#547 Riot Grrrl at 25 & Opinions on Radiohead & Drake

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4.3 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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While the Seattle grunge bands had the commercial success, the Pacific Northwest’s Riot Grrrl scene has an equally important legacy. Jim and Greg look back at feminist punk movement 25 years on. Then they review the new albums from Drake and Radiohead.

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0:00.0	There had been abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature. Are you ready to get your world rocked?
0:13.0	Do it?
0:15.0	Are you ready to get your world rocked?
0:20.0	Ready?
0:21.0	Are you ready to get your mind blown?
0:23.0	Do it!
0:24.0	One, tee, tee, feb!
0:28.0	With one ferocious soundtrack, the Riot Girl Movement launched feminism into the forefront of the punk rock world.
0:37.0	I'm Jim De Regattis, and I'm Greg Kot. Today we look at the legacy of Riot Girl 25 years later, and we review new albums from Drake and Radiohead.
0:47.0	That's all coming up to sound opinions and now it's time for some music news. And it be through the sound of silence and it be through the sound of silence.
1:17.0	Now my heart weighs to the sound of silence. That is Dammy Im with a song called Sound of Silence, an Australian singer who
1:38.9	nearly won the Eurovision Contest over the weekend, Jim.
1:42.6	Yes, the World Cup of European Song, Eurovision.
1:45.8	It's been around since 1968, 200 million worldwide viewers last year.
1:51.2	First time broadcasts in the United States this year on the logo network.
1:57.0	Interesting that it's starting to expand into the U.S. in addition to its dominance in Europe past winners have included
2:04.4	Abba, Saline Dion, Katrina in the waves. What's the big news out of there this
2:08.8	year, Jim? Well, Greg, the reason we cover this every year is it gets
2:11.9	stranger every year and there's a political
2:13.8	tempest every year stemming from who the winner is.
2:17.2	The winner of Eurovision this year is a Ukrainian artist Greg named Jamala.
2:21.9	What's interesting about her tune is not the music, all right? It's a typical
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