The Train of Love chugs us along to the end of the line. By which we mean, series one of Chat out of Hell. But there's a few more questions to answer first. Questions like:

Who knew Meat Loaf was so big into Indiana Jones fan fiction?

What do Meat Loaf and Johnny Cash not have in common?

Which major stage show based on music by Jim Steinman is touring the UK in 2025, and how excited does this make Emma?

CooH is taking a short break after this ep but will be back on the 12th August, giving a whole episode to I'd Do Anything For Love. Perhaps we'll do a little cheeky bonus something in the meantime. While you're waiting, why not tell a friend about us?

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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 Lie For You (And That's the Truth) by Meat Loaf from the album Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995)
Train of Love by Meat Loaf from the album Braver than We Are (2016)
Hurt by Johnny Cash from the album American IV: The Man Comes Around (2003)
Big Iron by Johnny Cash from the album American IV: The Man Comes Around (2003)
Train of Love by Jim Steinman from a demo tape labelled "The Dream Engine 1972"

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Meat Loaf's sexiest song makes it to the table. Join Sam and Emma as they delive into Paradise by the Dashboard Light then Nowhere Fast, and have a stab at the real questions in life :

Which is sexier, a woman on a motorbike or a girl band?

What's the best lascivious sound you can make?

What IS a huckleberry?

Next time: We'll wind up series on in style with Loaf/Steinman's last song Train of Love and watch the dumbest music video Meat Loaf has ever made, with I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth)

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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:
Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf from the album Bat Out of Hell (1977)
Nowhere Fast by Meat Loaf from the album Bat Attitude (1984)
Nowhere Fast by Fire Inc from the album Streets of Fire Sountrack (1984)

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In the wake of Brighton Fringe we needed some slammin' music to stir us from our lethargy. And this episode provided it in spades. It's All Coming Back to Me Now and Modern Girl gave us all sorts of nonsense to chew over:

Three different versions of one bangin' power ballad? Got it.

Two music videos about ghosts and one about filth? Sorted.

A visit with Captain Kirk to the planet where the only surviving adult is Meat Loaf? Regrettably that too.

Next time: Emma sticks with her copy of Bad Attitude as she invites us to listen to Nowhere Fast, while Sam sticks with the classics and treats everyone to a Paradise By the Dashboard Light.

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:
It's All Coming Back to Me Now by Celine Dion from the album Falling into You (1996)
It's All Coming Back to Me Now by Meat Loaf from the album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose (2006)
It's All Coming Back to Me Now by Pandora's Box from the Album Original Sin (1989)
Modern Girl by Meat Loaf from the album Bad Attitude (1984)

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Comedians Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson know a bit about Meat Loaf but, as they're rapidly learning, not enough to do a review podcast. Still, they'll give it a good old go.

This episode ventures into some lovely territory as we discuss Martha and the merits of Tom Waits's original versus Meat Loaf's swelling orchestral arrangement, then we all feel a bit sick as we talk about Where the Rubber Meets the Road's horrible sexual politics.

Plus there's a bit of chat about the lovely time that Emma's just had / will be about to have going to have had on holiday and we do a plug for our show at Brighton Fringe (https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/crossland-wilkinson-tea-and-coffee-on-arrival/)

Next time we'll dive into what happens when Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman fall out as we discuss It's All Coming Back to Me Now and Modern Girl.

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:
Martha by Meat Loaf from the album Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995)
Martha by Tom Waits from the album Closing Time (1973)
Where the Rubber Meets the Road by Meat Loaf from the album Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995)

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The shallowest deep delve in to the works of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman continues.

Comedians Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson know a bit about Meat Loaf but, as they're rapidly learning, not enough to do a review podcast. Still, they'll give it a good old go.

This episode sees the pair dive into Hot Summer Night and its creepy weird opening dialogue, before getting deep into why the smoky dive bar of Midnight at the Lost and Found would never work in Britain.

The video of the man in the strange pub discussed in the opening section can be found at https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=392007290481199&rdid=slF5utGyZx866PNu

Check out Mosolele, they're great! This is their Soundcloud. - https://soundcloud.com/moselele

Next time! Prepare yourselves for Meat Loaf's grim and sensitive sides as we dive into Martha and Where the Rubber Meets the Road, both from the Welcome to the Neighbourhood album.

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:
Bat out of Hell by Mosolele 
You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) by Meat Loaf from the album Bat out of Hell (1977)
The Eve of the War by Jeff Wayne (monologue by Richard Burton) from the album Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (1978)
The Muppet Show Theme by the Muppets (featuring Joanna Newsom) from the album The Muppets (Soundtrack) (2011)
Midnight at the Lost and Found by Meat Loaf from the album Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983)

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The shallowest deep delve in to the works of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman begins here.

Comedians Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson know a bit about Meat Loaf but, as they're rapidly learning, not enough to do a review podcast. Still, they'll give it a good old go.

In this opening episode our pair cast their critical eyes over the songs Bat out of Hell and Not a Dry Eye in the House and act like they could do better.

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:

Bat out of Hell by Meat Loaf, from the album Bat out of Hell (1977)
Tell Laura I Love Her by Ray Peterson  (1960)
Not a Dry Eye in the House by Meat Loaf, from the album Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995)

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