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Was Ashlee Simpson Underappreciated? Discuss

Popcast

The New York Times

Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2018

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In the mid-2000s, the pop singer had platinum albums and an MTV reality show. Hear the first of two conversations about Ms. Simpson’s misunderstood career.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Um, excuse me, but uh, it is a singer.

0:06.0

Welcome to the New York Times,

0:07.0

your P-O-P-A-S-T of music news and criticism.

0:12.0

I'm your host John Caramonica And by Wednesday I can't sleep

0:25.0

Then the fall rings I hear you and the darkness is a clear view

0:31.0

This is come to rescue me?

0:35.0

With you I fall with you I fall so fast

0:41.0

I can hardly catch my breath. I hope it lasts.

0:47.0

Oh, it seems like I can't finally rest my head on something real.

0:55.0

I like the way that feels.

0:59.0

Oh, it's as if you know me better than I'm. Does that one take down?

1:04.0

I'm not up then I am I know myself.

1:07.0

I love how you can tell

1:10.0

of the future, the future, does that one take done?

1:14.0

Let's not talk about how many takes that took.

1:17.0

Four-take care of Monica here.

1:20.0

With the heat, the long awaited heat, we have been promising you, Cooley, and I would venture to say cruelly,

1:28.0

we have been promising you an Ashley Simpson popcast for as long, probably as long as it's been since Ashley Simpson has put out a

1:34.9

music of any kind and here we are finally in March 2018 we're delivering

1:40.5

Karen Gans is here. John, I got bruises on my heart.

1:45.0

I know you do.

1:46.0

Sometimes I get dark.

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