Just goes to show, all us grandparents walking around were way cooler than GenX ever dreamed!! Lots to be said for a life with no parental monitoring via cell phones.
@@bullseye7074 LOL. We got up to shit that you wouldn't believe. Two things I learned back then (On the same night actually); 1. 10 past 8 at night is great reason to open magnums of champagne. 2. Nude trail bike riding in snow is not a good idea.
How fun to watch this through the eyes of a 20yo male! How hard to think with no blood in the brain. Great reaction, thanks from a 70yo female who still remembers when!
I'm 60, bought the album about a year after it came out and fell in love with almost every song on the album. Of the ballads, I like Two out of Three Ain't Bad, the best and I love this song for the humor, but I think I like You Took The Words a little bit better....and it has a humorous start to the song too...would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses.... lol
my daughter got out of a chemistry test in high school by singing this song. She was humming it, and the teacher said- do you know that song? and didn't believe her. So she sang it, and got an automatic 100%. I just waited for the police to come ask me about my parenting skills
My husband is a musician, when our daughter was 4 he was the bass player in a punk rock band. We understand all too well how it can be enbarassing when your child can sing all the songs
@@browniewin4121 so nice for you. No one was happy when my 4 year old walked into daycare singing “we dont care what you say, fuck you, suck the big one”
Not one bad song on this whole album titled Bat out of hell its a Rock Opera its fantastic. Every song on it is just incredible and tells such a beautiful story . I worked their tour in in the 80s and just brilliant live probably the best concerts i ever worked on. Really, really nice people so down to earth too . By the end of the song they are both begging for a gun as so done with each other.
this reminds me of a quote I read a long time ago about the two genders different approaches to love, sex and romance - a guy wants to be a girl's first, but a girl wants to be her guy's last...
I remember singing into a Coca Cola bottle with my girlfriends while cruisin in the beater car during this song. Hell yeah. Love that you’re introducing real music to a new generation ❤️ subbed to you thru #HOG FAM quite awhile ago. Keep up the education. Much love from a 50 y old from Florida
Keep in mind this song is reminicing about "parking" in the late 60s or early 70s..a girl still had to be careful back then because society was very judgemental about women having sex outside of marriage
ONE of the best selling albums in history.. Released in 1977 its sold over 45 million copies.. It spent 522 weeks on the U k charts.. Its also the number 1 selling album in Australia.... Meat Loafs Bat Out Of He'll to this day sells a little over 200,000 copies a year...All together with all his other releases he has sold a total of 140 million worldwide......
The first time I heard this I was 11, my mother used this song as ‘the talk’. After the song she told me ‘a hard on will say anything’. Stayed with me for ever, i am now 45.
"Now we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" One of the greatest lyrics in rock and roll. The way he delivers that line is pure perfection.
I'm 70 years old & to this day - at a wedding or social gathering when this is played (with the right croud) we all get on the dance floor (guys and gals) and sing, scream, perform - not dance - our asses off to each other and just have such a ball! It brings back great memories of such great times! Hopefully everyone goes home and plays baseball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love how red he got from embarrassment. If every child at 12 and 13 had to listen to this song there might be a lot fewer unwed mothers. It does have a way of bringing the message home. It makes me think parental chaperoning might be a good thing to do again.
Saw Meat Loaf & Riffraff at the Opening Midnight showing of Rocky Horror in the mid 70's at the Neptune Theater in Seattle. They were there to introduce the movie and came back at the end for a Q&A. Friend got a bunch of us to go. Then we went every wknd for the nest year and a half. We were in the "back row" in the balcony.
Ah the anthem of my youth. Love to see people discover some of the amazing music and realize it holds up. Meatloaf was a legend for a reason. He and Freddie Mercury really became jewels in the rock opera crown.
My daughter when 5 sang this in her school. The teacher asked the children if they would like to sing a song … some sang ‘Twinkle Twinkle’ and ‘Mary had a little lamb’. She stood up and sang this. At parent’s night the teacher said that she thought we should be aware of her singing this. We laughed and almost burst with pride.😂😂
I love when this young man is on with you. He has the best personality. I am a 71 white female who loves it when you bring back the music I grew up on.😊
His father called him Meat because of his size - even as a newborn baby. His birth name was Marvin Aday. The nickname just caught on and then later he stepped on a coach's foot and supposedly he called him meatloaf. He always referred to himself as Meat. Trivia - he skipped school with a couple of buddies to see President Kennedy in 1963. They saw him when he landed at the Dallas airport but also were at the hospital when JFK arrived and was pronounced dead.
I was at a Meatloaf concert and it was just finishing the end of the song. Immediately fireworks blasted from the Cleveland Indian stadium which was right behind us. They shoot them off when a player hits a home run. Meatloaf lost it on stage. He said “I swear we had nothing to do with it! “ the audience laughed and went wild too!
I'm rewatching this and it's crazy that this song continues to get the same reaction as it first did. I was 17 (1977) when this came out and we all laughed our asses off. It's great that it still is amusing now. BP, A couple of things... The song starts and ends with them as teens but they're a married couple. Hence, praying for the end of time line. They are looking back to when they were 17. Also, way back when we were young we had bucket seats in our cars. They extended the width of the car. Great for making out in. The dashboard lights were normally still on inside the car because we listened to music on the radio, cassette tape or (cough, cough) 8 track cassettes. So the name of the song tells you they're parking.
