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 * Popular Music Assessment **

**Artist -** Pink **First Analysed Song -** The Great Escape **Second Analysed Song -** Try
 * Performance Song - ** Please Don't Leave Me

Alecia Beth Hart, popularly know as Pink, was born on September 8, 1979, in Pennsylvania. She is an American recording artist and songwriter. She is best known for her edgy pop music. She gained superstardom featuring in the 2002 Moulin Rouge soundtrack with Christina Aguilera. Some people claim that Pink has changed the scope of pop music and paved the way for artists like Katy Perry and Lady Gaga but has received little recognition for it. She is prominent animal-rights campaigner for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Pink was the second child born to Jim and Judy Moore. She experienced a largely typical middle-class life in a suburb of Doylestown, Philadelphia. Her parents' tense relationship caused the couple to divorce when Alecia was 3. "I was never allowed to go over to any of my friends' houses when I was little, because I was a bad influence," she said of her early life. "None of their parents liked me and my own parents were scared to death of me— and for me." Instead, Pink found solace in music. By the time she was 14, she was already an experienced vocalist and dancer, and she started to write her own songs. She also had a regular singing gig every Friday night at a Philly nightclub. But it proved to be a hard life for her to manage, as she was swallowed by a world of drugs (she nearly overdosed at the age of 15) and petty crime. She eventually dropped out of high school before returning to earn her G.E.D in 1998.
 * Biography **

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 * Analysed Song 1 -** The Great Escape


 * //'The Great Escape'//** is the final track from Pink's sixth studio album, //**The Truth About Love.**// The song was co-written by Pink and Dan Wilson, who also produced the track.

Intro Verse Pre Chorus Chorus Verse Pre Chorus <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chorus <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bridge <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chorus <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Outro
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Structure __**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The instruments that are included in this piece are piano, guitar, tambourine and violin. The song starts off soft and quiet and gradually gets louder and much stronger compared to when it started. The tempo starts off quiet and stays the same up until the second chorus. In the second verse, vocals become louder and more instruments are used. It begins to get faster when moving on towards the second chorus. The song begins to die down towards the end, preparing for the outro. The first instrument played in the piece is piano. The piano is probably the main source or core instrument for the song. Where as the other instruments, such as violin and guitar, come in at the end of verse one and continue to play throughout the rest of the piece. Tambourine comes in towards the end of the song near the bridge and third chorus. Back up vocals are also included. The song reaches its 'high point' in each chorus, maybe in the second verse, and is definitely recognised in the bridge.

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 * Analysed** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Song 2 - **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Try


 * //'Try'//** was released as the second single from Pink's sixth studio album //**The Truth About Love.**// It was released on September 6, 2012 by RCA Records. T<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">he song was once a song by GoNorthToGoSouth, a band fronted by Ben West and Michael Busbee. Pink's version of the song premiered on radio on September 6, 2012.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Intro <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Verse <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chorus <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Outro
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Structure __**

The instruments used in this song include piano, drums, bass guitar and electric guitar. The tempo for this piece is four (4) four (4). The song is moderately fast and stays the same throughout the whole song. The song gets louder moving on towards the second and final chorus. The song reaches its high point in the final chorus and gradually fades out in the outro. Pink has quite a distinctive voice and therefore, back up vocals aren't heard much in this song, but show up every now and again in the verses, final chorus and a little bit in the outro. //'////<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Try //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">' is a rock ballad, and is built around two-volume arrangement. Two-volume arrangement is where the verses are quiet and the choruses are loud. The song appears to be a happy or even angry/frustrated (can be either minor or major) sounding. When Pink is singing, she makes herself sound like she's frustrated, worried, and even happy in some sections of the song. When I looked on http://www.ultimate-guitar.com, I noticed that the chord patter stayed the same throughout the whole song and never changed.