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In a melodic, chirpy voice, speaking in unaccented American English and calling herself Orphan Ann, D’Aquino did done hundreds of broadcasts for a news and music show called “Zero Hour.”

For Bruckner, rising melodic scales, humongous fanfares with trumpets and horns and Wagner tubas galore and repeated patterns over and over by an unstoppable orchestra serve as injections of musical endorphins.

The BBC documentary Girlbands Forever aims to set the record straight, celebrating all that melodic brilliance while revealing the darker side of the industry.

Her compositions are more propulsive and melodic, capturing the romance of youth and tiny epiphanies of life lived raw and in the moment.

Even more than the instrumental interplay, you remember these pieces because they are so melodic, and progress roughly in ways that mirror verses, choruses and bridges.