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 20 Years of P!nk - The Singles, Just Like a Pill |
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 Mar 7 2020, 09:41 AM
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DLMGM was the very first Pink song I truly LOVED. I was a 13 year old misfit myself at the time and I really related to the song in wanting to be someone else at the time. They just don’t make songs like this anymore.
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Mar 7 2020, 07:40 PM
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 The horrors persist, but so do I
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QUOTE(T Boy @ Mar 7 2020, 04:41 AM)  DLMGM was the very first Pink song I truly LOVED. Same! It was my favorite song of hers for several years, probably until the Funhouse era.
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Mar 8 2020, 07:52 AM
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just noticed this thread, very interesting
I never paid attention to album 1 until later, but loved Get the Party Started and that certainly grabbed my attention, Don't Let me Get me is also great |
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Mar 8 2020, 12:33 PM
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Let's Go Brandon
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Most Girls and You Make Me Sick are my favorites from this list so far. Both 2 great R&B bangers. Never cared for There You Go, seems like the weakest of the 3 to me.
I used to love Get The Party, and while I still like it, overplay during its time made me so sick of the song that I could no longer stomach it for the longest time. I'm glad I can enjoy the song again these days, but still not to the extent I used to when it first came out. This post has been edited by Euphorique: Mar 8 2020, 12:34 PM |
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Mar 9 2020, 10:36 AM
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 Break the tension
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I think 'Don't Let Me Get Me' could be my favourite P!nk single.
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Mar 13 2020, 12:30 AM
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DLMGM & GTPS are the early faves for me. Little did I know the latter was in fact a cover until a couple of years later
 The first three were alright but nothing really that memorable imo. Lady Marmalade was good as well, the video is iconic too. Can't believe that's 20 now! This post has been edited by Rob S: Mar 13 2020, 12:33 AM |
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Mar 13 2020, 02:32 AM
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The horrors persist, but so do I
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QUOTE(Rob S @ Mar 12 2020, 08:30 PM) DLMGM & GTPS are the early faves for me. Little did I know the latter was in fact a cover until a couple of years later Wait, what???  |
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Mar 17 2020, 07:19 AM
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it's not a cover, it was written by Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes) and offered it to Madonna, who turned it down, then ended up on Pink's lap
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Mar 28 2020, 08:35 AM
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Just Like a Pill
Release History 10th June 2002 Written by Pink, Dallas Austin Album Missundaztood Peak Positions Austria - 2 France - 29 Germany - 2 Ireland - 2 Netherlands - 6 New Zealand - 2 Sweden - 5 UK - 1 US - 8 Just like a Pill was written by Pink and Dallas Austin and produced by the latter for the Pink’s second studio album, Missundaztood. The lyrics of the song deal with getting out of painful relationships, with a sub-theme about drug abuse. The song was released worldwide as the third single from Missundaztood in June 2002 and was a commercial success, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It also performed well internationally, becoming her second number-one single in the United Kingdom and reaching the top 10 in, amongst other countries, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden. The song was generally well received by contemporary music critics. NME called it "the third best track off her killer last album”. Drowned In Sound's Robert Luckett commented that it is "a fascinating record...this is a record with a edge, a kind of pot boiling over at any moment, ready to go off at any time vibe." He also wrote "it obeys the pop industry's well-dusted rules for a hit."[9] Stylus Magazine's Todd Burns, in his review of the album, compared "Just like a Pill" to the other singles from the album, "Don't Let Me Get Me" and "Get the Party Started", writing "The guitars... sound much more integrated into the work and the overall song works far better.” Music video The video for Just like a Pill was directed by Francis Lawrence for LaFace Records. The video is considerably different from Pink's previous videos. Get the Party Started and Don't Let Me Get Me were lighter in nature than the dark atmosphere which is reflected in the video for Just like a Pill, an example of which is the fact that Pink can be seen throughout the whole video wearing black outfits with naked arms and legs and wearing black hair. Commenting on the different style of video, Pink said: "This one's very dark and artsy, and I have black hair, which is very fun. I loved it. It's another part that I haven't concentrated on before." In the first scene, Pink lies on the floor. In the chorus she sings in front of her band. She is also featured in another scene with white rabbits around her in a room, and in another scene, she is seen with an elephant. There are also scenes with Pink singing in front of and amongst various people. In the latter half of the video, she runs in a hall whilst lip-synching the song, before disappearing into a bright doorway atop a staircase at the conclusion of the video. After the elephant scene Pink decided to stop using animals for her videos. In an interview, she explained: "This poor elephant...a huge elephant, it's so cute, and I could see how painful it was for it to get down on its hands and knees, ... I didn't like it. I won't do that again. [...] No more animals.” 2002 MTV Video Music Awards I’m Not Dead Tour Rock in Rio 2019 iHeart Radio Festival 2012 Today Show 2006 Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour 2010 Rumba Festival 2002 |
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Mar 28 2020, 12:02 PM
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Radical Pink Troll
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Just Like A Pill solidified Pink as one of my favourite artists. Such an amazing song. I remember being surprised but happy when it went to no.1 (thought it was going to be Busted or Eminem) and it was no.1 for my 14th birthday which is supposed to be the culturally defining no.1 of your life or something.
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Mar 28 2020, 11:41 PM
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The horrors persist, but so do I
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I really didn't appreciate Just Like A Pill fully until sometime after the Greatest Hits album was released. I wasn't following the charts in '02 but was eventually very surprised to see this was one of her three UK #1s. Seemed kinda random, but that made me take a closer listen and realize just how special it is
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Mar 29 2020, 07:52 PM
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Break the tension
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Great song!
I remember how it was a completely surprise #1 at the time. |
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Mar 31 2020, 07:40 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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yes it was a total surprise this going to #1 mostly cos it was a post-album single
which is quite unusual, especially when taken from an album that sold well |
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Apr 1 2020, 05:46 PM
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Let's Go Brandon
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Its the strongest single from that album, so I'm glad it was such a big hit
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