It actually ends with them in their mid 30s , the final section when they are praying for the end of time is being sung at their daughters 18th birthday party , the song was part of a musical , the whole band including meatloaf all came from musical theatre, Jim steimans theatre group were called the neverland express
@@andrewtims9524 you're right. I knew I didn't write that correctly after I posted it. Thanks for clarifying it. Yes, I know it's from a musical. I need to stop writing when I'm half asleep. Lol
I was also 17 in Australia and the then boyfriend had bucket seats 😂. This is just a brilliant album from start to finish. The scary thing is that I don’t know what I did yesterday but I still remember every lyric to this song (and the whole album really). Still have the cassette.
The look on Gabe’s face when she suddenly put the brakes on was priceless…. Show’s he is still living in that youngsters trying to make things happen phase…. 😂😂
He's still young enough to think that men have a stronger sex drive and most women are looking to get married. There's no need to lie and say you love someone to get sex, you just need to find a partner that wants what you do out of it.
"I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday" is the first lyric, setting the stage for the memory and at the end they switch to "now I'm praying for the end of time". The whole song is so clever, funny and just really cool storytelling. Even the baseball metaphor was recorded by Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto, for the song, it's not a sample. It has always been a favorite of mine.
Meatloaf was a power house His voice was incredible as was all his shows I saw him many decades ago when all the greats were performing when real music was all we had!!! The Best
In the song, Meatloaf is remembering that night. The first line in the beginning of the song he sings that he remember every little thing that night like it was yesterday. Listen to the beginning of the song. I missed the meaning of this song when I first heard it too.
I still remember!! I am a 68 yr old female! Most girls find making love a very emotional thing....most Men find it a sexual thing...notice I said "most", especially when teenagers !
One of my fondest memories is my last day of High School back in '95. Went on a date to the drive-in. Captain Morgan and paradise by the dashboard lights. Double date, too with my one of my best friends and his girlfriend (his Saab so he got the back seat which I'm sure was more comfortable).
written by Jim Steinman. He wrote a number of other songs performed by Meat, including "I'd Do Anything For Love" which you looked at a couple months ago. Steinman was a classically training pianist, and many of his songs featured piano as a major instrument. Steinman also wrote songs for Celine Dion, Barry Manilow, and a couple of top hits for Bonnie Tyler (Total Eclipse and I Need a Hero)
Yep, the difference between boys and girls, little brother. Meatloaf was a very theatrical performer and put all of his energy into his show….so much that he would need an oxygen tank afterwards! He became an icon in the second half of the seventies!
I was 20 years old when this song was first released! It is so fun to see someone that same age reacting to it for the first time today. One thing is so different today: our generation still had a large contingent of people who believed that a marriage, and even a promise to marry, was an unbreakable vow. Yes, divorce was already on the rise, but it was far less common at that time than today. So we could relate to the dilemma the song proposes to a greater degree. Still, the basic theme is timeless, as this young man's reaction shows so well. We were all once "barely seventeen and barely dressed". 🤣
Glad you both enjoyed it. Meat Loaf had to constantly fight to be noticed by labels & audiences because of his size but he was born to perform. This song was popular on the radio back in the day & everyone loved it.
I was pregnant at 17 too but relationship only lasted 5 years if that. My daughter in law was 17 when she was pregnant with my grandson, and my grandson is almost 5 now
Omg haven’t laughed so much in ages Thankyou both for the giggles! ❤Spot on about Meatloaf theatricality he’s an actor as well as rock star. If you haven’t seen it check him out in Rocky Horror Picture Show it is a fun ride 😂❤
BP leave the poor boy alone😂😂 Gabe's reaction is the best I've seen yet to this song. I was 10 when my parent's bought this LP for me. They had no idea😂😂
lol I’m a 63 year old gramma of 5 and I remember when this came out. The look on your face while trying to find words was hilarious!!! The soundtrack of my youth…🖖🏻🇨🇦😆
Every party I was at in the 80 and 90s (weddings, holiday parties, anything with 5 or more couples) the dance floor would fill with the men on one end and the women on the other singing the song back and forth to each other. It was a blast every time
Meat Loaf's performances and Jim Steinman's songs were a wonderful match. As for the name, I believe it was just a nickname he had as a child that stuck.
I love Meat Loaf. He is one of my favorites. He had such energy to his performances. I'm glad to see his music being introduced to the young generation. He is definitely a musician who shouldn't be forgotten.
Meat Loaf was a heldentenor, and was offered a lot of money to sing opera. Fortunately, he did this instead. He made a deal to show this promo video (not from a concert) before every showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which he played Eddie. Karla DeVito, the girl in white, is not the voice you are hearing. The vocals are Ellen Foley's album vocals. Karla did the tour and is a great singer in her own right, but Ellen's vocals were perfection. Karla and Ellen have a video of them singing together, "I'm So Happy To Be Here." Karla has been married to actor Robbie Benson since the 1980s. Ellen played Billie in Night Court, Season 2. RIP Marvin "Meat Loaf" Aday.
