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re: Meat Loaf on TV this fall

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Markus 08:05 pm UTC 09/25/10
In reply to: re: Meat Loaf on TV this fall - steven_stuart 07:29 pm UTC 09/25/10

Do you believe everything you see on TV? What Meat says or Jim?

> > > What rubbish.
> >
> > Yes and stating that Meat loaf "collapses" during shows
> > isn't when it happened once? You wrote it as if it happens
> > on every tour. It happened 7 years ago and he continued
> > the tour a few weeks later without too much trouble and
> > even put in some of the longest shows he has ever done.
> > Had you written cancellations or flus or whatever he gets
> > I would have agreed.
>
> It may be that we do agree but that there is simply a
> misunderstanding. Did you see the film "Meat Loaf: In
> Search Of Paradise"? Meat collapses after every show. He
> lies on the floor and requires oxygen. Full length
> concerts are very punishing for him. That's why I think he
> would be more comfortable if he could make decent money
> and achieve artistic success by making films or at least
> doing more things like "House" on TV.
>
> The one time that you refer to was a very serious
> collapse, different from the end of each show collapses.
>
> In the "Meat Loaf: In Search Of Paradise" film, Kasim
> explains that he knew that this collapse was different
> from the rest and he tried to alert everyone but they were
> saying that it was just Meat doing his normal thing. Kasim
> said that it took him ages to convince everyone else
> backstage that Meat needed an ambulance to go to hospital.
>
>
> Thank goodness for the very intelligent and sensitive
> Kasim. Meat could have died.
>
> When I talked about Meat collapsing, I was talking about
> the physical discomfort he is in after finishing a
> punishing show.
>
> This is why I think he should play Hook in "BOOH" (not
> that he necessarily will) because he could perform live
> but he wouldn't be on stage all the time. Hopefully it
> would be less punishing for him. And Karla could play Mrs.
> Hook (not that she necessarily will).
>
> It would be great to reunite Meat and Karla to sing
> "Paradise" after all these years. Although I must stress
> that this is just an idea which is floating around.
>
>


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