ok, so i'm pointlessly wandering around Wikipedia world and decide to check out the Bat Out Of Hell article. as Mr. Ake has mentioned salt-pinching comes hand-in-hand with this website, but i came upon a couple of interesting notes:
1st: the origins of the phrase "bat out of Hell"
"The phrase "Bat out of Hell" did not originate with the album or song; it can be traced back to the Greek playwright Aristophanes' 414 BC work entitled The Birds. [1] In it is what is believed to be the first reference to a bat out of Hell:
“ Near by the land of the Sciapodes there is a marsh, from the borders whereof the unwashed Socrates evokes the souls of men. Pisander came one day to see his soul, which he had left there when still alive. He offered a little victim, a camel, slit his throat and, following the example of Odysseus, stepped one pace backwards. Then that bat of a Chaerephon came up from hell to drink the camel's blood. ”"
2nd: this little nugget:
"Fans have begun to name it "The Red Album"."
really? i've never heard it called that. anyone here refer to it as such?
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