Meatloaf

Meat Loaf is one loose unit. That’s why anything could happen when the headline act for the pre-game entertainment at tomorrow’s AFL Grand Final between Collingwood and Geelong lets rip with a medley of his biggest hits. Five songs in twelve minutes will be some feat for a singer whose tracks are often “epic” in running time.

I will do anything for footy. Even that. Photo: Fox Sports

Fingers crossed the whole show is a catastrophe because, let’s face it, the only reason anybody watches the grand final “entertainment” is to see one spectacular disaster. Good, bad or ugly, the “Bat Out of Hell” will be flat-out trying to upstage the biggest horror show involving song, dance and choreography ever seen at a major sporting event.

The worst in history is Angry Anderson and the Batmobile. I remembered this atrocity after coming across a great article by leading sports blogger The Mad Chatter.

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  • stephen says:

    01:10pm | 01/10/11

    He’s interesting, so lets swap our Jonny Farnham, Molly Meldrum,(and this bloke’s supposed to be in Mensa - must be the reserves - ) and the ABC, and get in return someone who doesn’t give a fig about popularity contests. Read more »

  • Arthur Bastard says:

    12:51am | 01/10/11

    A humble plea to all footy administrators: Just give us the footy. Please. That’s all we came for. And cut out all the sponsors and speeches and rubbish at the end as well. Just give the boys their trophy and let them celebrate. It’s all so bloody Primary School Athletics… Read more »

 

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