SHANIA TWAIN (with Kate Dries)
Pop Pantheon
DJ Louie XIV
4.7 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2022
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
Executive Editor of Dwell, Kate Dries, joins DJ Louie to talk the Queen of Country Pop, Shania Twain. First, Kate lays out some of the scant historical examples of country icons who have managed to crossover into mainstream pop stardom like Dolly Parton and explains a bit about why Nashville has been a hermetically-sealed ecosystem, resistant to change, outsiders and country artists who have ambitions beyond its traditional scope. Next, Louie and Kate discuss Shania's upbringing in Canada, surviving abject poverty, a household rife with domestic abuse, and the untimely death of both of her parents by writing, singing and performing in local bars beginning when she was just 8 years-old. They then move on to Shania's discovery performing at a resort in Canada which lead to her record deal Mercury Nashville, her flop first album, 1993's Shania Twain, her chance meeting with rock super-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange who quickly became her partner in both music and life through her massive run of success from the mid '90s-early '00s, and the genre-busting sound the pair developed on her blockbuster sophomore release, 1995's The Woman in Me. Louie and Kate also dive into Shania's third record, 1997's legendary Come On Over, which stands to this day as one of the biggest selling albums in history and provided the platform for Shania to make the leap from country legend to mainstream pop icon, parse apart how smashes like "You're Still the One", "That Don't Impress Me Much" and "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" displayed Shania's unique combo of girl-next-door approachability, '90s middle-finger-up feminist attitudes and an infectious sense of carefree joy and fun, how her flair for presenting herself visually and sartorially in music videos was both integral to her crossover and forever seared her into pop cultural memory, her globe-trotting fourth album, 2002's Up!, the dissolution of her marriage to Mutt and her subsequent loss of her ability to sing, her comeback Vegas residency and her 5th album, 2017's Now, and her legacy and impact on the pop landscape to this day. Finally, Louie and Kate rank Shania Twain in the official Pop Pantheon.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pot Pantheon, the podcast where we completely overanalyze all of your favorite |
| 0:15.2 | pod stars and then rank them in the official Pot Pantheon. This is your host, DJ Louis |
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| 0:46.9 | Louis is such a knowledgeable and passionate host and it's hard not to love this podcast. I love |
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| 1:17.6 | the story of contemporary pop music without her and she is not a cipher. She is where she is |
| 1:22.7 | because of who she is where many tried and failed. Couldn't agree more about your assessment and the day will come when we do do that Britney episode. I know everybody wants that one, which is why I can't just give away all the goodies right away. And finally, I just want to read this one from R.M. Hannon, who says I'm a veteran fan of many music podcasts, including Switched on Pop and Song Exploder. I can't trust enough how much this podcast has changed the game for me, the format, level of research, blah, blah, blah, general great vibes. Make it a must listen for any pop fan. That is such sweet company. I'm big fans of both those shows. So thank you all for leaving reviews. I really appreciate that. I also wanted to throw out there. this is a random new thing that I might just start throwing in from time to time, |
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