Where did Meat Loaf's career begin? Not here, but it's quite close. Time for another break from Jim Steinman's zany antics as we dive into Meat Loaf's Motown past and his angry... well, not future. More recent past.

This episode we dive into Meat's first recorded album and then some shouty angry MAN ROCK from one of his later ones. And on the way, we'll answer some of the questions like:

- What does a Jesus weigh?

- How wrong is Louder Sounds's ranking of Meat Loaf albums?

- How do you make an angry young man song when you're an old man with nothing to be angry about?

PLUS a lengthy discussion on American v British reality shows and the usual sundry nonsense.

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Chat out of Hell is a is a review podcast: all music extracts are used for review/illustrative purposes. To hear the songs in full please buy them from your local record shop or streaming platform. Don't do a piracy.

Music extracts on this episode:

(I'd Love to Be) As Heavy As Jesus by Stoney and Meatloaf from the album Stoney and Meatloaf (1971)

Stand in the Storm by Meat Loaf from the album Hell in a Handbasket (2011)

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I don't know anything about you baby, but Chat out of Hell is everything you're dreaming of. Assuming you dream of adequate podcast analysis of the works of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman.

This episode we take a break from Jim Steinman's byzantine theatre career and go back to the absolute rockers from the mouth of Meat Loaf. Dead Ringer for Love and Runnin' for the Red Light vie for your affections this time, and one of them is the clear winner. This epsiode we'll answer the deep questions, questions like:

- What did the 80s smell like?

- Is there anything Jim Steinman won't recycle?

- Were the Easybeats any good?

PLUS a load more sundry nonsense including a good chat about Smash Hits Magazine and an even better magazine Sam's excited to share.

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Chat out of Hell is a is a review podcast: all music extracts are used for review/illustrative purposes. To hear the songs in full please buy them from your local record shop or streaming platform. Don't do a piracy.

Music extracts on this episode:

Dead Ringer for Love by Meat Loaf and Cher from the album Dead Ringer (1981)

Delta House theme by Jim Steinman, Sean Kelly and Tony Hendra (1979)

Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life) by Meat Loaf from the album Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995)

Good Times by the Easybeats from the album Vigil (1968)

Good Times by INXS (1986)

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This is a very special extra bit of Chat out of Hell. If you're interested in our thoughts on the Bat musical currently touring the UK, this is the right place!

If you're not, we totally get it and we'll see you on the 5th for a proper episode instead.

BYE!

Bow now now now

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Chat out of Hell is back to go where other podcasts won't - in this case, to Jim Steinman's very first musical creation.

This episode we dive into the Dream Engine - produced at Amherst College in 1969, burning a trail through rock and roll history for the rest of time. Our interepid duo dive deep into this murky sea, providing the answers to questions like:

- What sort of socially aware theatre would a bunch of naive teens in Scarborough produce?

- How much does Emma know about Arnaud's theatre of cruelty?

- Are there any actually good songs in this one?

PLUS all the good sundry nonsense including hefty amounts of excitement about going to see the Bat musical and a good bit about anniversary presents.

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Chat out of Hell is a is a review podcast: all music extracts are used for review/illustrative purposes. To hear the songs in full please buy them from your local record shop or streaming platform. Don't do a piracy.

Music extracts on this episode taken from the Dream Engine, performed at Mount Holyoke College in 1969. Available from jimsteinman.com

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Series four of Chat out of Hell is just around the corner, but first, it's FILM CLUB PART III!

Our films this time are a real dichotomy - Meat Loaf plays both himself and his own obsessive fan in Dead Ringer, then he plays a sex-mad creature of the night in Bloodrayne.  Or possibly I've said that the wrong way around.

These are, and I can't stress this enough, dreadful films. You should not under any circumstances watch them. We've done the hard work so you don't have to.

Chat out of Hell returns for series 4 on Monday 21st April with a discussion of Jim Steinman's first dramatic work, the Dream Engine (Dream Engine... Dreams...) before Sam and Emma go off to watch the Bat out of Hell stage show.

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Better late than never, it's Chat out of Hell!

This episode Emma really opens up, generously unburdening herself in the name of amusement with a classic Meat Loaf Memory. Meanwhile Sam continues to fail to find any sincerity in himself, as his attempts at some Steinman-esque lyrics proves. Our questions this week:

- Who invented the keyboard body strap?

