Phil Rizzuto died and DID YOU KNOW THAT ?
The baseball announcer in the song Paradise By the Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf is former New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto, who became a broadcaster for the team when he retired.
Meat Loaf was a big fan of The Yankees, so he made sure to get Rizzuto to do the baseball part.
Baseball is used as a metaphor for sex. The young man almost makes it home, but is thrown out at the plate when the girl decides she won't have sex with him.
Rizzuto claimed he did not know his part would be used to refer to sex, but Meat Loaf claims he knew exactly how they were going to use it. Rizzuto tried to distance himself from the song when he got angry letters from some Yankee fans with conservative values. Meat Loaf asked him to tour with him, but Rizzuto turned him down.
Meat Loaf was a big fan of The Yankees, so he made sure to get Rizzuto to do the baseball part.
Baseball is used as a metaphor for sex. The young man almost makes it home, but is thrown out at the plate when the girl decides she won't have sex with him.
Rizzuto claimed he did not know his part would be used to refer to sex, but Meat Loaf claims he knew exactly how they were going to use it. Rizzuto tried to distance himself from the song when he got angry letters from some Yankee fans with conservative values. Meat Loaf asked him to tour with him, but Rizzuto turned him down.