Bat Out of Hell

Bat Out of Hell is the second album and major-label debut by American rock singer Meat Loaf, as well as being his first collaboration with composer Jim Steinman, released in October 1977 on Cleveland International/Epic Records. It is one of the best-selling albums in the history of recorded music, having sold over 43 million copies worldwide.Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 343 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003.

Its musical style is influenced by Steinman's appreciation of Richard Wagner, Phil Spector, Bruce Springsteen and The Who. Bat Out of Hell has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America as a platinum album, fourteen times over. As of May 2015, it has spent 485 weeks in the UK Charts. The album went on to become one of the most influential and iconic albums of all time and its songs have remained classic rock staples.

This album's title also became the title for two more Meat Loaf albums. Steinman produced the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993). Desmond Child produced the album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006).

Bat Out of Hell (TV series)

Bat Out of Hell is a British thriller television serial created by Francis Durbridge and originally aired on BBC Two from 26 November to 24 December 1966. The series followed two lovers, Diana Stewart (Sylvia Syms) and Mark Paxton (John Thaw), who are haunted by the voice of Diana's husband over the telephone after he is murdered by the couple. Inspector Clay, played by Dudley Foster, was the detective inspector who headed the police investigation.

Situation

Diana Stewart (Sylvia Syms) and Mark Paxton (John Thaw), are in love, however, Diana's husband Geoffrey (Noel Johnson) is unlikely to grant her a divorce. When it is discovered that Geoffrey has a mistress, the two begin planning his murder. One night, as he is preparing to go on a month-long holiday, Diana shoots her husband and Mark arrives shortly afterward to help her get rid of Geoffrey's body. Things start to go wrong when the body disappears from the house and Diana later receives a mysterious telephone call from her "deceased" husband. Diana is told by Geoffrey to meet him at a local hotel or he will go to the police and have her arrested for attempted murder.

Bat Out of Hell (song)

"Bat Out of Hell" is a song written by Jim Steinman, for the 1977 album Bat Out of Hell and performed by Meat Loaf. It was released as a single in 1979, and again in 1993.

Many of the musicians who performed on the track were members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and Todd Rundgren's Utopia.

This song has become the traditional last song that Meat Loaf performs on all of his live concert shows.

Inspiration

The song was inspired by teenage tragedy songs such as "Leader of the Pack" and "Tell Laura I Love Her", the latter being the first single Jim Steinman had ever bought. Steinman wanted to write the "most extreme crash song of all time":

On a musical and thematic level, "Bat Out of Hell", both single and album, are often compared to the work of Bruce Springsteen, particularly the Born to Run album, and especially the song "Thunder Road". Steinman says that he finds that "puzzling, musically," although they share influences. "Springsteen was more an inspiration than an influence." A BBC article suggested, "...the fact that Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan from Springsteen's E Street Band played on the album only helped reinforce the comparison."

Donovan

Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch; 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music (notably calypso). He has lived in Scotland, London and California, and, since at least 2008, in County Cork, Ireland, with his family. Emerging from the British folk scene, Donovan reached fame in the United Kingdom in early 1965 with live performances on the pop TV series, Ready Steady Go!.

Having signed with Pye Records in 1965, he recorded singles and two albums in the folk vein, but after a new contract with US CBS/Epic Records his popularity spread to other countries. After extricating himself from his original management contract, he began a long and successful collaboration with Mickie Most, a leading British independent record producer, with hits in the UK, the US and other countries.

His most successful singles were the early UK hits "Catch the Wind", "Colours" and "Universal Soldier" in 1965. "Sunshine Superman" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (number two in Britain), and "Mellow Yellow" reached US number two the following year, with "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in the Top 5 in both countries in 1968. He was the first artist to be signed to CBS/Epic Records by the new administrative vice-president, Clive Davis. Donovan and Most collaborated on hit albums and singles between 1965 and 1970. He became a friend of pop musicians including Joan Baez, Brian Jones and The Beatles. He taught John Lennon a finger-picking guitar style in 1968. Donovan's commercial fortunes waned after parting with Most in 1969, and he left the industry for a time.

Donovan (horse)

Donovan (18861905) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from 1888 to 1889 he ran twenty-one times and won eighteen races. He was the leading British two-year-old of 1888 when he won eleven of his thirteen starts. At three Donovan won the Epsom Derby and the St Leger: he failed to win the English Triple Crown owing to a narrow and probably unlucky defeat in the 2000 Guineas. He set a world record by earning a total of £55,443 in win prize money. Donovan was a modest success as a stallion. He died after being injured in an accident in 1905.

