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"content": "\u003cp>In 1993, I was 14-years-old and the kind of fervently enthusiastic music fan that goes on to write about it for a living. One night, after attending a concert featuring two prominent metal bands, my best friend and I stood outside the front entrance of the arena and waited for her dad to pick us up. As we excitedly dissected the evening’s events, we were approached by a grizzled-looking man in requisite rock 'n' roll clothing, an all-access pass hanging from his belt loop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You girls wanna meet the bands?” he asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My friend and I looked at each other, bemused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well… yeah…” my friend replied, hesitant, but not wanting to miss out on a golden opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alright,” this man -- probably in his mid-40s -- replied. “Follow me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hang on,” I said. “What do \u003cem>you\u003c/em> get out of this?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without any hesitation, he smirked, nodded and pointed to his groin. I linked arms with my friend, who, like me, had visibly recoiled, and said, “Uhhh, NO.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Suit yourselves!” he snapped back and went off in search of other, less prudish schoolgirls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five minutes later, we were safely in the back of my friend’s dad’s car and on our way home. We never told any adults about the incident -- certainly not our parents, who fearfully might have stopped us from going to any more concerts -- and we barely discussed it with each other, because thinking about it creeped us out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was my first experience of the kind of exploitation that routinely takes place on the road. At the time, despite my youth, I knew all about groupies. I knew that as a female in this particular music scene, I was in a minority. And I knew that I might sometimes be targeted by creepy older men. But when it actually happened in real life, it was an infinitely more intimidating experience than I had bargained for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A couple of months later, while squeezed into the crowd of a (to this day) well-respected alternative band, my friend was sexually assaulted by an older boy. She told me afterwards that she was trapped and scared and froze when this stranger’s hand climbed up her skirt because he was so much bigger than her. If you know any women who grew up going to shows in their teens, you will be hard pressed to find one who hasn’t experienced the wandering hands of a fellow audience member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU1bEeKsHs8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assault at shows is an issue that has been publicly discussed since riot grrrl first shone a light on it in the early 1990s. This reached its peak in 1999 when the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mtv.com/news/516319/two-woodstock-fans-allegedly-raped-in-mosh-pits/\">chaos of Woodstock\u003c/a> resulted in numerous sexual assault reports and a number of rape allegations from audience members. More recently, in 2015, five teenage girls in the U.K. started \u003ca href=\"http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/28377/1/meet-the-teen-girls-fighting-sexual-assault-at-music-venues\">#GirlsAgainst\u003c/a> to highlight the fact that this problem is ongoing. Just last year, 26 women reported being assaulted at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/01/europe/germany-concert-sex-assaults/\">Schlossgrabenfest music festival\u003c/a> in Germany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not talked about all that often, but the risks facing women and girls who like live music are not limited to fellow audience members. There is a culture of silence in this male-dominated industry that, in my 18 years of journalistic experience on the road and backstage, has shocked me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I once saw two girls pretend to faint at a pop-punk show in England, in order to get backstage. They succeeded. I happened to walk into a room after the show, where they were laughing about how clever they had been. I asked them how old they were. “Eighteen,” the chorus came back, but their undeveloped bodies and nervous giggling told a different story. After making out with each other for the entertainment of the headlining band, they were ushered into separate rooms by a singer and a drummer on the tour. I am not clear about what happened behind those closed doors, but I would hazard a guess that it probably wasn’t legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have seen similar scenes play out, backstage at festivals all over the world, while tents are being broken down and gear loaded out. There are bands who are vigilant, who will politely shoo these girls away and call out other bands on the bill who don’t carry the same sympathy for, and sexual aversion to, underage girls. These bands are, thankfully, in the majority. But, in my experience, if you line up 10 tour buses, there are probably going to be a couple of people (sometimes crew members), who have no qualms about taking advantage of naïve fandom when the opportunity presents itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_61198\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-61198\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-1020x1009.png\" alt=\"watkins\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-1020x1009.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-160x158.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-800x791.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-768x759.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-1920x1899.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-1180x1167.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-960x949.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-240x237.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-375x371.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-520x514.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-50x50.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/watkins-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ian Watkins, vocalist, convicted sex offender\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Lostprophets frontman, Ian Watkins, was convicted of \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/18/ian-watkins-jailed-child-sex-crimes\">a litany of child sex offences\u003c/a> in 2013, the focus was on the fact that the case horrifyingly involved two infants, whose mothers had been targeted by Watkins as “superfans” and ultimately were complicit in, and convicted of, the abuse of their own children. Watkins was also convicted of carrying out (and filming) degrading sex acts on a teenage fan, who had been an underage virgin at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issues surrounding bands and groupies are complex and frequently rooted in a culture that tells rock musicians that it's their right, and tells young women that their greatest commodity -- their easiest “in” -- is their bodies and their sexuality. Romanticized depictions of groupies in TV and movies (Showtime’s \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sho.com/roadies\">Roadies\u003c/a> \u003c/em>was a recent offender) continue to perpetuate the idea that groupies are beloved and essential; that women can get in on the excitement of being on the road, if only they’ll give it up. In reality, groupies are often mocked by the band the second they’ve been ushered off the bus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one occasion nine years ago, I was traveling with an emo band in Europe. As the venue cleared out, I went to use the ladies' room and found a girl crying by the sinks. I asked if she was okay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one asked me backstage,” she sobbed. “I really wanted to meet the band, so I dressed like this…” -- skin-tight, hip-hugging jeans, push-up bra and a cropped top; a lot of make-up for a face so fresh -- “…but still no one noticed me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason you weren’t asked backstage,” I gently explained, “was because this band are good people. The only thing going on back there is eating, email-checking, and girlfriend-Skyping. You’re not missing anything, I promise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still wanted to be asked,” she wept.