S8-Ep15 - I Rise
6/30/202624 min
Mark and Kenny contemplate what makes a pride anthem while discussing the finale proper from Madame X. Topics include X Gonzalez & 2019, love & hurt, messages & oppressions, guitars & strings, Peter Matkiwsky, wrapping up & holding the light, Tracy Young, Daybreakers, DJ Irene & The Alliance, Pride Island, and a whole of tragic magic. “Immigrants are America.”
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First 90 secondsKenny· Host0:00
Well, this is Kenny.
Mark· Host0:01
This is Mark.
Kenny· Host0:02
And this is All I Wanna Do Is Talk About Madonna.
Mark· Host0:05
Album 15, track 15.
Kenny· Host0:08
I Rise.
Emma Gonzalez· Soundbite0:11
[gentle music] Us kids don't know what we're talking about, that we're too young to understand how the government works. We call BS.
Speaker 40:24
[crowd cheers] I'm going through it, yeah, I know you see the tragic in it. Just hold to the little bit of magic in it. I can't break down now. I can't take that now. Died a thousand times. Managed to survive. I can't break down now. I can't take that. I can't take that. I rise. I rise. I rise. Up above it, up above it. I rise. I rise. I rise. Up above it all.
Mark· Host1:16
This is the fi- this is the dramatic finale of, of Madame X.
Kenny· Host1:20
The official.
Mark· Host1:21
And, um, yeah, and it was, um, this song was written with, um, Jason Evigan- Yep ... and, uh, Starrah again.
Kenny· Host1:28
Yep.
Mark· Host1:28
And, uh,