What Music Should I Listen to in a Crisis?

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The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

3.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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10 music writers share the song that brightens up dark times.

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0:00.0	Corona, Corris, get it real.
0:02.8	You've got it real.
0:03.8	Get it real.
0:05.8	I've been hurting fucked up to...
0:08.8	Welcome to the New York Times Popcasts.
0:11.8	Your Solo Jay, a music music criticism.
0:15.0	I'm your host John Caramonica.
0:17.0	I'm your host John Caramonica.
0:18.0	I have shown and found a plound of blood. I hope listening to R-M-R-Mr is
0:27.5	I hope listening to R-M-R-M-R is putting a smile on your face.
0:35.0	It came out a couple weeks ago.
0:36.8	It is, as I'm sure you are aware,
0:39.9	by a new singer who has an quite incredible video as a trap anthem sung to the tune of
0:47.0	Bless the Broken Road most popularly recorded by Rascal Flats originals by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
0:53.7	This song is wild.
0:55.2	This is a wild song.
0:57.4	It's a wild video.
0:58.8	And it puts me in a really happy place.
1:00.2	I heard it for the first time when I was in Nashville interviewing Sam Hunt. It came out while I was down there and it was just like such a perfect time for that record to come out. It blew my mind when I saw the video. I got to watch it with Sam the next day,
1:16.0	blew his mind. Anyway, it put me in a really good head space and given everything that has been going on in the world, I think we could stand to have a moment of trying to put each other in positive head spaces.
1:31.0	And I was trying to think of what kind of episode I wanted to have after the last episode, which talked about the challenges to the live music business and the way that coronavirus is affecting pop music.
1:44.0	And I wanted to check in with people.
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