I gotta know right now!

We recently got the The Old Grey Whistle Test, Volume 2 -- a collection of musical performances from the British TV show in the 1970s and 1980s. The first volume had many fine performances on it, the best of which was Bruce Springsteen doing "Rosalita" live with girls jumping up on the stage to kiss him and him running all around the stage and looking so excited to be up there. A close second to that Springsteen performance can be found on volume two: Meatloaf performing "Paradise by the Dashboard Light." Even if you don't like Meatloaf, I think you would like this performance. I found a live version from a similar era on You Tube. It is almost as good, but doesn't include the bits where Meatloaf screams "Fuck You!" and "You Bitch!" into the microphone as loud as his big-ole Meatloaf-lungs will let him. It does, however, include the onstage makeout and attempt to bash the lady's head in with the mike stand. Plus lots of red hanky waving and mugging for the camera. If you can't get your hands on the Whistle Test version, watch this one: I swear it will not be a wasted eight minutes of your life.