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#550 Eleanor Friedberger & Opinions on Chance the Rapper

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Sound Opinions

Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

After making her mark in the indie duo The Fiery Furnaces, singer-songwriter Eleanor Friedberger launched a solo career blending her former band’s experimentalism with classic '70s sounds. She joins hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot for a conversation and live performance. Plus, a review of the new mixtape from Chicago artist Chance the Rapper.

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0:00.0

There had been abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature. I don't want any of this lovers lament crap. I want something peppy, something happy, something up-temporal, I want something peppy something happy something up temple I want something snappy. After nine albums is half of the fiery furnaces, Eleanor Freiburger is now enjoying an exciting career as a solo artist.

0:44.0

I'm Greg Kot.

0:45.0

And I'm Jim Deregitis.

0:47.0

Singer-songwriter Eleanor Freiburger joins us for a conversation and a live performance in front of an audience.

0:52.0

Then we review the new release from and a live performance in front of an audience.

0:53.0

Then we review the new release from Chicago's Chance the Rapper.

0:57.0

That's all coming up on Sound Opinions.

1:01.0

This is Sound Opinions and Greg later in the show we are going to review the third full release from Chicago's Chance the rapper

1:09.0

no exaggeration to say it's one of the most anticipated hip-hop albums of the year.

1:13.4

No exaggeration to say that he is one of the most important artists on the hip-hop scene today

1:18.8

but accepting that means believing that you can be one of the most important hip-hop artists in the world today

1:24.0

and never have sold a single record.

1:27.0

But we're going to get into that later, Jim, but first we've got some music news.

1:31.0

You and I can share the silence.

1:39.0

Finding come put together the way old friends do.

1:46.7

That is the ABBA song The Way Old Friends do.

1:50.0

It was performed by ABBA the other night, the first time that the group has reunited in 30 years

1:56.8

celebrating the 50-year union of the songwriting duo of Bjorn and Benny who founded Abba. The group was later

2:04.7

joined by Agneta and Frida. The couples were at one point married.

2:08.9

ABBA fans who are an obsessive lot noted that the song was performed by Agneta and

2:14.2

Frida and Benny and Bjorn didn't actually sing with their former partners on

2:18.7

this particular song. They joined him at the end. There were hugs exchange. There

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