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How old are you?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fifteen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mere 10 minutes of telling this girl that there were other ways to participate in this scene that didn’t involve her body, she had stopped crying, started to mull over the possibilities of becoming a music photographer, and was ready to go home. If this had been a different band and a different concert, her evening could have ended very differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the digital age, a brand new form of fan exploitation has emerged, and it doesn’t even require fans to leave the house. Just this week, YouTube star \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/youtube-singing-star-austin-jones-faces-child-pornography-charges_us_594101bfe4b0d3185485fb0a\">Austin Jones was arrested\u003c/a> on two counts of producing child pornography, after he allegedly requested sexually explicit material from underage fans, via Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in January, a Boston man named \u003ca href=\"http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7655473/man-posed-justin-bieber-extort-nude-photos\">Bryan Asrary was arrested\u003c/a> after nude photos of a 9-year-old girl were found on his laptop and cellphone. He is alleged to have impersonated Justin Bieber online in order get them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, traveling punk festival Warped Tour was plagued with problems in 2015 after allowing then-23-year-old Jake McElfresh (a.k.a. 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What those discussions so often fail to acknowledge is that the link between music and fan exploitation has always been there, and that the myth of the in-control, gleeful groupie is a frequently false one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Certainly, the internet age does offer new and horrifying forms of exploitation, but it also leaves digital fingerprints, evidence, screenshots, and, like never before, a means to expose and convict the people who take advantage of music fans in sexual ways. 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This reached its peak in 1999 when the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mtv.com/news/516319/two-woodstock-fans-allegedly-raped-in-mosh-pits/\">chaos of Woodstock\u003c/a> resulted in numerous sexual assault reports and a number of rape allegations from audience members. More recently, in 2015, five teenage girls in the U.K. started \u003ca href=\"http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/28377/1/meet-the-teen-girls-fighting-sexual-assault-at-music-venues\">#GirlsAgainst\u003c/a> to highlight the fact that this problem is ongoing. Just last year, 26 women reported being assaulted at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/01/europe/germany-concert-sex-assaults/\">Schlossgrabenfest music festival\u003c/a> in Germany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not talked about all that often, but the risks facing women and girls who like live music are not limited to fellow audience members. 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Watkins was also convicted of carrying out (and filming) degrading sex acts on a teenage fan, who had been an underage virgin at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issues surrounding bands and groupies are complex and frequently rooted in a culture that tells rock musicians that it's their right, and tells young women that their greatest commodity -- their easiest “in” -- is their bodies and their sexuality. Romanticized depictions of groupies in TV and movies (Showtime’s \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sho.com/roadies\">Roadies\u003c/a> \u003c/em>was a recent offender) continue to perpetuate the idea that groupies are beloved and essential; that women can get in on the excitement of being on the road, if only they’ll give it up. In reality, groupies are often mocked by the band the second they’ve been ushered off the bus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one occasion nine years ago, I was traveling with an emo band in Europe. As the venue cleared out, I went to use the ladies' room and found a girl crying by the sinks. I asked if she was okay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one asked me backstage,” she sobbed. “I really wanted to meet the band, so I dressed like this…” -- skin-tight, hip-hugging jeans, push-up bra and a cropped top; a lot of make-up for a face so fresh -- “…but still no one noticed me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason you weren’t asked backstage,” I gently explained, “was because this band are good people. The only thing going on back there is eating, email-checking, and girlfriend-Skyping. You’re not missing anything, I promise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still wanted to be asked,” she wept.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How old are you?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fifteen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mere 10 minutes of telling this girl that there were other ways to participate in this scene that didn’t involve her body, she had stopped crying, started to mull over the possibilities of becoming a music photographer, and was ready to go home. If this had been a different band and a different concert, her evening could have ended very differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the digital age, a brand new form of fan exploitation has emerged, and it doesn’t even require fans to leave the house. Just this week, YouTube star \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/youtube-singing-star-austin-jones-faces-child-pornography-charges_us_594101bfe4b0d3185485fb0a\">Austin Jones was arrested\u003c/a> on two counts of producing child pornography, after he allegedly requested sexually explicit material from underage fans, via Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in January, a Boston man named \u003ca href=\"http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7655473/man-posed-justin-bieber-extort-nude-photos\">Bryan Asrary was arrested\u003c/a> after nude photos of a 9-year-old girl were found on his laptop and cellphone. He is alleged to have impersonated Justin Bieber online in order get them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, traveling punk festival Warped Tour was plagued with problems in 2015 after allowing then-23-year-old Jake McElfresh (a.k.a. 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What those discussions so often fail to acknowledge is that the link between music and fan exploitation has always been there, and that the myth of the in-control, gleeful groupie is a frequently false one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Certainly, the internet age does offer new and horrifying forms of exploitation, but it also leaves digital fingerprints, evidence, screenshots, and, like never before, a means to expose and convict the people who take advantage of music fans in sexual ways. The culture that encourages these uneasy and sometimes illegal relationships between musicians and fans needs a major reset -- one that we may finally be making steps towards in the wake of Austin Jones' and Brian Asrary’s arrests, McElfresh’s public humiliation, and the universal revulsion that greeted Watkins’ case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Give it a listen!