SOUNDTRACK: MEATLOAF with JACK BLACK-“Like A Rose” (2010).
My friend Matt is the biggest Meat Loaf fan I know. He may be the only person in the United States who owns all of Meat Loaf’s CDs (yes, he has ones other than those two Bat Out of Hell discs). So it came as no surprise to me when he sent me a link to a new Meat Loaf song. What surprised me was that Jack Black is singing a duet with him!
The Meat Loaf/Jack Black connection is not new; Meat Loaf appeared in The Pick of Destiny. And Meat Loaf and Jack Black are both waaaaay over the top. So, really, the pairing makes a lot of sense. And, when you put the two together, it’s amazing how well their voices work.
I’ve always loved Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell, but I don’t have a lot of patience for the rest of his music. He played a show at my college, and I left mid way through (mostly because the acoustics were godawful and he sounded terrible, although also because he didn’t play anything I knew–that is until after I left when he played like all of Bat Out of Hell). But since then I have seen him in a Storytellers setting (also in Scranton) and he put on a hell of a show.
The song itself is pretty good. It starts with a rocking acoustic guitar (not unlike Tenacious D) and then turns into a metal rocker (like Tenacious D). Meat Loaf’s voice sounds a bit like a preacher (and to my ears, Jack is not loud enough in the mix). Lyrically, it’s not that great (I can do without the “bitch” bit) but it’s a good rocker.
It’s available here.
[READ: May 5, 2010] “Will the Real Avatar Please Stand Up”
I think I’m missing something with this title. Because I’m sure that you, like me, were expecting this to have something to do with the James Cameron film that is sweeping the nation. And yet, this is actually about Warren Beatty and his claim that he has slept with some 12,000 women. [Heh, heh, I just looked up the definition…very funny. Sorry for my ignorance].
After an introduction (which may be in the persona of Allen himself–quite the rarity), the story follows a young woman as she looks to be next in line–number 12,989!
The story was quite amusing. The character herself is not terribly well drawn (she’s hot and defiant and definitely not going to sleep with him). But the story itself comes to life when we get into the Beatty mansion and learn that he has helpers to take care of so many of those pesky things that will keep his numbers down: foreplay, cuddling etc.Woody Allen relies on a lot of Allenisms in his stories, and this one is no exception (and really, that title is current circa what, 1975? Oh, my bad I see that To Tell the Truth has run in various incarnations up until 2002. Huh). But when he can write a line like: “The next thing I knew, he’d pressed his lips to mine and my underpants were removed arthroscopically,” he’s still got something. This piece is light and silly (as befits the “Shouts & Murmurs” section), and it made me laugh.
It’s available here.
I had the same question. Does it mean that Warren Beatty is the REAL god? Could you explain?
Chris
Well, I took it as the first line of the story mentioning gods in human form. And, if he can have sex two or three times a day that’s pretty mythical. Although, looking deeper into the definition, Vishnu isn’t a sex god or anything. So, maybe it’s not that good of a title. I’d still have like to see someone in blue paint, given that title.