@@boki1693 Yeah, that's why I mentioned it at the end of my post. She was also in the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail, and in Fatal Attraction and in the movie, Hair.
Meat Loaf was destined to do what he did...Find the interview where he describes him a his buddies involvement in the aftermath of the J F K assassination.
The entire story is about prom night when they were 17. He was hoping to get lucky and she wanted to get married. Yes, they got married and hated each other and was praying for their time together to hurry and end.
The genius behind the lyrics - Jim Steinman; the genius behind the performance - Meatloaf. 'Theatrical" - that man gav everything he had into the performance - at the end of a concert there was an oxygen tank waiting to revive him backstage. Take a look at Out of the Frying Pan (and Into the Fire) "... I saw you sitting on the steps outside and you were looking so restless and reckless and lost...."
This 68 year old woman is loving the reaction of this young man. He is really getting into the music, and he's really paying attention, He's just so Into it. You need to have him on more often !
THANK YOU, BP!!! One of the most meaningful things in this very fun, very funny song, at least to me, is the fact that he made the promise, but then HE KEPT IT!! That put a layer of meaning and depth to the song that I've always loved, but that nobody else ever seems to notice or comment on. Kudos for picking up on that and pointing it out.
This song is always so fun to watch people react. But THIS...This one has to be my favorite! He made me laugh so hard along with him. I've seen people miss really good parts (like the end when he gave in) but I love how you both got it ALL. What a masterpiece it is. Stacie from Boston
I was SO lucky to see this gentleman in the rescheduled concert in Glasgow,after he died, I believe,in Wales. He was resuscitated,thankfully He came on between 7:30 and was still going strong with a 15 minute break,at twelve midnight. I was accompanied by a lady, who only came to keep me company. As we went out, she actually said she was now a fan!! HE WAS AMAZING! Tragically,he passed away shortly after that concert.
The start of this song is so 50ies and evokes the feeling of "Rebel without a Cause" or "American Graffiti", and that's when the story of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" starts with making out on the backseat of a car. Later the style shifts to the late 70ies and tells the story 25-30 years later, still with the same girl but in a totally different mood. The moral of the story: Guys! Don't commit only to score. You'd better sleep on it before you're stuck in an unhappy relationship until the end of time. This song is genius. It's not only one of my favorite songs of Meatloaf but at all.
Y'all had me crying laughing. Love watching the expressions on his face as the song progressed. Think he wanted plead the fifth by the end. Should check out more of his stuff. Saw him live in 1992. Stole the show, and he was in the centre of really amazing card
Hilarious!! Takes a few watches to catch the undercurrent I swear! Knowing that they got married and are rehashing, go back to the beginning of the song where Karla first sings. Note how he points at her… feels suddenly different…. So much fun to watch folks discover ML and Steinman. They are a total one-off.
The beginning is actually "I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday." The song is being sung about an evening 15 years or more in the past. That is why it ends "It was long ago and it was far away..."
Oh man the memories are flowing. This song was Tops and I had a date. ( I still know her) after going to a Neil Diamond concert I drove many miles to a pizza parlor. Then many more to find a place to.....u know Ended up back at her house, in the driveway, finally was getting my opportunity. Then this song came on and we were hot and heavy. Until the end when she abruptly said I got to go in now. She's married now has grandchildren. The last time I saw her she brought up that night in front of everyone laughing. God only knows what I can do right then.lol
I graduated hs in '86 and this was on the "girls" party tape mix in college. The guys would roll their eyes and HATE this mix. But we all played in at our weddings. Of all of us (5), only 1 couple has lasted, but made for a great party. Loved the reactions!
Meatloaf was the King of Theatrical Rock. He has been in a number of movies, videos, and etc. I actually got to see him live back in 1990 before he released his 2nd album. I was always a fan of his music but after i saw him live, he became my favorite "Entertainer\Showman" I got to see him live in an old theater in Massachusetts and the whole show was simply incredible! To this day i don't think i have seen a more entertaining musician\group. You should really check out more of his music it is very entertaining.
I'm 62, from the UK. Bat Out of Hell, from which this single is taken, is one of my all time favourite albums. It's more like a rock opera that follows a storyline. 46 years later I still know the words to every song from memory - but only when I'm singing along to the album. Great to hear the legendary Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy at the start of your video too.
It's actually rock theatre, everyone involved in bat out of hell were part of Jim steinmans musical theatre group The Neverland Express which is why their performances were so theatrical
This was a fun reaction. He was blushing and I know his cheeks hurt from smiling and laughing so hard . He won't be disappointed seeing more Meatloaf he's so talented . Black P your doing a great Job opening some young people to the classics after of course you watched them . Lol Many Blessings to you and your family. 😊
This was the funniest reaction!😂 Love how you expose yourself AND another generation to great, legendary music where otherwise most likely would never have heard. Excellent way to keep Meatloafs music alive. RIP
Gabe at first looks like he’s thinking wtf does BP have me watching 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 This is the hardest I have ever laughed at a reaction video.😂😂 Great job guy’s
Crying with laughter at you two, that look you gave each other at exactly the same time 😂 followed by helpless laughter. We thought it was funny 45 years ago too
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" was a fun hangout song for me & my friends as GenX teens to early 20somethings in NJ/PA. It would come the radio or be on someone's mix tape & we would naturally split into guys vs girls singing the song. It was def a GenXer thing bc we were from all backgrounds (dif races, rural, small blue collar lower-middle semi-industrial towns, small upper-middle white collar towns, large middle suburbs, & lower-middle blue collar in the post industrial urban decay of Philly).