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.kqed.org/.stream/mp3splice/radio/thecooler/2017/06/1967SummerofLove.mp3\" title=\"Summer of Love Bops The World Forgot\" program=\"The Cooler\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/03/clo.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cdiv>\u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/DownloadOniTunes_100x100.png\" width=\"75px\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/music/m/Ig3hk6qa4fzcgjp2kagptfgu4u4?t=The_Cooler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/Google_Play_100x100.png\" width=\"75px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, which saw as many as 100,000 flower children descend on San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood to start a revolution based on love, unity, peace, flower crowns, lots and lots of weed, and, last but certainly not least, music! Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, the Mamas and the Papas, Jefferson Airplane: these are the names that come to mind when thinking of 1967. But this is only a partial picture. What else were people jamming to during the Summer of Love? What are the songs that were popular, but didn’t become canonized in the historical counterculture narrative, and are now more or less forgotten?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In order to find the answer to these questions and get a fuller idea of what music in 1967 was \u003cem>really\u003c/em> like, I dove head first into the deepest, darkest parts of the Billboard chart archives. Here’s what I found:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You most likely remember the song “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair),” which was written for Scott McKenzie by John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas. In case you're not familiar, it’s a certified bop and sounds like this:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0vkKy504U\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Released in May of 1967, the song was an instant classic, convincing even more hippies to migrate to San Francisco that summer, and going on to sell seven million copies. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A song you most likely\u003cem> don't\u003c/em> remember is \"Let's Go to San Francisco,\" by a British band called the Flower Pot Men (Mary Jane reference, you dig?). The group released the song a few months after Scott McKenzie's monster smash, trying to capitalize on the let's-ditch-our-lives-and-live-it-up-in-SF movement. It was moderately popular in the UK, but had little to no crossover appeal in the States. The Flower Pot Children are considered a one-hit wonder across the pond.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puuWsTitPa4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When a song is called \"I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman,\" you want answers. But you're not going to get any from this Whistling Jack Smith number, because there are no lyrics -- just passionate whistling. Despite there being no words to sing along with, the song was a big hit, reaching No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending seven weeks on the chart. None of this makes sense, but this live performance of what can best be described as Spock's younger gay brother hopping around on a big stage emphatically whistling for several minutes makes it all worthwhile. Behold this thing of beauty:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQQ5sEOhbjQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A band called the Box Tops had a No. 1 hit during the summer of 1967 with a song about the power of snail mail called “The Letter.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/the-box-tops-the-letter-20110526\">According to \u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, “The Letter” is one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toBl4rvTgs8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A lesser-known song about correspondence that didn't make it onto \u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em>’s list, \"Western Union\" by the Five Americans reached No. 8 on the charts before fading away. And I’m not sure why, because it’s glorious. 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It’s about a hot hipster witch putting a spell on him. Been there.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuWC0T3izDs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking of witches, the Fifth Estate had a hit with “Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead,” which borrows from \u003cem>The Wizard of Oz\u003c/em> and features a cheery little whistle that makes me want to twerk for some reason (don't judge me). The song peaked at No. 11 and spent 10 weeks on the charts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT3QhfiGxRI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A random trend around 1967 was spoken word songs by Congressmen. Can you image Mitch McConnell talking in his native language of \u003ca href=\"http://i.imgur.com/9q7OlUS.jpg\">Frowning Turtle\u003c/a> over a trap beat? 2017 has had so many atrocities already, that I wouldn’t even be surprised. Back in the '60s, 71-year-old Senator Everett Dirksen became the oldest person to reach the Top 40 with “Gallant Men.” The song was meant for the troops and climbed all the way up to No. 29, despite being boring as sin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAt1VJfEq2k\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a response to “Gallant Men,” a comedian named Bill Minkin released a cover version of “Wild Thing,” under the pseudonym Senator Bobby, in the voice of -- you guessed it -- Robert Kennedy. Despite no one asking for this, and its overall weirdness, the song reached No. 20 on the charts. Maybe the hot penny whistle lick turned people on?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAD9QTNpbdY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">While we’re on the topic of songs by white dudes who can’t sing, “An Open Letter to My Teenage Son” by Victor Lundberg, a random newscaster from Grand Rapids, Michigan, became a very unlikely top 10 hit, despite the fact that the track is essentially a rambling rant about long hair, beards, glue-sniffing, whether god is dead, and George Washington. The song escalates quickly, ending with this threat:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>And I will remind you that your mother will love you no matter what you do, because she is a woman\u003cbr>\nAnd I love you too, son\u003cbr>\nBut I also love our country and the principles for which we stand\u003cbr>\nAnd if you decide to burn your draft card\u003cbr>\nthen burn your birth certificate at the same time\u003cbr>\nFrom that moment on, I have no son\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Ummm, okay then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBU6GkseD1w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking of war, a band called the Royal Guardsmen had a hit with a song all about Snoopy -- yes, that Snoopy -- fighting Germans, called “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron.” I've listened to this song more than a few times in an attempt to deduce why this band decided to pair a cartoon dog with a German antagonist, and all I've come up with is: ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtJ1Gnh9wPU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our culture is full of single-named legends: Madonna. Prince. Cher. Keith? A random dude with the most generic name had a huge hit in 1967 called \"98.6\" about how much he loves the sun and his natural body temperature. It reached No. 6 on the charts. Two decades later, Keith, possibly annoyed that no one remembered his name, legally changed it to Bazza Keefer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykN6Cz05bLM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know that feeling when you get out of work on a Friday afternoon and you think to the wide universe, \u003cem>Put all the liquor inside me\u003c/em>? Well, there’s a song for that feeling by Helena Ferguson called “Where Is The Party?” It did not do well on the charts, but I think that’s a mistake, and so will you once you hear her craving croon, which can be likened to a tipsy motorcycle rev.