I'd Do Anything For Love (but I Won't Do That)

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I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That) Nov 22, 2006
From the Meatloaf song....What do you think "that" is? Do you have a "that"?

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Nov 22, 2006
There's a duet of this song...i like the piano.. :lol:

That - exophoric reference to S.E.X? :D it could also be anaphoric to diff feelings...

Paste the whole lyrics please...
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Nov 22, 2006
scarlet dear, i heard this song when i was still 13 yr old. A classmate of mine presented this song in our music class. But i think "that" is already revealed in the song in which it's mention or it's still a puzzle? Let me check the whole lyrics again, but i have to attend some external auditors. :(
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Nov 22, 2006
Well, I doubt it means s.e.x. or has anything to do with sex.

I think it actually means "sell ones soul to the devil" as a continuation of "Bat of Hell" etc. etc.

Anyway, I'll ask Dr. D when he returns from vacation.
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Nov 22, 2006
I'll do anything for love, but I wont do "that" - 'that' here could mean, he would always be there for her, and would "never" leave her.

But then again, its open to interpretation - could mean something else altogether from someone else's point of view.
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Nov 22, 2006
Tend to agree with Ian or Dr. D, which ever is the person he is when he wrote that down. :?



Anyway for that particular line, I believe it is saying, that he will do anything except for mercy killing his/her lover.
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Nov 22, 2006
zam wrote:Tend to agree with Ian or Dr. D, which ever is the person he is when he wrote that down. :?


Dr. D is on holidays in Chad. I'm not sure what you mean by "which ever is the person he is" - do you think that I am Dr. D?
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Nov 22, 2006
Hey thats pretty deep.

I thought THAT might be like sharing a toothbrush

I would do anything for love - but I wont share my toothbrush :lol:
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scarlet wrote:Hey thats pretty deep.

I thought THAT might be like sharing a toothbrush

I would do anything for love - but I wont share my toothbrush :lol:


Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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scarlet wrote:Hey thats pretty deep.

I thought THAT might be like sharing a toothbrush

I would do anything for love - but I wont share my toothbrush :lol:


My toothbrush is better anyway :P
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Nov 22, 2006
I dont like the group ..dont get the song ..even the mtv..

i just love to eat meatloaf.. that's all..
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scarlet wrote:Hey thats pretty deep.

I thought THAT might be like sharing a toothbrush

I would do anything for love - but I wont share my toothbrush :lol:


hahahaha........grr...
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Nov 22, 2006
"that" is infidelity.
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Nov 22, 2006
bear wrote:"that" is infidelity.



awwwwwwwwwww :crybaby:
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huh?
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Nov 22, 2006
Why infidelity bear? Is that how you interpret "that" ? :roll:
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asc_26 wrote:Why infidelity bear? Is that how you interpret "that" ? :roll:


Girl:
Will you raise me up?
Will you help me down?
Will you get me right out if this Godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?

Boy:
I can do that!

Girl:
Will you hold me sacred?
Will you hold me tight?
Can you colorize my life I'm so sick of black and white?
Can you make it all a little less old?

Boy:
I can do that!

Girl:
Will you make me some magic With your own two hands?
Can you build an emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?

Boy:
I can do that!

Girl:
Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will ya hose me down with holy water--if I get to hot--?
Will ya take me to places I've never known?

Boy:
I can do that!

Girl:
After a while you'll forget everything
It was a brief interlude
And a midsummer night's fling
And you'll see that it's time to move on

Boy:
I won't do that!

Girl:
I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
And sooner or later, you'll be screwing around

Boy: I won't do that! No I won't do that!


Being more acurate, "that" is infidelity and letting love fade. As the lyrics say, the guy is confirming that he will not "move on" from the love he has found and that he won't be "Screwing around".
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Nov 22, 2006
Ahh..this is the duet version. That! :D
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asc_26 wrote:Ahh..this is the duet version. That! :D


as far as i know there is only one version... :roll:
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Nov 23, 2006
Yes ,, theres only one version...

Some trivia ....incidently, this song is the longest song to be No.1 on the Bitish charts.. (its 8 mins long).. the earlier record was held by "Everything I do , I do it for u" by Brian Adams...

Love this song...
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Nov 23, 2006
Who remembers the video?

Classic Meatloaf...

8) 8) 8)

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Nov 23, 2006
I do. This song was first released in 1993 or 1994. Genre - ROCK (Jim Steinman). I like the hard hitting piano. :D
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