I keep saying that I haven’t seen Meat Loaf looking that scared, since Tim Curry was chasing him with an ice axe in Rocky Horror
You made me laugh!
RIP Eddie
LOL... hilarious! 🤣 (Although you and anyone who gets it have just dated themselves) 🤪 What's for dinner?!
It was a Mercy killing, Merci Beaucoup....
@@rhymereason3449 NOT MEATLOAF AGAIN!
Just goes to show, all us grandparents walking around were way cooler than GenX ever dreamed!! Lots to be said for a life with no parental monitoring via cell phones.
i'm guessing you're a van morrison fan ;)
GenX didn’t have cell phones until college/post college. Not as cool as you thought, Pops :-)
@bullseye7074 Make that ma'am. Honey should have been your first clue. And as I stated our music was way cooler than Gen X.
@@bullseye7074 LOL. We got up to shit that you wouldn't believe. Two things I learned back then (On the same night actually);
1. 10 past 8 at night is great reason to open magnums of champagne.
2. Nude trail bike riding in snow is not a good idea.
@@bullseye7074 I think he met Gen Z. Gen X ARE their grandparents.
How fun to watch this through the eyes of a 20yo male! How hard to think with no blood in the brain. Great reaction, thanks from a 70yo female who still remembers when!
Love it
2 heads and only enough blood to power one at a time 🤣
@@salvatorebaleno9807 A Robin Williams joke : )
I'm 60, bought the album about a year after it came out and fell in love with almost every song on the album. Of the ballads, I like Two out of Three Ain't Bad, the best and I love this song for the humor, but I think I like You Took The Words a little bit better....and it has a humorous start to the song too...would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses.... lol
As a 68 year I’d male I can add, it’s funny how about age 50 or so I became a genius and before I couldn’t chew gum and walk at the same time 😉
my daughter got out of a chemistry test in high school by singing this song. She was humming it, and the teacher said- do you know that song? and didn't believe her. So she sang it, and got an automatic 100%. I just waited for the police to come ask me about my parenting skills
My husband is a musician, when our daughter was 4 he was the bass player in a punk rock band. We understand all too well how it can be enbarassing when your child can sing all the songs
That's hilarious! 😂❤
Me and my bestie had my 3 year old little singer sing it at the mall 😮😂.
Stop right there ! I gotta know right now .
@@janicemacmillan2610 my husband wasn't a musician but we both loved and had all the music and out 3yr old daughter could sing the songs
@@browniewin4121 so nice for you. No one was happy when my 4 year old walked into daycare singing “we dont care what you say, fuck you, suck the big one”
Not one bad song on this whole album titled Bat out of hell its a Rock Opera its fantastic. Every song on it is just incredible and tells such a beautiful story . I worked their tour in in the 80s and just brilliant live probably the best concerts i ever worked on. Really, really nice people so down to earth too . By the end of the song they are both begging for a gun as so done with each other.
Bat Out of Hell is a great song on a great album.
Know every song on this album by heart down to the last drum beat!
Meatloaf, the master of the rock opera
The boy blushing is everything!!🤣🤣
Meatloaf was formally trained in theater
He's adorable. 😊
He's so giggley!
the male pursuit of sex vs. the female pursuit of commitment - a story as old as humanity
this reminds me of a quote I read a long time ago about the two genders different approaches to love, sex and romance - a guy wants to be a girl's first, but a girl wants to be her guy's last...
Yeah, right up-until the Internet took charge of our children, now it's different, in fact, it's inverted...the opposite...chaos.
Oh not anymore. We have absolutely no need of a man anymore
I remember singing into a Coca Cola bottle with my girlfriends while cruisin in the beater car during this song. Hell yeah. Love that you’re introducing real music to a new generation ❤️ subbed to you thru #HOG FAM quite awhile ago. Keep up the education. Much love from a 50 y old from Florida
Keep in mind this song is reminicing about "parking" in the late 60s or early 70s..a girl still had to be careful back then because society was very judgemental about women having sex outside of marriage
ONE of the best selling albums in history.. Released in 1977 its sold over 45 million copies.. It spent 522 weeks on the U k charts.. Its also the number 1 selling album in Australia.... Meat Loafs Bat Out Of He'll to this day sells a little over 200,000 copies a year...All together with all his other releases he has sold a total of 140 million worldwide......
I’ve bought at least 3 copies
I don't think Back Into Hell was as good as Out of Hell. It didn't do as well, I don't think.
And Meatloaf got very little money from it, from what I heard.
@Tyrone-NZ That would make sense. Most of the material was written by Jim Steinman with Meat Loaf getting credit as co-writer.
@@dawnyoung8 LP, CD and digital? Me too.