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVxS3OIlfs0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you hate music, history, and the '60s, and have been really bored throughout this article, then \"I'm Bored\" by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (yes, that's their real name) is for you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jrnfKe7rqU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If, on the other hand, you weren’t bored by all of this music from 1967, there’s even more where these selections came from. 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The group released the song a few months after Scott McKenzie's monster smash, trying to capitalize on the let's-ditch-our-lives-and-live-it-up-in-SF movement. It was moderately popular in the UK, but had little to no crossover appeal in the States. The Flower Pot Children are considered a one-hit wonder across the pond.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/puuWsTitPa4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/puuWsTitPa4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When a song is called \"I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman,\" you want answers. But you're not going to get any from this Whistling Jack Smith number, because there are no lyrics -- just passionate whistling. Despite there being no words to sing along with, the song was a big hit, reaching No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending seven weeks on the chart. None of this makes sense, but this live performance of what can best be described as Spock's younger gay brother hopping around on a big stage emphatically whistling for several minutes makes it all worthwhile. 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And I’m not sure why, because it’s glorious. It’s about being broken up with via telegram, which was the '60s version of being broken up with \u003ca href=\"https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/8a/95/19/8a9519f71f2ddcf0413f589f0177ebbe.jpg\">via Post-it note\u003c/a> or text message. Plus, the chorus involves the band members mimicking the sound of a telegram. 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"content": "\u003cp>Up until a few weeks ago, Ariana Grande was the most childlike of the nation's pop talent. Even amidst broad attempts to sex up her image (the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXiSVQZLje8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Side to Side\"\u003c/a> video even pulled off the feat of making exercise bicycles seem sexy), she's never quite been able to shake off an overwhelming air of innocence. Maybe it's the doe eyes and the ponytail; perhaps it's just been impossible for us to forget about her \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzMD11TxWT8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nickelodeon background\u003c/a>; but even in the midst of singing a song titled \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbCfHutDSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Dangerous Woman,\"\u003c/a> clad in nothing but lingerie, it's been consistently difficult to see Grande as a bonafide grown up—somebody worth taking seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The media, broadly speaking, has contributed to the infantilization of Grande. At the end of 2014,\u003cem> Jezebel\u003c/em> asked \u003ca href=\"http://jezebel.com/is-ariana-grande-actually-a-baby-an-investigation-1669981980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Is Ariana Grande Actually a Baby?\"\u003c/a> During that same period, \u003cem>The New York Daily News\u003c/em> ran a story titled \u003ca href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/ariana-grande-demands-carried-baby-report-article-1.2040588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Ariana Grande demands to be carried like a baby when she's tired,\"\u003c/a> and \u003cem>TMZ\u003c/em> queried \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_8rxlnys6/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariana Grande Gets Carried Like a Baby?\u003c/a>\" In \u003cem>USA Today\u003c/em>'s report on the matter, they also called her \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/12/19/big-sean-ariana-grande-only-gets-carried-like-a-baby-under-extreme-circumstances/77479766/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pint-sized\u003c/a>.\" Grande's habit of indulging in this particularly unusual method of backstage transportation is less note-worthy than the fact that multiple news outlets compared her to an infant because of it. If it was, say, Rihanna being lifted off her feet after a show, she would surely have been called a diva, not a baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been much speculation about why it was Grande's \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Manchester_Arena_bombing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">show in Manchester Arena\u003c/a> that was singled out by a suicide bomber, and it's possible that her girlie image was a factor. Across the board, the conclusion reached by pretty much everyone—\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/why-it-matters-that-the-manchester-attack-targeted-girls-w483855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rolling Stone\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://msmagazine.com/blog/2017/05/26/manchester-bombing-attack-women-girls/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ms\u003c/a>., \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/05/22/the_bombing_at_a_manchester_ariana_grande_show_was_an_attack_on_girls_and.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slate\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/2017/05/23/manchester-was-an-attack-on-girls/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salon\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/05/manchester-attacks-ariana-grande/527736/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Atlantic\u003c/a>\u003c/em> and many more—was that this was an attack specifically designed to target young girls and women. \u003cem>Ms.\u003c/em> in particular noted: \"Ignoring the overwhelming evidence of the Manchester Arena bombing as gender-based prevents progress from continuous oppression against women and girls alongside other marginalized groups.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is impossible to predict how artists who experience tragedy at their shows will respond after the fact. In 2000, \u003ca href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nine-dead-at-pearl-jam-concert-20000817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nine people were killed\u003c/a> and 26 people were injured during Pearl Jam's set at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. In the wake of the horror, the band almost broke up, wrote a song about the accident (titled \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XWqLJQ_7_k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Love Boat Captain\"\u003c/a>), and said they would \u003ca href=\"http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-11-12/features/0211110284_1_pearl-jam-courageous-option-riot-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">never play a festival\u003c/a> ever again. In 1979, when 11 people were killed in a crush at a concert by The Who, they forged ahead with the rest of their tour, at the behest of guitarist Pete Townshend who told his bandmates, \"\u003ca href=\"http://ultimateclassicrock.com/worst-concert-mishaps-and-tragedies/#photogallery-1=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">If we don't play tomorrow, we'll never play again.