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In Defense of Soundtracks. And Fergie.

Popcast

The New York Times

Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

What’s responsible for the recent soundtrack renaissance that brought albums from “Black Panther” and “The Greatest Showman” to the top of the charts?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the New York Times

0:02.5

podcast, Your Working Corbin Blue of Music News and Criticism.

0:07.0

I'm your host, John Caramonica. I am not a stranger to the dark

0:15.0

Hide away they say because we don't want your broken parts

0:21.0

I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars.

0:27.0

Run away, you say no one love you as you are,

0:32.0

but I won't let them break me down to dust I know that there's a place

0:37.5

for us for we are glorious glorious.

0:45.0

When the sharpest words want to cut me down,

0:50.0

I'm gonna send a blood gonna drown them out

0:55.0

I am brave I am bruised I you know who I meant to be

1:00.0

this is me

1:02.0

look out because here I come.

1:04.0

And I'm marching on to the beat I drum.

1:10.0

I'm not scared to be seen I make no apologies this is me

1:21.3

I'm back I took a week off and then I freaked it. We are here. I was glad to have a little bit of a break. Thank

1:29.7

you to Joe for holding it down last week.

1:32.6

And we are back in exuberant fashion.

1:36.2

And if you listened and you took in the song

1:39.3

that we opened with, which is,

1:41.4

This is Me from the Greatest Showman soundtrack.

1:44.6

You too should be exuberant right now.

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