The first time I heard this I was 11, my mother used this song as ‘the talk’. After the song she told me ‘a hard on will say anything’. Stayed with me for ever, i am now 45.
Hmmmm your mum was a wise woman! I may have to use that with my pre teen some day. Thanks for the tip.
That's highkey genius.
"How YOU doin'?"
"Now we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife"
One of the greatest lyrics in rock and roll. The way he delivers that line is pure perfection.
Steinman lyrics!! So much to love!!
Came to say this. This line goes hard
Not as good as, "Little ole lady got mutilated late last night."
But not bad.
He is singing about hot knifing hash. IMHO
I'm 70 years old & to this day - at a wedding or social gathering when this is played (with the right croud) we all get on the dance floor (guys and gals) and sing, scream, perform - not dance - our asses off to each other and just have such a ball! It brings back great memories of such great times! Hopefully everyone goes home and plays baseball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was just telling that to a young'un yesterday!
Although he was at a loss for words, his physical reaction said more than his words could have ever said. "If you know, you know!" Hilarious😂😂😂!!!
I love how red he got from embarrassment. If every child at 12 and 13 had to listen to this song there might be a lot fewer unwed mothers. It does have a way of bringing the message home. It makes me think parental chaperoning might be a good thing to do again.
Highly under-rated singer. May he rest in peace, and I can't even belive he's been gone since 2022.
Underrated?
The real underrated singer in this song is Ellen Foley of Night Court fame.
Not underrated for us who know but the current generation barely know his name. @@PanglossDr
In what world is he underated
@@Marchant2 Aka Mrs. Loud, I think?
I will never forget Meat Loaf's performance in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Wow! , memories...
Saw Meat Loaf & Riffraff at the Opening Midnight showing of Rocky Horror in the mid 70's at the Neptune Theater in Seattle. They were there to introduce the movie and came back at the end for a Q&A.
Friend got a bunch of us to go. Then we went every wknd for the nest year and a half. We were in the "back row" in the balcony.
@@c.renkenney3215 Oh, so it was you guys making it "rain" on us holding newspapers over our heads!! (we went every weekend too)
@@user-calm_salty Good times in Florida pulling the same gags. Everyone came prepared for the show.✌️
@@user-calm_salty so were you at the Neptue in the mid-late 70's? if so, yes it was us up on the balcony
@@c.renkenney3215 naw, I was in Cali, I was jk
Ah the anthem of my youth. Love to see people discover some of the amazing music and realize it holds up. Meatloaf was a legend for a reason. He and Freddie Mercury really became jewels in the rock opera crown.
Styx did rock opera as well
Meat Loaf was the first singer to nail all the lyrics to Hot Patootie Bless My Soul from Rocky Horror Picture Show.
My daughter when 5 sang this in her school. The teacher asked the children if they would like to sing a song … some sang ‘Twinkle Twinkle’ and ‘Mary had a little lamb’. She stood up and sang this. At parent’s night the teacher said that she thought we should be aware of her singing this. We laughed and almost burst with pride.😂😂
I love when this young man is on with you. He has the best personality. I am a 71 white female who loves it when you bring back the music I grew up on.😊
I'm 64 and we lived through the best music. There will never be anything like it again!
His father called him Meat because of his size - even as a newborn baby. His birth name was Marvin Aday. The nickname just caught on and then later he stepped on a coach's foot and supposedly he called him meatloaf.
He always referred to himself as Meat.
Trivia - he skipped school with a couple of buddies to see President Kennedy in 1963. They saw him when he landed at the Dallas airport but also were at the hospital when JFK arrived and was pronounced dead.
😲😲😲😲
In an interview with tucker c he said he and his friends walked right up to the limo and saw the brains and blood on the floor of the car.
He has told several stories about his name, and the Kennedy story is dubious at best.
Wow! That’s insane !
I was at a Meatloaf concert and it was just finishing the end of the song. Immediately fireworks blasted from the Cleveland Indian stadium which was right behind us. They shoot them off when a player hits a home run. Meatloaf lost it on stage. He said “I swear we had nothing to do with it! “ the audience laughed and went wild too!
I'm rewatching this and it's crazy that this song continues to get the same reaction as it first did. I was 17 (1977) when this came out and we all laughed our asses off. It's great that it still is amusing now.
BP, A couple of things... The song starts and ends with them as teens but they're a married couple. Hence, praying for the end of time line. They are looking back to when they were 17. Also, way back when we were young we had bucket seats in our cars. They extended the width of the car. Great for making out in. The dashboard lights were normally still on inside the car because we listened to music on the radio, cassette tape or (cough, cough) 8 track cassettes. So the name of the song tells you they're parking.
Maybe more like bench seats?
It actually ends with them in their mid 30s , the final section when they are praying for the end of time is being sung at their daughters 18th birthday party , the song was part of a musical , the whole band including meatloaf all came from musical theatre, Jim steimans theatre group were called the neverland express
@@andrewtims9524 you're right. I knew I didn't write that correctly after I posted it. Thanks for clarifying it. Yes, I know it's from a musical. I need to stop writing when I'm half asleep. Lol
@@lordessducky8494 yep.... That's what I meant. Phew I messed that whole comment up pretty good. No more typing after 11. Lol 😂
I was also 17 in Australia and the then boyfriend had bucket seats 😂. This is just a brilliant album from start to finish. The scary thing is that I don’t know what I did yesterday but I still remember every lyric to this song (and the whole album really). Still have the cassette.
