Hit Parade: Raise Your Glass Edition Part 2

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🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Alecia Moore was so fearless, they put an exclamation point in her name. Pink—a.k.a. P!nk—was full of bravado from the moment she broke at the turn of the millennium, singing a frothy style of teen pop&B. She was promoted as ethnically ambiguous and sold to white and Black audiences as a sassy Total Request Live starlet. She even joined an all-star remake of “Lady Marmalade.” But Pink felt misrepresented, even Missundaztood—so she recorded an album by that name, fusing rock guitar, dance beats and filter-free lyrics. She called out shiftless boyfriends, other pop stars, even the president of her record label in the lyrics of her hits, becoming the pop fan’s rock star. Join Chris Molanphy as he explains how Pink defined her own genre fusing punk attitude and soaring melodies into 21st-century self-empowerment music. She made herself into a rock star, simply by calling herself one. Who knew? Podcast production by Kevin Bendis. Make an impact this Women’s History Month by helping Macy’s on their mission to fund girls in STEM. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Harry. Hello mate. How'd you fancy in the big match?
0:04.1	Well fung enough I've been at both training grounds this week from what I saw
0:07.8	and you didn't hear this from me. Your best bet is to have a few quit on half
0:11.6	for two or more goals. The lads are an absolute genius.
0:14.5	Sorry Harry what was the name? Now just told you you need them
0:17.7	luggles clean in Pell. But Harry, sorry mate I got a run
0:20.8	the dog's done in solder slippers. Harry? Listen to Harry and make your best bet
0:27.0	up bet Victor. Eighteen plus please gamble responsibly.
0:30.5	Hey I haven't seen you sin Starbucks after that festival. Oh yeah we need to hang out
0:35.4	with the weather's good. This weekend? Shopping Saturday? Sunday? Niels
0:39.5	then lunch with Oscar. Next weekend? Weigh in Brighton. Thursday night?
0:43.4	We've topped cinema. Next Friday? In the most bar thing? Oh another one.
0:47.8	How about right now? Perfect. Starbucks? The new chocolate waffle cone
0:53.1	Frappuccino! You read my mind. Summer hits different with Starbucks.
0:58.1	Subject to availability while stocks last.
1:14.8	Welcome back to Hit Parade, a podcast of pop chart history from Slate magazine
1:20.7	about the hits from Coast to Coast. I'm Chris Malanfee,
1:24.2	chart analyst pop critic and writer of Slate's Why is the Song No. 1 series.
1:29.4	On our last episode we talked about the punchy pugilistic pink
1:34.9	who emerged from the teen pop era as an R&B star. Then pivoted to a more
1:41.5	rock oriented sound on her blockbuster album Misunderstood,
1:46.4	which spawned a string of hits and went quintuple platinum.
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