foot, the coach said "get off my foot, you hunk of meatloaf".

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

Too much fun!

[@dalekrampert1920]

great song, fantastic reaction..... thanks.......

[@billpo]

Great reaction !!! ❤

[@janefletcher9593]

1st base😊. 2nd Base😊….3rd Base..4th bass ,❤❤❤❤,!!

[@DalilahR]

Excellent reaction video.

[@wolfsfx]

I saw them do this, at this time, in my little hometown of Painesville , Ohio. A year before the old movie theater was converted to a nightclub.Meatloaf was so crazy that he had to go throw up on the side of the stage towards the end of the song. What a show ! Oh yeah, the opening band was a new upstart called Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, they were pretty good too 🤩

[@SSHitMan]

Ellen Foley sang the female part but it's Karla DeVito in the video.

[@harrietl2869]

Miss Meatloaf ❤❤❤

[@MarcVanLaere-zr5im]

Still a fantastic song. So glad i got to see him in '99.❤👍🤘

[@richtensail]

yeah thats a perforamce, so fun n so well dne..........

[@robertkramer41]

Best reaction, I've seen them

[@dalesouders4136]

Superb song and an even better reaction from you! ❤

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

Love from Sweden 💖

[@Hippiemetalhead-h9k]

Omg. I love watching your reactions. You're SO sweet. God bless you darlin. Love ya from Texas.

[@KevinWalsh-m7w]

" Hot Summer Night / You Took the Words right of My Mouth " another masterpiece.

[@davelang7541]

Thank you. What a great reaction to a truly great song and performance. American baseball, the point was he was trying to "score" with the girl.

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥😎😍love this performance!!

[@paulriley7117]

I would highly recommend the album "Bat out of Hell" and the song "Two out of Three " it was me and my girlfriends song.

[@zunbake3]

"It was long ago and faraway and it was so much better than it is today"

[@SuperDalton72]

have heard some Meatloaf on a vinyl record years ago.. but never seen or heard this... its sounds like Elvis on steroids.

[@patszer8314]

I finally understand what this song was about. The same thing happened to me.

[@marinusbonsing]

Ellen Foley sung this song ! Carla de Vito is in the video 😮

[@johnbamforth2974]

The changes in musical styles is to communicate the time frames of the story. It was told from the 70s by a couple reflecting back on their teenage years which would have been the late 50s or early 60s. Hence the 70s "disco" mixed with 50s "doo-wop". Metloaf's real name was Marvin Aday, he was named meatloaf by his high school football teacher who said he was like a lump of meat. He used it as his stage name. the girl you see is Karla Devito (who had some hits of her own in the 80s) but she is lip-syncing to the voice of Ellen Foley who sang the song on the album (Meatloaf is probably lip-syncing to himself).

[@maiflfootball2813]

The whole album "Bat Out of Hell" is great

[@jimuicker4731]

The baseball section is a reference to a euphemism that teenagers sometimes use to describe what happens in a car late at night. Wikipedia has a page called "Baseball metaphors for sex" that explains it.

[@halldorra]

Check out Ellen Foley she was the singer on the album version

[@lesblatnyak5947]

The 70s was a great time to be young and a music lover. You would have fit in well. ✨️🎶🙏🎶✨️

[@Djekkie-gj7jz]

This is from the 1977 album 'Bat out of Hell'. An iconic album with more iconic songs. At that time everyone could sing along to the song word for word (or better scream). The voice of the woman is Ellen Foley (her best known solo album is 'Night Out' with the hit 'We belong to the night') and not Karla DeVito who lip-synced in this video clip.

[@CrazyCanadian-t4l]

Other Meat Loaf songs that are a must do are Bat Out Of Hell, Two Out Of Three Aint Bad, For Crying Out Loud, I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) and Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are.

[@Metal_Archaeologist]

Meatloaf in movies like Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fight Club, Black Dog. His daughter Pearl is married to Scott Ian of Anthrax.... Peace!

[@rhinno1969]

the album tells a story, check out "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (original video)" , it's a continuing video from the same performance 👍

[@scottmoquin]

Pair of Dice by The Dashboard Light

[@mikeking7710]

That was American baseball. It referenced the various points that might occur in a make-out session, such as the guy "getting to first base", or to "second base", or even further. The announcer was NY Yankees shortstop great, Phil Rizzuto, who later announced for them after he retired from playing. Rizzuto said that he was unaware of the sexual innuendo of this song when he was recording his part, but Meatloaf said that he was aware, and was just feigning ignorance to avoid any criticism.

[@justanobserver5079]

Revolutionary hit.

[@AxeSwipe2011]

No one is ever ready for that twist at the end, but once you know, you just wait for it! Lol. As a joke he once told Chubby Checker that he chose Meatloaf because Chubby was already taken. 😂

[@viper742000]

Absolutely a classic. You should really check out Two Outta Three Ain't Bad, and I'd Do Anything For Love( But I Won't Do That) by Meatloaf. His songs always tell a story.

[@salsonny]

Its about 2 people thinking back when they were teenagers

[@terry635]

Awesome reaction...watch some more videos of meatloaf!!

[@KathyStanley-w4o]

I've watched a lot of you first-timers enjoy Meatloaf's Paradise by the dashboard light, but yours was the best. Maybe even more so because you don't seem to know much about baseball ... or probably sports in general. 😂

[@jimbirch158]

Imagine being ,16 and hearing this onthe car radio! Way tooo much

[@ameyer1970]

That’s baseball