+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
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
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!!!!.
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".
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’.
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
the best is in my opinion queens bohemian rhapsody a great song and easy to sing along with. for city driving i use classical music as it calms me down and aids in slowing down after a motorway journey.
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.
I wonder how many people voted for Meat Loaf just to piss them off...
or how many didnt vote for them because they like top gear
I know what i'd do ;)
+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
I'm honestly surprised it didn't win for that exact reason.
You had it spelled right the first time.
This only feels right that people pay their respects here. RIP Meat Loaf
First thing I thought to do
same! RIP Meat Loaf
i came here because i knew him from this video
I came right here when I heard the news. RIP Meat Loaf.
Came here immediately after hearing he died LMAO
James' sudden switch from formal professionalism to blind indiscriminate rage was just incredible
My favourite part for me.
2:29
"You can vote for it, but we'll come around and cut off your electricity." I died at this one
5:23 Been a while since any part of Meatloaf was blown by a fan....
I wish I could like a comment more than once
oof... savage
or blown by anything...
I can’t believe this is the first thing I have thought of when Meatloaf died RIP
Yeah same
Same
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
2:32 Jesus Christ May, you're really lashing out!
The Scandinavian Gaming Channel 😂 he must hate meat loaf a lot.
This reinforces me decision that he's my favorite top gear presenter.
@@rolon-ew5kl it does give you gout
😆😆😆
Assuming, you can get your fat, swollen, sweaty, stumps of inbred fingers, onto the 5 button!
They really should have put Meat Loaf in the reasonably priced car. Assuming he'd fit, I mean.
I think he's dead.
@@Ward1706 Nope, quick Google and he is 71.
He'd fit now, but not back in the day.
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
@@Ward1706 Well this aged well 😂
I totally thought it was going to be the food, not the singer lol.
Jeffrey Osborn yeah.
If it had been the food I'd have voted repeatedly. 😋 Meatloaf is awesome.
i was hungry when i first saw it
You use the term “singer” lightly
this video is only about 30 seconds longer than bat out of hell by meat loaf
Bat outta he'll is 9:50
The radio edit of bat out of hell is 1 second longer than this
No, it's 1:02 shorter
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!!!!.
@@shtcare it's awful.
RIP meatloaf, his music may have had a massive influence but it wasn't as massive as him.
😂😂😂
I see what you did there. GG
For some reason after the news, this feels like the right place to say RIP Meat Loaf
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".
boomer
@@MegaPikachu5 no, most Top Gear fans are millennials
Rest in Peace Meat Loaf, may your spirit torment the boys for years to come.
killed by Top gear
From our greatest respects. Rest in peace Meat Loaf.
This video really made me want to listen to Bat Out of Hell
My favourite song
I did because of this video
I don't understand, where's the Eurobeat?
probably running in the nineties somewhere
Probably stepping on some gas somewhere
probably raging its dream somewhere
Probably dancing somewhere.
Probably experiencing deja vu somewhere.
How the hell did you manage to leave out the part where they announce the winner?
Shaihan Rasheed I don't think that's unintentional...
If you wanna know the winner, I'll tell you.
SPOILERS!
It's Queen - Don't Stop me Now.
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’.
DrewSavo Roger Taylor is the drummer, it was the bass player John Deacon who they said they couldn’t remember
@@Ward1706 YAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!! At least the best driving song won't give me hypertension and chronic heart disease.
"You telephone..." James May really does have a way with words that make you think you're back in the 1950s!
Rip in peace Meatloaf, you’ve gone up to the big oven in the sky
"...you can vote for it, but we´ll come ´round and cut off your electricity"
Comedy gold!
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.
After watching this video 3 years ago my music taste started to change after I listened to bat out of hell, RIP Meat Loaf
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
JAM 20 it isn’t filmed in 2017, it is filmed in 2004
RIP Meat Loaf
"I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram on a silver-black phantom bike!" Hell yeah!
I love that album -(Bat out of Hell) is a great album!
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!!!
No Autobahn by Kraftwerk?
That was on the original list, but these are the top five
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.
I’d say the best is AC/DC’s “shoot to thrill”
Queens of the Stone Age should have won tbh
Panama by Van Halen isnt included ........somehow
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.
He was in Fight Club.
@@superdrinkingpepsi Bob's Giant Mantits
and now hes dead
the cardigans - my favourite game
heard about that one
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.
They should do an updated "Best Driving Song Award" on the Grand Tour.
I'd nominate "Runnin' Down A Dream" by Tom Petty :)
No, it makes me speed :-)
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
I would have voted for Jessica by The Allman Brothers, for obvious reasons.
The fact that somehow this song has had an ENTIRE MUSICAL created based off this one song absolutely perplexes and stuns me
La Grange. Nothing better on a winding road
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.
