new york, i gave it tojim steinman, who wrote all those wonderful songs. i know that pearl, his daughter. the sadness of this is notjust to the fans who love the music and the stage shows and all that, but through the years, i have found meat loaf, or meat as he referred to himself, when you met him, he was very informal and very sort of how are you doing, nice guy, he was a kind, kind soul, and the saddest part of all is that the world has lost a kind man, part of all is that the world has losta kind man, and if part of all is that the world has lost a kind man, and if you asked him, hey, what you want is to call you, meat loaf? he would say, no, just call me meat. it was just a very sad thing, and i sent my present condolences to his family, pearl, his daughter, who is happily married, i know this has got to be devastating. we all wish them the best. , ,., , ., , devastating. we all wish them the best. , , ., , .,, best. absolutely. i mean, why was he our
with the writer, jim steinman. the rock establishment was scornful, but the fans, especially in britain, loved it. # like a bat out of hell!# but its huge success and the pressures it brought almost killed him. then followed years of lawsuits. he claimed he never made a dime out of it. but he did go on to make some great records, but nothing would ever top bat out of hell. a glorious, over the top, emotional battering ram. a rock and roll masterpiece. meat loaf, who has died at the age of 74. how do you follow that? joining me now is steve steinman, a meat loaf tribute. no relation tojim steinman, at such a bizarre coincidence, i had to