The Greatest Pop Stories Never Told (with Jessica Hopper)

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On the KRCW series Lost Notes, Jessica Hopper plumbs pop music history for the most important stories never told. She brings us a bevy of lost gems, from Fanny, an all-female quartet of rockers that was one of David Bowie's favorite bands, to the Freeze a late-70s punk outfit now coming to terms with the offensive lyrics of their youth. Tune in to discover another side of pop, one that's rarely been heard. Songs Discussed:Fanny - Charity Ball (Live Version)Fanny - Ain't that PeculiarThe Freeze - I Hate TouristsCat Power - The Greatest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sabotage hired goons and a landfill in Utah.
0:05.0	How Steve Jobs' revolutionary catastrophe of a computer, the Apple Lisa, earned a brief
0:10.7	second life and then was buried for good.
0:14.8	Watch the Verges documentary Lisa's final act now on YouTube.
0:30.0	Welcome to Switched on Pop. I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.
0:37.0	I'm a songwriter, Charlie Harding.
0:38.5	And today we are joined by a very special guest.
0:40.7	Would you mind introducing yourself?
0:42.7	It's me, Jessica Hopper.
0:44.7	Woo! Jessica Hopper is live in the studio.
0:48.5	We are so thrilled to have her with us.
0:50.7	Author, critic, and now host of the KCRW show Lost Notes.
0:58.0	It's true. I'm the host and executive producer for this season as one of the rotating hosts
1:06.4	that they have, which change every season, but it is exciting and it is also exciting
1:12.7	to be here. Thank you for having me.
1:14.4	Thank you for joining us.
1:15.4	So give us a brief introduction to what Lost Notes is all about.
1:19.2	So Lost Notes basically does deep dives, reported pieces, documentary that really tries
1:28.4	to get towards stories that we haven't heard a thousand times or new perspectives on
1:34.3	history that we may know.
1:37.0	And this season I got to work really collaboratively with the other producers in the show's creator
1:43.1	Nick White to field stories, but also go out to folks where I know somebody's got this
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