In a recent conversation with “The Joe Piscopo Show”, Ted Nugent talked about Meat Loaf who recently passed away.
About Meat Loaf, Nugent said:
“This guy was so gifted. And more important than that, he was a funny son of a b*tch. He was such a shining light of just goodwill and decency and the work ethic. I cannot rave enough about what Meat Loaf epitomized for life, liberty and pursuit of rock and roll happiness. What a driving force of nature he was.”
He added more:
“I have a flood, a tsunami, a bombardment of incredible, funny, outrageous, bellyaching laughter moments. ‘Cause if you’re not having fun with me, you’re weird. And everybody, especially Meat Loaf… He spent enough time in Detroit to learn the importance of c*ckiness, and he was very good at his c*ckiness. He was right up there with you and me, Joe. But every day in the studio…
”Number one, because we were all clean and sober, so our humor, our laughter, our passion, our work ethic was united to deliver the ultimate musical performance. So between me and Meat Loaf and [producer] Tom Werman and everybody in our team, it was an absolute orgy of laughter.
”But once the recording button was hit, it was serious, serious business without losing the sense of humor and the passion and the outrageousness, and, more important, the defiance. What defines Meat Loaf‘s best music? He was a defiant son of a b**ch, and I love him for that. And that will always be with us.”