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Pop Could Never Save Us

Pop Could Never Save Us

By: Holly Boson
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 James Murphy and Holly Boson take a look at the Top 5 songs in the UK Official Charts.Holly Boson Music
Episodes
  • BONUS: Vox Lux featuring Dave Moore - Pop Hacks In An Age Of Pop Genius

    BONUS: Vox Lux featuring Dave Moore - Pop Hacks In An Age Of Pop Genius
    Jun 19 2025

    Holly and critic Dave Moore (https://www.otherdavemoore.com) talk about the 2018 pop movie Vox Lux, directed by Brady Corbet (director of the Oscar-winning The Brutalist), and why its nihilistic interpretation of manufactured Millennial teenpop is incoherent, wrong, and - worst of all - boring.


    This is Part 1 - Part 2 will follow shortly.


    A full list of songs and audio clips used in the episode is available here: https://rentry.co/79vvk88c


    All audio clips are used for the purposes of criticism.
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    1 hr
  • BONUS: You Ain't Got No Blackboard

    BONUS: You Ain't Got No Blackboard
    Oct 1 2024

    In the first of a series of bonus episodes around pop music movies, Holly and James investigate the moral panic over the 1955 movie Blackboard Jungle, and try and understand why Bill Haley had those theatre seats ripped.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Country Matters (UK Official Charts 13th-19th September 2024)

    Country Matters (UK Official Charts 13th-19th September 2024)
    Sep 13 2024

    Holly and James discuss revenge, cunnilingus and warmly welcome a once featured guest to Valhalla.

    SONGS DISCUSSED:

    1) Taste - Sabrina Carpenter

    2) BACKBONE - Chase and Status and Stormzy

    3) Die With A Smile - Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga

    4) Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis

    5) HOT TO GO! - Chappell Roan

    A full list of all songs featured in the episode is available here: https://rentry.co/uqipcosa
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    57 mins
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