Pink

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For the last week, the best-of collection by Pink has been in the CD player in my car. Her later songs especially, the ones inspired by the break-up of her marriage (and subsequent reconciliation), are amazing. They're so personal, and the lyrics are really specific, not applicable to just anyone. The only recent album that is similarly honest is Taking the Long Way by the Dixie Chicks, written in the aftermath of their infamous drubbing at the hands of political conservatives irked by their criticism of Bush.

I like Pink and Natalie Maines not just for their great music but for their abrasive personalities. Women are generally expected to be poised and politic, but these two are just big loud-mouths.

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