Obama >> Springsteen, Romney >> Meatloaf

[trailmonkee]

Michael Barbaro (mikiebarb)

Breaking: Romney hugged Meatloaf post endorsement. #MITTLOAF

http://twitter.com/mikiebarb/status/261632130457677824

[mucifer]

1. wow poor meatloaf he must be pretty messed up from years of drugs or something.

[nolabear]

8. Celebrity Apprentice contract.

"Hereafter thy soul in total or in part belongs to the Trump, and the Trump shall have dominion over its acts and its associations forever."

[meadowlark5]

2. I bet Meatloaf was sweaty and Romney ran backstage for a Purell bath nt

[smokey nj]

3. What is it about has-beendom that makes everyone Republican?

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. You can stick a fork in both of them.

They're done.

[spanone]

5. romney had the wingnut kid rock

[LaydeeBug]

6. So we have Dave Grohl and THE BOSS and they have Kid Rock and MEATLOAF.

okay. I like our company.

[MH1]

11. we also have Michael Franti

maybe not as well known but still pretty cool.

Blast from the past (2008):

A non-Obama song that was my first intro to Franti, great song:

[LTR]

18. +1

Michael Franti is a genuinely interesting guy who makes great music. Not a household name, but his last album and a few singles were pretty big hits.

[Blue Idaho]

7. Meatloaf today - less meat, more loaf.

It's over dude, let it go.

[brewens]

9. Freakin' Meatloaf! Jim Steinman wrote one album of good songs for him to cash in on. Otherwise

you would never have heard his name. One other thing about him most people don't know. Ted Nugent of all people used him as a singer on his "Free For All" album. I have to admit I had heard of him before "Bat Out Of Hell" because of that. He did several pretty good songs on that album.

[krawhitham]

12. two albums

[brewens]

13. Yeah, but how great was that second one really? It was okay I suppose. n/t

[LTR]

20. There were 3 BOOHs

The first one from 1978 is legendary. An over-the-top masterpiece. There was a follow-up, Dead Ringer, that basically went nowhere. Meat Loaf and Steinman had a falling-out after that, and Loaf fell into obscurity for a few years.

In 1992, BOOH2 came out. Many of the songs featured were recycled Steinman castoffs. Not as classic and a bit long, but kinda fun to listen to. After that, they had another falling-out, then back to obscurity save for a role in "Fight Club".

A few years ago, Meat decided to try and make BOOH3, with no participation from Steinman, even though Meat rehashed a few songs he wrote for others (the first single was a song Steinman wrote for Celine Dion). The rest of the album was big-name songwriters, like Diane Warren, trying to sound like Steinman. Needless to say, it was a piece of crap.

Oh, and somewhere in there was a BOOH live album, proving that a carcass will never be completely picked clean.

[BlueState]

10. We definitely have better musicians

Jon Bon Jovi (whether you're a fan or not the guy is class act)
James Taylor
Tom Petty
Neil Young
Willie Nelson
Jay Z
Michael Stipe

[Contrary1]

14. This thread is no good without the video...

You can find it here, compliments of nc4bo:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1634677

[libdem4life]

15. I'm guessing there is a staffer somewhere without a job. Painful.

[txdemsftw]

16. Well, can't blame him for drinking..

I'd have to be drunk off my ass to sing beside that POS too.

[TwilightGardener]

17. Meatloaf--even less talented than I remember.

[bklyncowgirl]

19. Damn we were just having a discussion as to whether he was dead or alive.

OK, he's alive--well sort of. He's a Republican.

[hfojvt]

21. yeah, if Romney wins we will all be singing

"Life is a lemon and I want my money back"

[Blue Owl]

22. Turkey Loaf looks ready to blow a vein

n/t