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September 06, 2007
MEATLOAF, Live, In Atlanta
So I spent my labor day off to good use. My dad and I drove down to Atlanta to see Meatloaf in concert. I've been sort of ridiculously enamored with Meatloaf and Jim Steinmen since having been ceremonialy introduced to Bat Out of Hell (numero uno) by my parents when I was 13 or 14. I had mentally put Meatloaf on the depressingly long list of "Bands Who I Would Love To See But Are Probably Dead or Broken Up." But here he is on tour again, and I'm ecstatic I got to see him. His singing voice is not what it was 30 years ago, but that's no surprise. The famous oomph he puts into his performances definitly lived up to the legends though, and even though he wasn't going near some of the high notes, he was belting his heart out.
I always love seeing what different bands put into their live shows to give it that extra something, and Meatloaf's approach that night was to throw in some pretty funny comedy and asides between sections of "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" and even throwing on a long wig that transformed him (at least appearance wise) into 70s era Meatloaf. He seemed like a pretty good natured guy, and I have to give him kudos for doing the same stuff for 30 years and always honoring the fact that the fans have stuck around for that long too. And ah, the fans. There was a really funny group of "Meat Heads" as my dad dubbed them who were BEYOND into Meatloaf. They kept jumping up piggyback on one another's shoulders and crying out "I FUCKIN LOVE YOU MEATLOAF" and they couldn't resist woohooing after every scentence he said in his comedic interludes.
As for the photos I took, I don't usually care much for concert photos. The interesting lighting doesn't have much to do with my skills as a photographer, and never really translates the way I want it to. Generally I just took these to have a personal record of a performer I've wanted to see for a long time, but I'm actually really pleased with a couple, namely the one just of Meatloaf and the other of one of his tarted-up backup singers. I think the colors and lighting came out a bit differently from the other photos I took, so I figured I'd throw them up here and see if anyone likes 'em.
Check out my two favorites after the jump.
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