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Off we go again! Time for us to analyse the saddest Jim Steinman you've ever heard, the fairly saddest Barbra Streisand, and just a regular Meat Loaf. 

And with those three gathered, we can get some answers. Answers to questions like:

- What made the Everly Brothers fall out?

- How many Steinman stage shows featured a motorbike in the big first act closer?

- How many veterans of the UK military credit Jim Steinman with their career success?

PLUS a lot of chat about feelings, a child doing reggae and all 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:

Left in the Dark by Jim Steinman from the album Bad For Good (1981)
Left in the Dark by Barbra Streisand from the album Emotion (1984)
Left in the Dark by Meat Loaf from the album Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995)
Lämnad i Mörkret by Cecilia Vennersten from the album Cecilia Vennersten (1995)
A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste by Meat Loaf from the album The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998)
A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste from the Whistle Down the Wind Cast Album (1998)

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Don't tell anyone, but Emma went on holiday and Sam forgot to schedule the publishing date of the episode this week. Bit awks.

BUT not half as awks as what Meat Loaf gets up to this episode! Man of what?

- Why is he like this?

- Why is Jim the way he is?

- Why are Heck's sausages so delicious?

PLUS a pretty flawed way of wedging in Rednex, and some other 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:

My Little Red Book by Pandora's Box from the album Original Sin (1989)
My Little Red Book by Manfred Mann (1965)
My Little Red Book by Love (1966)
Man of Steel by Meat Loaf from the album Couldn't Have Said it Better (2003)

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We give Jim Steinman a rest on the bench this week, and instead discuss Meat Loaf's Divorced Dad era as he warns us about how you can't trust women in You Never Can Be Too Sure About the Girl then just sort of gently shouts a bit in Rock N Roll Hero. And while we're here, he answers questions like:

- What paranormal creature is Midnight at the Lost and Found really about?

- What possessed the members of KISS to all release solo albums on the same day?

- Why can't mums ever say your name without listing all your siblings' names first?

PLUS a deep dive into the membership of Rednex, bit of a chat about Mili Vanilli 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:

You Never Can Be Too Sure About the Girl by Meat Loaf from the album Midnight at the Lost and Found (1987)
Rock N Roll Hero by Meat Loaf from the album Blind Before I Stop (1987)

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Here we go, diving into series six!

Two delicious slices of Meat Loaf are served in the forms of Read 'Em and Weep then Going All the Way. And why we enjoy them, we'll mull over the big questions like:

- What's the opposite of pearls?

- What did the doctor say to the famous sad clown Barry Manilow?

- Is there a finer sausage than Heck's Sausages? #thechickenonesarereallynice

PLUS we learn what irritating dance hit of the 90s will invade our brains this series, an actual thought about why Braver than We Are is the way it is, and a revelation about Meat Loaf and Emma's stock footage buying habits.

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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:

Read 'Em and Weep by Meat Loaf from the album Dead Ringer (1981)
Read 'Em and Weep by Barry Manilow from the album Greatest Hits vol II (1983)
Going all the Way (A Song in Six Movements) by Meat Loaf from the album Braver Than We Are (2016)
Braver than We Are Demo by Karine Hannah (2001)
Braver than We Are by Karine Hannah (2017)

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Behold, it's Chat out of Hell's Christmas Surprise!

Rory Dodd, lovely man and centrepiece of the Steinman Sound, was kind enough to sit down and chat with us about his life, work, and secrets of finding good bargains in Ontario.

It was an absolutely lovely conversation and we hope you like it too.

See you January 12th for the next series of Chat out of Hell!

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Ho ho ho! Time for a most festive Film Club!

We'll be diving into Meat Loaf's worldliest of movies as we take a look at Spice World then realise we've talked for a normal length episode but still have to cover Wayne's World. Truly, our labours never cease.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THE FESTIVE CHAT! Come back on Christmas Day for a very special episode indeed, we're super excited to release it.

AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH we'll be back on January 12th for series six! Be there or don't. Up to you.

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An end of term vibe delayed by a bit of illness brings us to this, the true end of term - Chat out of Hell series five, episode six. Meat Loaf gets all classy and covers Gershwin in the first half, then Emma has to explain that Good Girls go to Heaven is actually about self-enjoyment and ruins it for everyone. But we still have time to dive into the important questions, like:

- Which Vaudeville performer was described as "a mop gone crazy"?

- What did Emma get up to in the Girl Guides?

- Has Sam fallen off the deep end with his Mr Blobby related quiz this time?

PLUS a bit of a chat about how fun 1920s Broadway seemed and all the usual 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:

Somebody Loves Me by Meat Loaf from the album The Glory of Gershwin (1993)
Somebody Loves Me by the Four Lads, single (1952)
Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) by Meat Loaf from Bat out of Hell II: The Monster is Loose (1993)
Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) by Pandora's Box from the album Original Sin (1989)
Kanashimi Wa Tsudzukanai by Megumi Shiina, single (1986)

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 Hello. This isn't Chat out of Hell, sorry. Um, what's happened is I got ill when we were supposed to record it and now Emma's gone and got ill as well. , Maybe it's nothing and she's under the weather or maybe it's just one of those bugs going round. Who knows? Whatever it is, we've missed our recording slot and now we're in this weird time where I have to spend all of my spare time giving my poor dog hugs 'cause she's terrified of fireworks and assholes round here just let them off 24 7 for a couple of weeks. So sorry about that. Uh, we'll record the new episode really soon and get that into your pod thingies . Uh, in the meantime, if you are missing your chat out of Hell Fix, why not play a meatloaf song to your friend? And then talk briefly about some unrelated thing from the nineties, like Round the Twist.

Do you remember Round the Twist? That was weird, wasn't it? When you finish doing that, hopefully there'll be a new episode out. See you soon.

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As we cruise towards the end of series five, we’ve time to visit more of Jim’s dodgy musical past, but then cleanse our palate with a very modern dodgy cover of an absolute classic. And while we’re there, let’s ask some questions like:

- Is Emma more of a Bert or an Ernie?
- Is Jim Steinman more of a 70s Kermit the Frog or the rubbish modern one?
- What did Bob Mortimer think of Mr Blobby?

PLUS some more Blobby classics from the archives, a bit more chat about old man Meat Loaf raging at the sky and an exciting cliffhanger of a rating.

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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 than You Deserve by Meat Loaf from the album Dead Ringer (1981)
More than You Deserve demo by Jim Steinman (1974)
More than You Deserve by Meat Loaf recorded from the More than You Deserve Musical at the Newman Theatre (1974)
California Dreamin’ by Meat Loaf from the album Hell in a Handbasket (2011)
California Dreamin’ by Barry McGuire (1965)
California Dreamin’ by the Mamas and the Papas from the album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1965)
California Dreamin’ by Freischwimmer (2015)

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Chat out of Hell moves as close as it's ever been to boy band territory this episode as we check in with Jim Steinman's collab with Andrew Lloyd Webber, which somehow led to a single from Boyzone. Meanwhile Meat Loaf rocks the heck out to a track from the never-seen Batman: The Musical and we all wonder if it was a good idea. But while we do, we answer the big questions, questions like:

- What did teenage Emma think fo the boy band phenomenon?

- Was Meat Loaf ever happy?

- Has Sam bitten off more than he can chew with the Mr Blobby song?

PLUS a load of the usual chit chat, some insight into the business workings of Warner Brothers circa 2001, and why Tim Burton dodged a bullet.


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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:

No Matter What by Boyzone from the album Songs from Whistle Down the Wind (1998)

Home By Now / No Matter What by Meat Loaf from the album The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998)

In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King by Meat Loaf from the album Bat out of Hell III: the Monster is Loose (2006)

In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King demo version by Jim Steinman

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