Anything for love, but I won't do that? Here's what Meat Loaf really meant

Legendary singer and actor Meat Loaf died Friday at age 74, forsaking a legacy of a few of the best-known albums and songs in rock discography.

Particularly, his 1993 hit track “I’d Do Something for Love (However I Received’t Do That)” which was launched as a single from his Bat Out of Hell II album, accommodates considered one of his most misunderstood lyrics.

Followers have lengthy been confused by what precisely “that” is, that Meat Loaf gained’t do for love. Regardless of the enduring confusion, Meat Loaf himself defined the lyrics together with in a 2014 Yahoo! discuss present interview with Ali Wentworth.

"It is the road earlier than each refrain — I am going to by no means cease dreaming of you for the remainder of my life," Meat Loaf defined. “There’s 9 of them, I believe. The issue lies as a result of Jimmy [Steinman] likes to jot down, so that you neglect what the road was earlier than you get to ‘gained’t do this.’”

In response to the track lyrics, a few of the different issues Meat Loaf gained’t do for love embody:

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  “neglect the best way you are feeling proper now,”
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  “forgive himself should you do not go all the best way tonight”
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  “do it higher than he does it with you,”
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  and “cease dreaming of you each evening of his life.”

Meat Loaf’s 2014 remarks referred to Jim Steinman, the author of the track which gained a Grammy Award and hit the primary spot on charts in a number of international locations.

Meat Loaf bought greater than 100 million albums worldwide over the course of his profession.

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  FILE - Rock star Meat Loaf seems on stage through the first live performance of his tour by Germany in Hamburg, northern Germany, Tuesday, June 12, 2007. (AP Photograph/Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)