From high-culture to the lowest of the low, it's Chat out of Hell!
As we close out series six with listener requests, Sam pays attention to what Meat Loaf was up to when he sang with Pavarotti for the children of Bosnia, while Emma draws the short straw and has to listen to some sexist crap he did with Jack Black. But we still answer other Meat Loaf-adjacent questions, like:
- What kind of song would convince the Prime Minister of Italy to build a sewer system?
- What did that cheeky scamp Bono get up to when Pavarotti's people told him he couldn't smoke cigarettes around the maestro?
- How exactly are women like roses?
PLUS some good chat about first dances, a brief apology to the people of Ireland for Oliver Cromwell, and Sam's been allowed to send emails again.
We're off for a break now but we'll be back on May 25th with a Film Club all about Jim Steinman's Wuthering Heights. Sorry about that.
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:
Torna a Sorrento by Luciano Pavarotti and Meat Loaf from Pavarotti and Friends for the Children of Bosnia (1995)
Like a Rose by Meat Loaf from Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010)
Like a Rose by New Medicine from Breaking the Model (2014)
