Bat Out Of Hell Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jim Steinman

Steinman has also written for many other people including Bonnie Tyler and Celine Dion to name just two. He also wrote all the other songs on this album.

Answer: Valley

"The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling, way down in the valley tonight. There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye, and a blade shining oh so bright. There's evil in the air and there's thunder in sky, and A killer's on the bloodshot streets. Oh and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising, Oh I swear I saw a young boy down in the gutter, He was starting to foam in the heat."

Overall Steinman knows how to describe an unpleasant scene. There's obviously something bad going down.

Answer: pure and good and right

"Oh baby you're the only thing in this whole world, that's pure and good and right. And wherever you are and wherever you go, there's always gonna be some light. But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now, Before the final crack of dawn. So we gotta make the most of our one night together. When it's over you know, We'll both be so alone."

One interpretation of this song is that the singer has committed a serious crime (murder?) and before he flees from the police he wants a last night of intese lovemaking with his girlfriend.

Answer: 1977

The album was released in the UK and Europe the same year as it was in the US.

Answer: comes

He's going to leave fast as he can!

"Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes. But when the day is done and the sun goes down, and the moonlights shining through, Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven, I'll come crawling on back to you."

Answer: crawling on back to you

I'd say in that one line he knows his girl isn't going to be happy with his love you and leave you attitude.

Answer: the light

He's reaching the climax of his escape.

"I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram, on a silver black phantom bike. When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry, and we're all about to see the light. Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole. Everything is stunted and lost. And nothing really rocks
And nothing really rolls And nothing's ever worth the cost."

Answer: Dancing through the night with you

The rest of the line is as follows.

"If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned, dancing through the night with you. If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned. Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned. If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned, Dancing through the night, dancing through the night, dancing through the night with you!"

Assuming the interpretation of the song mentioned earlier is correct, it means that if he stays, the police will catch him, (and if he does leave there's still a chance he'll be caught) but if he has to stay, he'd rather make it all worth it by staying on with his girl.

Answer: curve

He doesn't make it after all.

"I can see myself tearing up the road, Faster than any other boy has ever gone. And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe. No-one's gonna stop me now, I gotta make my escape. But I can't stop thinking of you,
and I never see the sudden curve until it's way too late. I never see the sudden curve 'till it's way too late."

Answer: Breaking out of my body and flying away like a bat out of hell

It's in these last few lines we really get to hear the awesome power of Meatloaf's incredible voice. I hope you enjoyed the quiz. Look out for the next quiz, on "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer's Night)" coming soon!

"Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun. Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike. And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell. And the last thing I see is my heart, Still beating, Breaking out of my body, And flying away, Like a bat out of hell. Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun. Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike. And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell. And the last thing I see is my heart. Still beating, still beating, Breaking out of my body and flying away, Like a bat out of hell. Like a bat out of hell. Like a bat out of hell. Oh like a bat out of hell! Oh like a bat out of hell!
Like a bat out of hell!"