Effervescence - January 27th, 2022

Welcome back to Effervescence!

Noteworthy Cultural Events:

• A big one from growing up we unfortunately lost rock legend Meat Loaf on January 20th at the age of 74.

From The Guardian:

"If all he had ever done was record the album Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf, who has died aged 74, would still be guaranteed his own plinth in the museum of rock’n’roll. Released in Britain in early 1978, the album might have been conceived as the antidote to punk rock, which had been wreaking havoc on the music industry. The unlikely-looking figure of Meat Loaf stood at the center of a bombastic maelstrom of sound, an operatic blend of heavy rock, fantasy lyrics, a choir of backing vocalists, and long, multipart songs. It was rock’n’roll redesigned as a gothic movie and Broadway spectacle."

From The New York Times:

"Meat Loaf, who was born Marvin Lee Aday and took his stage name from a childhood nickname, had a career that few could match. He was a trained Broadway belter and a multiplatinum-selling megastar whose biggest hits, like “Bat Out of Hell” and “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” were radio staples — and barroom singalongs — for decades."