Nobody young is ever prepared for Paradise By the Dashboard Lights!
The look on Gabe’s face when she suddenly put the brakes on was priceless…. Show’s he is still living in that youngsters trying to make things happen phase…. 😂😂
Those were the daze my friend. I thought they'd never end. We'd ...
@Jamie_Pritchard We'd live the life we choose; we'd fight and never lose. Those were the days!
He's still young enough to think that men have a stronger sex drive and most women are looking to get married. There's no need to lie and say you love someone to get sex, you just need to find a partner that wants what you do out of it.
This song was the anthem in the 70's about boys and girls different outlooks on what sex and love meant.
Welcome to the rabbit hole of Meatloaf❕❗ Every song will blow your mind❕❗ Thank you Black Pegasus for showing him a rock legend❕❗
"I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday" is the first lyric, setting the stage for the memory and at the end they switch to "now I'm praying for the end of time". The whole song is so clever, funny and just really cool storytelling. Even the baseball metaphor was recorded by Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto, for the song, it's not a sample. It has always been a favorite of mine.
They kind of tricked ole Phil. He was not pleased when he found out how his part was being used.
@skfgh6171. I think the Scooter was smart enough to figure it out.
@@slimjimnyc270 Alas, he didn't.
Love Phil Rizzuto ❤️ "Holy Cow" in my opinion the best announcer of all time!
@slimjimnyc270 I think so too!!!
Meatloaf was a power house His voice was incredible as was all his shows I saw him many decades ago when all the greats were performing when real music was all we had!!! The Best
The best part is how they're both regretting that decision
His voice is one of the best rock voices ever.
Pure performance art. Back in the day every woman I knew owned this album just for this song.
Meatloaf was a Broadway performer before he started writing and performing his own stuff. That is why this seems so much like a performance on stage.
This song was written by Jim Steinman.
@@davidgagnon3781 Thank you for the correction. I thought he was involved in the writing process, but apparently was misinformed.
@@bjornsmom123 Actually Jim Steinman wrote all the songs on Bat Out Of Hell. He and Meatloaf were a great team.
He wasn't so much a "Broadway performer " as he had a musical theatre background. I don't believe he ever performed in a Broadway musical.
And he was an awesome actor appearing in many movies
In the song, Meatloaf is remembering that night. The first line in the beginning of the song he sings that he remember every little thing that night like it was yesterday. Listen to the beginning of the song.
I missed the meaning of this song when I first heard it too.
I still remember!! I am a 68 yr old female! Most girls find making love a very emotional thing....most Men find it a sexual thing...notice I said "most", especially when teenagers !
Sadly many people born after 1990 have no idea what dashboard lights are.
Sadly!! I've got a daughter and I'm glad haha!
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Yup, ain't that the truth..lol
One of my fondest memories is my last day of High School back in '95. Went on a date to the drive-in.
Captain Morgan and paradise by the dashboard lights.
Double date, too with my one of my best friends and his girlfriend (his Saab so he got the back seat which I'm sure was more comfortable).
Baby, '98 and I am well aware despite being British
written by Jim Steinman. He wrote a number of other songs performed by Meat, including "I'd Do Anything For Love" which you looked at a couple months ago. Steinman was a classically training pianist, and many of his songs featured piano as a major instrument.
Steinman also wrote songs for Celine Dion, Barry Manilow, and a couple of top hits for Bonnie Tyler (Total Eclipse and I Need a Hero)
Yep, the difference between boys and girls, little brother.
Meatloaf was a very theatrical performer and put all of his energy into his show….so much that he would need an oxygen tank afterwards!
He became an icon in the second half of the seventies!
I was 20 years old when this song was first released! It is so fun to see someone that same age reacting to it for the first time today. One thing is so different today: our generation still had a large contingent of people who believed that a marriage, and even a promise to marry, was an unbreakable vow. Yes, divorce was already on the rise, but it was far less common at that time than today. So we could relate to the dilemma the song proposes to a greater degree. Still, the basic theme is timeless, as this young man's reaction shows so well. We were all once "barely seventeen and barely dressed". 🤣
Glad you both enjoyed it. Meat Loaf had to constantly fight to be noticed by labels & audiences because of his size but he was born to perform. This song was popular on the radio back in the day & everyone loved it.
Meatloaf was in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
And Little House of Horrors.
Rock opera at it's best - as only Meatloaf could do it. Rock In Paradise, Meat.
GenX here. This was so much fun to watch a younger generation reacting to a song that is on my forever playlist! Great video, Black Pegasus! ✌🏼
Generation Jones here and I'm gonna claim him for my generation.
this was probably the best reaction to this song I have seen. I was 20 when it came out so seeing again with a 20 year old reacting was cool!
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Showed this to our son when he hit puberty. A cautionary tale!
Every teenager around the world should watch this...love is fleeting and you do NOT want to be married at 17, or pregnant!
I was married and pregnant at 17. 😂 And it lasted 40 years before I lost him 5 years ago.
