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THE OPENING ACT
FEBRUARY 2�9, 2022
STAFF
RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
What we’re into
MUSIC BY MEAT LOAF
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A
s I grow older, the pop culture
icons of my youth die. One
by one, with increasing frequency,
my idols pass away. And when
they go, I am reminded of younger
days and I revisit my past.
This was how it was with David
Bowie and Tom Petty not too long
ago. I heard of their deaths, and I
replayed dusty CDs for days.
Most recently, I’ve placed
Meat Loaf’s “Bat out of Hell II:
Back into Hell” on loop. It is what
I’m into now.
More than any other album, this
group of tracks takes me back. It
is desperately angsty. Filled with
pain and longing, the songs fi rst
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Meat Loaf, center, and country artist John Rich, right, perform at Redneck Riviera Nashville on March 27, 2021, in
Nashville, Tennessee.
hit me at just the right time.
Of course, “I’d Do Anything for
Love” is the song that everyone
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remembers, and not just for
its amazing music video. It has
some lines that can be shouted
out on a long drive alone and
other lines that can be tenderly
whispered to a lover.
Every song on this disc is a
memory though, speaking to a
younger version of myself and
the up-and-down emotions of a
teenaged life.
“Out of the Frying Pan (and
into the Fire)” and “Objects in the
Rear View Mirror” are a couple of
my other favorites to this day. But
I even enjoy some of the cringi-
est parts of the album, such as
the spoken word part of “Wasted
Youth.” Throughout the album, I’m
either singing along or laughing at
myself and the seriousness I felt
toward this music back then, years
ago. In both cases, I’m happy.
RIP, Meat Loaf. You made an
album that will stick with me for
years to come.
— ERICK PETERSON, EDITOR,
HERMISTON HERALD