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most recently, after \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">89 of their fans were murdered\u003c/a> by terrorists at the Bataclan venue in Paris, Eagles of Death Metal found healing in returning to the city, first as \u003ca href=\"http://pitchfork.com/news/62436-eagles-of-death-metal-return-to-the-stage-joining-u2-for-two-songs-in-paris/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special guests at a U2 concert\u003c/a>, then at their own show\u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35586337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> for survivors\u003c/a> of the attack, three months after it happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Ariana Grande canceled the remainder of her tour in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing, it was easy to imagine that this young woman was probably irretrievably broken by the horror of it all. How on Earth would Baby Ariana and her bunny ears cope with 22 dead and 119 injured fans? Nobody would have been surprised, or begrudged her a break, if Ariana Grande had decided to go into hiding for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/866849021519966208\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In reality, the way that Ariana Grande has responded to having tragedy thrust upon her audience and herself has not only been a shining example of how to heal an entire community, it has also undoubtedly shifted the world's perception of her (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/871465038699270145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including Piers Morgan's\u003c/a>) and, in turn, that of young women. Grande didn't cancel the rest of her tour to mourn or to hide, as we might have expected from a woman so young, she canceled just a few dates to focus on trying to heal Manchester. It started on a personal level—visiting survivors in the hospital, as well as victims' families—and culminated in the One Love concert over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BU4klQ0lH2G/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is an undeniable feat to put together a concert for 50,000 people with a line-up this incredible—Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, and more—in a matter of weeks, but Grande and her team managed just that. Just as astonishing as the \u003ca href=\"http://time.com/4805251/ariana-grande-manchester-benefit-concert-fundraising/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$13 million\u003c/a> raised for the victims and their families, Grande's performance hit all the right notes: respectful and heartfelt without once making it about her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From her performance with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqYNhBXNOV4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local school choir\u003c/a>, to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKhLx6vSHZs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">talking about the victims\u003c/a> between songs, to even her wardrobe (the singer dressed down in jeans and a bulky Manchester One Love sweater), Grande was about as close to perfect as any star has ever been. She displayed a strength most of us had no idea she had and, in turn, allowed her predominantly young, female audience to demonstrate their own bravery by showing up. If all of that wasn't enough, Grande has just \u003ca href=\"http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7817586/ariana-grande-one-last-time-itunes-manchester-benefit-single\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">re-released \"One Last Time\"\u003c/a> as part of her ongoing fundraising efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cshg5ktpPtI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to the fact that the One Love Manchester concert had the biggest British TV audience of 2017 so far (\u003ca href=\"http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/7817647/ariana-grandes-manchester-benefit-concert-draws-biggest-uk-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">14.5 million people\u003c/a>, to be precise), it succeeded in uniting not just Manchester, but the entire country, in the wake of yet another \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/london-bridge-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">terror attack\u003c/a> over the weekend. “I think that the kind of love, the unity that you’re displaying is the medicine that the world really needs right now,” Grande told her audience on Sunday, apparently unaware of the fact that that was exactly what \u003cem>she\u003c/em> was doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her overwhelming show of both strength and class, Ariana Grande has demonstrated that, not only have many of us been under-estimating her this entire time, in doing so, we have been under-estimating the awesome power of girls.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Maybe it's the doe eyes and the ponytail; perhaps it's just been impossible for us to forget about her \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzMD11TxWT8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nickelodeon background\u003c/a>; but even in the midst of singing a song titled \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbCfHutDSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Dangerous Woman,\"\u003c/a> clad in nothing but lingerie, it's been consistently difficult to see Grande as a bonafide grown up—somebody worth taking seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The media, broadly speaking, has contributed to the infantilization of Grande. At the end of 2014,\u003cem> Jezebel\u003c/em> asked \u003ca href=\"http://jezebel.com/is-ariana-grande-actually-a-baby-an-investigation-1669981980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Is Ariana Grande Actually a Baby?\"\u003c/a> During that same period, \u003cem>The New York Daily News\u003c/em> ran a story titled \u003ca href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/ariana-grande-demands-carried-baby-report-article-1.2040588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Ariana Grande demands to be carried like a baby when she's tired,\"\u003c/a> and \u003cem>TMZ\u003c/em> queried \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_8rxlnys6/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariana Grande Gets Carried Like a Baby?\u003c/a>\" In \u003cem>USA Today\u003c/em>'s report on the matter, they also called her \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/12/19/big-sean-ariana-grande-only-gets-carried-like-a-baby-under-extreme-circumstances/77479766/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pint-sized\u003c/a>.\" Grande's habit of indulging in this particularly unusual method of backstage transportation is less note-worthy than the fact that multiple news outlets compared her to an infant because of it. If it was, say, Rihanna being lifted off her feet after a show, she would surely have been called a diva, not a baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been much speculation about why it was Grande's \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Manchester_Arena_bombing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">show in Manchester Arena\u003c/a> that was singled out by a suicide bomber, and it's possible that her girlie image was a factor. 