@@LillyMarz777 sorry for loss ❤
I was pregnant at 17 too but relationship only lasted 5 years if that. My daughter in law was 17 when she was pregnant with my grandson, and my grandson is almost 5 now
Loved to see his reaction and how he caught on right away what it was about 😂
Omg haven’t laughed so much in ages Thankyou both for the giggles! ❤Spot on about Meatloaf theatricality he’s an actor as well as rock star. If you haven’t seen it check him out in Rocky Horror Picture Show it is a fun ride 😂❤
Totally. Rocky Horror Picture Show was a Great Time!!!
The album Bat Out of Hell is a classic
The story/humor in this song is timeless. Always fun to see a 1st time reaction to it!
BP leave the poor boy alone😂😂 Gabe's reaction is the best I've seen yet to this song. I was 10 when my parent's bought this LP for me. They had no idea😂😂
Seeing young peoples reaction to this song is priceless!! Meatloaf.. RIP
lol I’m a 63 year old gramma of 5 and I remember when this came out. The look on your face while trying to find words was hilarious!!! The soundtrack of my youth…🖖🏻🇨🇦😆
Every party I was at in the 80 and 90s (weddings, holiday parties, anything with 5 or more couples) the dance floor would fill with the men on one end and the women on the other singing the song back and forth to each other. It was a blast every time
Meat Loaf's performances and Jim Steinman's songs were a wonderful match. As for the name, I believe it was just a nickname he had as a child that stuck.
I love Meat Loaf. He is one of my favorites. He had such energy to his performances. I'm glad to see his music being introduced to the young generation. He is definitely a musician who shouldn't be forgotten.
This song was recorded in the '70's. It is set in the 1950's.
Meat Loaf was a heldentenor, and was offered a lot of money to sing opera. Fortunately, he did this instead. He made a deal to show this promo video (not from a concert) before every showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which he played Eddie. Karla DeVito, the girl in white, is not the voice you are hearing. The vocals are Ellen Foley's album vocals. Karla did the tour and is a great singer in her own right, but Ellen's vocals were perfection. Karla and Ellen have a video of them singing together, "I'm So Happy To Be Here." Karla has been married to actor Robbie Benson since the 1980s. Ellen played Billie in Night Court, Season 2. RIP Marvin "Meat Loaf" Aday.
Did you know Ellen Foley is on the sitcom "Night Court" in season 2? She is one of the lawyers.
@@boki1693 Yeah, that's why I mentioned it at the end of my post. She was also in the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail, and in Fatal Attraction and in the movie, Hair.
Meat Loaf was destined to do what he did...Find the interview where he describes him a his buddies involvement in the aftermath of the J F K assassination.
The entire story is about prom night when they were 17. He was hoping to get lucky and she wanted to get married. Yes, they got married and hated each other and was praying for their time together to hurry and end.
This is so great! We were all waiting for you to discover this... now we're watching you waiting for him to discover this.
Meatloaf was a pure showman in his concerts
The genius behind the lyrics - Jim Steinman; the genius behind the performance - Meatloaf. 'Theatrical" - that man gav everything he had into the performance - at the end of a concert there was an oxygen tank waiting to revive him backstage.
Take a look at Out of the Frying Pan (and Into the Fire) "... I saw you sitting on the steps outside and you were looking so restless and reckless and lost...."
Watching his reactions….through wide eyed wonder and a smile that is pure sunshine…🥰🫶🏻🏴
Made my day!!! Still laughing. More Meatloaf please. His songs are one of a kind.
This 68 year old woman is loving the reaction of this young man. He is really getting into the music, and he's really paying attention, He's just so Into it. You need to have him on more often !
This is the best reaction. I'm 60 and back in the day this was a "dirty" song😂
It was so much fun watching the two of you react to this one!
The entire Bat Out of Hell album is badass. I had it on album, 8-track, cassette and CD. Now I stream it too. One of my all time favorites!
THANK YOU, BP!!! One of the most meaningful things in this very fun, very funny song, at least to me, is the fact that he made the promise, but then HE KEPT IT!! That put a layer of meaning and depth to the song that I've always loved, but that nobody else ever seems to notice or comment on. Kudos for picking up on that and pointing it out.
This song is always so fun to watch people react. But THIS...This one has to be my favorite! He made me laugh so hard along with him. I've seen people miss really good parts (like the end when he gave in) but I love how you both got it ALL. What a masterpiece it is.
Stacie from Boston
You guys had me laughing so hard, five star reaction on this one
I was SO lucky to see this gentleman in the rescheduled concert in Glasgow,after he died, I believe,in Wales. He was resuscitated,thankfully He came on between 7:30 and was still going strong with a 15 minute break,at twelve midnight. I was accompanied by a lady, who only came to keep me company. As we went out, she actually said she was now a fan!! HE WAS AMAZING! Tragically,he passed away shortly after that concert.
The start of this song is so 50ies and evokes the feeling of "Rebel without a Cause" or "American Graffiti", and that's when the story of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" starts with making out on the backseat of a car. Later the style shifts to the late 70ies and tells the story 25-30 years later, still with the same girl but in a totally different mood.
