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60 Songs That Explain the '90s
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A bear attack in a library. - Harvilla describing the quiet yet powerful way Celine Dion sings.
Mariah's 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, is bleak, man. It is Dickensian. It's like if Oliver Twist had a five-octave range. - Harvilla on Mariah Carey's memoir.
Maybe with "Just a Girl," it's best to imagine No Doubt as a space shuttle, where the rocket boosters burn out and detach once it achieves true superstar orbit, and in this case these abandoned rocket boosters just happen to be labeled "Ska" and "Everybody In The Band Other Than Gwen." That's not really selling out. That's a little something called "personal growth." - Harvilla on the way No Doubt changed after "Just a Girl."
Really enjoyed listening to this book after having listened to and enjoying a few episodes of the podcast. Harvilla does a great job mixing history, analysis, and his own very talented writing. A great example is the perfect way he described what made Aaliyah great.
The best parts for me were the ones that triggered Elder Millennial nostalgia - "Particle Man" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" on Tiny Toons, dancing to "The End of the Road" at junior high school dances, etc.
Mariah's 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, is bleak, man. It is Dickensian. It's like if Oliver Twist had a five-octave range. - Harvilla on Mariah Carey's memoir.
Maybe with "Just a Girl," it's best to imagine No Doubt as a space shuttle, where the rocket boosters burn out and detach once it achieves true superstar orbit, and in this case these abandoned rocket boosters just happen to be labeled "Ska" and "Everybody In The Band Other Than Gwen." That's not really selling out. That's a little something called "personal growth." - Harvilla on the way No Doubt changed after "Just a Girl."
Really enjoyed listening to this book after having listened to and enjoying a few episodes of the podcast. Harvilla does a great job mixing history, analysis, and his own very talented writing. A great example is the perfect way he described what made Aaliyah great.
The best parts for me were the ones that triggered Elder Millennial nostalgia - "Particle Man" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" on Tiny Toons, dancing to "The End of the Road" at junior high school dances, etc.
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