Background

Donovan was a dark-coated bay bred by his owner William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland a Conservative politician and landowner. Among the Duke’s other horses were the undefeated St. Simon and the 1888 Derby winner Ayrshire. He was sent into training with George Dawson at his Heath House Stable in Newmarket, Suffolk.

Donovan’s sire Galopin was an outstanding racehorse who won the Derby in 1872 and went on to be a successful and influential stallion, being Champion sire on three occasions. Mowerina, Donovan’s dam, won sixteen races and produced several winners including the 1000 Guineas winner Semolina and the colt Raeburn, the only horse ever to defeat Isinglass.

Donovan (disambiguation)

Donovan is a popular Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Donovan may also refer to:

People

  • Donovan (name), a given name and surname
  • Places

  • Castle Donovan, a ruined castle 12 kilometers east of Bantry, County Cork, Ireland
  • General Donovan Department, Argentina
  • Donovan, Illinois, United States
  • Donovan Lake, a lake in Minnesota
  • Donovans, South Australia
  • Donovans, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Ships

  • HMS Donovan, a minesweeper launched 1918, sold 1921
  • The Infantry Landing Ship Empire Battleaxe operated as HMS Donovan from 1944 to 1946
  • Music

  • HMS Donovan (album), a 1971 album by Donovan
  • Donovan P. Leitch (album), a Donovan compilation
  • "Donovan", a song by Happy Mondays from their 1990 album Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
  • Fictional characters

  • Clyde Donovan, a character in the television series South Park
  • Curtis Donovan, a character from Misfits
  • Donovan (American Horror Story), an American Horror Story: Hotel character
  • Donovan Baine, a character from the Vampire/Darkstalkers series of games by Capcom
  • Podcasts:

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    Bat Out Of Hell

    by: Meat Loaf

    The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
    Way down in the valley tonight
    There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
    And a blade shining oh so bright
    There's evil in the air and there's thunder in the sky
    And a killer's on the bloodshot streets
    And down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising
    Oh I swear I saw a young boy
    Down in the gutter
    He was starting to foam in the heat
    Oh Baby you're the only thing in this whole world
    that's pure and good and right
    And wherever you are and wherever you go
    There's always gonna be some light
    But i gotta get out
    I gotta break it out now
    Before the final crack of dawn
    So we gotta make the most of our one night together
    When it's over you know
    We'll both be so alone
    Like a bat out of hell
    I'll be gone when the morning comes
    When the night is over
    Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone gone gone
    Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes
    But when the day is done
    And the sun goes down
    And the moonlight's shining through
    Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
    I'll come crawling on back to you
    I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram
    On a silver black phantom bike
    When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry
    And we're all about to see the light
    Nothing ever grows in this rotten old hole
    Everything is stunted and lost
    And nothing really rocks
    And nothing really rolls
    And nothing's ever worth the cost
    And I know that I'm damned if I never get out
    And maybe I'm damned if I do
    But with every other beat I got left in my heart
    You know I'd rather be damned with you
    If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
    Dancing through the night with you
    If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
    Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
    If Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
    Dancing through the night
    Dancing through the night
    Dancing through the night with you
    Oh Baby you're the only thing in this whole world
    that's pure and good and right
    And wherever you are and wherever you go
    There's always gonna be some light
    But I gotta get out
    I gotta break it out now
    Before the final crack of dawn
    So we gotta make the most of our one night together
    When it's over you know
    We'll both be so alone
    Like a bat out of hell
    I'll be gone when the morning comes
    When the night is over
    Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone gone gone
    Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes
    But when the day is done
    And the sun goes down
    And the moonlight's shining through
    Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
    I'll come crawling on back to you
    Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
    I'll come crawling on back to you
    I can see myself tearing up the road
    Faster than any other boy has ever gone
    And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe
    And no one's gonna stop me now
    I gotta make my escape
    But I can't stop thinking of you
    And I never see the sudden curve until it's way too late
    I never see the sudden curve till it's way too late
    Then I'm dying on the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
    Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
    And I think somebody somewhere is tolling a bell
    And the last thing I see is my heart
    Still beating
    Breaking out of my body
    And flying away
    Like a bat out of hell
    Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
    Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
    And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell
    And the last thing I see is my heart
    Still beating
    Still beating
    Breaking out of my body and flying away
    Like a bat out of hell
    Like a bat out of hell
    Like a bat out of hell
    Like a bat out of hell
    Like a bat out of hell




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