What A Sellout

Last month in the stories linked below, I lamented about two of my favorite music artists, Elton John's and Bruce Springsteen's, very public political endorsements. My argument was that entertainers like all of the rest of us, have the right to express their political opinion. It's when they utilize their celebrity to influence the voters, that I feel that they cross the line. As it turns out, I found something that one of my favorite music artists can do to disappoint me more than making a political endorsement. Have you seen Meatloaf with his son and daughter in the commercial for Go Phone? They are doing a very bad parody of Meatloaf's landmark song "Paradise by the dashboard light". I am disappointed that he chose to disgrace himself and this song by doing this commercial. I wonder how Jim Steinman, who wrote those lyrics for Meatloaf over thirty years ago, felt about the commercial. "Paradise" is not just another song, and Meatloaf is not just any artist. When the album "Bat out of hell" was released in the 70's, it changed music forever. To see it in the Go Phone commercial cheapens the song and Meatloaf himself. Perhaps I should not be so hard on Meat, maybe he needed the money. One thing's for sure, I don't have to feel so guilty the next time I butcher the song at karaoke.

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