OCD And Meat Loaf

I don't recall living in a cave for the past thirty years, but I'm starting to wonder. There are other worlds out there that I never knew existed. This realization happened a couple of weeks ago while watching a commercial. I liked it. It is the rock and roll, AT&T commercial where a dad agrees to buy his son a cell phone. It is cute, but completely went over my head. My problem is that I had never heard of Meat Loaf (the singer, not the recipe).

Lindsay mentioned that the song was a parody of Paradise By The Dashboard Light. That meant nothing to me. He found the video on You Tube and made me watch it. I haven't been the same since. I'm not exactly obsessed with Meat Loaf, but I can't stop watching his videos. Well, maybe I am a little obsessed. I have cut down on my blogging because there is only so much time in the day and I have to make time for Meat Loaf. There are thousands of videos of him and I must see them all.

I was already familiar with some of his music, I just didn't know whose music it was. It didn't interest me enough to find out, much less buy it. What I like is watching him perform and analyzing him. His performances over the past thirty years range from genius level to embarrassing. I've been studying his life history and trying to understand his performances in the context of what was happening to him at the time. I could go into a long dissertation on the subject, but who really cares but me?

In the meantime, I'm trapped in this obsession and hope that it goes away soon. But there is hope. My Princess Diana obsession was bad too, but eventually I came to my senses. That only took about fifteen years. It is all ancient history now, but some day I will have to write about how the Princess of Wales affected my life. I'm not expecting as much from Meat Loaf, although I may have to buy some of his CD's.