
Meat Loaf drove this surprising car to record 'Paradise By the Dashboard Light'
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Meat Loaf drove an economical Honda Civic during the recording of his classic "Bat Out of Hell" album.
"They knew who owned them - James Taylor owned one, Carly Simon owned one, I owned one," said. "There was only 18 of them in the country when I bought mine. And we were using it to drive back and forth to Woodstock, [producer] Jim Steinman and I, to do 'Bat Out of Hell.' We had just started recording it."
The economy car was powered by a 52 hp engine, required about 15 seconds to accelerate to 60 mph and doesn't offer much room for the sort of activity depicted in the "Paradise" lyrics.
It wasn't the first car he ever bought. That was a 1967 Ford Mustang, but he said he sold it because it was too annoying to park in New York City.
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