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Post by gmg on Jul 22, 2024 12:24:02 GMT -5
I love IND until it hits “Leave Me Alone,” then I skip to the next track (UUH and maybe TOTGA) and then I turn it off. I could have done without the last 3-4 tracks. Very thankful for that album and saving her career. Although Stupid Girls wasn’t a huge hit, I still love it, especially the iconic video. M!ssundaztood is her best effort imo, and up there with Stripped, Breakaway, etc. I’m still bummed 18 Wheeler didn’t make it as a single. Was thinking about and revisited I'm Not Dead and I gotta say that album seems criminally underrated and unreferenced these days. To me it should be mentioned in the same breath as the other masterclasses of pop: Strippedo, Blackout, Breakaway, 1989 etc as its certainly earned a spot alongside them and is in my estimation Pink's best effort. It's such an amazing, solid pop album front to back with everything you could want or look for in a great collection of pop songs: there's the bangers ("U + Ur Hand", "Leave Me Alone I'm Lonely", "Cuz I Can" etc), the gorgeous emotional ballads ("Nobody Knows", "I Got Money Now"), the personal deep cuts ("Who Knew", "Long Way To Happy" etc), and even the culturally significant topical moments ("Dear Mr. President" and "Stupid Girls"). It's everything you need. I remember absolutely stanning Pink throughout this entire era, with its unpresdented turnaround. Everything about the album and era is iconic to me and it was the foundational predecessor to one of her other great albums Funhouse. It was successful in its own right, but it deserved and deserves so much more. It should be at least 5x platinum domestically. What a moment. What an album. You're exhibiting an extreme amount of taste here tbh... Quality wise, it's absolutely up there with the classics you mentioned, although notably IND does contain a few skips (The One That Got Away, I Got Money Now, and I'd say Conversations with my 13 Year Old Self) whereas Breakaway and Stripped do not (Why Should I Be Said is a skip, and so is the entire back half of 1989, sorry). I do wish it had more commercial success, but ultimately I think they were smart to rush out a new track and album with So What/Funhouse given she had huge momentum with WN and UUH. That decision is why she's still relevant today, so if it took sacrificing a few hits off of IND to keep her around for another 16+ years, I am ok with that. Agree completely. Edit: just listened to IND in full twice, and I actually enjoyed IGMN, which I didn’t before. The only songs I skipped were CIC (didn’t age well for me), LMAIL, and Conversations. Fingers and Centrefold are a nice addition on the deluxe edition, just wish they were higher in the track listing.
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Post by kmbgs on Jul 22, 2024 15:31:03 GMT -5
18 Wheeler absolutely deserved, that song went OFF. I remember when I finally got into Misundaztood (aside from the singles) shortly before IND dropped, I was totally obsessed with it. It wound up being one of the defining songs of my senior year of high school, 4 years after it was released. Iconic.
I also could see a world where Numb got a limited release
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Jul 22, 2024 18:08:20 GMT -5
I don't know what y'all are talking about, especially with "I've Got Money Now" being a skip. lol Just does not compute. I'd say the only song I did't particularly listen to much from I'm Not Dead was "I Have Seen The Rain", yet I totally understood her personal connection to it via her father and why it was included on the standard tracklist. An album doesn't have to be skipless to be incredible or iconic to me personally. Honestly, there are very few albums where I don't skip a song, even the best ones. Only 21 by Adele comes to mind ATM when I even try to think of one. I just have so much nostalgia for the I'm Not Dead era. Even the album's title is part of several email addresses (including my main) I've used for the last like 15 years. lol Funhouse is right on its tail as runner up for her 2nd best album!
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jul 22, 2024 19:28:30 GMT -5
I don't know what y'all are talking about, especially with "I've Got Money Now" being a skip. lol Just does not compute. Glad somebody said it! Literally a career-highlight IMO, lol. I love P!nk's first five albums. Things started to get too filler heavy with TTAL, but all of those later albums still have some great tracks. But in terms of the initial question, P!nk is such a weird case study. She had the success, the hits, she's a huge touring act, big internationally. In terms of mainstream success, she outlasted most of her peers. She's well regarded by the general public as an incredibly talented singer and performer, but somehow she seems perpetually absent from the conversation and always overlooked. Not sure why. Maybe she just never cultivated a dedicated fanbase outside of the hits? Maybe it's because her particular brand of pop-rock doesn't lend itself to much discourse? She also never seemed too keen to play the messy pop star game. Either way, probably for the best tbh, she got the success with a fraction of the bullshit.
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Post by kmbgs on Jul 22, 2024 19:29:08 GMT -5
I don't know what y'all are talking about, especially with "I've Got Money Now" being a skip. lol Just does not compute. I'd say the only song I did't particularly listen to much from I'm Not Dead was "I Have Seen The Rain", yet I totally understood her personal connection to it via her father and why it was included on the standard tracklist. An album doesn't have to be skipless to be incredible or iconic to me personally. Honestly, there are very few albums where I don't skip a song, even the best ones. Only 21 by Adele comes to mind ATM when I even try to think of one. I just have so much nostalgia for the I'm Not Dead era. Even the album's title is part of several email addresses (including my main) I've used for the last like 15 years. lol Funhouse is right on its tail as runner up for her 2nd best album! Taste!!
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Post by gmg on Jul 22, 2024 20:00:29 GMT -5
I don't know what y'all are talking about, especially with "I've Got Money Now" being a skip. lol Just does not compute. I'd say the only song I did't particularly listen to much from I'm Not Dead was "I Have Seen The Rain", yet I totally understood her personal connection to it via her father and why it was included on the standard tracklist. An album doesn't have to be skipless to be incredible or iconic to me personally. Honestly, there are very few albums where I don't skip a song, even the best ones. Only 21 by Adele comes to mind ATM when I even try to think of one. I just have so much nostalgia for the I'm Not Dead era. Even the album's title is part of several email addresses (including my main) I've used for the last like 15 years. lol Funhouse is right on its tail as runner up for her 2nd best album! I agree now. I initially felt it was a skip but then I re-listened and had edited my post. :) I don't know what y'all are talking about, especially with "I've Got Money Now" being a skip. lol Just does not compute. Glad somebody said it! Literally a career-highlight IMO, lol. I love P!nk's first five albums. Things started to get too filler heavy with TTAL, but all of those later albums still have some great tracks. But in terms of the initial question, P!nk is such a weird case study. She had the success, the hits, she's a huge touring act, big internationally. In terms of mainstream success, she outlasted most of her peers. She's well regarded by the general public as an incredibly talented singer and performer, but somehow she seems perpetually absent from the conversation and always overlooked. Not sure why. Maybe she just never cultivated a dedicated fanbase outside of the hits? Maybe it's because her particular brand of pop-rock doesn't lend itself to much discourse? She also never seemed too keen to play the messy pop star game. Either way, probably for the best tbh, she got the success with a fraction of the bullshit. Well said!
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Post by gmg on Aug 21, 2024 23:31:05 GMT -5
P!nk performance closing night of DNC!CNN — Pink has been tapped for a closing night performance by the Democratic National Convention, a source familiar with the plans told CNN. The award-winning singer-songwriter and global pop icon will perform on Thursday evening, the source said, ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris taking the stage for the most significant speech of her political career.www.edition.cnn.com/2024/08/21/entertainment/pink-john-legend-dnc/index.html
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Post by pnobelysk on Aug 22, 2024 15:18:52 GMT -5
I’m not a concert person. The environment stresses me out I’ve been to less than 10. But I saw pink last weekend and it was the first concert I ever really enjoyed . It was a really great experience and would see her next time she comes around.
Does anyone have her hot ac history ?
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Post by gmg on Aug 22, 2024 21:18:21 GMT -5
P!nk performance closing night of DNC!CNN — Pink has been tapped for a closing night performance by the Democratic National Convention, a source familiar with the plans told CNN. The award-winning singer-songwriter and global pop icon will perform on Thursday evening, the source said, ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris taking the stage for the most significant speech of her political career.www.edition.cnn.com/2024/08/21/entertainment/pink-john-legend-dnc/index.html
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Aug 23, 2024 7:16:13 GMT -5
What About Us iTunes #2
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Aug 23, 2024 22:38:34 GMT -5
Such a sweet moment seeing P!nk and her daughter singing on stage together, and Willow has grown into a nice young lady there.
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Post by dwmusiccollector on Aug 28, 2024 3:47:16 GMT -5
Beautiful Trauma is her best album
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