Ain’t This a Top Ten: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad (#3)

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Ooh, what sweet words….”hard freeze watch.” That means an end to the growing season, and an end to the allergy season!!! Unfortunately, we have to take cold with it, but I’m tired enough of sneezing to bundle up. If you’re tired of songs with “ain’t” in the title, there’s just three left (including today’s), then we can move on to another grammatical nightmare. Here’s today’s obvious tune. #3: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad - Meat Loaf Of course this was going to be here! What, you think anyone who was a teenager in the 70s is going to ignore this album???? Why did we gravitate to this album? Probably because it wasn’t disco or Debby Boone. But it was — and still is — a great album. This was a refreshing change of pace from what was dominating popular music in 1977. If you think Meat Loaf (ne Marvin Lee Aday) just popped up out of nowhere, that’s not true. He’d been working for years, primarily as a singing actor in plays. In fact, he played Eddie AND Dr. Scott in the play The Rocky Horror Show, but was relegated to just one scene as Eddie in the movie. Let’s face it, Meat wasn’t much to look at. In fact, he looked better once he conquered his addictions than he did at the height of his popularity. So you can’t blame the popularity of this album (over 22 million copies sold since its release) on girls drooling. No, this is a legitimately quality album. This was the lead single from the album, and one you’ll still hear today on “classic rock” radio. And a “six degrees” post script to the sad news of Night Court star Richard Moll’s death this weekend: the woman who sang the duet on “Paradise By the Dashboard Lights” is Ellen Foley, who played the defense attorney in the second season of Night Court. Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad Written by Jim Steinman Recorded by Meat Loaf From Bat Out of Hell, 1977 No Coupe De Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box: