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Hit Parade: The Posthumous Hits Edition, Live from Seattle

Slate Culture

Slate Podcasts

Arts, Tv & Film, Music

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2019

⏱️ 90 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. Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:15.0

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0:19.0

Hi there, hit parade listeners, this is Chris Malampi, with a short disclaimer.

0:27.0

The show you're about to hear was recorded live in Seattle earlier this month at the Museum of

0:32.4

Pop Culture.

0:33.8

It was an amazing night.

0:35.4

However, due to a technical issue with the mics on stage

0:38.4

and our recording equipment,

0:40.0

we had some audio issues.

0:42.0

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.

0:49.0

We've left in just a few of these spots, which are fortunately pretty brief. We've also re-recorded some of our

0:55.9

guest intros where the audio was not up to snuff. So if you hear a few spots where the audio sounds

1:02.0

different, that's why.

1:03.7

We did have a fantastic night with amazing guests

1:07.4

and a lively pop-con audience.

1:09.5

And hopefully, our enthusiasm comes across here.

1:12.6

And now on with the show.

1:17.1

Please give it up for Chris Malampi. Daily beloved we're

1:25.0

we're gathered today to get through this thing called life

1:35.0

in the land called Life. I'm a little bit of a great spread. A little bit of a great spread.

1:36.0

That's a mighty long time.

1:38.0

I'm in fact.

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