RIP greatest driving singer
My favourite out of all of them would be highway star
Runnin down a dream by Tom Petty is the best driving song ever imho
Especially when you drive from San Fierro to Las Venturas
The Wolf with the red roses!
Funeral for a friend/love lies bleeding by Elton John is a pretty good driving song.
Personally, I didn't liked Meat Loaf's music too. Here to pay respects. Rest in peace Meat Loaf.
Was Panama by Van Halen on the list? Because thats an awesome song to drive fast to
nope
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.
RIP Meatloaf :'(
I am a passengeeeer, and I ride and I ride...
Ben Tyndall iggy pop?
History Student Yeah. Awesome driving song. It's shocking that it was no where to be seen.
Sing it... LA LA LA LA LA LA..LALA
My favorite song while driving my 1971 VW 1302 is still "Ratamahatta by Sepultura". But I am a stupid german.
2011 AFL Grand Final half-time performance, need I say more.
His name is Robert Paulson - his name is Robert Paulson - his name is Robert Paulson...
(Fight Club reference)
RIP MeatLoaf ,i only know him because of this show
Same
Powerage (by ACDC) is the only album one can hear constantly for days driving. That's a law of nature.
Too bad 4chan didn't get involved in this, Meat Loaf would have won for sure.
WolfeBane84 Did 4chan even exist in like 2005
4chan gay
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.
I'm still pissed Red Barchetta didn't win. because that song is literally about what Top Gear does.
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
Best driving song: Deaths Grips - I want it I need it
A bloke did an AI cover of Bat out of Hell using Clarkson, Hammond and Mays voices. Highly recommend.
Meat Loaf is awesome and the best driving song (Slade - Far far away) isn't even on the list.
Rip Meat Loaf
BUT WHO CAME SECOND AND FIRST???
radar love was #1 i believe
GloryHole Productions Queen came 1st
GloryHole Productions Don't Stop Me Now by Queen. James May interviewed Roger Taylor the drummer from Queen :)
2nd - Radar Love by Golden Earring
1st - Don't Stop Me Now by Queen
Best driving song is Kickstart My Heart
"Callista", by Saki Kaskas. Try it driving at night.
I love Bat Out Of Hell...
RIP Meat Loaf (September 27, 1947 - January 20, 2022), age 74
You will be remembered as a legend.
I love Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler’s music
Well, technically neither of them had "their" music - it was all written by Jim Steinman.
RIP Meatloaf, Never really listened to your music, any infact, but I knew you through this.
feels so mad hearing them talking about 2004 and that it wasn't that long ago
Or Bidibodi Bidibu by Bubbles. Another awesome song to drive to. especially in a Porsche :)
The camera pan after the Herpes joke killed me
"His hair is always blown by a fan and he is very fat"
I lost it when he May was talking about the fat sweaty fingers haha
I still have no idea who meatloaf is (or if it is a food) but I decided to come back here to say congratulations topgear.
RIP unknown food product.
It's absolutely criminal that this doesn't have more likes
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.
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
To be fair, nobody in existence could afford Meat Loaf, or more specifically, the catering for Meat Loaf
‘You can vote for it, but we’ll come round and cut off your electricity.’😂
Meat Loaf is to James May what Genesis is to Richard Hammond. Love 'em both, thanks for the music
Baffled as to how anyone can dislike meatloaf
So is it meat, or mr loaf?
It's "Big Oaf".
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His name is Robert Paulsen
I collect his albums lol
Still love these guys XD
5:24 "and he was really fat"
literally died when he said that haha
Any classic rock is a good drive.
The best driving song is im in love with my car by queen
8:20 ( . Y . )
Uhm ok?
I've repeated that at least 8 times, I still don't get it.
I think he means the bird in the white shirt
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.
boobies
Spirit of The Radio, or The Chain.
After I heard the sad news, this was the first place I went
Calls cost 10p... That would be about 2.50 nowadays if not more
the best is in my opinion queens bohemian rhapsody a great song and easy to sing along with. for city driving i use classical music as it calms me down and aids in slowing down after a motorway journey.
James May is a legend
I looked it up... Clarkson Rocks is a real thing....
R.I.P. Eddie. Your song lead to some great tv
Thanks Meat!
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.
Should be Allman Brothers - Jessica
On tonight's programme:
In case anyone was wondering, "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen came first.
For me the best music for driving are Summer Song from Joe Satriani, Panama from Van Halen and some other songs hahaha.
Golden Earring🤘
They actually desperate to got meatloaf selected😂
The only reason I heard about Meat Loaf RIP
I’m more upset that Tom Petty’s Running Down The Dream didn’t make the cut