Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Posthumous Hits Edition, Live from Seattle
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
Slate Podcasts
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2019
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Spin̈al Tap was right: Death sells. When musical icons die, their songs and albums climb the charts all over again—sometimes, a legendary artist even scores his or her only No. 1 hit. In this very special episode recorded live from the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Hit Parade pours one out for the legends who topped the charts from beyond the grave. Chris is joined by some of America’s top music writers to discuss the unusual circumstances that brought everyone from Otis Redding to Janis Joplin, John Lennon to Kurt Cobain, Biggie Smalls to Prince to the top of the charts after their untimely passings.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening Ad Free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:06.0 | Hi there, Hit Parade listeners. |
| 0:08.0 | This is Chris Malanfi with a short disclaimer. |
| 0:10.9 | The show you're about to hear was recorded live in Seattle earlier this month at the Museum of Pop Culture. |
| 0:17.1 | It was an amazing night. |
| 0:18.9 | However, due to a technical issue with the mics on stage and our recording equipment, we had some audio issues. In the recording you're about to hear in a few spots where I am talking over a song clip, I am a little hard to hear. We've left in just a few of these spots, which are fortunately pretty brief. We've also re-recorded some of our |
| 0:39.5 | guest intros where the audio was not up to snuff. So if you hear a few spots where the audio sounds |
| 0:45.5 | different, that's why. We did have a fantastic night with amazing guests and a lively |
| 0:51.5 | pop-con audience. And hopefully, our enthusiasm comes across here. |
| 0:56.0 | And now, on with the show. |
| 1:00.4 | Please give it up for Chris Malampi. |
| 1:06.3 | Dearly, beloved, we have gathered in a day to get through this thing called Life |
| 1:14.3 | Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of Popchart History for a lot. |
| 1:23.5 | Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of Pop Chart History from Slate magazine about the hits from coast to coast, coming to you live from the Museum of Pop Culture, aka Mopop in Seattle, Washington. |
| 1:41.6 | I am Chris Malanfi, chart analyst, pop critic, writer of Slate's Why is this song number one series, |
| 1:46.8 | and also a proud presenter at the pop conference, Mo Pop's annual gathering of music academics, critics, |
| 1:53.6 | journalists, and all-around obsessives. We are here on the final night of PopCon 2019. |
| 1:59.7 | And as you can hopefully hear out there in podcast land, |
| 2:02.2 | I am being joined tonight by a couple of hundred friends and colleagues. |
| 2:05.2 | Say hello, friends. |
| 2:10.3 | I want to take just a moment to explain to my listeners |
| 2:13.1 | why I am so honored to be hosting an episode of my podcast right here. |
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