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Funny venn diagrams meatloaf12/4/2023 ![]() Here we begin to examine this album’s relationship with our good friend, irony. Why is “Meat Loaf” in the awesome gothic font, but “BAT OUT OF HELL” in a boring, nondescript san-serif typeface? If you call an album Bat out of Hell and fill it with epic, melodramatic songs, you want to create the appropriate imagery to go with it, and part of that imagery is an awesome font.īut wait. That’s a super-truncated history of the phrase “gothic,” but you get the idea. It’s a type of “Gothic” script, so named because it came from the parts of Europe that the Gothic tribes inhabited, and also because the Italians who coined the term considered such people to be “barbaric.” Somewhere along the line, the term “gothic” came to encompass broad swaths of medieval European culture, and when the castles associated with medieval European culture crumbled and became ruins, people began to associate “gothic” with the supernatural, darkness, and melodrama. ![]() You probably have a similar font on your computer, and you probably used it when designing your Halloween Party invitations. The choice of font for “Meat Loaf” seems obvious at first. Let’s take it from the top, specifically, with… The Fonts In other words, it’s no accident that a naked, muscle-bound man rocketing out of hell on a horse-motorcycle appears on the cover of this album.īut we’re not there yet. Everyone knew what they were getting into with this project. According to “ Q Magazine: The 100 Best Record Covers,” Jim Steinman, who came up with the album’s concept and wrote the music, acquired the services of artist Richard Corben based on his track record of sci-fi and fantasy art. ![]() I know, your mind is blown, right? Once you’ve recovered, follow me after the jump to Overthink the Hell out of this.įortunately, we actually know a fair amount on the origins of this spectacular image. Ladies and gentlemen: Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell. A while back, I posted a deconstruction of the cover art for the Journey album Escape, hoping that it would be the first in a new series called “Album Covers That Blow My Mind.” Well, a year later, that second entry is finally here! I know, it’s been a while, but don’t worry, it was worth the wait.
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