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Location: Cicero, NY | Ok, honestly now, a friend of mine is putting together a photo slideshow for a women's forum his company is holding this Friday. Can anyone think of any songs about women (their empowerment, strength, etc) preferably sung by women that might be appropriate?
I need three of four for the time allotted.
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Location: NJ | The only thing I can think of is that nightmare of a song by Helen Reddy . . . |
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Location: NJ | Hey! How about that Stones song "She's My Little T&A"??? . . . . . . .
m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-maybe not . . . sorry. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "Earl's gotta die"
Personally I like "Stand by Your Man". |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I threw the Reddy song out there already. The barrage of four letter words in his response was actually awe inspiring. Apparently the opinion of that song being a nightmare is pretty universal. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Put another dime in the jukebox baby. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Apparently "She Bangs" is a little off target as well. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I vote for Earl.
or
...Voulez Vous Coucher avec Moi, Ce Soir? |
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Location: closely held secret | "You don't own me" |
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Location: NJ | Tom Waitts has a good song entitled "Filipino Mattress Hog" . . . . but I'd venture that HR would have a bit of a problem with that one . . . |
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Location: NJ | "9to5"?? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "You Shook Me" |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Nicole Nordeman "Brave". |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Cliff, HR would like you to stop by when you have a couple of minutes, k?
And bring your personal belongings with you if you could. |
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Location: closely held secret | "She works hard for the money"? |
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Location: Dayton, Ohio | not a pretty girl, by ani difranco
i am not a pretty girl
that is not what i do
i ain't no damsel in distress
and i don't need to be rescued
so put me down punk
maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair
isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
i am not an angry girl
but it seems like i've got everyone fooled
every time i say something they find hard to hear
they chalk it up to my anger
and never to their own fear
and imagine you're a girl
just trying to finally come clean
knowing full well they'd prefer you
were dirty and smiling
and i am sorry
i am not a maiden fair
and i am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
and generally my generation
wouldn't be caught dead working for the man
and generally i agree with them
trouble is you gotta have yourself an alternate plan
and i have earned my disillusionment
i have been working all of my life
and i am a patriot
i have been fighting the good fight
and what if there are no damsels in distress
what if i knew that and i called your bluff?
don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down
whether or not you ever show up
i am not a pretty girl
i don't want to be a pretty girl
no i want to be more than a pretty girl |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Where ya been P?
Are ya famous yet??? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Ooo, that's a good one, Persephone. Thanks - I'll actually pass that one along. And any more would certainly be welcomed. |
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Location: Dayton, Ohio | i'm working on it! playing out a lot these days. just need to get something recorded now.
anyway, i'll find more songs today, stay tuned! (you know the kind of shit you're looking for is all i listen to!) :)
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Location: Midland, MI | and generally my generation
wouldn't be caught dead working for the man I call shenanigans. Anyone that claims this while paying into the Federal tax system is, by default, working for the man.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Your so Vain |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Weaser,
source for Women\'s Empowerment Songs |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Nice catch, JW. I'll pass that along and see if there's anything they'd like to pick out of there as well. He was asking me about Alanis Morristte but I told him that might want to be very careful with her material. Strong? Sure, but I'm not sure I would call it empowering. But that might also be somewhat of a biased view. What are your thoughts on Alanis, P? |
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Location: atlanta | "Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man"
Don Van Vliet
a/k/a Captain Beefheart
See: http://tinyurl.com/9tn9g |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Helen Reddy's song brings back especially bad memories (I almost initially typed "mammaries". I wonder what Freud would think about that.) A guy in the next room in my college dorm used to play it over and over and sing to it. I finally silenced him by turning my speakers to the wall and wailing on my old Univox electric every time he played it. |
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