Every Golden Nugget

Chesterton Radio · Oct 8, 2026 · 35m

There was a time when you couldn’t summon any song ever recorded with a tap. You turned on the radio—and waited. And every once in a while, something extraordinary came through the speaker, almost like a gift.

Jim Steinman captured that experience in “Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through,” his extravagant, surprisingly tender hymn to music as refuge, rescue, and revelation.

In this Chesterton Radio Deep Dive, we explore the original 1981 Bad for Good recording sung by Rory Dodd, Meat Loaf’s triumphant 1993 revival, and the remarkable Michael Bay video featuring a young Angelina Jolie.

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