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In 2000, \u003ca href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nine-dead-at-pearl-jam-concert-20000817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nine people were killed\u003c/a> and 26 people were injured during Pearl Jam's set at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. In the wake of the horror, the band almost broke up, wrote a song about the accident (titled \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XWqLJQ_7_k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Love Boat Captain\"\u003c/a>), and said they would \u003ca href=\"http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-11-12/features/0211110284_1_pearl-jam-courageous-option-riot-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">never play a festival\u003c/a> ever again. 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"content": "\u003cp>A few weeks ago, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Styles\">Harry Styles\u003c/a> re-emerged with \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uD6s-X3590&t=54s\">Sweet Creature\u003c/a>,\" impressing \u003ca href=\"http://www.onedirectionmusic.com/us/home\">One Direction\u003c/a> lovers \u003cem>and\u003c/em> haters alike with a new stripped down sound that beautifully combines his sweet pop vocals with folksy vibes and surprisingly dark lyrics. With that first listen, it all felt rather new, interesting, and exciting to see Harry stretching out on his own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a week later, Styles released a video for \"Sign of the Times,\" in which he was brooding and windswept and frowning. The song itself feels mined from other British artists, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8fFVOoqepc\">Pink Floyd\u003c/a>'s \"Comfortably Numb\" combined with distinctly \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni2G1eTB-Bs\">Oasis\u003c/a>-sounding guitar undercurrents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans of classic British pop might also have noticed something else quite glaring: \"Sign of the Times\" seems almost entirely modeled on what \u003ca href=\"https://www.robbiewilliams.com/\">Robbie Williams\u003c/a> did after emerging from his boy band, as a solo artist in 1995. Williams had been in \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_That\">Take That\u003c/a>, a five-piece who were, in their early-'90s heyday, easily as popular as \u003ca href=\"http://www.onedirectionmusic.com/us/home\">One Direction\u003c/a> (in the UK, at least). Williams quit Take That when they were still at the peak of their success and, desperate to garner some credibility after doing dance routines and singing at screaming fans for six years, released \"Angels,\" which is, to this day in Britain, considered a classic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's compare and contrast Williams shrugging off boy band mania, and Styles doing the same thing two decades later:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luwAMFcc2f8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN4ooNx77u0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those similar somber piano intros; the same sprawling, desolate countryside setting; those very sensible winter coats. The videos for \"Angels\" and \"Sign of the Times\" have a lot in common when viewed side by side. See?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Head down moodiness and matching coats:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81422\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1259\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland.jpg 1259w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland-160x45.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland-800x224.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland-768x215.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland-1020x285.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland-1180x330.jpg 1180w, 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width=\"1259\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-Eye-Close-Ups.jpg 1259w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-Eye-Close-Ups-160x40.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-Eye-Close-Ups-800x198.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-Eye-Close-Ups-768x190.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-Eye-Close-Ups-1020x253.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-Eye-Close-Ups-1180x292.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-Eye-Close-Ups-960x238.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-Eye-Close-Ups-240x59.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-Eye-Close-Ups-375x93.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-Eye-Close-Ups-520x129.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1259px) 100vw, 1259px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meaningful mouth close-ups:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81424\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1272\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups.jpg 1272w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-160x45.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-800x223.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-768x214.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-1020x285.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-1180x329.jpg 1180w, 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https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-800x198.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-768x190.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-1020x253.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-1180x292.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-960x238.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-240x59.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-375x93.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-520x129.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1235px) 100vw, 1235px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walking on water:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-81267 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1231\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water.png 1231w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-160x39.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-800x194.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-768x187.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-1020x248.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-1180x287.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-960x233.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-240x58.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-375x91.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-520x126.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1231px) 100vw, 1231px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Robbie Williams never figured out how to make it in America -- this was pre-internet, back when British boy bands just couldn't find mass appeal with the more hip-hop/R&B-leaning US music market -- his bid for credibility worked extraordinarily well. Williams ended up with a hugely successful career in Europe that managed to overshadow everything he had done with Take That -- at least until the boy band reformed (to great fanfare) in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, it turns out, the new direction of Harry Styles isn't quite as fresh and unique as it may have first appeared. It is an established recipe for success though, and -- let's face it -- pop has always recycled itself. If Harry keeps borrowing from the best of British, especially the artists not-so-well-known in America, his continued success is an inevitability.