Meatloaf

     No I'm not talking about the food you eat. I'm talking about the singer. The one I saw at Jones Beach with my husband though I barely remember it. Guess we'll have to go see him again sometime. I've got a guess where my head was at the night of the concert to have made me forgotten it but well drop that for now. Since I've been using my radio for WRCN in the kitchen lots and lots lately I actually caught Mr. Loaf on the air the other day. It was a pleasant surprise as it's not often he'll be played. I still knew all the words to the song and it prompted me to dig out my "Bat Out of Hell" cd.
     Meatloaf brings back all kinds of memories when I hear his music, if not of the concert, of lots of other things. First and foremost being prom. Or I should say after prom. A friend on Facebook reminded me of it yet again last night so I knew I had to do this post. So where to begin...
    Junior prom was cheesy but being a girl I had to go. I also had to do the "right" thing and find a date. I didn't have a boyfriend at the time so I wound up going with a friend. I wouldn't say it was a bad choice just maybe not ideal. We had some fun, made the best of it, and got some wonderfully cheesy photos for posterity out of it. For my senior prom I was not going to do the same thing. Well, yet again I did not have a boyfriend so, no date. I wasn't settling for a friend. I decided to go by myself. All my friends would be going, what did I care if they brought dates or not. I was going.
     I did have to fight my class advisor to be able to buy just a ticket for myself and not pay double for just me. I won. My two girlfriends and I found a limo and split the cost by three. Even though they were bringing dates it was our prom. The prom was fun and our class had an after prom cruise with DJ already set up so we did that too. No Meatloaf was played at either. He was saved for the limo ride home. My girlfriends and their dates didn't care as I sang every single word to every song on the "Bat Out of Hell" album. They may have been otherwise engaged anyway. And I was in my own little Meatloaf world so it worked out fine for everybody. Though not forgotten.
     When we were much younger some friends and I put on a little skit/show for our parents to "Paradise By the Dashboard Light." Not having a clue as to what the baseball reference in the song really meant we just pretended to play ball. Looking back now I'm sure our parents were pleased we were all still clueless. And maybe that's why they were having a good laugh during our show.

Senior prom. I am of course dead center without a date.

       Putting the CD on again I can still sing almost every word to every song. I may get tripped up here and there but it's been some time between listenings so it's only natural. The memory of the melody and rhythm of the song still remains if not exactly which word is said where in the lyrics. I was proud of myself for remembering much more than I thought I would. It has been too many years since I'd played the album through. And though singing some of the songs at the top of my lungs may disturb my kids a bit, they just have to deal with it. I think I got louder the more I realized that 'Yes, I still know all the words!' I did check myslef from replaying and resinging my favorite songs too many times as to not to hurt their eardrums too badly.