The moral of the story: Guys! Don't commit only to score. You'd better sleep on it before you're stuck in an unhappy relationship until the end of time.
This song is genius. It's not only one of my favorite songs of Meatloaf but at all.
My late husband said that he got to see this song performed live and that it was absolutely amazing
Y'all had me crying laughing. Love watching the expressions on his face as the song progressed. Think he wanted plead the fifth by the end. Should check out more of his stuff. Saw him live in 1992. Stole the show, and he was in the centre of really amazing card
Hilarious!! Takes a few watches to catch the undercurrent I swear! Knowing that they got married and are rehashing, go back to the beginning of the song where Karla first sings. Note how he points at her… feels suddenly different…. So much fun to watch folks discover ML and Steinman. They are a total one-off.
The beginning is actually "I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday." The song is being sung about an evening 15 years or more in the past. That is why it ends "It was long ago and it was far away..."
The final section is from their daughters 18th birthday party
So much better than it is today!
One of the greatest reactions I have seen to date
Oh man the memories are flowing.
This song was Tops and I had a date. ( I still know her) after going to a Neil Diamond concert I drove many miles to a pizza parlor. Then many more to find a place to.....u know
Ended up back at her house, in the driveway, finally was getting my opportunity. Then this song came on and we were hot and heavy. Until the end when she abruptly said I got to go in now.
She's married now has grandchildren. The last time I saw her she brought up that night in front of everyone laughing.
God only knows what I can do right then.lol
Aint life funny!!
that reaction was priceless!
I have never laughed so hard to a reaction video ever!! GCalo, you just made my day!!! ❤❤❤
I graduated hs in '86 and this was on the "girls" party tape mix in college. The guys would roll their eyes and HATE this mix. But we all played in at our weddings. Of all of us (5), only 1 couple has lasted, but made for a great party. Loved the reactions!
" His name is Robert Paulson."
~Fight Club~
RIP Meatloaf❤
Rob Paulsen is a voice actor who is the voice of the animaniacs and many other cartoon characters from the 80s and 90s
We don't talk about Fight Club.
Meatloaf was the King of Theatrical Rock. He has been in a number of movies, videos, and etc. I actually got to see him live back in 1990 before he released his 2nd album. I was always a fan of his music but after i saw him live, he became my favorite "Entertainer\Showman" I got to see him live in an old theater in Massachusetts and the whole show was simply incredible! To this day i don't think i have seen a more entertaining musician\group. You should really check out more of his music it is very entertaining.
😅😅😅😅 love how his face hurts from laughing so much...so cute
I'm 62, from the UK. Bat Out of Hell, from which this single is taken, is one of my all time favourite albums. It's more like a rock opera that follows a storyline. 46 years later I still know the words to every song from memory - but only when I'm singing along to the album. Great to hear the legendary Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy at the start of your video too.
It's actually rock theatre, everyone involved in bat out of hell were part of Jim steinmans musical theatre group The Neverland Express which is why their performances were so theatrical
I dont know if anyone has told you but the female singer is an actress lipsincing to ELLEN FOLEY who recorded this album with meatloaf in the studio.
True. The female in the video is actress/singer Karla DeVito, who took over for Ellen Foley who did not want to tour.
Funny watching you kids listening to our era of killer music!
This was a fun reaction. He was blushing and I know his cheeks hurt from smiling and laughing so hard .
He won't be disappointed seeing more Meatloaf he's so talented .
Black P your doing a great Job opening some young people to the classics after of course you watched them . Lol
Many Blessings to you and your family. 😊
Both of you are priceless❤❤❤. One of my favourite songs. from a 70 something 🤣😁. 🇨🇦Grammy
Greatest reaction I have ever seen 😂😂😂
Your reaction to this clip has made me laugh,snort,laugh and snort again. Thank you.
This was the funniest reaction!😂 Love how you expose yourself AND another generation to great, legendary music where otherwise most likely would never have heard. Excellent way to keep Meatloafs music alive. RIP
This is sooo good lol! He is such an amazing performer 😂❤
Gabe at first looks like he’s thinking wtf does BP have me watching 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is the hardest I have ever laughed at a reaction video.😂😂
Great job guy’s
Oh Man! High school is Back! ❤️🎉Great album!
Loved this reaction, made me giggle away as G-Colo realised what was happening 😂
More Meatloaf please BP Bat Out Of Hell is a must listen
I remember when my cousin used this at his wedding; him and the grooms men sang his side and the bride and bridesmaids sang her side. It was great
Crying with laughter at you two, that look you gave each other at exactly the same time 😂 followed by helpless laughter. We thought it was funny 45 years ago too
Every time you listen you could pick up more and more on this song. Especially if you have an ear for this. Dude was a lyrical genius.
I played this song when I left my husband Many years ago. I am 62… that was AWSOME 🎉
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" was a fun hangout song for me & my friends as GenX teens to early 20somethings in NJ/PA. It would come the radio or be on someone's mix tape & we would naturally split into guys vs girls singing the song. It was def a GenXer thing bc we were from all backgrounds (dif races, rural, small blue collar lower-middle semi-industrial towns, small upper-middle white collar towns, large middle suburbs, & lower-middle blue collar in the post industrial urban decay of Philly).