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A few weeks ago, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Styles\">Harry Styles\u003c/a> re-emerged with \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uD6s-X3590&t=54s\">Sweet Creature\u003c/a>,\" impressing \u003ca href=\"http://www.onedirectionmusic.com/us/home\">One Direction\u003c/a> lovers \u003cem>and\u003c/em> haters alike with a new stripped down sound that beautifully combines his sweet pop vocals with folksy vibes and surprisingly dark lyrics. With that first listen, it all felt rather new, interesting, and exciting to see Harry stretching out on his own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a week later, Styles released a video for \"Sign of the Times,\" in which he was brooding and windswept and frowning. The song itself feels mined from other British artists, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8fFVOoqepc\">Pink Floyd\u003c/a>'s \"Comfortably Numb\" combined with distinctly \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni2G1eTB-Bs\">Oasis\u003c/a>-sounding guitar undercurrents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans of classic British pop might also have noticed something else quite glaring: \"Sign of the Times\" seems almost entirely modeled on what \u003ca href=\"https://www.robbiewilliams.com/\">Robbie Williams\u003c/a> did after emerging from his boy band, as a solo artist in 1995. Williams had been in \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_That\">Take That\u003c/a>, a five-piece who were, in their early-'90s heyday, easily as popular as \u003ca href=\"http://www.onedirectionmusic.com/us/home\">One Direction\u003c/a> (in the UK, at least). Williams quit Take That when they were still at the peak of their success and, desperate to garner some credibility after doing dance routines and singing at screaming fans for six years, released \"Angels,\" which is, to this day in Britain, considered a classic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's compare and contrast Williams shrugging off boy band mania, and Styles doing the same thing two decades later:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/luwAMFcc2f8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/luwAMFcc2f8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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See?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Head down moodiness and matching coats:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81422\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1259\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland.jpg 1259w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland-160x45.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland-800x224.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland-768x215.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland-1020x285.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Long-walks-on-the-wasteland-1180x330.jpg 1180w, 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1259px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meaningful mouth close-ups:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81424\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1272\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups.jpg 1272w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-160x45.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-800x223.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-768x214.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-1020x285.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-1180x329.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-960x268.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-240x67.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-375x105.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Meaningful-mouth-close-ups-520x145.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outstretched arms for dramatic effect:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81420\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1235\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1.png 1235w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-160x40.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-800x198.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-768x190.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-1020x253.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-1180x292.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-960x238.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-240x59.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-375x93.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Outstretched-arms-1-520x129.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1235px) 100vw, 1235px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walking on water:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-81267 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1231\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water.png 1231w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-160x39.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-800x194.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-768x187.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-1020x248.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-1180x287.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-960x233.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-240x58.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-375x91.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Walking-on-Water-520x126.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1231px) 100vw, 1231px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Robbie Williams never figured out how to make it in America -- this was pre-internet, back when British boy bands just couldn't find mass appeal with the more hip-hop/R&B-leaning US music market -- his bid for credibility worked extraordinarily well. Williams ended up with a hugely successful career in Europe that managed to overshadow everything he had done with Take That -- at least until the boy band reformed (to great fanfare) in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, it turns out, the new direction of Harry Styles isn't quite as fresh and unique as it may have first appeared. It is an established recipe for success though, and -- let's face it -- pop has always recycled itself. If Harry keeps borrowing from the best of British, especially the artists not-so-well-known in America, his continued success is an inevitability.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.katyperry.com/\">Katy Perry\u003c/a> may sound meaningful as hell when she's telling the downtrodden they are \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw\">metaphorical fireworks\u003c/a>, but over the years, the pop star has repeatedly struggled during interviews with both articulating, and not contradicting, herself. Sometimes, it seems like Perry's mouth starts moving before she's figured out what point she's trying to make, and the results are baffling on fairly regular occasions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most recent example emerged this week in an interview with \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ew.com/music/2017/05/08/katy-perry-new-album/?