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Anthems of Resilience - Kesha and Imagine Dragons [LIVE]
FromSwitched on Pop
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
This episode of Switched on Pop comes at you live from Block Island, RI, recoded in front of an audience of friends and family following a solar eclipse. Fittingly, the two songs discussed that day formed their own kind of syzygy. Kesha's "Praying" and Imagine Dragon's "Believer" are inverse anthems of resilience. Both tracks seek catharsis - one through prayer, the other through pain.FeaturingKesha - Tik TokKesha - PrayingMozart - The Queen of the Night AriaWhitney Houston - I Will Always Love YouMariah Carey - EmotionsLalah Hathaway - SomethingImagine Dragons - RadioactiveImagine Dragons - BelieverLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Sep 7, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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