Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Bridge: Lilith’s Winding Road
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🗓️ 17 July 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
In this mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy is joined by Jessica Hopper, acclaimed critic for publications like Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Guardian, Elle and Bookforum, and author of the books The Girls’ Guide to Rocking, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic and Night Moves. Her deeply researched September 2019 piece for Vanity Fair, “Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair,” informed and helped inspire the latest episode of Hit Parade. Jessica and Chris discuss the reasons for the festival’s success against the odds, the legacy of its acts big and small, and what a future evolution of a Lilith Fair could look like.
Next, Chris quizzes a very special Slate Plus listener with some music trivia: TJ Raphael, founding co-host and producer of “The Bridge.” TJ originally conceived of the Lilith Fair episode as she departed “The Bridge”—so Chris has invited her back to talk about her earliest memories of woman-fronted alt-rock. Then Chris finally puts TJ in the trivia hot seat.
Podcast production by Asha Saluja.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening AdFree on Amazon Music. |
| 0:03.4 | Hey there, Hit Parade listeners. |
| 0:05.8 | What you're about to hear is a preview of our latest episode of The Bridge. |
| 0:11.1 | As we announced recently, Slate is getting hit pretty hard by what's going on with the economy |
| 0:16.7 | in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 0:20.2 | We need your help to continue producing this show and all the other work we do at Slate. |
| 0:26.8 | So we're asking you to sign up for Slate Plus, our membership program. |
| 0:32.4 | It's just $35 for the first year, and it helps support us at this crucial moment. |
| 0:38.3 | Sign up at slate.com slash hit parade plus, and you'll get to hear this and every episode |
| 0:45.0 | of Hit Parade in full. |
| 0:47.1 | That's slate.com slash hit parade plus. |
| 0:51.0 | Thanks. |
| 0:51.8 | And now your episode preview. |
| 1:13.2 | Dance free. Music Parade Plus. Thanks. And now your episode preview. Hey, Everybody, this is Chris Malanth, host of Hit Parade, Slate's podcast of Pop Chart History. |
| 1:15.4 | Welcome to The Bridge. |
| 1:32.4 | That's me, a song by Paula Cole from her 1996 album, This Fire. In the lyrics, Cole sings about crossing a bridge into self-acceptance and self-love. |
| 1:35.3 | I am walking on the bridge. I am over the water and I'm scared as hell that I know there's something better. Yes, I know. Cole performed me as a main stage act at Lilith Fair in 1997 and 98. |
| 1:52.7 | The All-Woman touring festival helped raise her profile as a hitmaker. |
| 1:58.4 | Issued as the third radio single from Cole's album, |
| 2:02.3 | Me reached the top 40 on Billboard's radio songs chart in the spring of 1998. |
| 2:14.1 | And these mini episodes bridge are full-length monthly episodes, give us a chance to catch up with listeners, and enjoy some hit parade trivia. |
| 2:23.5 | This month, I am delighted to have two very special guests, an esteemed writer and an old friend of the show. |
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