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter\">Entertainment Weekly\u003c/a>, \u003c/em>in which Perry was asked whether or not her new album would include a \"reaction\" to Taylor Swift's \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiNbmo\">Bad Blood\u003c/a>\" (a song widely purported to be about Perry attempting to wreck a T. Swift tour via the medium of dancer theft). Perry's response to this relatively straightforward question was quite literally amazing. She tried to answer the question, while not answering it, while also attempting to deflect, while also God Bless and also nuh-uh, honey! This thing needs to be read to be believed:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Well that’s not my question to answer — if it’s about me. I think [my new album is] a very empowered record. There is no one thing that’s calling out any one person. One thing to note is: You can’t mistake kindness for weakness and don’t come for me. Anyone. Anyone. Anyone. Anyone. And that’s not to any one person and don’t quote me that it is, because it’s not. It’s not about that. Honestly, when women come together and they decide to unite, this world is going to be a better place. Period end of story. But, let me say this: Everything has a reaction or a consequence so don’t forget about that, okay, honey. [Laughs] We got to keep it real, honey. This record is not about anyone else! This record is about me being seen and heard so that I can see and hear everyone else! It’s not even about me! It’s about everything that I see out there that I digest. I think there’s a healing in it for me and vulnerability. If people want to connect and be healed and feel vulnerable and feel empowered and strong, God bless and here it is.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This isn't the first time Katy Perry has answered a question in a manner that made little to no sense. Back in 2013, in an \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=240760441\">interview with NPR\u003c/a>, Perry criticized other pop stars for getting naked, while also recalling that she too gets naked sometimes, but not really, and she will take her clothes off one day, but only when she's desperate and old, but the reason she can't right now is because she doesn't have the body for it and... What the hell was she trying to say here again?\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Like females in pop -- everybody's getting naked. I mean, I've been naked before but I don't feel like I have to always get naked to be noticed. But it's interesting to see... I'm not talking about anyone in particular. I'm talking about all of them. I mean, it's like everybody's so naked. It's like put it away. We know you've got it. I got it too. I've taken it off for -- I've taken it out here and there. And I'm not necessarily judging. I'm just saying sometimes it's nice to play that card but also it's nice to play other cards. And I know I have that sexy card in my deck but I don't always have to use that card. Maybe when I’m 35 I will. I don’t need to do it now, because I’ve got great songs. If I get super-desperate, maybe I will then…”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>It's not over yet! Perry \u003ca href=\"http://www.nme.com/news/music/katy-perry-57-1237134#QyHSGV96RHIJfc8u.99\">went on\u003c/a>: “Actually, I did take all my clothes off for \u003cem>Teenage Dream\u003c/em>. I was on a cotton-candy cloud, showing my… back. I don’t have the body for it. If I had like, Rihanna’s body, I’d take my clothes off. But I don’t. I just hide my body in a way where you think I have it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nothing to see here!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F57P9C4SAW4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that same year, in \u003ca href=\"http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a8596/katy-perry-interview-january-cover/\">\u003cem>Marie Claire\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Perry tried her darnedest to express her religious beliefs (which apparently encompass nothing and everything simultaneously), and somehow made her belief in God about the fact that other people are scared of saying no to her, because she's a celebrity:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I believe in a higher power bigger than me because that keeps me accountable. Accountability is rare to find, especially with people like myself, because nobody wants to tell you something you don't want to hear. I actually don't trust people who start to turn on me because they get scared of telling me the truth. I'm not Buddhist, I'm not Hindu, I'm not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>It's a side note, but that \"deep connection with God\" got Perry into \u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-39650913\">extremely hot water\u003c/a> with Hindus around the globe last month, when she posted \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BTDJ-gkD2HC/\">this image\u003c/a> of the Goddess Kali to her \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/katyperry/\">Instagram page\u003c/a>, with the caption \"current mood.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79891\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Goddess-800x1123.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1123\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, sometimes it's the shortest of sentences that cause Perry the biggest headaches. Like in February, on the Grammy's red carpet, when she talked about shaving her head -- clearly referencing Britney Spears' \u003ca href=\"http://www.nickiswift.com/13904/britney-spears-breakdown-even-scarier-thought/\">2007 breakdown\u003c/a> -- twice. She \u003ca href=\"http://www.nme.com/news/music/britney-spears-responds-to-katy-perrys-mental-health-joke-1975330\">told Ryan Seacrest\u003c/a> that taking a break between records was \"Fantastic. And I haven’t shaved my head yet.” That same night, Perry also declared: \"The only thing left to do is shave my head, which I’m really saving for a public breakdown. I’m down for that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incidentally, this is what Katy Perry's haircut looks like on the cover of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH9ilfAZHOs\">new single\u003c/a>. Is this a cry for help? Impossible to know.\u003cbr>\n\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79892\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-800x802.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-800x802.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-160x160.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-768x770.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-240x241.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-375x376.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-520x521.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-50x50.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos-150x150.png 150w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/KP-Migos.png 807w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's hard to say exactly what's behind Perry's dazzling lack of self-awareness in some of her interviews. There is a tendency to speak too soon, combined awkwardly with a desire to not offend anyone, which seems to get her tied up in knots at every turn. Perhaps it's a lack of media training that prompts the off-hand comments. Perhaps it's too much media training that stops her, mid-thought, and forces her to start back-peddling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps Perry would be best served by letting her music speak for itself, or sticking to scripted \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjN4DgDLCc\">award ceremony appearances\u003c/a>, where she actually makes a modicum of sense. In the end, maybe Katy Perry would be best served by taking a leaf out of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.beyonce.com/\">Beyoncé\u003c/a> / \u003ca href=\"http://www.siamusic.net/\">Sia\u003c/a> / \u003ca href=\"https://home.adele.com/\">Adele\u003c/a> playbook and barely talk to anyone ever. It would certainly make a lot more sense.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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