Introducing: Where Were You in '92?

1992: The year of big-butt anthems, achy-breaky hearts, and Madonna’s Sex book. The year that Boyz II Men and Whitney Houston shattered chart records, while U2 and TLC confronted the AIDS crisis head-on. The year that introduced us to grunge, G-funk, and… Right Said Fred. In this podcast, journalist Jason Lamphier (Entertainment Weekly) looks back at the major hits, one-hit wonders, shocking headlines, and irresistible scandals that shaped what might be the wildest, weirdest, most controversial 12 months in music history.

Featuring interviews with music video directors, MTV bigwigs, obsessive superfans, and the artists themselves, Where Were You in '92? poses the question: What was it about 1992 that made it so groundbreaking, so bonkers, and so absolutely fabulous? New episodes drop every week beginning Nov. 16.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Where were you in ninety two? Were you bouncing your
booty to Sir mix a lot headbanging to Nirvana, wondering
if you like Billy Ray Cyrus could pull off a bullet,
trying to figure out where the hell move? That was
the year of big Butt, anthems, Akey Breaky Hearts, and
Madonna's Sex Book. The year Whitney Houston felt for her bodyguard,

(00:25):
Iced Tea, called for an end to police brutality, and
George Michael Youtuo and TLC confront of the age crisis.
Head on the year that introduced the country a grunge,
G funk and right set fred. They were angry at me.
They thought I was uncontrollable and wild. I was in
a state of rebellion because the world was very constrictive

(00:45):
and I wanted to first open imagine trying to put
a record like that out right now. We canceled before
I made it to the post office. Yes, two was
a crazy year for music and a crazy time to
be alive, and now Heart has a podcast all about it.
I'm Jason Laufier, a journalist and an editor at Entertainment Weekly,

(01:06):
and on my new show, Where were You in ninety two.
We take a ride through the major hits, one hit wonders,
shocking headlines, and irresistible scandals that shape what might be
the wildest, weirdest, most controversial twelve months in music and
pop culture history. Featuring interviews with music video directors, MTV
big wigs, obsessive super fans, and special guests like Cervix,

(01:27):
lot Ice, Tea, tor Amus, and Vanessa Williams. This podcast
poses a question, what was it about that made it
so groundbreaking, so bonkers and so absolutely fabulous. Well, Mix,
you're now Elvis Pressley, and you shipped your leg one
too many times on the ed celebration. I will never
ever in my life forget that because I realized I'm

(01:50):
the forbidden fruit. You know. The President came after me
everybody time Warner with madness. Simultaneously I got one of
my friends is disappeared. Take me back to a magical
time when when music was magic and I had completely
burned that to the ground. So buckle up and check

(02:13):
out Where Were You in ninety two? Premiering November six,
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