Katharine McPhee: ''I came in second for a reason''

Of course you did, honey. Of course you did.

But this was what amused me most:

    Q: Did you ask producers to hook you up with a Meat Loaf duet?
    Katherine: They just came to me. It wasn't like it was my choice. They just said, Okay, you'll be singing with so-and-so.

    Q: I haven't heard the guy in a while.
    I didn't even know who he was. But now I do. He was like really big in the '70s, right?

    Q: Well, and more recently than that. You must know ''Paradise by the Dashboard Light,'' right?
    I don't.

Shit, I couldn't get away from that stupid Meat Loaf album from the time it came out, all the way through college. Everybody loved it but me, it seemed. It was a Friday night staple on my dorm room floor: Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell", Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors", the Violent Femmes first, and Molson Golden. It was such a joy when some people with more adventerous taste in music moved in, and started playing the Pixies and Fugazi.