Meat Loaf all revved up with no tunes to go
Meat Loaf manages to put on an overpaid, bloated and tuneless performance at the AFL Grand Final.
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US singer Meat Loaf worked himself up into a frenzied performance at the AFL Grand Final and managed to miss all the notes in the process.
His medley of songs including Bat out of Hell, You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth, Anything for Love and All Revved Up with No Place to Go was an excruciating exercise in stadium entertainment that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
Singing flat, behind the bar, screaming and chewing gum, the US singer couldn’t match the glory days of his famous hits.
His classic Jim Steinman songs had always brought great drama, and many would be favourites amongst the broad AFL audience, but the only drama arising from this cacophony was the amount of money that the AFL had paid and whether Meat Loaf would make it to the end of the medley in one piece.
Although he managed to get the ‘G’ singing acapella at one point, it was clear this was a performance carried by his band and backing vocalists.
After his brief show had ended, it immediately lit up Twitter with scathing comments.
The AFL Grand Final has had its share of notorious entertainment performances in the past -but this one could top them all.
Hopefully the NRL Grand Final will show the AFL how it’s done tomorrow.
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On Youtube now. Sounds uncannily like Vic Reeves nightclub singer from Shooting Stars. Im betting Ebay’s full of bargain Meat Loaf tickets for his upcoming tour about now.
@ Mr Chandler. 1.4 million watching between 1000-1330. That is a massive figure for daytime and goes to show it’s a day event…not just siren to siren.
No one has the TV on hours and hours early if they’re not watchin’. Pre tuning happens within half hour prior.
Who was the genius who decided to book Meat Loaf for the Grand Final entertainment? Well, it was an epic fail, you wombat, and a huge embarrassment to the AFL. I’m still LMAO about it, it was so shocking, so totally beyond the pale. To be honest, I question whether he should even be paid for this so-called performance. I think we need to be brutally honest and admit that Mr Loaf’s best performance days are well behind him, and Bat Out Of Hell needs to be consigned back to the late ’70’s time warp where it belongs.
That was horrendous – thank god he had a decent band and amazing backing singer. Why didn’t they make more of Vanessa Amorosi?? And why didn’t they go for a local act – I love it when the AFL go for a good local name and not some overblown star – wouldn’t have turned over if it was Living End or if they wanted a bit more of an international flavour Neil Finn (who was in town with Pajama Club).
Although on the subject of Living End – why did RocKwiz have Chris Cheyne and Susie Q on and then not utilise their amazing voices and guitar talents. Stumblin In – totally cheesy!!
Meatloaf was woeful. Vanessa was great(apart from the last bit) Why can’t they just get the military bands to play the national anthem like they used to? and show a bit of respect. Also, what happened to the tradition of playing Waltzing Matilda at the grand final? people don’t go to see hasbeen yanks perform at an Australian Football match.
They should just bin singers for the GF.
Soccer & rugby need something else to cover up the dullness of their sports, football doesn’t.
That performance rates up there with the Angry Anderson or the Billy Idol shockers.
the channel 10 crappy audio didnt help either
Oh just leave him alone! Poor man! He has not been on for years and he probably is rusty! Stop bagging him out! How would You feel if u used to do something u loved doing and u hadn’t done for awhile and then you tried to get back into it and found u couldn’t that easily? Sometimes a talent will be rusty and it takes time! AFL probably rushed him into it Or they made a hype of themselves n made him lose concentration!!! Stop bagging him ok!!
That was the worst version of BOOH of I’ve heard since I saw Scotch Egg, the Meatloaf cover band, at The Lazy Chopstick Chinese restaurant in ’97.
Seriously bad!! AFL need to talk to some event professionals who present arena entertainment. Recent mistakes are repeated and repeated. Also why not Aussies!
Appalling Aussie bogans….!
unable to recognise one of the great post modern artists of our day.
Mr Loaf’s stunning deconstruction of the popular song, had me fumbling for my Derrida almanac.
Really. didn’t someone think during the pre-game press conference…’ This guy is a disaster…his mechanism is gone”
@James do you hinestly think those numbers are people watch the pre game entertainment . I doubt it. It’s people waiting for the game to start. No one cares about the pre game entertainment
The worst bit is how awesome the female singer is in his band…
I think Kim Beazley did a good job as Meatloaf. Leave him alone.
The serving of Meat Loaf that was on offer at the MCG today was overcooked, stale and tasteless……enough to give anyone the shits! Mr Loaf should take his outrageous performance fee and flee the country like a “bat out of hell”. If I was in charge of the entertainment I would be demnading a refund but, then again, if I was in charge of the entertainment I would not have hired Meat Loaf for the princely sum of $600 000 in the first place. I would have engaged the services of some Australian artists of a far higher calibre and perhaps paid Mr Loaf $60 to pick up rubbish at the end of the game instead. Honestly, do we even need pre-match entertainment at an Aussie Rules GF anyway? The fans pay to see a game of football not some over-rated hack screeching their lungs out. AFL take note!!
@ Mr Chandler. Yes ppl want pre-match performances. It’s a full day of entertainment…music included. Look at the figures for the pre-match. People care.
That was what I call a hot mess. He needed that oxygen tank he takes on stage today that’s for sure. I feel sorry for the people who forked out hundreds to go and see him in concert if this performance was any indication.
They should have paid Britney a million to come and perform, at least when she mimes you can understand what she’s “singing” about. Hell, Kelly Clarkson is in the country, she would have been perfect… she’s just that little bit bogan and would have went down a treat… and can sing!
AFL; you need to hang your head in shame; for such a poor choice; Take a vote from the public next time
Why do the AFL and NRL hire Americans and pay them big bucks for poor performances? Cultural cringe?
the afl and nrl need to stop thinking the grand final is the australian version of the superbowl. no one wants pre game entertainment
wow… just caught the clip on youtube… if only we could go back to the good old days of lip-synching and Australian Idol contestants belting out a ballad or two…
We may have had to listen to meatloaf sing but at least we were saved from the collingwood theme song after the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Bob, You are right, LMFAO would of been great. They were fantastic on Xfactor this week.They are very current and one of the biggest acts in the world at the moment. I think even the oldies would of liked them. The CEO of the AFL seems to be choosing acts he likes. He got it wrong this year but to be fair he got it very right last year with Lionel Richie in the replay last year. I like Meatloaf but was dissappointed with his performance.
A note with the chewing gum: Dave Grohl actually does this too. It’s so that you can keep producing saliva, else your throat will dry out with screaming sections.
The AFL should never have chosen him to perform in the first place and he should not have performed if he was feeling unwell. He looked off-colour when he was performing I couldn’t keep watching it and went outside to get the washing off the line.
As others have said, there are plenty of Aussie acts who could Rock the G. Why send Aussie money overseas when it could be spent locally on a much better performance.