Funhouse

I’ve been a fan of P!nk for a long time.  Her singles “Don’t Let Me Get Me” and “Just Like a Pill” were part of my high school experience.  Her work has only gotten better with time and, if possible, even more raw.

I’ve heard several of her songs from her Funhouse album on the radio or seen the music videos for them on YouTube.  To listen to them all collected is an experience.  The album was put together after she and her husband separated, and the songs go through different emotions that come with such a breakup, from blind anger to desperate vulnerability.

I’ve been a fan of “So What,” “Sober,” and “Funhouse” for a while, but the real treasure for me was “Crystal Ball.”  “Crystal Ball” is all about experience; it’s about bad decisions made and facing the scorn of the world, and yet you wouldn’t trade it because those mistakes taught you more than anything else could have.  In the end, others are not able to judge your flaws because you are stronger than any of them could ever believe or understand.

Be warned:  like most rock albums these days, the language is terrible in places, and she deals with some tough subject matter.  However, I feel that the issues she sings about and the music accompanying it is not just powerful, it’s important as well.  P!nk is talking entirely about her pain and struggles, but in the process, she practically speaks for this generation in our loss of safety and the heartbreak we suffer but rarely find a proper outlet for.