Music Trivia: Grammys and Gaga Edition

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

Slate Podcasts

Music, Music History, Music Commentary

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Think you know music? Hit Parade, the music history podcast from Slate, is back with a new episode of The Bridge. In this monthly mini-episode of Hit Parade, Host Chris Molanphy reflects on the previous full length episode of the show, and invites one Slate Plus member onto the show to play some music trivia related to the upcoming episode. How does it all work? Contestants are asked three trivia questions, and the player also has the opportunity to turn the tables—they get a chance to try to stump Molanphy, a music journalist for the past 25 years, with one trivia question of their own. This month, Molanphy is joined at the mic by T. J. Raphael, senior producer of the Slate Podcast Network. Together, they reveal which artist won the coveted spot of this year’s U.K. Christmas No. 1, look ahead to the 2019 Grammy Awards, and discuss the next full length episode of Hit Parade, which is all about the rise of Lady Gaga. If you’d like to be a contestant on an upcoming show, sign up for a Slate Plus membership here, and enter as a contestant here. You can also enter to play if you’re already a Slate Plus member. Want your question featured in an upcoming show? Email a voice memo to [email protected]. Podcast production by T. J. Raphael. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is this just fantasy caught in a landslide?
0:07.0	No escape from reality. Hey everybody this is Chris Malanfi host of hit parade
0:17.7	slates podcast of pop chart history welcome to the Bridge. I'm just a move on.
0:25.0	I need no spirit.
0:28.0	Because I'm easy come easy go. That of course is Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody not only a little high little low
0:39.8	That of course is Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, not only a legendary rock classic, but also one of the best-selling British singles of all time.
0:51.0	It was the UK Christmas number one in both 1975, the year it was recorded, and
0:57.9	1991, the year Queen Frontman Freddie Mercury died. As such, it served as a bridge
1:05.0	between the start and the end of Mercury's career. And as always these mini episodes bridge our full length monthly episodes and
1:29.5	give us a chance to catch up with our listeners and enjoy some trivia.
1:34.6	This month I'm delighted, as always, to be joined by my frequent partner in Bridgetam,
1:40.1	Slate Podcast Senior Producer, T.J. Raphael. Hey, T.J. Raphael.
1:43.3	Hey, T.J.
1:44.1	Hi, Chris. Thanks for having me on.
1:45.9	Absolutely, and happy New Year to you.
1:47.8	Happy New Year to you.
1:49.4	Before we jump to today's topic, which, you know, is all about the grammies I'm so excited to talk about that I
1:54.8	Really want to quickly talk about the last full-length episode of hip parade because oh my god
2:00.3	You really left us with a cliffhanger like who won that coveted UK
2:05.3	number one spot so it probably feels like ancient history to everyone now since we're
2:08.8	recording this in mid-January but yes there was a very exciting cliffhanger at the end of the last full-length episode of
2:16.1	hit parade in which we had to finish the episode, finish producing the episode before we
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