Chris Molanphy

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Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy

@cmmolanphy

Chart analyst/pop critic/host of #HitParadePod. Writer of Slate’s #WhyIsThisSongNo1? Pronouns—he/him/his. (This is a successor to @cmolanphy which was hacked.)

Brooklyn, N.Y. Katılım Nisan 2023
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Chris Molanphy@cmmolanphy·
My book 𝙊𝙡𝙙 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙍𝙤𝙖𝙙 earned a starred review from @LibraryJournal. I’m especially gratified by the “verdict”: “More than just an analysis of ‘Old Town Road’…has wide appeal for music and pop culture fans.” Exactly what I was going for! libraryjournal.com/review/old-tow… 📖⭐️🙌🏼
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@tombreihan I for one am opening up the places I got hurt today. Thanks for this.
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@tombreihan Cosign “fades into the background too easily”—it’s why I often forget this exists. It hit No1 over Christmas/New Year’s week & @Slate all but encouraged me to skip it. P.S. Hey, remember when the holidays weren’t Mariah & Brenda every year & sometimes random hits floated to No1?
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@nbougeard @tombreihan Most days it’s my favorite Weeknd track—it’s his “Human Nature,” with Daft Punk playing the Toto role.
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Chris Molanphy@cmmolanphy·
@billboardpro Correction: “Thinking Out Loud” only reached No2 on the Hot 100, not No1. (It spent 8 weeks stuck behind Ronson/Mars’s “Uptown Funk!”) FYI @Bill__Donahue.
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billboard pro@billboardpro·
Ed Sheeran Beats ‘Let’s Get It On’ Copyright Case at Appeals Court: ‘Basic Musical Building Blocks’ blbrd.cm/ChC3YMO
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Chris Molanphy@cmmolanphy·
@RossOnRadio @tombreihan @Fray_dee I have long argued that the “Wannabe” moment of the ’10s was “Hollaback Girl” in ’05: a No1 driven by downloads before radio caught up, and a hip-hop influence on what was fundamentally a pop/dance song, years before Gaga ratified that whole approach.
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Sean Ross@RossOnRadio·
@cmmolanphy @tombreihan @Fray_dee I'm not sure there *was* a "Wannabe" moment in the '10s, in terms of both something new/cool and something universally loved. It seems like "Espresso" and "A Bar Song" could be that, but not if there are no other hits for the next six months!
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Chris Molanphy@cmmolanphy·
@tombreihan Five stars no notes, incl. the rating which I cosign fully (my Moz favorite too). Your intro to the piece, assessing Moz as a #shittygenius a la Ye, was so good, I read it aloud to my GF.👏🏼 P.S. re: “if only the Smiths had held it together,” I wrote this: chris.molanphy.com/take-a-bow/
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Chris Molanphy@cmmolanphy·
@RossOnRadio @tombreihan @Fray_dee The only other candidate I’ve come up with for the ’10s pivot was Desiigner’s “Panda,” a No1 fueled by streaming that was doing some of the same things Tom attributes to “Black Beatles.” But “BB” had a much bigger social footprint & spread farther & wider so it’s a better pick.
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Sean Ross@RossOnRadio·
@cmmolanphy @tombreihan Agree with @Fray_dee that "Uptown Funk" was part of a stutter-step backwards (along with "Happy," "Born This Way," "Can't Stop the Feeling") that was crowd-pleasing but never quite galvanizing.
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Chris Molanphy@cmmolanphy·
On a new #HitParadePod–The Bridge, U2 critic/scholar @sterlewine says the Irish quartet couldn’t exist without Bono—a BS artist but not a bullshitter—& he’s why they always fronted like rockstars. Plus,trivia…& a preview that says a little prayer for you: slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
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@tombreihan Is it just me? I hear a lot of Alice in Chains in what FNM evolved into on “MC”—that creepy form of grunge. Which still doesn’t explain why this topped ModRock—by ’92, AiC were still scoring more play on Mainstream Rock radio. But still, to your point: This was alt-rock’s future.
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Chris Molanphy@cmmolanphy·
@tombreihan A well-balanced take. Eight years later, I still feel “Closer” was the end of something—like, EDM is still huge, but it’s no longer the red-hot center of pop as in the early ’10s. It makes sense that a pseudo-ballad would be its last gasp as a pop force—I’m sticking to that take.
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Tom SneeXIV@tsnee_uiowa·
@tombreihan Have any other acts followed the Chainsmokers' career trajectory? That is, started in Spike Jones/Weird Al novelty song territory before becoming Serious Musicians? And yes, I know Spike and Al have better musical chops than either of the Chainsmokers.
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kateyrich@kateyrich·
Back off Bon Iver, this is my ONE thing
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Chris Molanphy@cmmolanphy·
On your knees boy: My new @Slate #HitParadePod is about 4 Irish lads w/devout hearts, big mouths & decades of hits. How’d U2 pivot from earnest 80s to ironic 90s & back? What was up w/that Apple stunt? And after 40+yrs why can’t we live with or without U2? slate.com/podcasts/hit-p…
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