Chat out of Hell

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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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.

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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.

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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.


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 #dearA1saucepleasesendsomeofyourA1saucetosamfromthereallygoodpodcastchatoutofhell or the much shorter one #pleasegiveemmaamichaelbaybudget

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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Massive hair, massive covers and massive driving test errors, it's Chat out of Hell!

We finally get to the pinaccle of Jim's 80s output in Total Eclipse of the Heart, while Peel Out takes us to its exact middle. This time, we solve the big questions like:

- Who came up with all that nonsense in the Total Eclipse video?

- What if Bonnie Tyler ran a husky farm?

- What time does Meat Loaf's mum call him in for his tea?

PLUS an email to swell Sam's ego by proxy, some truly horrifying early lyrics from the Dream Engine (Dream Engine...Dreams...Engines...) and all the usual 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 #dearA1saucepleasesendsomeofyourA1saucetosamfromthereallygoodpodcastchatoutofhell or the much shorter one #pleasegiveemmaamichaelbaybudget

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:
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler from the album Faster than the Speed of Night (1983)
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Nicki French (1994)
Si Demain...(Turn Around) by Kareen Anton and Bonnie Tyler from the album Simply Believe (2003)
Peel Out by Meat Loaf from the album Dead Ringer (1981)

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Lonely hearts, sexy motorbikes and creeeeeeeepy mirrors! It's Chat out of Hell series 3!

We start this series with a tour of Jim Steinman's weirdest monologues and take on a quadrology of loquacious nonsense. On the way we get to ask the big questions like:

- Did Jim Steinman talk like that ALL the time?

- Can we ever hear the word "please" again without shuddering?

- What is wrong with men?

PLUS a quick chat about Boost bars, various desperate demands for free stuff from big food manufacturers and a horrifying hint about the Christmas yet to come.

Chat out of Hell returns on December 16th where smash straight into Peel Out and Total Eclipse of the Heart.

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 #dearA1saucepleasesendsomeofyourA1saucetosamfromthereallygoodpodcastchatoutofhell or the much shorter one #pleasegiveemmaamichaelbaybudget

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:
Love and Death and an American Guitar by Jim Steinman from the album Bad For Good (1981)
Nocturnal Pleasure from the album Nocturnal Pleasure by Meat Loaf (1981)
I've Been Dreaming up a Storm Lately from the album Original Sin by Pandora's Box (1989)
The Want Ad from the album Original Sin by Pandora's Box (1989)

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Chat out of Hell's autumn break is almost over but there's just time to squeeze in a quick round of Film Club.

We dive into Meat Loaf's first big acting role in Fight Club, then just talk mostly about the admin involved in getting men to punch each other, then enjoy 90 minutes of Alec Baldwin pretending to be invisible in the Shadow. How exciting! Probably.

Chat out of Hell returns for series 3 on Monday 2nd December - be there or don't!

Keep your comments, reviews and arguments flying in to [email protected]

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.

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