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Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDFed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p.183. I never thought of them as personal songs in terms of my own life but they were personality songs. They were all about my obsessions and images. None of them takes place in a normal world. They all take place in an extreme world. Very operatic...they were all heightened. They don't take place in normal reality. [19] a b c d e f Gordon, Jeremy (January 22, 2022). "How Meat Loaf Made a Cult Favorite: 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' ". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Baker, Sinéad (January 21, 2022). "Cher, who sang a hit duet with Meat Loaf, pays tribute to 'amazing' singer after his death aged 74". Insider.com.In 1967, when Meat Loaf was 19 years old, his mother died from cancer and his father barely missed stabbing him with a knife having falsely accusing him of having girls in his bedroom. [18] He used the inheritance he received from his mother's death to rent an apartment in Dallas and isolated himself for three and a half months until a friend found him. [19] A short time later, he went to the airport and caught the next flight to Los Angeles. [20] He intentionally gained 60 pounds (27kg) to fail his physical examination for the Vietnam War draft. [9] Career [ edit ] Early career [ edit ] Amherst College Digital Collections". Amherst College Digital Collections . Retrieved April 7, 2018. Sulway, Verity (January 21, 2022). "Meat Loaf's many brushes with death – car crashes, hit by shot put and scary collapse". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022.