Pink

If, like most people over 15, you’re put off by her status as an MTV flavor of the month, you’re really missing something. M!ssundaztood is a teen pop record worthy of the spirit of Phil Spector (we said spirit, though the songcraft and production are very good in their own right). Pink’s a tough, but she’s not afraid of awkward, risky emotional exposure; she’s got what they used to call heart. Plus she’s smart and hungry and loves playing provocateur —she cuts the sort of figure Madonna used to, before the demands of being a multinational media brand began leeching the blood from her veins. Orpheum Theatre, 339-7007