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Total Eclipse of the Heart: The surreal story behind Bonnie Tyler’s mad blockbuster power ballad

MUSIC: As the Welsh powerhouse vocalist dies at the age of 75, Adam White dives into the story behind her signature song – and that notorious ninja-filled, glowing-eyed music video that even Bonnie Tyler herself couldn’t explain

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Bonnie Tyler obituary

Singer who topped the charts around the world in 1983 with the power ballad Total Eclipse of the Heart

The Guardian - UK

“I just had shivers right up my spine. I couldn’t wait to actually get in and record it”: Bonnie Tyler on the classic song for which she will always be remembered

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"Meat Loaf was really pissed off. He said, That song was meant for me!" How Bonnie Tyler became the ultimate power ballad diva thanks to the world's favourite 'vampire love song', Total Eclipse Of The Heart

With over a billion streams across YouTube and Spotify, Bonnie Tyler's hair-raising classic Total Eclipse Of The Heart might be the biggest power ballad of them all

Louder

Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' has died at 75

Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced Welsh pop star known for “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” has died at 75

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“This guy walks up to me. I thought he was gonna ask for a picture and I'm like, oh yeah, that's cool, but he goes, ‘You are so beautiful – can I take you to dinner?’”: Olivia Rodrigo on the making of Stupid Song – and an unlikely power ballad inspiration

She's also announced a new music festival with an impressive all-women line-up

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“It’s a perfect song. Bonnie really conveys the drama. That voice brought Jim’s song to life”: How the writer of Bat Out Of Hell and a husky-voiced singer from Wales combined to create one of the greatest power ballads of all time

“It makes you feel like you're a Norseman in a blizzard”

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"The vampire make-up slowly melts off during the show, revealing the human beings underneath": Welcome to the blood-drenched, Rocky Horror-inspired world of Creeper

Creeper’s new album is a rich, lascivious feast of vampires and rock’n’roll theatre, Jim Steinman-style. But the real Creeper story starts with shoestring punk gigs, DIY video shoots and community spirit

Metal Hammer

Former Prince Andrew Once "Tried to Push" Singer Meat Loaf "Into a Moat" After Accusing Him of Hitting on Sarah Ferguson

"It's a Royal Knockout" indeed.

Marie Claire

Pop-rock wizard Todd Rundgren: ‘When I met John Lennon, he was a bundle of rags with nothing to say’

As he tours the UK, the musician answers your questions on making Bat Out of Hell with Meat Loaf, squabbles with XTC and the Band, and wiring his studio while high

The Guardian - UK

Rosie O’Donnell: ‘Meat Loaf’s mother wrote me and said, “You can’t be mean to my son”’

The beloved host and comedian on blubbering fans, scary kangaroos, her favourite Irish person and the strangest job she has ever had

The Guardian - AU

50 Years Ago, A Sci-Fi Cult Classic Inspired An Iconic Cinematic Tradition

There's no better argument for the cinematic experience than this queer musical romp.

Inverse

These might be the best sounding headphones I've ever tested — and you won't believe the price

The Dali IO-12 are a divine pair of headphones — but they're four to five times the cost of most regular wireless headphones.

Tom’s Guide

Aussie rock star living his teenage Meat Loaf dreams

Music has transformed one of the darkest times in the life of the flamboyant frontman of Australian band Chocolate Starfish into a triumphant dream come true.

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“I didn’t care if it succeeded or not. I just wanted to make fun of Bruce Springsteen”: Todd Rundgren reveals the real reason why he decided to produce Meat Loaf's off-kilter debut Bat Out of Hell

The Wagnerian rock record was initially rejected by many a record label – but would go on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time

Guitar World

“The guitar was in horrible shape. The paint job was all flaked off, it didn’t have the original tailpiece... at one point, the headstock snapped off”: He's a hitmaker who owned Eric Clapton's “The Fool” SG, produced Meat Loaf, and played with Ringo Starr

Todd Rundgren has just about done it all, but he does regret missing out on the chance to produce the Talking Heads and the Who...

Louder

“The Grateful Dead? Man, they were abysmal. After 20 minutes half the audience had gone”: Meat Loaf’s wild tales of Iggy Pop, the MC5, The Who and more

Iggy, Joe Cocker, Jerry Garcia, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – Meat Loaf crossed paths with them all

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"Probably one of the worst decisions ever made": In 2011 Meat Loaf was booked to play in front of 100,000 fans in Melbourne, and it did not go well

Meat Loaf's pre-game performance at the AFL Grand Final went down in history for all the wrong reasons

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The Independent UK

16 pop stars who did (or didn’t) make brilliant actors

From the highs of Meat Loaf, Lady Gaga and — really — Victoria Beckham, to the lows of Ed Sheeran, Adam White has curated 16 music icons that have tried their hand at acting to various degrees of success

The Guardian - UK

You know what nobody has ever said? ‘I wish that event went on a bit longer!’

After a painfully long Olympics closing ceremony, I’ve come to the realisation that everything – from the opera to Meat Loaf to this column – goes on far too long, says Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

My summer of love and lust: I fell for a Ukrainian rocker – but was I just a groupie?

For one memorable season in the 90s, I travelled with a group called Colney Hatch. It gave me a fleeting but fascinating window into the treatment of women who are ‘with the band’

Louder

"So I open it up and it's ten thousand dollars in hundred-dollar bills, all stacked and taped together": The Cadillac Three's stories of Lemmy, Steven Tyler, Chrissie Hynde, Paris Hilton and more

They played hungover baseball with Jack White, fought bouncers alongside Kings Of Leon, and received wisdom from Billy Gibbons: they're the Cadillac Three, and these are their stories

The Guardian - UK

‘It was written for a Nosferatu musical’: how Bonnie Tyler made Total Eclipse of the Heart

‘We shot the video in a gothic former asylum that was very frightening. The guard dogs wouldn’t set foot in the downstairs rooms, where people had been given electric shock treatment’

Metal Hammer

“It’s a place where outsiders live. When you’re getting hit in the face for being a dirty grunger, it’s a world to escape to.” How UK goth-punks Creeper crafted a deliciously dark new world for outcasts everywhere to hide in. With vampires.

Creeper's Sanguivore is one of the albums of the year, and with it they - and in particular talismanic frontman Will Gould - have crafted a whole new world

Louder

The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

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