- Who goes around picturing women to get them in the creative mood?

- What would our Whigfield podcast be called?

PLUS our intrepid pair launch draft one of some Steinman lyrics on the world, an excellent Nikki French anecdote and a significant amount of sundry nonsense.

Keep your comments, reviews and arguments flying in to [email protected], find us on Facebook or Instagram by searching Chat out of Hell and don't forget to use the hashtag #makeEmmafeelbetter.

Go watch our awful Film Club choices if you must (BloodRayne and Dead Ringer) and we'll see you in April!

Chat out of Hell is a is a review podcast: all music extracts are used for review/illustrative purposes. To hear the songs in full please buy them from your local record shop or streaming platform. Don't do a piracy.

Music extracts on this episode:
All Revved Up with No Place to Go by Meat Loaf from the album Bat out of Hell (1977)
I'll Kill You if You Don't Come Back by Meat Loaf from the album Dead Ringer (1981)

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We open every episode of Chat out of Hell by asking "what is this" and it's never been more apt. Two baffling track choices hit the table today as we interrogate some of the shortest and least interesting songs in the Loaf / Steinman catalogue. We do learn a few things on the way, though. Things like:

- What do Jim Steinman and Giuseppe Verdi have in common?

- How long is 45 seconds? Is it 66 seconds?

- What's cooler than Gene Pitney?

PLUS a conversation about merch, a listener isn't sure how young we sound and assorted sundry nonsense. The live video of 45 Seconds Emma mentions is here at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8VML3nVXgs.

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Chat out of Hell is a is a review podcast: all music extracts are used for review/illustrative purposes. To hear the songs in full please buy them from your local record shop or streaming platform. Don't do a piracy.

Music extracts on this episode:

45 Seconds of Ecstasy by Meat Loaf from the album Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1996)

Requiem Metal by Pandora's Box from the album Original Sin (1989)

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Big hair, big complaints and big feelings, it's Chat out of Hell!

This episode Emma brings our favourite car karaoke hit Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back for our intrepid pair to interpret, while Sam's Bonnie Tyler obsession continues in full swing as he tries to convince Emma that Loving You's a Dirty Job is a much neglected classic. This week's questions lack subtlety, just like these two songs:

- How generous IS John Lewis's legendary returns policy?

- What was it like being a jobbing actor in early 70s Britain?

- What do you do during the instrumentals in a funeral song?

PLUS we have a slight dig at other music review shows with only a 2-point scoring scale, some YouTube commentators look for deep meaning where there really isn't any, and we hear the best Meat Loaf Memories of all time.


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Chat out of Hell is a is a review podcast: all music extracts are used for review/illustrative purposes. To hear the songs in full please buy them from your local record shop or streaming platform. Don't do a piracy.

Music extracts on this episode:
Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back by Meat Loaf from the album Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Got to Do It) by Bonnie Tyler and Todd Rundgren from the album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986)
Loving You is a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Got to Do It) by Meat Loaf from the album Braver than We Are (2016)

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New year, the same Chat out of Hell.

It's the turn of our lovely listeners to suggest songs this week to give our brains a good old rest. So with trepidation Sam reports on The Sisters of Mercy's More and Emma goes away to listen to Los Angeloser and then get it stuck in her head forever.

This week's big questions are the biggest:

- Did Meat Loaf inspire an episode of the Simpsons?

- Honestly, who calls themselves Andrew Eldritch?

- Is this finally the time we get to talk about Batman the Musical for real?

PLUS a quick diversion to talk about the Masons, Emma gets earwormed real bad and we pitch Grandpa Vampar, the best film Meat Loaf was never in.


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Chat out of Hell is a is a review podcast: all music extracts are used for review/illustrative purposes. To hear the songs in full please buy them from your local record shop or streaming platform. Don't do a piracy.

Music extracts on this episode:
More by Meat Loaf from the album Braver than We Are (2016)
More by the Sisters of Mercy from the album Vision Thing (1990)
Los Angeloser by Meat Loaf from the album Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010)
Los Angeloser by James Michael (2009)

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THIS IS NOT A NORMAL CHAT OUT OF HELL

THIS IS A HORRIBLE CHAT OUT OF HELL 

Please don't take time out of your Christmas Day to listen to this, it won't pay off.

See you on January 6th, Loafers.

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